MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court.
The act of June 17th, 1870, entitled "An Act to regulate the salaries of chief justices and associate justices in the Territories," 16 Stat. 152; Rev. St. § 1879, provided as follows:
"The salaries of the chief justices and associate justices of the Territories of New Mexico, Washington, Wyoming, etc., shall be three thousand dollars each per annum."
This statute remaining in force, Congress...
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