ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF HAWAII. (Act of Congress of April 30th, 1900, Vol. 31, U. S. St. 141.) Section 86. That there shall be established in said Territory (Hawaii) a District Court to consist of one judge, who shall reside therein and be called the District Judge. The President of the United States by and with the consent of the Senate of the United States, shall appoint a district judge, a district attorney, and a marshal of the United States for the said District, and said judge, attorney and marshal, shall hold office for six years unless sooner removed by the President. Said Court shall have in addition to the ordinary jurisdiction of District Courts of the United States, jurisdiction of all cases cognizable in a Circuit Court of the United States, and shall proceed therein in the same manner as a Circuit Court; and said judge, district attorney and marshal shall have and exercise in the Territory of Hawaii, all the powers conferred by the laws of the United States upon the judges, district attorneys and marshals of District and Circuit Courts of the United States. Writs of error and appeals from said District Court shall be had and allowed to the Circuit Court of Appeals in the Ninth Judicial Circuit in the same manner as writs of error and appeals are allowed from Circuit Courts to Circuit Courts of Appeals as provided by law, and the laws of the United States relating to juries and jury trials shall be applicable to said District Court. The laws of the United States relating to appeals, writs of error, removal of causes and other matters and proceedings as between the Courts of the United States and the Courts of the several States shall govern in such matters and proceedings as between the Courts of the United States and the Courts of the Territory of Hawaii. Regular terms of said Court shall be held at Honolulu on the second Monday in April and October, and at Hilo on the last Wednesday in January of each year; and special terms may be held at such times and places in said District as the said judge may deem expedient. The said District Judge shall appoint a Clerk for said Court at a salary of three thousand dollars per annum; and shall appoint a reporter of said Court at a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum. |