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THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 80. 1853. 165 own trouble in distributing the venires, two dollars for each jury : Pro- P”Vl¤°· vided, That in no case shall the fees for distributing and serving venires, and drawing and summoning jurors by township officers, including mileage chargeable by the marshal for such service, at any court, exceed fifty dollars. For travelling from his residence to the place of holding court, to at- Attendance on tend a term thereof, ten cents per mile for going only, and five dollars °°“"** per day for attending the circuit and district courts when they are both in session, or for attending either of said courts when but one is in session, and for bringing in and committing prisoners and witnesses during the term. For executing a deed prepared by a party or his attorney, one dollar. DBG65- For drawing and executing a deed, five dollars. For transporting criminals, ten cents per mile for himself, each neces- Transporting sary guard, and each prisoner. ¤fi¤¤i¤¤l¤· For copies of writs or papers furnished at the request of any party, ten Copies_ cents per folio. For holding a court of inquiry or other proceedings before a jury, in- _ Courts erin cluding the summoning of a jury, five dollars. q“”'J`* S"' The marshal of the district of South Carolina shall hereafter be enti· Qhgfmgly gg1Q? tled to receive a salary of two hundred dollars per annum. baroiina. The respective courts of the United States shall appoint criers for Cners. their courts, to be allowed the sum of two dollars per day ; and the marshals are hereby authorized to appoint such a number of persons, not exceeding five, as the judges of their respective courts shall determine, to Attendants. attend upon the grand and other juries, and for other necessary purposes, who shall be allowed for their services the sum of two dollars per day, to be paid by and included in the accounts of the marshal, out of any money of the United States in his hands; the compensation to be given only for actual attendance; and when both courts are in session at the same time, to be paid but for attendance on one court. For expenses while employed in endeavoring to arrest under process, Expenses of srnny person charged with or convicted of a crime, the sum actually ex- ’°“‘ pended, not to exceed two dollars per day, in addition to his compensation for service and travel. For disbursing money to jurors and witnesses, and for otherexpenses, Disbursing mo two per centum. “°Y· For attending examinations before a commissioner, and bringing in, Attending exguarding, and returning prisoners charged with crime, and witnesses, two °m‘““°*°"$» &°· dollars per day, and the same for each deputy necessarily attending, not exceeding two. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That there shall be paid to the Mursheus to be marshal his fees for services rendered for the United States, for summon- °1‘°‘” f°°’· ing jurors and witnesses in behalf ‘of the United States, and in behalf of any prisoner to be tried for a capital offence ; for the maintenance of prisoners of the United States, connned in jail for any criminal offence; for the commitment or discharge of such prisoners; for the expenses necessarily incurred for fuel, lights and other contingencies that may accrue (30,,;;,,,,,,,,,,;,,,, in holding the courts within the district, and providing the books neces- ¤1`¤<>¤¤>· sary to record the proceedings thereof: Provided, That the marshal Provisoestofnrshall not incur an expense of more than twenty dollars in any one year ”“‘”° “·“d ”°”*· for furniture, or fifty dollars for rent of building and making improvements thereon, without first submitting a statement and estimates to the Secretary of the Interior, and getting his instructions in the premises. _ _ Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That every district attorney, clerk D8D“*’§;r£;*°;} of a district court, clerk of a circuit court, and marshal of the United MQ and mM_ States, shall, until otherwise directed by law, upon the first day of Jann- shaltorenderacary and July in each year, commencing with the first day of July next, gigs? ,§‘;p3: or within thirty days from and after the days specified, make to the Se- mm,