1220 E1F*rY-sixTH o0NGREss. sms. 11. ca. 854, 1901. report and exceptions as may seem to it equitable and just, and such _ decree shall be hnal and binding on the United States and the clerk. A°°°““““g· Sec. 181. ACCOUNTING.—If upon such account a balance be found due from the clerk to the United States, the court shall order payment by the clerk into the Treasury, and enforce its order by execution, process of contempt, or otherwise; and if the clerk refuse to pay the money, shall remove him from office. Sec. 182. If a balance be found due from the United States to the clerk, the same shall be paid u on resenting to the Treasurer a cop of the decree duly certified. The clerk shall, as in other cases to which the United States is a party, furnish the Solicitor of the Treasury a _ co y of the decree immediately after it is pronounced. ,,Q§‘}§§‘§hi"}§§,,‘§§§°§g gEC. 183. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY Fon THE Drsrmcr or CoLUM- =7<>¥¤m*>i¤- B1A.——There shall be an attorney for the United States for the District, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall take the oath gud perform all the duties required of district attorneys of the United tates. · §,'3,’§€'§£mi“‘St°’ Sec. 184. The district attorney and every assistant or deputy duly ` appointed by him is empowered to administer oaths or afrirmations to It f { 1 witnesses in criminal cases and in all cases where a justice of thqfpeace QEEM Y °" “ °° is authorized to do so; and if any person to whom such oath ora rmation shall be administered shall willfully and falsely swear or affirm touching any matter or thing material to the oint in question whereto he shall be examined, he shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon conviction thereof shall be sentenced to suffer imprisonment at hard labor for the first offense for not less than two nor more than ten years, and for the second offense for not less than five nor more than Efteen years. ,€§ff§§§;¤,‘§§i·c;Q,,@° Sec. 185. The clerk, marshal, and district attorney shall attend the criminal court and perform all the duties required of them b law in relation to the criminal business of the court. The clerk of the court in which any proceeding for divorce shall be instituted shall immediately notify the United States attorney of the institution of such proceeding, and it shall be the duty of said attorney to enter his appearance therein in order to prevent collusion and to protect public morals. M““h"‘r Sec.- 186. THE MARSI-1AL.—There shall continue to be a marshal for the District, who shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, for the same term, take the same oath, give bond with security in the same manner, and have generally, within the District, in addition to the powers and duties herein imposed upon him, the same powers and perform the same duties as rovided for by the general statutes relating to marshals · of the United,S)tates.
- 1******- Sec. 187. The fees and emoluments herein elsewhere authorized shall
‘ be charged for services rendered by the marshal of the District, and collected as faras possible, and covered into the Treasury of the United ··S•’·l**¤’· States; and the said marshal shall be paid in full compensation for all services rendered by him a salary of five thousand five hundred dollars . per annum. ‘ . . -0sban1a¤,em. Sec. 188. The marshal .shall pay to each bailiif and crier, and to each deputy marshal performing the duties of a bailiif or crier, who shall be required to attend upon the several terms of said court, one hundred dollars per month, and to each messenger appointed for the . several courts, sixty dollars per month, said payments to be allowed in said marshal’s accounts. ‘ V¤°¤¤°*°¤- Sec. 189. VAOANG1Es.—In case of a vacancy in the office of United States attorney or marshal for the District of Columbia, the supreme court of the District of Columbia may appointpersons to exercise the duties of such officers until such vacancy shall be filled.
