Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-01-31

balance OF Inc fnOuSan0 OOtNES Dol
paid in tie said monthly osalments as above di-
Sec And be further enacted That the President Of
Senate pro iempor when there shall 30 no Vice
emit the ViecPre sdent shall have become President
the United States, shall receive The compensation pro.
led by law for the ViceP resdeDt and The Speaker OF
House Of Representatives shall Give double the
mpcnsaton above provided for representa- ives payable
the times and in the manner above provided for pay
.nt of the compensation Of representatives.
Sec g. And be it further enacted That this law shall ap
to the present Congress, aud each SENATOR representa-
:e and delegate shall be entitled the fcrenc.
ly between their per improvisation already re ;evet
der the law now in force and the compensation provided
Sec And be it further enacted That in the event of
death of any senator or delegate prior
shall be neither entitled TO mileage or compensaiion
d in the event Of death aer the commencement OF any
ssion his representatives shall be emit led to receive
uc6 his compensation, computed ut the rate Of three
usand dollars per annu he may not have received;
any mileage That have actually accrued and may
Sec s. Aud be it further enacted That if any books shall
'reafter be ordered to and received by members OF 20
ess by OF either both houses of Congress-
price paid for the shall be deducted from the
mpensaton herenl Ell, provided to: SUI member or
.mbers: ovid ID. how That this shall not ex END
books ordc be Printed by the publ printer during
Congress for which i,cinoer sn'll have been
Sec And further enac!el, That it shall be the
lsy of the Sergeant Arms The House and Secretary
the Senate resi- ectve', to deduct Iron" ' ,h. nOn my
his compensation for each day that su.h mel shall
absent from the House Senate resp c'lveiy unless
for oh absence the sickness Ut Llsef or Ot some
enber of his fin ly.
Sec T. And be further enacted That all act parts
acts inconsistent with or repu nant 10 the provisions OF
lis act be and the s.m are hereby repealed
Approved August l6, 1856,
HAP. CXXlV An Act to amend the Acts regulating the
Fees Costs and jud cal Expenses of the Govern
States Territories and Listr OF Columbia,
BE enacted by Senate House of Representatives.
the United States of America Congress embed,
hereafter before the OF the United STATES
,rSla> d.strc attorneys and clerks presented to
uniting officers Of the Tr asurv Department for set
ment they shall be examined and certified to by the
judge OF the I'm ted States in the district in which
officers presenting the accounts oicate, whether in
State TcrrltOr es and tic shall be subject t"
vision upon their merits by said 'unng officers, as n
Of other pub ic UNITS: Provided, however, That
accounts Of fees or Costs pad to any w''ness IF Juror,
the Oidcr Of judge commissioner, shall be SD
examined to charge any marshal for All erroneous tax
of such fees c,,s!s
And BE- it further That the accounts of
of The United States circuit o,rts shall
examined and Ger, fled to by the district id.e Of the
strict winch they appointed, previous their pre-
ntaiinn to- by, the accounting Uccis OF the
.rasury Department.
Sec And be further enacted That in shall
fees Of than four witnesses be taxed against the
lifted States The eXan tion OF criminal cases before
Of the United States circuit courts,
their natcaiity and Importance shall first be approved
I'd certified by the United States district attorney for
.e district which shall take place, SUBJ
ct To revision i'll other cas-e.
See. T. Aud be further ed, That in all these Cases
aforementioned an appeal shall lie from the decision Of
accounting officers the Secretary OF the Interior
Sec s. Ana be II further enacted That the Judges of the
llrcnc each q" the Territories, majority of
EN-, shall when assembled Their respective seats If
vernmen Xix and appnln the several times and places o
Id the several i'll their respective and
mt duration "f the thereof Provided. That
said courts shall not be held at titan three places
any Territory: And provided, further, That the
dye judges holding such courts shall adj the samc
thou' day. any lime before the expiration OF such
whenev,r III his their opnOn the further contin
thereof necessary.
SIC 8 Aud lie It further enacted That all casts and fees
rendered bv the of the several courts l.
.e Dsr.ct Il" Columbia, chargeabe u.hers Than the
ned States, shalt be payable immediately afe: the Set
ices performed, and shall be Elected by such rules
nd regulations, not Incompatible wih law may bc pre-
ribbed BY the winch such services rendered,
,ut shall IN case be paid by the United States
Sec And be II further enacted, That The several circuit
and district courts the United States he district
Of the Tcr,or and the criminal of the District of
Columbia shall have the t. d.,' barge thu grand jill
r.cs of III courts Whenever the. shall be of opn
the public Ill not be subs.r, cd by fur
.cr continuance of The session OF said grand jury.
Sec And DE II further enacted That officer Of the
United States courts udng the bs, guards, dep
of the Tn Ted Sa:cs narsas whether i'll the States,
Territories District of Columbia shall be entitled to
fees either before court OF c'mmissi where
See AMI be il further enacted, That the United States
shall be liable the and conslables of
he county Washing ton in the District If Columbia for
their and OF tc,ny only; and much
Of the lfeen, section of the act Of May seventeenth
cpb,e hundred and f,rr, eight entitled An act to con-
nuc alter and amend the chat: ter OF the city Of Wash
myton, provided otherwise is hereby repealed said
The Judge Of the criminal of the district
, Cnlumbi, u6Jec t" the by the accounting Of
cers of the treasury and 10 appeal TO the Secretary Of the
Interior.
duty of each Of the judges Of the sui RENE court of the re;
appoint pc, clerk q" h district which he
pes.des where already appointed and To dcsg
nate but such clerk more than
already appointed and oaly sue. district clerks shall BE-
titled to c,npcnSa from the United States except for
fees taxable L. the United States.
Sec H. And be it further enacted That much of the
third section If the act Of February twentysx, eighteen
hundred and hfythree entitled An act 10 regulate the
ncys the circuit and district courts of the United States
and for other urpnSe, requires that when the COM
pe,saron of any clerk shall be less than five hundred dol
lars per annun' the ference asceralned and allowed by
the proper ny Officers e the treasury shall be pad
to HIN there. ron, is her. by repealed.
Sec L. And be it further enacted, That all
the United States district torcvs for rendered
instituted in the United States State COURTS when
the United States party in interest," but not of record
States their deputies duly po MED agents. acts
committed omt,c, suffered by them the lawful
in other matins the fees may be,
those provided by SAID of February ,wentysix egh
'ee hundred and fit y-three for like or mIar services
Sec Is. And be further enacted. That marshal, or
deputy marshal Of of the courts of the I'm ted States
shall hold exercise the duties t commissioner Of any of
said Courts, nor receive compensation therefor.
Sec And be it further enacted That whenever from
it be mp shle for the district attorney
attend it shall be his duty that and
proper person. learned in the law, residing the place
where the court held possible does attend to such bu
sness apperain to the duties of his office, and in
all such the fees and charges be paid shall only be
such the str ct attorney would hare been authorized
by law charge had he personally attended and performed
the service Fr.vdd however, That before any such sui
st,uon sanctioned, payment made, the necessity
thereof shall be shown to The satisfaction of the Secretary
of the Interior
Sec. And be it further enacted That all provisions
of law inconsistent with this act hereby repealed
Approved, August IT, 1896.
CHAP CXXvI An Act for continuing the Improvement of
the Dcs Mones Rapids in the Alisaiss ppi River