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? A. Four thousand dollars each. Q. What does the territory of several districts constitute? A. A Circuit. Q. How many Circuits are there? A. Nine, each presided over by a Circuit Judge; and their names are as follows: 1. Circuit consisting of Maine, N. H, Mass., R. I. John Sowell, Judge. 2. Circuit consisting of Conn., Vt. and N. Y. Samuel J. Blatchford, Judge. 3. Circuit consisting of Penn., N. J. and Del. Wm. McKennan, Judge. 4. Circuit consisting of N. C., S. C., Md. and Va. Hugh L. Bond, Judge. 5. Circuit consisting of Miss., La., Ala., Fla., Ga. and Texas. William B. Woods, Judge. 6. Circuit consisting of Ohio, Mich., Ky., Tenn. and W. Va. John Baxter, Judge. 7. Circuit consisting of Ind., Ill. and Wis. Thomas Drummond, Judge. 8. Circuit consisting of Minn, Iowa, Mo., Ark., Kan. and Nebraska. George W. McCrary, Judge. 9. Circuit consisting of Cal., Oregon, Nevada and Colorado. Lorenzo Sawyer, Judge. Q. What jurisdiction has the Circuit Court? A. Original. Salary of the Judges, $6,000. SUPREME COURT. Q. What territory is embraced in the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court? A. The whole of the United States. Q. How many judges constitute the Supreme Court? A. Nine; corresponding with the number of the Circuits. Q. What are the names of the Supreme Judges. CHIEF JUSTICE. Morrison R. Waite ... appointed 1874 ASSOCIATE JUSTICES. Nathan Clifford ... appointed 1858 Noah H. Swayne ... appointed 1862 John M. Harlan ... appointed 1877 Samuel F. Miller ... appointed 1862 Stephen J. Field ... appointed 1863 Wiliam Strong ... appointed 1870 Joseph P. Bradley ... appointed 1870 Ward Hunt ... appointed 1872 Q. When does the Supreme Court meet? A. The first Monday in December, at Washington. Q. What is its jurisdiction? A. Principally Appellate; it has Original jurisdiction in a few cases, as mentioned in Constitution. Q. By whom are all these judges appointed? A. By the President and Senate. Q. What is the salary of the Supreme Court Judges? A. The Chief Justice receives ten thousand five hundred dollars. Associates receive ten thousand dollars. Q. For how long a term are all these judges appointed? A. They hold the office for life, or during good behavior, or until they resign. Election of a President and Vice-President of the United States. ELECTION OF A PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES Q. Under how many heads may this topic be treated? A. Two: the first being the manner pursued by the political parties for nominating candidates; the second, the constitutional provisions for electing them. Preliminary action of political parties.