21. JURISDICTION OF INFERIOR COURTS; TRANSFER OF ACTION;
 STATUS AS COMMITTING COURT; BAIL; RULES.

 The inferior courts now or hereafter established by local law shall have exclusive
 original jurisdiction of all civil actions wherein the matter in controversy does not
 exceed the sum or value of $500, exclusive of interest and costs, all criminal cases
 wherein the maximum punishment which may be imposed does not exceed a fine of
 $100 or imprisonment for six months, or both, and all violations of police and executive
 regulations, and they shall have original jurisdiction, concurrently with the district court,
 of all actions, civil or criminal, jurisdiction of which may hereafter be conferred upon
 them by local law. Any action or proceeding brought in the district court which is within
 the jurisdiction of an inferior court may be transferred to such inferior court by the
 district court in the interest of justice. The inferior court shall hold preliminary
 investigation in charges of felony and charges of misdemeanor in which the
 punishment that may be imposed is beyond the jurisdiction granted to the inferior
 courts by this section, and shall commit offenders to the district court and grant bail in
 bailable cases. The rules governing the practice and procedure of the inferior courts
 and prescribing the duties of the judges and officers thereof, oaths and bonds, the
 times and places of holding court, and the procedure for appeals to the district court
 shall be as may hereafter be established by the district court. The rules governing
 disposition of fines, costs and forfeitures, enforcement of judgments, and disposition
 and treatment of prisoners shall be as established by law or ordinance in force on the
 date of approval of this Act or as may hereafter be so established.

 22. JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT; TENURE; REMOVAL;
 COMPENSATION; ASSIGNMENT OF OTHER JUDGES, MARSHALS

 The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint a
judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, who shall hold office for the term of
eight years and until his successor is chosen and qualified, unless sooner removed by
the President for cause. The salary of the judge of the district court shall be at the rate
prescribed for judges of the United States district courts. Whenever it is made to
appear that such an assignment is necessary for the proper dispatch of the business of
the District Court the Chief Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit of the United States may
assign a circuit or district judge of the Third Circuit, or the Chief Justice of the United
States may assign any other United States circuit or district judge with the consent of
the judge so assigned and of the chief judge of his circuit, to serve temporarily as a
judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands. The compensation of the judge of the
district court and the administrative expenses of the court shall be paid from
appropriations made for the judiciary of the United States. The Attorney General shall
appoint a United States marshal and Deputy Marshals for the Virgin Islands, to
whose office the provisions of chapter 33 of Title 28, United States Code shall apply.