 | Glenn Shirley - History - 1990 - 516 pages
...a house of representatives with twenty-six members. Section 9 of the act placed the judicial power in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and justices of the peace, the supreme court to consist of a chief justice and two associate justices, "any two of whom shall... | |
 | Legislative bodies - 1909 - 332 pages
...governor and confirmed by the territorial council. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. The judicial department is vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts and justices of the peace. Supreme Court— The supreme court consists of a chief justice and five associate justices, appointed... | |
 | Michael G. Chiorazzi, Marguerite Most - History - 2005 - 706 pages
...the territory of Colorado was created by an act of the US Congress.55 By the territory's organic act, judicial power was vested in a supreme court, district...courts, probate courts, and justices of the peace, giving Colorado a judicial system very similar to most of the newly created states and territories.... | |
 | Lawrence M. Friedman - Law - 2005 - 642 pages
...also paid more attention to details of court organization. Wisconsin's law, for example, specified "a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and . . .justices of the peace."' But even in this, and later territorial laws, there were strong echoes of the Northwest Ordinance.... | |
 | South Dakota. Supreme Court - Court rules - 1894 - 748 pages
...organic act which was in force when this case was tried provides that "the judicial power shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and justices of the peace."' Section 26, Organic Act. It also provides that justices of the peace "shall not have jurisdiction of... | |
 | Iowa Historical Records Survey - Archival resources - 1938 - 382 pages
...establishing the Territory of Iowa provided that the judicial power of the new territory should be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and justices of the peace (US Statutes at Large, vol. 5, sess. 2, ch. 96, sec. 9). The constitution of the State of Iowa provides... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1854 - 382 pages
...to the President, and two copies thereof for the use of Congress. JUDICIAL POWER, &c. There shall be a Supreme Court, District Courts, Probate Courts, and Justices of the Peace. The Supreme Court shall consist of a chief justice and two associates, at an annual salary each of... | |
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That the judicial power of said Territory shall be vested in a supreme court, district courts, probate courts, and justices of the peace. 
