Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-06-09
MORNING, JUNE 9, 1857.

| t;,,a I " 1he congress each senator representa- a uae ana delegate shall receive his mileage for such secoha session and monthly durno sucb session con,
 , al the rate of B 900 per annum till the 4b J J oa cn terminating the Congress- and on that entitled to representative and delegate shall be eht.eu U receive any balance of the s6 900 not heretofore paid in the said montblv noS above directed iAiy iusIaihenIs as
 2' That the President of the Senate p,o tsmDore when 'hefe snail oe no Vice President ar tho T;o President shall have become Pres;dot f G .u @ .o states, snail receive the compensation nrov,;ded h law for the ePresident; and the Speakar of +bs House of Representatives shall recc;,a ah1 p' io compensation above provided for representativaS payable at the times and in the manner above orn vided Tor payment of the compensation of represen tatives Eoh
 $ 3. That this law shall apply to the prescn, Con eteSs ana each senator. representative and delepate
 i De emitted to receive the difference only between % %elei per diem compensation already received under | by this act ~ P"oi Pio'luou | 4. That in the event of the death of any sepa
 . f l or delegate prior to the commence
 ;,L .:i e ist sosSioa of the Congress- he shall be neither emitted to mileage or connen. ato, .na ;, the event of death after the con,niont "t' II. session. hs representatives shall be entitled to | so much of hls compensation comnnte1 at ,ho to ol So'VoV PCT ahhun, as he may not have received: be due and unpaid "N0' "0u anu
 $ ,; That if any books shall hereafter be ordered to and received by members of Congress bv a resol lution of either both houses of Compress the nr; pad Tor the same shall be deducted from the com Pehsaton hereinbefore provided for such member or members: Provided, however That this shall not eN!end to books ordered to be printed by the public | Der shall have been elected
 D. nat It shall be the duty of the Sergeant at Afns or the House and Secretary of the Senate re- spectlvey, to deduct from the monthly payments of members as herein provided for the amonnt of his compensation for each day that such member shall be absent from the House Senate respectively. m ies sue representative senator delegate shall as sign as the reason for such absence the sckness of himself or of some member of his family
 f That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with repugnan to the provisions of this ac be and the same are hereby repealed.
 APPROVED, August Is, 1S56
 AN ACT to amend the Acts regulating the Fees Costs
 and other judicial Expenses of the Government in the States Territories and District of Columbia
 and for other Purposes.
 Be it enacted etc. That hereafter hofore tbe oo- counts of the United States marshas district attor neys and clerks are presented to the accounting off, cerS of the Treasury Department for settlement they shaIi pc exainlned and certified to by the district Judge Of the United States in the district in which the officers presenting the accounts oficiate whether Tn the States or Territories and the same shall be snb ect to revision upon their merits by said acconn.inq ohcers as in case of other public accounts: Provided however That no accounts of f. es or costs paid to any witness or Juror, upon the order of any iudee or commissioner. shall be re-exalnined is 10 ehnrpe any marshal for an taxation of such fees or costs
 ?. That the accounts of the commissioners of the United States circuit courts shall be examined and certified to by the district judge of tho district in winch they are appointed. previous to their presen- taon to- or revision by, the accounting officers of the l Treasury Department
 3. That in no case shall the fees of more than four witnesses be taxed against the United States in the examination of criminal eases heforo .ba c,,, mssionerS of the United States cirrut rourts unn.s thelr materialltv and importance shal! first be ap proved and certified to by the United States district attorney for the district in which the examination shall take place subject to revision as in of her aeS
 1. That i'll all these cases before mentioned an ap cal shall lie from the decision of tie accounting | officers to the Secretary of the Interior
 $ D That the judges of the supreme court in each ot the Territories, or majority of them shall when assembled at their respective seats of government X and appoint the several times and places of hold ng he several courts in their respective disric and limit the duration of the terms thereof: Provided hat the said courts shall not be held at more than thre" placos in any one Territory: And provided further That the judge or judges holding snch courts snail adjourn the same, without day any time be- lore the expiration of such terms whenever in his or ther oPinion the further continuance thereof is not necessary.
