Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-09-10

conviction thereof by or before any court Of com.
petent jurisdiction shall be liable TO fine not ex-
ceeding twenty thousand dollars, and to imprson.
sar nol esueedng ten years, or to both, in the
Sec. 4. Ind be IL further enacted That the
tnira section OF the act Of twenty-dfth March,
eigatesn numbered and sixty-two, entitled Gan
act TO facilitate evidence and proceedings in and
aaJucauons upon captured property Of prize, !" be,
ana the same is hereby, amended SO that the
compensation OF counsel to the captors to be adj.
Justed and determined by the court and maid
and allowed as costs, shall be confined TO oompen.
sation Tor such services may be rendered neces-
sary by reason OF the captors having interests con-
noting with those Of the United States, and proper
III the opinion OF the court TO be represented by
seperate eounsels from those representing the
United states. And so much of the twelfth sec.
tlon Oh the act OF July seventeen, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-two, entitled SAN act for the bet-
yer government of the navy of the United States,n
as authorlzes the Secretary of the Navy to employ
an agent or counsel for the captors and to fix his
compensation, is hereby repealed.
sec. D. and be IL further enacted That the
commissioners in prize shall not exceed two in
any district OF the courts of the United States to
De appointed by the district court of each district
one o. whom shall be retired naval officer to be
appointed by the court and approved by the secre-
tary OF the Navy and the annual salaries in each
district OF both commissioners shall not exceed six
thousand dollars; and all counsel fees in prize
cases IN the supreme court of the United States,
when nave been or may be incurred or authorized
by any department of the Governments shall be
AUDITED and allowed by the Attorney General and
solicitor OF the treasury and shall be a charge
upon and paid out of the fund appropriated for
deiraying the expenses Of suits in which the Uni
ted States are parties or interested.
Sec. 9. And be IL further enacted, That when
the court shall allow witnesses fees to any witness
IN prize cause, and the court has no money sub
Ject to ITS order in the cause, the same shall be
paid by the marshal as in the case of witnesses in
causes IN which the United States is a party, and
shali Dc repaid from any money deposited to the
order OF the court in said cause.
Sec. !. -And be a. further enacted, That an
peals from the district courts of the United States
IN prlze causes shall be directly to the supreme
court, and shall be made within thirty DAYS Of the
rendering Of the decree appealed from, unless the
court shall previously have extended the time for
cause shown in the particular case and the SUI
preme court shall always be open for the entry Of
such appeals. Such appeals may be claimed when
ever the amount in controversy exceeds two thous-
and dollars, and in other cases on the certificate of
the district judge that the adjudication involves u
question Of difficulty and general importance.
Sec. 5. and be il further enacted, That all pro-
visions OF law which are inconsistent with those of
this act shall be, and are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 8, 1868,