162 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Ch. 80. 1853. qui, and M_ eases in admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, where the libellant shall 1-6- mmtlly. cover less than fifty dollars, the docket fee of his proetor shall be but ten dollars. L,,,,, ,,,,,,,,_ In eases at law, where judgment is rendered without a jury, ten dollars, and five dollars where a cause is discontinued. P,(,c,,d,,,g, 0,, For seire faciasl and other proceedings on recognizanoes, Eve dollars,
d 5*:;- empélfgposrtipp taken and admitted as evidence in the cause, two
' o rs an cen . Cases removed. A compensalion of five dollars shall be allowed for the services rendered in cases removed from a district to a circuit court by writ of error or a eal. Examinations Fg? examination by a district attorney, before a judge or commissioner, by district attor— of a person or persons charged with crime, five dollars per day for the ”°Y’·· time necessarily employed. 1,,,,,,,,;,,,,,,, in For each day of his necessary attendance in a court of the United court by district States, on the business of the United States, when the same shall be held "‘°°’"‘°Y“‘ at the place of his abode, five dollars, and the like sum for his attendance for each da of the term when the said court shall be held elsewhere. ·;·,,,,-.,;,,4-,5,- For travglling from the place of his abode to the place of holding any tricf ¤tt<>¤¤cy¤· court of the United States in his district, and to the place of any examination before a judge or commissioner, of a person or persons charged with crime, ten cents per mile for going and ten cents for returning. 1,,,,,,,;,0;.,0,,. When an indictment for crime shall be tried before a jury, and a conpmrjnp viction is had, in addition to the attomey’s fees. allowed by this act, the ”g°’ dislttrict attognpynmiy bef amowed a C0\1;lSCl.f60l'1Il pgoporgop to the imo ance an 1 cu o e cause, no excee in ir dollars. Fm in pw, P In every case whezle a district attorney has, duging tl; last six years, mes. prosecuted or defended a suit in which the United States was concerned, in a district where the law allows no taxable attorney’s fees, and for which he has received no compensation, except his per diem and annual slalary, he shall be paid for his services according to the provisions` of t is act. Additional For the services of counsel, rendered at the request of the head of a ¤¤¤¤¤¤l· department, such sum as may be stipulated or agreed on. Joining or Whenever there are or shall be several charges against any person or
- §V:;‘:li:l£2'E¤¤ persons for the same act or transaction, or for two or more acts or transmm, and com actions connected together, or for two or more acts or transactions of the
soudanng maint. same class of crimes or offences which may be properly joined, instead m°¤”» of having several indictments, the whole may be joined in one indictment separaf counts; and iié tm;} or more indictments shall be found in suc cases, the court may or er them conso idated. and revenue Whenever two or more things belonging to the same person or persons ¤¤it¤ fcr¤¢i¤¤rc¤· are or shall be seized for an alleged violation of the revenue laws, the whole shall be included in one suit; and if not so included, and separate actions are prosecuted, the court ma consolidate them. lfroyisions Whenes·er two or more indictmehts, suits or proceedings, are or shall
- 2;*; glfdéglgs or be prosecuted, which should be joined, the district attorney prosecuting
pmgqgdingg M., them shall be paid but one bill of costs for all of them; and if any
- 1;:_<£;;¤¤¤lY attorney, proctor, or other person admitted to manage or conduct causes
Pm any court of the United States, or of the Territories thereof, shall appear to have multiplied the proceedings in any cause before such court, so as to increase costs unreasonably and vexatiously, such person may be requéred, by order of the court, to satisfy any excess of costs so increase . w“l:ir:;v:=;ié>r::u=;s _ Whenever two or more charges are or shall be made, or two or more muh mmm, indictments shall be found against a person, only one writ or warrant cases. shall_be necessary to arrest and commit him for trial; and it shall be sufficient to state in the writ the name or general character of the offences, or to refer to them only in very general terms. Only one writ or