 $ $. That all costs and fees for services rendered by the clerks of the several courts in inc District of CoIumhla, chargeable to others than the United States shall he payable immediately after the services, are performed and shall be collected by such rules and regulations. not incompatible with law a. may be prescribed by the courts in which such services are rendered, but shall in be paid by the United States.
 ' That the several circuit and district courts of the oned States the district of the Territo- res and the criminal court of the District of CoIum- bla, shall have the power to discharge the grand iu- rcs of the respective courts whenever they shall be of opinion that the public interests will not be sub served hv further continuance of the session f i3 grand inrv.
 $ 8 That officer of the United States courts
 including the haiitf> guards deputies of the United 1r"ie: marshalS whether in the States Territories or DISt n iI1n, ,,1i al,,1l
 is officiating.
 g. That the United States shall hereafter be Ea he to the justices and cons abes of inc coun,r of Washington in the District of Columbia for their fees and services in of felony onlv and so nuch of the 10th section of the act of May IT. lS4e en,i- tied An acfto rontinne alter. and amend the char ter of the city of Washington as provided other wise is hereby repealed: said fees shall he ra3 hv the Uni cd States marshall, upon the approval of the nudge of the criminal court of the District of Column ha snh'ect t. the revision by the accounting officers o the treasury and to appeal the Secretary of the Interior " 'i'N
 10. That tshall be the duty of each of the ndoes ot the supreme court of the respective Territories of the ned States todesignate and appoint one nersor as clerk of the district which he presdes where one IS not already appointed and to de, ignate and re'h'n hut one such clerk where more than one is a'reafv appointed and only such district clerks shall he en'ltle toa compensation from the United States eXcert for fees taxable to the United States
 II. That so much of the third section of the act ot Fcbrurrv 26. lS53 entitled An act to rooplate the fcrs and costs to he allowed to clerks marshals and attorneys of the crcut and district conrts of the United States. and for other purposes as reoures " that when the compensation "f any clerk shall be ess than $500 per annum the difference ascertained and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the treasury shall be paid to him theretrom" is hereby repealed
 s l2 That all accounts of the United States dis rct attornevs for services rendered in nstitut ed in the United States or State courts when the Unit ed States is party in interest hut not of record or in cases instituted against the officers of the United States or their deputies duly appointed agents for acts committed or omitted suffered by them in the lawful discharge of their duties shall be audited and allowed as in other cases assmilating the fees as near as may be to those provided by said act of Fe hrnarv % ls5s for like or similar services
 $ l3. That no marshal. deputy marshal of any of the courts of the United States shall hold or ex the duties of commissioner of any of said courts nor receive compensation therefor.
 H: That whenever from any cause, it may be impossible for the district attorney attend at court It shall be his duty to that and proper per- son learned in the law, residing near the place where the court is held possible does attend to such business may aIpertan to the duties of bis once and m all such the fees and charges to be pald shall he only such the district attorney would have been authorized by law to charge had he perso- na'ly attended and performed the service: Provided however That before any snch substitution is sane toned. or payment made the necessity thereof shall he shown to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Interior.
 ID. lhat all provisions Of law inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed
 APPROVED August l6, 1858.
 AN ACT providing for necessary Increase and
 better Organization of the Medical and Hospital
 Department of the Army.
 Be it enacted, etc. That there be added to the me- dlcal department of the army four surgeons and eight assistant surgeons to be appointed in accord anCe with existing laws
 s2. That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby authorized to appoint, from the enlisted men of the army. or to cause to be enlisted, many competent hospital stewards as the service may require not to exceed one for each military post. The said hospital stewards to be mustered and paid on hospital muster rolls non commissioned staff officers with the rank pay. and emoluments of geant or ord nance, and to be permanently attached to the medi- cal and hospital department under such regulations as shall be prescribed by the Secretary of War
 :" That soldiers acting cooks and nurses in hospitals, be and hereby allowed the extra pay