Arizona silver belt., 1894-04-28
RED TATE

scribes rules and regulations for the payment of costs chargeable to the United States incurred in trials of h. dians in the District Court of Gila county, He requires the following:
 l. Give style of the case, the offense charged and the date when the prose- cution was begun.
 2 Give an itemized statement of the bill of cost in the case; that is, give on the left hand margin of the page, the date when each service was performed or expense incurred, then give the name of the officer or other person per forming such service on incurring such expense; the character of the service performed or expense incurred and the charge therefor, Foot up the items so as to show the total cost in the case. Then take up the next case and con tinue until bills of cost have been made up in all cases mp to aud including June 30th. 1893 Foot up the account so as to show the total amount claimed.
 8. Let the Clerk of the Court or the officer whose duty it is to make out bills of cost, make an affidavit to the account, stating that the said account contains true and corrected statement of the costs incurred in the cases mon toned amounting in the aggregate to the sum of - dollars and which costs have been adjudged against and paid by the county of Gila,
 1, Let the County Treasurer or of ficer whose duty it to pay claims against the county, make affidavit that the county of Gila has paid in lawful mon- sy the bills of cost as set out in said account, amounting to -- dollars, and that no part of the same has been paid by the United States,
 5. The account should then be pre- sented for approval to the court in which the cases were tried. If the court finds the account correct an order should be entered approving the same, Thls order in addition .o gu approval of the account should set forth that the costs were incurred in the cases men. 1 toned and were taxed against the coun. ] ty of Gila under the orders of said court.
 He further says that if the account of Gila county is made out as indicated above, it cannot be paid until spec ial appropriation is made therefor Should Congress fail to make speoia l appropriation, he has indicated in an other communication the means to b taken for the recovery of these claims
 "Before this claim can be audited, i must be divided and new accounts ren dered. The Sheriff, Clerk District At torney, Justices of the Peace, an, Jailor must each render separate ac count which must be sworn to and ap | proved by the court.
 "All miscellaneous expenses, such a stenugraphers, and coroner's fees, tear hire for coroner's jury, interpreter fees. etc, should be included in 6 sep arate account, and divided according [, fiscal years
 'If the county of Glla has paid tn Sheriff, Clerk, Attorney, and others tbe amounts of their accounts, let tn original claimants endorse on the ac counts to be forwarded to this office receipts to Gifa county for the sums s paid them.
 1.-The accounts for board of prisoner must be approved by the Attorney. Ger Z. eral, and should be made out on th blank form provided by the Depert ment of Justice, and which can be pro I cured from the Marshal of Arizona.
 In the event of failure on the par of Congress to make special apprc ptiation 1t would be manifestly impoi sible for Gila county to comply wit the foregoing requirements, as two ( the sheriffs who have rendered thes services have gone beyond the rule { terrestrial courts. In the opinion rel , dered by Attorney General olney O this subjecs, he quotes the Act of Marc l 2d, 1889, Section II:
 Thereafter the costs of the trial ? the cases in the courts of the sever Territories, tried pursuant 10 and fc offenses named, shall be audi 7 ed by the accounting officers of Il
 Treasury and paid out of money fC
 similar expenses in the trial of crim
 nal cases in the courts of the Unite l States.
 ' Which is decisive, and he furth, Q says: "It is matter of adjustment b , tween the Territorial courts and 6 counting officers" and therefore tl
 county is not liable for fees so incurre
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