Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-04

The report of the Attorney General for the fiscal
year ending June 3d. 1882, says that since the last
| report there have been brought In the Court of
Claims 4S2 suits claiming St4S,7 100 81, and the en-
| tire number or suits pending against the United
States is 71S, claiming S27 59l ESQ GA. The number
| pending against the District OF Columbia is 2S7
| claiming S6,S96,310.39.
The experience gained by the supervision and
| investigation OF O. S. marShalS' accounts by the
Attorney General leads to the conviction that the
present fee bill might with propriety be revised.
The amount asked for to defray the expenses of
the u s. courts for the fiscal year 1854 is s. OOO
THE ACCOUNTS OF DISTRICT ATTORNEYS, MARsHALs
AND OTHER OFFICIALS.
To enable the Attorney General properly to in
Vest1gate the accounts OF district attorneys mar
shals clerks, and other officials, he submits that the
appropriation now applicable thereto should be in
| creased, In order that examinations may be made
within the localities in which the moneys were ex-
| pended. He suggests that some thorough system
of local ADULTS. at short intervals, may be devised
to restrain extravaganza in some districts, and to
| give In each district an assurance row wanting
mat expenditures are not greater than public in
| tereStS require.
He also recommends the re-enactment OF section
IA OF the act approved August 16, 1885, which pro-
Woes mat U. s. attorneys may appoint substitute
attorneys in certain cases to attend to the duties
| OF the Office when they cannot attend to them.
| themselves.
WITNESSES FOR ACCUSED PERSONS NOT ABLE TO
PAY SUCH WITNESSES.
The Attorney General repeats the suggestions
OF his last annual report respecting witnesses for
| an accused person who is unable to pay such wit
hesSes as ne may need. He says the privilege
which is now accorded an accused person of hay-
ing witnesses subpenaed at the expense of the
government Is one which entails heavy expense
ana Is frequently abused 1t should be thor.
oughly guarded and no witnesses should be
allowed to be summoned merely for the purpose
OF attesttng or attacking the credibiIity OF other
witnesses He recommends that the number
which the United States shall be required to sum
| mon and pay for any defendant shall not exceed
only these should be summoned when it is clearly
shown by affidavit that their testimony goes to
| the merits OF the case.
OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS
are: That the maximum compensation of the
several clerks of the United States courts shall be
uniformly the same. That the Revised Statutes
be so amended that all emolument returns of dis
trict attorneys, clerks and marshals shall here.
after be settled for fiscal years. as other accounts
are settled. That additional legislation be had tn
protect executive civil of1cers OF the government
In the performance OF their duties. an: aIso
they have ..!.iiuiiy performed them. 'TSere IL
one OF these ofncers white engaged in discharcinr
his duties or because he has DISCHARGED them
This is a matter which should not be 1eft TO the
administration,of Justicein the state courts
ana State
available penitentiary In the states the Attorney
General submits to Congress the propriety Of
building United States penitentiafy at 4 su,t.
able place, either In Arizona or New Mexico. for
the imprisonment OF United States prisoners In
those territories.
He calls attention to the insu1ciency Of the law
unier which ne Is authorized to contract with
state asylusf for the care and custody OF any PER-
son who may become insane while under the sal.
tence OF United States court
Ado,t,onsl LEGISLATION 6 required 70 enable the
AseoEney General TO return pFtsonen VINO Hege