166 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 80. 1853. cretary of the Interior, in such form as he shall prescribe, a return in writing, embracing all the fees and. emoluments of their respective offices, of every name and character, distinguishing the fees and emoluments received or payable under the bankrupt act, from those received or pay- able for any other service ; and in the case of a marshal, further distinguishing the fees and emoluments received or payable for services by himself personally rendered, from those received or payable for services rendered by a deputy; and also distinguishing the fees and emoluments so received or payable for services rendered by each deputy, by name, and the proportion of such fees and emoluments which, by the terms of his service, each deputy is to receive ; and, also, embracing all the necessary office expenses of such officer, together with the vouchers for the payment of the same for the half year ending on the said first day of January or July, as the case may be, which return shall be, in all cases Oath- verified by the oath of the officer making the same. And no district at- Llmi”'*S°¤ °*} torney shall be allowed by the said Secretary of the Interior to retain of
° the fees and emoluments of his said office, for his own personal compen-
¤¤Y¤· sation, over and above his necessary office expenses, the necessary clerk hire included, to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers Ofclerkm of the treasury, a sum exceeding six thousand dollars per year, and at and after that rate for such time as he shall hold the office; and no clerk of a district court, or clerk of a circuit court, shall be allowed by the said Secretaryto retain of the fees and emoluments of his said office, or, in case both of the said clerkships shall be held by the same person of the said offices, for his own personal compensation, over and above the necessary expenses of his office, and necessary clerk hire included, also to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting officers of the treasury, a sum exceeding three thousand five hundred dollars per year, for any such district clerk, or circuit clerk, or at and after that rate for such time as he shall hold the Pxovfsc. office: Provided, That when the compensation of any clerk shall be less than five hundred dollars per annum, the difference, ascertained and allowed by the proper accounting officer of the treasury, shall be paid to Of marshals. him therefrom; and no marshal shall be allowed by the said Secretary d ·‘m°‘““’°° t° to retain of the fees and emoluments of his office, for his own personal eputy marshals. . . . . compensation, over and above a proper allowance to his deputies, which shall in no case exceed three fourths of the fees and emoluments received as payable for the services rendered by the deputy to whom the allowance is made, and may be reduced below that rate by the said Secretary of the Interior whenever the return shall show that rate of allowance to be unreasonable, and over and above the necessary office expenses of the said marshal, the necessary clerk hire included, also to be audited and allowed by the proper accounting omccrs of the treasury, a sum exceeding six thousand dollars per year, or at and after that rate for such times as he shall hold the office ; and every such officer shall, with each such return made by him, pay into the treasury of the United States, or deposit $¤YPl¤¤ °f M5- to the credit of the Treasurer thereof, as he may be directed by the Secretary of the Interior, any surplus of the fees and emoluments of his office, which his half-yearly return so made as aforesaid shall show to exist over and above the compensation and allowances hereinbefore authorized to be retained and paid by him. And in every case where the return of any such officer shall show that a surplus may exist, the said Secretary of the Interior shall cause such returns to be carefully examined, and the accounts of disbursements to he regularly audited by the proper officers of his department, and an account to be opened with such ¤*;1%%W°**°°*°b° officer in proper books to be provided for that purpose and the allow on yearly . ’
- ,,,,,,0,,1y_ ences for personal compensation for each calendar year shall be made
from the fees and emoluments of that year, and not otherwise: And pro- P¤<>Vi¤°· vided, further, That nothing in any existing law of Congress authorizing the payment of a per diem compensation to a district attorney, clerk of
