Show the practice in territorial courts bill bili passed by congress cap esq esi an act concerning the practice in territorial courts and appeals whereas by the organic acts establishing tab lishing several of the territories of the united state states it is provided that certain courts thereof shall have common law and chancery j jurisdiction url uri diction and doubts have heen been een entertained whether said juried jurisdictions ic must be exercised separately or whether they may be exercised together in the same proceeding and whether tile the codes and r ules rules 0 of f practice adopted in said territories which have authorized the mingling of said jurisdictions in the same proceeding or a uniform course of proceeding in all eases cases legal and eq equitable bitable ui table tabie are repugnant to th tha said raid a d organic acts respectively therefore be it enacted by the senate and mouse house of representatives 0 of f the united states of america in congress assembled that it shall not be necessary in any of the courts of the several territories of the united states to exercise separately the common law and chancery J jurisdictions vested in said courts and that the several codes and rules of practice adopted in said territories respectively in so far as they authorize a miri mingling ling of said jurisdictions or a uniform uniform course of proceeding in all cases whether legal or equitable be confirmed and that all proceedings heretofore had or taken take n in sait salt said sald courts in conformity with said respective codes and rules of practice so far as aa relates to the form and mode of proceeding be and the same are hereby validated and confirmed provided that no party has been beed or shall be deprived of the light of trial by jury in e ases cases cognizable at common law jaw SEC 2 that the appellate jurisdiction of the supreme court of the united states over the judgments and decrees of taid said territorial rit orial courts in cases of trial by jury shall be exercised by writ of error and in all other capes by an appeals i according to such rules and alid regulations as to form and modes of proceeding as the said supreme court have prescribed or may inny hereafter prescribe provided that on appeals instead of tile the evi large a statement of tile the facts of the case in the nature of a special verdict and also the rulings of tho the court on tho tile admission or rejection of evidence when excepted to shall be made and certified by the court below and transmitted to tile the supreme court together C with the transcript of the proceedings and judgment or decree but no appellate proceedings in said supreme court heretofore taken upon any such judgment or decree B shall hall bo be in invalidated valida ted by reason of being instituted by writ of error or by rip appeal peal and ano provided further that the appellate court may make any order in any case heretofore appealed which may bo necess sary to save the rights ts of th the 0 part parties lea iea and that this act shall shail not apply to cases now pending in th the 0 supreme court of the united kitanes S tates where the tho record has already been filed |