I. Inferior
1. District Courts.
2. Circuit Courts.
II. Supreme.
Q. How many District Courts are there at present?
A. Sixty-five; fifty-six of them being in the States, and nine of them in the Territories.
Q. What is the largest number of districts into which any State is divided?
A. Three; Alabama, New York and Tennessee have three districts
each; Ark., Fla., Ill., Mich., Miss., Mo., N. C., Ohio, Penn,
Texas, Va. and Wis. have two districts each, and the remaining
States and Territories one each.
Q. What officers in the District Court?
A. One District Judge, a District Attorney, Assistant District
Attorneys, a Marshal, a Clerk, and a large number of Deputy
Marshals; and also Registers in Bankruptcy.
Q. What jurisdiction has a District Court?
A. Original jurisdiction.
Q What are the salaries of the District Judges?