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same manner az commissioners and shall be emit.
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For service Of any warrant, attachment, sum
mons, capias, or other writ, fexcept execution
two dollars for each person on whom such service
may be made: PROVIDED, That on petition settin,
forth the tdets on 0aih, the court may allotc such fai
eompensatson or the keeping IF personal property at
tached and held process, or shall on tr1mt
nation, be found to be reasonable
For serving writ of subpoena on witness
| fifty cents; and no further compensation shall b,
allowed for any copy, summons, or notice fo
witness. 4A4 II
For travel in going only to serve any process
warrant, attachment or other writ, including
writs of subpoena in civil and criminal cases. 81,
cents per mile, to be computed from the place Of
service to the court place where thewrit or pro-
cess is returned; and if more than one person il
served herewith the travel ahall be computed from
the court to the place of service which shall be
the most remote adding thereto the extra travel
which shall be necessary to serve II the others
Provided, That when more than two writs of any
kind in behalf of the same party or parties to be
served on the same person PERSONS part of the
same persons, are or might be served at the same
time, the marshal shall be entitled to compenea
ton for travel on only two of such writs; and to
save unnecessary expense, 1t shall be the duty oi
the clerk TO insert the of as many witnesses
In cause, IN such subpoena, as convenience in
| serving the same will permit And in all cases
where mileage is allowed to the marshal by this
act, it shall Re at his option to receive the same
his actual travelling expenses to be proved on bis
! oath to the satisfaction OF the court.
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| For summoning appraisers, each fifty cents.
For every commitment or discharge of a prison
er. fifty cents 7S4@
| For every proclamation in admiralty, thirty
cents. -as9 asa 4srz
| For sales of vessels or other property, under
process in admiralty, or under the order of court
of admiralty, and for receiving and paying the
money, for any sum under five hundred dollars,
two and one half per centum; for any larger sum,
one and one quarter per cenum, upon the excess.
For serving an attachment Il. rem or o libel in
| admiralty, two dollars; and the necessary ex-
penses OF keeping boats, vessels, or other property
attached or libelled in admiralty, not exceeding
| two dollars and fifty cents per day; and in case
| the debtor claim shall be settled by the parties,
| without sale of the property, the marshal shall
be entitled to commission OF one per cent. on the
first five hundred dollars of the claim decree,
! and one-half of one per cent on the excess over
five hundred dollars: Provided, That in case the
value of the property shall be less than the claim,
then, and in such case, such commission shall be
allowed only on the appraised value thereof.
For serving writ of possession, partition, exc.
cution, or. any final process, the same mileage as
is herein allowed for the service of any other writ;
| and for making the service, selling or levying on
liproperty, advertising and disposng of the same
by sale, set of, or otherwise, according to law,
receiving and paying over the money, the same
fees and poundage as are or shall be allowed for
similar services to the shers of the several States,
respectively, in which the service may be rem
| dered. a.4 IL
| For serving venires and summoning every
twelve men as grand or petit jurors, four dollars,
or thirty three and one third cents each; and in
those States where Jurors, by the laws of the State,
| are drawn by constables, or other officers of
porate towns or places, by lot, the marshal shall
receive for the use of the officers employed in
drawing and summoning the Jurors and returning
each venire, two dollars and for his own trouble
in distributing the venires, two dollars for each
jury: Provided, That in shall the fees for
distributing and serving venires, and drawing and
eummoning jurors by township officers, including
mileage chargeable by the marshal for such ser.
vice, at any court, exceed fifty dollars.
For travelling from his residence to the place of
holding court, to attend term thereof, ten cents
per mile for going only, and five dollars per day
for attending the circuit and district courts when
they are both in session. or for attending either of
said courts when but one is in session, and for
bringing in and committing prisoners and wit
nesses during the term.
For executing deed prepared by party or his
attorney, one dollar.
For drawing and executing deed, FIVE dol
lars
| For transporting criminals ten cents per mile
for himself, each necessary guard, and each pri-
soner. @
For copies of writs or papers furnished at the re-
quest Of any party, ten cents per folio.
For holding court of inquiry or other proceed
ing before jury, including the summoning of a
jury, five dollars. The marshal of the district of
South Carolina shall hereafter be entitled to
ceive salary of two hundred dollars per annum
The respective courts of the United States shall
appoint crers for their courts, to be allowed the
sum of two dollars per day; and the marshaIs are
hereby authorized to appoint such number of
persons, not exceeding fve as the judges of their
respective courts shall determine, to attend upon
the grand and other uries, and for other necessary
purposes, who shall be allowed for their services
the sum of two dollars per day, to be paid by and
included in the accounts of the marshal, of any
money of the United States in his hands; the COM
pensation to be given only for actual attendance;
and when both courts are in session at the same
time, to be paid but for attendance on court. =
For expenses while employed in endeavoring to
| arrest under process any person charged with or
convicted of crime, the sum actually expended,
not to exceed two dollars per day, in addition to
his compensation for service and travel
For disbursing money to jurors and witnesses,
and for other expenses, two per centum
For attending examinations before commits
sioner, and bringing in, guarding, and returning
prisoners charged with crime, and witnesses, two
dollars per day. and the same for each deputy ne
cessarily attending, not exceeding two.
SEC. q And be itfurther enacted That there shall
be paid to the marshal his fees for services render
ed for the United States, for summoning jurors
and witnesses in behalf of the United States, and
in behalf OF any prisoner to be tried for capital
offence; for the maintenance of prisoners of the
United States, confined in Jail for any criminal Of
fence; for the commitment or discharge of such
prisoners; for the expenses necessarily incurred
for fuel lights, and other contingencies that may
accrue in holding the courts within the district,
and providing the books necessary to record the
proceedings thereof: Provided, That the marshal
shall not incur an expense of more than twenty
dollars in any year for furniture, or fifty dol
lars for rent of building and making improvements
thereon, without first submitting statement and
estimates to the Secretary of the Interior and get
ting his instructions in the premises.
SEC. 3. And be 1t further enacted, That every
district attorney, clerk Of district court, clerk
OF circuit court, and marshal of the United
States, shall, until otherwise directed by law,
upon the first day of January and July in each
year, commencing with the first days of July
next, or within thirty days from and after the
days specified, make to the Secretary of the
Interior, in such form he shal prescribe,
a return in writing, embracing all the fees and
emoluments of their respective offices, of every
name and character, distinguishing the fees and
emoluments received or payable under the bank
rupt act, from those received or payable for any
other service; and in the case OF marshal, fur
Their distinguishing the fees and emoluments re-
ceived or payable for services by himself personally
rendered. from those received payable for ser
vices rendered by deputy; and also distinguish
ing the fees and emoluments 30 received or payas |
bic for services rendered by each deputy, by NAME
and the proportion of such fees and etnoiuments
which, by the terms Of his service, each deputy 10
to receive; and also embracing all the necessary
office expenses of such officer, together with the
vouchers for the payment of the came for the hall
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 officer max
ing the same. And no district attorney shall be
allowed by the said Secretary OF the Interior to re-