Southern shield., 1853-06-18

attorneys Ot the northern anu sOutnern districts of New York to the fees allow ed by the State law to c'erks, attorneys. and sheriffs, for similar ser vices in the State courts, are hereby re- pealed.
 Commissioner Fees.
 For administering an oath; ten cents; taking an acknowledgment, twenty five cents.
 For hearing and deciding on criminal charges, five dollars per day for the time necessarily employed.
 For attending to a reference in liti- gated matter in civil cause al law. in equity, or in admiralty, in pursuance of an order of court, three dollars per day.
 For taking and certifying dispositions 10 file, twenty cents for each folio of one hundred words, and len cents per folio for each copy of the same furnished to a party on request.
 For issuing any warrant, or writ, or any other service, the same compensa' I,ion as is allowed to clerks for like ser Ivices. --...
 ,.x Tor i7~>.;~s any warrant under the
 August, eighteen hundred and forty two,
 between the United States and the Quaen
 of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; against any person charged
 with any of the crimes or offences set
 forth in said article. two dollars; and the
 same sum for any warrant issued under
 the provisions of the conven ton for the surrender of criminals, between the United States and the King of the French concluded at Washington on the ninth
 of November, eighteen hundred and for ty three; and for hearing and deciding upon the case of any person charged with any offence or crime, and arrested under ihe provisions of said treaty, or convention, five dollars per day for the time necessarily employed.
 Uit1eSSeS' Fees.
 For each days attendance in court, or before any officer pursuant to law, one dollar and fifty cents, and five cents per mile for travelling from his place of resi- dence to said place of trial or hearing, and five cents per mile for returning. When witness is subpenaed in more than one cause betw cen the same parties Tn different suits at the same court, but one travel fee and one per diem com- pensatlon shall be allowed for attend ance, to be taxed in the first case dispo- sed of, and "per diem'' only in the oth, CT causes, 10 be taxed from that time in each case, in the order in which they may be disposed of
 When witness is detained in prison for want of security for his appearance, he shall be entitled to a compensation of one dollar per day over and above his 
 When clerk or other officer of the United States shall be sent away from his p ace of business as a witness for the | Government, either with or without pa pers or books, his salary shall continue; his necessary expenses, stated in items ant sworn 10, Ill gong, returning, and | attendance on the court, shall be audited ! and paid, but no mileage nor other com pensation sha in any case be allowed.
 There shall be paid to such seamen or other persons as has been or shall be ! sent 10 the United States from any for eign port, station, sea, or ocean, by any | United States Minister, Charge d'Affairs Consul, Commander, or Captain, to give testimony in any criminal case which has been or may be depending in any court of the United States, such com as the court which had or shall have cognizance of the crime, shall adiudge to be right and proper, not to exceed one dollar for each day the said seamen or person las been or shall be necessarily on the voyage, and arriving at the place of examination or trial, ex- elusive of sustenance and transportation; the court to take into consideration, in fixing said compensation, tie condition ,l sid seaman or witness; whether his ~age has been broken up to his injury " his being sent to the United States, or lot. |
 If said seaman or person has been CT hall be transported in an armed vessel 'i the United States, no charge for sus- ( enance or transportation shal be made; |; in any other vessel, the court may ad- 6 udge what compensation shal be paid It 0 the Captain of said vessel, and the lc anne shall be paid accordingly: Proui- It eG, That in no case shall transporta- on and subsistence be allowed at rate a fifty cents per diem. C
 Jurors Fees. For actual attendance at any court or ourts, two dollars per day during such 
 For travelling from their residence to = id court or courts. five cents per mile t IT going, and the same for returning. "
 Printers Fees. o For publishing any statute, notice, or i, der required by law, or the lawful or II er of any court, department, bureau, or - her person, in any newspaper, forty " nts per folio for the first inseI ton, and " 'enty cents per folio for each subse- p lent insertion. That the compensa- b ,n herein provided shall include the u lawfuI evidence, under oath, ft publication, to be made and furnished st the printer or publisher making such blicatiop.
 The term folio, in this act, shall mean a e hundred words, counting each figure b. a word. When there are over fifty bt q Under one hundred words they shall lea