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IN EE BBITTING-HAM. 191 �In Te BEITTINGHAir. �{Diitriçt Court, S. D. New York. Dsccmber, 1880.) �1. Informees— AcTOF Junb 22, 1874, }§ 4 anô 6— Act op Junb 16, 1880. �Suma.recovered on forfeited bail-bonds are not "fines, penalties, or forfeitures," within section 4 of the act of June 22, 1874, and the peti- tioner is not entitled under ita provisions to compensation as an in- i former. �The secretary of the treasury is not aiithorizcd to give rewards to informers under the act of June 16, 1880, which makes provision for the expenses of the government in bringing to trial "and conviction persons engaged in counterfeiting and other felonies. �The act of June 22, {section 6,) 1874, providing for a certiflcate by the judge or court to the secretary of the treasury, as to the value of an inf ormer'B services, has no application to the act of June 16, 1880. �Thomas S. Moore, for petitioner. �Choate, D. J. The petitioner claims to have given original information to a chief officer of the customs which led to, the indictment of certain persons for offences against the laws of the United States relating to the customs revenue. The par- ties indicted having heen arrested and held to bail, their bail- bonds were afterwards forfeited, and the sureties paid to the United States about $16,000 in satisfaction thereof. The petitioner now applies for an order of reference to a commis- eioner that he may make proof of the facts, with a viev? to having the case certified by the court to the secretary of the treasury for the payment to him of a compensation as an informer. �The petitioner is not entitled to any relief. Amounts re- covered on forfeited bail-bonds are not "fines, penalties, or forfeitures," within the fourth section of the act of June 22, 1874, (18 St. 186.) It is urged, however, that, though the peti- titioner has no claim under that statute, he is entitled to compensation under the act of June 16, 1880, which makes appropriations for the expenses of the government, including a certain surn "for expenses of detecting and bringing to trial and punishment persons engaged in counterfeiting, etc., and other felonies committed against the laws, etc., relating to ����