Chapter XXIX. to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United states within the state of Mississippi
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Chap. XXIX.— An Act to provide for the due execution of the laws of the United states within the state of Mississippi. April 3, 1818. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled*, That all the laws of the United Laws of the United States to have the same effect in Mississippi as elsewhere.States, which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said state of Mississippi as elsewhere within the United States.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That the said state shall be one Mississippi to be a judicial district, with a district court, and a district judge to reside therein. Altered by act of Jan. 11, 1821, ch. 6. Two sessions of the court annually, &c. Powers of the judge. Act of Sep. 24, 1789, ch. 20, sect. 10.district, and be called the Mississippi district. And a district court shall be held 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 December; and he shall, in all things, have and exercise the same jurisdiction and 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 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. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be allowed to the judge of the said district court the annual compensation of two thousand Act of Feb. 28, 1799, ch. 19. Salary of the judge 2000 dolls, per ann.dollars, to commence from the date of his appointment; to be paid, quarter yearly, at the treasury of the United States. Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted*, That there shall be appointed, in A district attorney with a compensation of 200 dollars per annum besides fees.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. *And be it further enacted, * That a marshal be appointed for A marshal with a compensation of 200 dollars per annum besides fees.the 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 en titled to the sum of two hundred dollars annually, as a compensation for all extra services. Approved, April 3, 1818.