court for said northern judicial district. All prosecutions for crimes and offenses heretofore committed shall be commenced and prosecuted as if this act had not passed. (22 U. S. Stats. 103.) MISSOURI-DIVISIONS OF DISTRICTS.-There shall be, and there are hereby, established a district and circuit court of the United States in each of the several divisions of the said eastern and western districts herein created. (24 U. S. Stats. 425, as

amended 26 U. S. Stats. 106.)

TENNESSEE WESTERN DISTRICT.-There shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a district judge for the western district of Tennessee, who shall, from and after the time of his appointment, hold the terms of the United States district court in said district at the times and places required by law. (20 U. S. Stats. 132.) The present district judge of said state shall be and remain the district judge of the United States for the middle and eastern districts thereof, as if originally appointed thereto. (20 U. S. Stats. 132, sec. 3.)

TEXAS-ASSIGNMENT OF JUDGES.-The present judge of the eastern district of Texas shall be, and he is hereby, assigned to hold said courts in the said eastern district, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties within the said district as he now exercises and performs within his present district. (20 U. S. Stats. 318.) The pres nt judge of the western district of Texas shall be, and he is hereby, assigned to hold said courts in the western district of Texas, and shall exercise the same jurisdiction and perform the same duties within the said district as he now exercises and per

forms within his present district. (20 U. S. Stats. 318.)

JUDGE FOR NORTHERN DISTRICT.- -There shall be appointed a district judge for the northern district of Texas, who shall possess the same powers and do and perform all such duties in his district as are now enjoyed or in any manner appertain to the present district judges for said eastern and western districts of Texas. (20 U. S. Stats. 318.)

WYOMING.-There shall be appointed for said district one district judge, one United States attɔrney, and one United States marshal, who shall reside in the district. (26 U. S. Stats. 225.)

§ 41. Salaries of district judges.-The salaries of the several judges of the district courts of the United States shall hereafter be at the rate of five thousand dollars per annum. (Act approved February 24, 1891; 26 U. S. Stats. 783, superseding the original sec. 554 of the Revised Statutes.)

Under the original section of the Revised Statutes, and of statutes subsequently passed but previously to the 24th February, 1891, the salaries of the various judges of the United States district courts were fixed at various amounts, payable quarterly from the United States treasury, as follows: California, U. S. Rev. Stats. § 554; of judge of southern district, 24 U. S. Stats. 308; Colorado, 19 U. S. Stats. 61; Georgia, northern district, 22 U. S. Stats. 47; Idaho, 26 U. S. Stats. 218; Illinois, U. S. Rev. Stats. § 554; Louisiana, U. S. Rev. Stats. § 554; of western distriet, 21 U. S. Stats. 507; Maryland, U. S. Rev. Stats. § 554; Massachusetts. U. S. Rev. Stats, § 554; Montana, 25 U. S. Stats. 632; New Jersey, U. S. Rev. Stats. § 554; New York, U. S. Rev. Stats. § 554; North Dakota, 25 U. S. Stats. 632; Ohio, U. S. Rev. Stats. § 554; Pennsylvania, U. S. Rev. Stats. § 554: South Dakota, 25 U. S. Stats. 682; Tennessee, 20 U. S. Stats. 132; Texas, 20 U. S.

Stats. 320; Washington, 25 U. S. Stats. 682; Wyoming, 25 U. S. Stats. 225.

§ 42. May be paid monthly.-Thereafter the salaries appropriated for the United States judges and judges of the court of claims, and of the Territories, may be paid monthly. (Appropriations of supreme, circuit, and district judges; District of Columbia, and retired judges. Ap proved March 3, 1881. 21 U. S. Stats. 412; 1 Sup. Rev. Stats. 602.)

§ 43 (555). Clerks.-A clerk shall be ap pointed for each district court by the judge thereof, except in cases otherwise provided for by law. (Rev. Stats. § 555).

The appointment of clerks properly belongs to courts of law. Congress may vest the power of appointment as it thinks proper. (Ex parte Hennen, 13 Peters, 230.)

§ 44 (556). In States enumerated.—ARKANSAS. In the eastern district of Arkansas ther shall be appointed two clerks of the district court thereof, one of whom shall reside and keep his office at Little Rock, and the other shall reside and keep his office at Helena. (19 U. S. Stats. 230; Rev. Stats. sec. 556.)

CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN DISTRICT. The circuit and district judges of said southern district of California shall each, respectively, appoint a clerk for their respective courts, who shall reside and keep their office at Los Angeles, in said district, and who shall receive such fees and compensation for services performed by them, respectively, as are now fixed and limited by law. (1 U. S. Stats. 308.)

GEORGIA. The clerk, marshal, and other officers of the southern district shall attend the terms of the courts in the northwestern division thereof, and if, in the opinion of the court, it becomes necessary, a deputy clerk may be appointed. (25 U. S. Stats. 671).

IDAHO.-Clerks of the district and circuit courts in the district of Idaho shall be appointed who shall keep their offices at the capital of said state. (26 U. S. Stats. 217.)

ILLINOIS. The clerks of the circuit and district courts of the northern district of Illinois shall be respectively the clerks of the courts of both divisions of the said district. (24 U. S. Stats. 442.) Each of said clerks, or his deputies, shall keep an office open at all times at each of the places of holding said court, and shall there keep the records, files, and documents pertaining to the court of that division; and said clerk shall be entitled to the same fees now allowed him by law. (21 U. S. Stats. 442.)

IOWA, NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS.—That there shall be appointed by the judge of the northern district of lowa, with the approval of the circuit judge of the eighth judicial circuit, a clerk for the district and circuit courts in and for said north

ern district of Iowa. The persons now acting as

clerks for the district of Iowa shall be the clerks for the southern district of Iowa (22 U. S. Stats. 172.) That the clerk of the district court shall be the clerk of the circuit court at all the places where the same is held in said district, except at Des Moines. (21 U. S. Stats. 155.)

KENTUCKY.-In the district of Kentucky a clerk

of the district court shall be appointed at each place of holding the court, in the same manner and subject to the same duties and responsibilities which are or may be provided concerning clerks in independent districts. (Rev. Stats. sec. 557.)

LOUISIANA, WESTERN DISTRICT.-And the said judge shall appoint a clerk of the district court in the western district, and a clerk of the circuit court for said district shall be appointed in the same manner as other such clerks are appointed, and who shall receive for the services performed by them the same fees and compensation that are allowed to the clerks of such courts holding their session in New Orleans, in the same State, and shall be subject in every respect to the same restrictions and responsibilities. (21 U. S. Stats. 507.)

MICHIGAN. The clerks of the circuit and district courts and the marshal and attorney of the eastern district of Michigan shall severally perform the duties appertaining to his office respectively for said courts, when sitting at Bay City, pursuant to the terms of this act. (24 U. S. Stats. 423.)

MISSISSIPPI, NORTHERN DISTRICT That the clerk of the northern judicial district of Mississippi shall be sole clerk of the courts of both divisions of the said district, to be appointed in the manner now prescribed by law. (22 U. S. Stats. 101.) Either he or his deputies shall reside at each of the places of holding said courts, and shall there keep an office, and the records, files and documents pertaining to the court of that division; and said clerk shall be entitled to the same fees now allowed to him by law. (22 U. S. Stats. 101.) IIe shall appoint a chief deputy for the court of that divis