Source: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/155/591/
Timestamp: 2020-07-13 06:27:59
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1014', '§ 727', '§ 728', '§ 945', '§ 1042', '§ 1778', '§ 1982', '§ 3462', '§ 5280', '§ 4546', '§ 5270', '§ 5003']

United States v. Allred :: 155 U.S. 591 (1895) :: Justia US Supreme Court Center
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2. During said period, he made up his accounts for services, duly verified, and presented the same to the United States court for approval, in the presence of the district attorney, and an order approving the same, as being just and according to law, was entered of record. Said accounts were then presented
(8) For making report to clerk of court and Commissioner of Internal Revenue of cases heard and disposed of under the
1. All these items, except the ninth, relate to fees claimed to be authorized by a rule of the court requiring the service to be performed, and therefore allowable, within the case of United States v. Van Duzee, 140 U. S. 169, 140 U. S. 173. In that case, we held, in reference to clerks' fees, that an order of court requiring a service to be performed was sufficient authority, as between the clerk and the government, for the performance of the service, and for the allowance of the proper fee therefor.
Page 155 U. S. 594
The duties of these officers are prescribed by law, and they are, in general, to issue warrants for offenses against the United States, to cause the offenders to be arrested and imprisoned, or bailed, for trial, and to order the removal of offenders to other districts (Rev.Stat. § 1014); to hold to
Page 155 U. S. 595
security of the peace and for good behavior (§ 727); to carry into effect the award or arbitration or decree of any consul of any foreign nation; to sit as judge or arbitrator in such differences as may arise between the captains and crews of any vessels belonging to the nations whose interests are committed to his charge, and to enforce obedience by imprisonment until such award, arbitration, or decree is complied with (§ 728); to take bail and affidavits in civil causes (§ 945); to discharge poor convicts imprisoned for nonpayment of fines (§ 1042); to take oaths and acknowledgments (§ 1778); to institute prosecutions under the laws relating to crimes against the elective franchise and civil rights of citizens, and to appoint persons to execute warrants thereunder (§§ 1982-1985); to issue search warrants authorizing internal revenue officers to search premises where a fraud upon the revenue has been committed (§ 3462); to issue warrants for deserting foreign seamen (§ 5280); to summon masters of vessels to appear before him and show cause why process should not issue against such vessel (§ 4546); to issue warrants for and examine persons charged with being fugitives from justice (§§ 5270, 5271), and to take testimony and proofs of debt in bankruptcy proceedings (§§ 5003, 5076).
While no express power is given over these officers by statute, their relations to the court are such that some power of this kind must be implied. Though not strictly officers of the court, they have always been considered in the same light as masters in chancery and registers in bankruptcy, and subject to its supervision and control.
Page 155 U. S. 596
What shall be the nature of the requirements in each particular case must be left largely to the discretion of the court. Certainly we cannot presume that the court will abuse its discretion, or will act otherwise than is deemed conducive to the public good.