Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 53 Part 2.djvu/430

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PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 248 -JUNE 29, 1939 Use of funds limited. Miscellaneous sala- ries. Preisos. Stenographers or law clerks, salary limi- tation. Persons with dual qualifications, excep- tion. Limitation. Exception. Miscellaneous ex- penses. Alaska, Court of Claims, etc. Rent, supplies, etc. Law books for Judi- cial officers. Federal Reporter. Provisos. Transmittal to suc- cessors. United States Code, Annotated, price limi- tation. Attendance fees, limitation. License requirement for attorneys. in charge of juries over Sundays and holidays, no per diem shall be paid to any bailiff unless the judge is present and presiding in court or present in chambers: Provided further, That none of this appro- priation shall be used for the pay of bailiffs when deputy marshals or marshals are available for the duties ordinarily executed by bailiffs, the fact of unavailability to be determined by the certificate of the marshal. Miscellaneous salaries: For salaries of all officials and employees of the Federal judiciary, not otherwise specifically provided for, $890,000: Provided, That the maximum salary paid to any stenog- rapher or law clerk to any circuit or district judge shall not exceed $2,500 per annum, but this limitation shall not operate to reduce the compensation of any stenographer now employed: Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not be held to apply to the employment of a person possessing the dual qualifications of a stenog- rapher and a licensed attorney who acts as a stenographer-law clerk, but the maximum salary of any such person so employed shall not exceed $3,600 per annum: Provided further, That the salary of not more than one employee for any one district judge shall be paid from this appropriation: Provided further, That if any United States District Judge certifies to the Senior Judge of the Circuit Court of Appeals having jurisdiction over his district that he is unable to secure a law clerk who is a competent stenographer residing within his district then the limitations contained in the two provisos imme- diately preceding shall not apply. Miscellaneous expenses (other than salaries): For such miscel- laneous expenses as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, for the United States courts and their officers, including experts, and notarial fees or like services and stenographic work in taking depositions, at such rates of compensation as may be author- ized or approved by the Attorney General, so much as may be necessary in the discretion of the Attorney General for such expenses in the District of Alaska, the Court of Claims, and in courts other than Federal courts; patent applications and contested proceedings involving inventions; rent of rooms for United States courts and judicial officers; supplies, including the exchange of typewriting and adding machines, for the United States courts and judicial officers, including firearms and ammunition therefor; purchase of law books, including the exchange thereof, for United States judges, district attorneys, and other judicial officers, including the libraries of the ten United States circuit courts of appeals, and the Federal Reporter and continuations thereto as issued, $610,000: Provided, That such books shall in all cases be transmitted to their successors m office; all books purchased hereunder to be marked plainly, "The Property of the United States": Provided further, That not to exceed $2 per volume shall be paid for the current and future volumes of the United States Code, Annotated, and that the reports of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia shall not be sold for a price exceeding that approved by the court and for not more than $6.50 per volume. None of the money appropriated by this title shall be used to pay any witness, juror, or bailiff more than one per diem for any one day's service even though he serves in more than one of such three capacities on the same day. None of the funds appropriated by this title may be used to pay the compensation of any person hereafter employed as an attorney unless such person shall be duly licensed and authorized to practice as an attorney under the laws of a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia. 906 [53 STAT.