Trru: xm.—THE JUDICIARY.—Ch. 17. 171 no compensation is now rovided by law for such services) asmay be allowed by the Attorney-general, and certified to be just and reasonable by the judge of the court in which said services are rendered, and the amount so allowed shall be paid out of the judiciary fund: Provided, /wu·e·e·er, That the sum allowed the clerks of said courts shall not exceed the sum of twelve thousand dollars, and the entire com nsation of the United States attorney for such services shall not exceedilhe sum of six thousand dollars. Sec. 905. The acts of the legislature of any State or Territory, or of Authenticationof any country subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. shall be l°8‘“l“t"’°’é°*°,°£‘d authenticated by having the seals of such State, Territory, or country pzfgefdigdsclgj adixed thereto. The records and judicial proceedings of the courts of gfgfgg, M-_ g any State or Territory, or of any such country, shall be proved or T6`m‘,Tf9$ admitted in an · other court within the United States, b the attesta— 11, v- 1, p.122. tion of the clerk, and the seal of the court annexed, if there be a seal, 5627 M“"·· 1804- °· together with a certificate of the judge, chief justice, or presiding magis- trate, that the said attestation is in due form. And the said records ,,0;,rg`·j°°él,.°° 43; and judicial proceedings, so authenticated, shall have such faith and Millslv. Dui-yee,7 credit given to them in every court within the United States as they Cr., 481; U. S. v. halye by law or usage in the courts of the State from which they are £Pggék£;Nv;j'é» ta en. lc ,2 I : ` ings r. Hull, 9 Pet., 627; Urtetiqui v. D’Arbel, 9 Pet., 700; McElmo le Tix, 312; Stacey 1-. Thrasher, 6 How., 44; Bank of Alabama v. Dalton, 9 How., 522; D’Amy v. Ketchum, 11 How., 165; Railroad v. Howard, 13 How., 307; Booth v. Clark, 17 How., 322; Mason v. Lawrason, 1 Cr. C. C., 190; Buford v. Hickman, Hemp., 232; Crai v. Brown, Pet. C. C., 354; Stewart v. Gray, Hemp., 94; Gardner 1:. Lindo, 1 Cr. C. C.,ql8; Trigg v:. Conway, Hemp., 538; Turner v. Waddington, 3 Wash. C. C., 126; Catlin v. Underhill, 4 Mclean, 199; Morgan v. Curtenius, 4 McLean, 366; Hale v. Brotherton, 3 Cr. C. C., 594; Mewster 1:. Spal mg, 6 Mclean, 24; Parrot v. Habersham, 1 Cr. C. C., 14; Talcott r. Delaware Ins. Co., 2 Wash. C. C.,449; James v. Stookey, 1 Wash. C. C., 330; Bennett r. Bennett, District Court, Oregon, 1867. Sec. 906. All records and exempliiications of books, which may be Prccfsotrecords, kept in any tpublic office of any State or Territory, or of any country :§;,»k"1;t;l“.°m°g su ject to e jurisdiction of the United States, not appertaming to a mug mmg court, shall be proved or admitted in any court or office in any other ?`—I——— State or Territory, or in any such country, by the attestation of the 56 gs ,2*3834* °‘ kee r of the said records or books, and the seal of his office annexed, ggé, god ’’pp' if there be a seal, together with a certitimte of the presidin justice of 21 Feb., 1871, c. the court of the county, parish, or district in which such oéce may be 62» V· 16· P· 419- kept, or of the overnor, or secretary of state, the chancellor or keeper of the great seal, of the State, or Territory, or country, that the said attestatnon is in due form, and by the proper officers. If the said certificate is given by the presiding justice o a court, it shall be further authenticated by the clerk or prothonotary of the said court, who shall certify, under his hand and the seal of his office, that the said presiding justice is duly commissioned and qualified; or, if given by such governor, secretary, chancellor. or keeper of the great seal, it s all be under the great seal of the State, Territory, or country aforesaid in which it is made. And the said records and exemplifications, so authenticated, shall have such faith and credit given to them in every court and office within the United States as they have by law or usage in the courts or offices of the State, Territory, or country, as aforesai , from which they are taken. Sec. 907. It shall be lawful for any keeper or Dplerson having the cus- Copiesofforeign tody of laws, judgments, orders, decrees, journ , correspon ence, or !'°°¤Fg;¤»;*<=·&??3**c other public documents of any foreign government or its agents, relating jffth B ‘{,“D`,lc‘j to the title to lands claimed b or under the United States, on the appli- gm,,,, cation of the head of one of the Departments, the Solicitor of the Treas- ury, or the Commissioner of the General Land-Qiiice, to authenticate 61',,_,fv_‘g,’ p_3§,§j copies thereof under his hand_und seal, and to certify them to becorrect g Mm-_, 1849, c, and true copies of such laws, judgments, orders, decrees, journals, cor- 82, v. 9, p. 350. respondence, or other public documents, respectively; and when such co 108 are certified by an American minister or consul, under his hand and seal of office, to be true copies of the originals, they shall be sealed
