760 THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS Sess. III. Ch. 86, 87. 1863 diction, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and to imprisonment not exceeding ten years, or to both, in the discretion of the court. Counsel to Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the act: of °¤P*°¤· twenty-Hfch March, eighteen hundred and sixt'y·two, entitled "An act; to L?_f’·°h·ggB9 3· facilitate evidence and proceedings in and adjudications upon captured M°’ p'property of prize," be, and the same is hereby, amended, so that the compensation of counsel to the captors to be adjusted and determined by the C<>mp¤¤¤¤¢i¤¤- court, and paid and allowed as costs, shall be confined to compensation for such services as may be rendered necessary by reason of the captors having interests conflicting with those of the United States, and proper in the opinion of the court to be represented by separate counsel from those 186% ch- 204, representing the United States. And so much of the twelfih section of ight, p_ 60S_ the act of July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled “An A,m;,,,;ty of act for the better government of the navy of the United States," as au- Scmtnry ¤f thorizes the Secretary of the Navy to employ an agent or counsel for the E)';‘f'85°r;Peg{;§_ captors and to fix his compensation, is hereby repealed. commkmonm Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners in prize ofprizs not to shall not exceed two in any district of the courts of the United States, to °X°°g£1:Y";l“ be appointed by the district court of each district, one of whom shall be a angnéstzlie retired naval officer, to be appointed by the court and approved by the mgm mm Secretary of the Navy; and the annual salaries in each district of both 0mm'- commissioners shall not exceed six thousand dollars ; and all counsel fees S“]“"1“· in prize cases in the supreme court of the United States, which have c°““”‘ f°°“· been or may be incurred or authorized by any department of the Government, shall be audited and allowed by the Attorney-General and solicitor Mw P¤id· of the treasury, and shall be a charge upon and paid out of the fund appropriated for defraying the expenses of suits in which the United States are parties or interested. wgmw 53,,, Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That when the court shall allow bow paid. witnesses’ fees to any witness in a prize cause, and the court has no money subject to its order in the cause, the same shall be paid by the marshal as in the case of witnesses in causes in which the United States is a party, and shall be repaid from any money deposited to the order of the court in said cause. Appeals from SEO. 7. And be it further enacted, That appeals from the district courts
Qf“‘§°° of the United States in prize causes shall be directly to the supreme
Sup,-cme gong, court, and shall be made within thirty days of the rendering of the de- Mrd W;1¤5i¤ mg? cree appealed from, unless the court shall previously have extended the dw"' °s°’ time for cause shown in the particular case; and the supreme court I¤ wlm ¢·}¤¤¤ shall always be open for the entry of such appeals. Such appeals may Qf§Q§Q‘;Q_m“’ b° be claimed whenever the amount in controversy exceeds two thousand dollars, and in other cases on the certificate of the district judge that the adjudication involves a question of diHiculty and general importance. dK¤v¤~¤li¤s Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That all provisions of law which
- ‘“"°‘ are inconsistent with those of this act shall be, and are hereby, repealed.
Armovzp, March 3, 1863. March 3, 1863· CHAP. LXXXVII.·—An Act to equalize and establish the Compensation of the Collectors __“""""-" %`u¢:;,s€’us¢mn: rm lhs Norllnem, Northeastern, and Northwesiervr Fhmtiers, and for other Be 22 enacted Ig the Senate and Ifmse of Representatives of the United Collectors of States of America in Congress assembled, That the collector of customs 3}iL°“;i;g;:gd°* of each of the districts aforesaid shall render, with his accounts of the exum of cm;,;, penses incident to his ofliee, a list of the clerks and other officcrs of the &¤· customs employed by him, stating the rate of compensation allowed to each, the duties they severally perform, and also an account of the sums paid for stationery, fuel, and all other office expenses, including office rent;
