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PUBLIC LAW 603-JUNE 20, 1956
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vided for, $16,475,500: Provided, That the compensation of secretaries and law clerks of circuit and district judges shall be fixed by the Director of the Administrative Office without regard to the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, except that the salary of a secretary shall conform with that of the General Schedule grades %^\jic\Ui' (GrS) 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8, as the appointing judge shall determine, and the salary of a law clerk shall conform with that of the General Schedule grades (GS) 5, 7, 9,11, or 12, as the appointing judge shall determine, subject to review by the judicial council of the circuit if requested by the Director, such determination by the judge otherwise to be final: Provided further, That (exclusive of step increases corresponding with those provided for by title VII of the Classification Act of 5^u*i*c^l^i 21- 1949, as amended, and of compensation paid for temporary assistance 1125. needed because of an emergency) the aggregate salaries paid to secretaries and law clerks appointed by one judge shall not exceed $11,360 per annum, except in the case of the chief judge of each circuit and the chief judge of each district court having five or more district judges, in which case the aggregate salaries shall not exceed $15,440 per annum. Fees of jurors and commissioners: For fees, expenses, and costs of jurors (including meals and lodging for jurors in Alaska, as provided 62 Stat. 815. by section 193, title II, of the Act of June 6, 1900, 31 Stat. 362); compensation of jury commissioners; and fees of United States commissioners and other committing magistrates acting under title 18, United States Code, section 3041; $4,250,000. Travel and miscellaneous expenses: For necessary travel and miscellaneous expenses, not otherwise provided for, incurred by the Judiciary, including the purchase of firearms and ammunition, the cost of contract statistical services for the office of Register of Wills of the District of Columbia and not to exceed $1,000 for the payment of fees to attorneys appointed in accordance with the Act of June 8, 1938 (52 D. C. Code Stat. 625), not exceeding $25, in any one case, $2,721,800: Provided, 308. That this sum shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $12,000 for expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the work of Federal Probation when incurred on the written authorization of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Administrative Office of the United States Courts: For necessary expenses of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, including travel, advertising, and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, $753,500. Air conditioning courtrooms, offices and other rooms assigned for the use of courts of appeals and district courts in federally owned buildings: For the purchase and installation of air conditioning units in courtrooms, offices, and other rooms, assigned for the use of courts of appeals and district courts in federally owned buildings outside the District of Columbia, upon authorization of the Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts, pursuant to section 604 62 Stat. 914. (a) (11) of Title 28, United States Code, $575,000. Salaries of referees: For salaries of referees as authorized by the 60 Stat. 326. ^^^^ ^^ j ^ ^ ^ 38, 1946, as amended (11 U.S.C. 68), not to exceed $1,233,500, to be derived from the referees' salary fund established in pursuance of said Act. Expenses of referees: For miscellaneous expenses of referees. United States courts, including the salaries of their clerical assistants, travel, purchase of envelopes without regard to the Act of June 26, 1906 (34 39 USC 355. c^^j^^ 473) ^ ^^^ ^^ exceed $1,874,200, to be derived from the referees' expense fund established in pursuance of the Act of June 28, 1946, as 60 Stat. 327. amended (11 U.S.C. 68 (c)(4)).
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