r powers and jurisdiction from the
Constitution and laws of the United States.

"The judicial powers of the United States shall be vested in one
Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as Congress may from time
to time establish."

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest and most
powerful judicial body in the world.

It holds its regular sessions at Washington, sitting from October to
July.

The chief justice and eight associate justices constitute the Supreme
Court of the United States, and are appointed for life by the
President of the United States and confirmed by the United States
Senate.

The salary of the chief justice is $15,000.00 per year, and of the
associate justices $14,000.00 per year.

Six judges must be present in the trial of a case and a majority is
necessary in rendering a decision.

The district judges receive a salary of $6,000.00 annually and the
judges of the appeals court $7,000.00 annually.

The judges cannot be removed except for cause, and then they are
impeached in the House of Representatives and tried in the United
States Senate.

The principal Federal courts that have been organized by Congress are:
The Supreme Court, the Circuit Court of Appeals, the Circuit Court,
the District Court.

A United States judge if he has served ten years may retire on full
salary when seventy years old.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

The most important offices in the United States are the President and
Vice President. They are legally elected by electors chosen by the
voters of the forty-eight states.

The President of the United States must be a natural born citizen
living in this country for fourteen years at least, and must be
thirty-five years old.

He is elected for four years and receives a salary of $75,000.00
annually and residence. Congress makes other allowances for expenses.

The President is the Commander in Chief of the army and navy. He
appoints every administrative officer except the Vice President. He
may call extra sessions, and may veto bills, which Congress can pass
over his veto with a two-thirds majority in each House. He represents
the United States in all dealings with foreign powers.

The President appoints the members of his cabinet, but said
appointments must be approved by the United States Senate.

The Cabinet consist of a Secretary of State, Treasury, War, Navy,
Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Interior, the Attorney General and
Postmaster General