Southern shield., 1853-06-18

the courts within the district. and provi- | ding the books necessary to record the proceedings thereof: P,oUided, That the marshal shall not incur an expense of more than twenty dollars in any one year for furniture, or fifty dollars for rent of building and making improve ments thereon, without first submitting a statement and estimates to the Secretary of the Interior, and getting his inslruc lions in the premises.
 Src. 3. find be h frfher enacted, That every district attorney, clerk Of a tlistrlc! court, and marshal of the United States, shall, until otherwise directed by law, open the first day of January, and July, in each years, commencing with the first days of July next, or within thirty days from and after the days spe- cihed, make to the Secretary of the h. terior, in such forms as he shall pre- scribe, return in writing, embracing all the fees and emoluments of their respec- dive offices, of every name and charac- ter, distinguishing the fees and emou- ments received or payable under the bankrupt act, from those received or pay able for any other service; and in the case or a marshal, further distinguishing 'ue .GO" omoluments received or payable for services Dy nrr.--.r ally rendered, from those received or
 Y; and also distinguishing the fees and
 emoluments so received or payable for
 services rendered by each deputy, by
 name, and the proportion of such fees
 and emolumenls which, by the terms oI
 his service, each deputy is to receive;
 and also embracing all the necessary
 office expenses of such officer, together
 with the vouchers for the payment 0.
 the same for the half year ending on the
 said first day of January or July, as the case may be, which return shall be, in
 all cases, verified by the oath of the of
 ficer making the same. And no distric,
 attorney shall be allowed by the sad
 Secretary of the interior 10 retain of the
 fees and emoluments of his said office,
 for lis own personal compensation, over
 his necessary office expenses, the neces-
 sary clerk hire included, to be audited
 and allowed by the proper accounting
 officers of the treasury, sum exceeding six thousand dollars per year, and at and after that, rate for such time as he shall
 ho d the office; and no clerk of district
 court; or clerk of a circuit court, shall be allowed by the said Secretary to re- tain of the fees and emoluments of hls
 sad office, or, in case both of the said
 clerkship shall be held by the same per-
 son, oi the said offices, for his own per.
 sonal compensation, over and above the necessary expenses of his office and nec- essary clerk hire included, also to be audited and allowed by the proper ac- counting officers of tie treasury, sum exceeding three thousand five hundred do lars per year for any such district clerk, or circuit clerk, or at and after that rate for such time as he shall hold the office: Proyided, That when the compensation of any clerk shall be less than five hundred dollars per an- mum, the difference, ascertained and al- lowed ty the proper accounting officer -Uf tho treasury, shall be paid to him thereirom; and no marshal shall be al- lowed by the said Secretary to retain of the fees and emoluments of his office, for his own personal compensation, ever end above proper allowance to his deputies, which shall in no case exceed three-fourths of the fees and emoluments received as payab for the services ren- dered by the deputy to whom the allow ance is made, and may be reduced be-
 low that atc by the said Secretary of the Interior whenever the return shall show that rate of allowance to be unreason- able, and over and above the necessary office expenses of the said marsha the necessary clerk hire included, also to be audited and allowed by the proper ac- counting officers of the treasury, sum exceeding six thousand dollars per year, or at and aIlci that rate for such times as he shall hold the olii:ce; and every such officer shall, with such retui,, made hv ilm, pay into the treasury of the Unittcd | States, or deposit to the credit of the I reasurer thereof, as he may be directed
 by the Secretary of the Interior, any sur | plus oi the fees and emoluments of his offlce. which his half yearly return so | made as aforesaid show to exist over and above the compensation and allowances herelnbelore authorized to be retained and paid by him. And in every case where the return of any such officer sha I show that surplus may exist, the Secre- 1: tary of the Interior shall cause such re- turns 10 be carefully examined, and the It accounts of disbursements to be regular. y audited by the proper officers of his department, and an account 10 be opened with such officer in proper books to be |c provided for that purpose, and the al a lowances for personal compensation for each calendar year shall be made from s 'hc fees and emoluments of that year, f and not otherwise: And prouided fur Iher, That nothing in any existing law Of Congress authorizing ;he payment of o per diem compensation to district at. d torney, clerk of a district court, or clerk 0 ot circuit court, or marshal, or deputy e for attendance upon the district [, or clrccit courts during their sittings, q shall be so construed as to authorize anv lti such payment 10 any one of those off. |fu 'ers for attendance upon either of those ol 'ourts while sitting for the transaction b, fl huSippsS unbar tho Lo,>l.. y n,