Chapter C. to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Indiana
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Chap. C.— An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United States within the state of Indiana.March 3, 1817. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Resolution of Dec. 11, 1816. All the laws of the United States, not locally inapplicable, to be in force in Indiana. States of America, in Congress assembled,* That all the laws of the United States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said state of Indiana as elsewhere within the United States.
Sec. 2. *Be it further enacted,* That the said state shall be one district, and be called the Indiana District; and a district court shall be held The state to be a judicial district ; a district court to be held therein, &c. therein, to consist of one judge, who shall reside in the said district, and be called a district judge. He shall hold, at the seat of government of the said state, two sessions annually, on the first Mondays in May and November, and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and 391FOURTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 101. 1817. powers which were, by law, given to the judge of the Kentucky district, under an act, entitled “An act to establish the judicial courts of the Act of Sep. 24, 1789, ch. 20. United States.” He shall appoint a clerk for the said district, who shall reside and keep the records of the court at the place of holding the same; and shall receive for the services performed by him, the same fees to which the clerk of the Kentucky district is entitled for similar services.
Sec. 3. *Be it further enacted,* That there shall be allowed to the 1000 dollars a year to the judge. judge of the said district court the annual compensation of one thousand dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment, to be paid quarter yearly at the treasury of the United States. Sec. 4. *Be it further enacted,* That there shall be appointed in Attorney for the district, &c. the said district a person learned in the law, to act as attorney for the United States, who shall, in addition to his stated fees, be paid by the United States two hundred dollars as a full compensation for all extra services.
Sec. 5. *Be it further enacted,* That a marshal shall be appointed A marshal, &c. for said district, who shall perform the same duties, be subject to the same regulations and penalties, and be entitled to the same fees, as are prescribed to marshals in other districts; and shall, moreover, be entitled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services. Approved, March 3, 1817.