312 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 174. 1864. ernment, the whole amount decreed to the captors shall be divided among the ship’s company. _(Q¤¤k¤ ¤*` 21***- Sec. 17. And be it further enacted, That the clerk of each district lgfdgflxouzu court shall render to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of semi-annuallyto the Navy a semi-annual statement, beginning with the iirst day of July .€.;:':"Yu‘fd next, of all the sums allowed by the court and ordered to be paid, within Navy;!? the previous half year, to the district attorney and prize commissioners for services, and to marshals for Fees and commissions- and he shall in all prize causes in the district, for the purpose of the tirial decree of distribuftp keep account tion, ascertain and keep an account of the ampunt deposited with the aszssisgflzgith sisgang treasurer, igbjeg: to the oppeiil of phe court, in eacl; ppize cause, surer. an the amounts o ere to e pai there rom as costs an c arges an the residue for distribution; and shall send copies of all final decreeb of distribution to the Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the Navy; and shall draw the orders of the court for the payment of all costs and allowances, and for the distribution of the residue. And for the said F¤¢¤f¤1‘S¢1"Vl<=¤· services he shall be entitled to receive the sum of twenty-five dollars in each prize cause, which shall be in full for the services required by this section. Aiioysm-as and Sec. 18. And be it further enacted, That the marshal shall be allowed °°‘¤'g*¤?¤°¤S *<> his actual and necessary expenses, for the custody, care, preservation, inmm °‘ S' surance, sale, or other disposal of the prize property, and for executing any order of the cburt respecting the same, and shall have a commission of one quarter of one per centum on vessels, and of one half of one per centum on all other prize property, calculated on the gross proceeds of each sale ; and ih after he shall have had any prize property in his custody, and shall have actually performed labor and incurred responsibility for the care and preservation thereof, the same shall be taken by the United States for its own use without a sale, or if it shall be delivered on stipulation. to the claimants, he shall, in case the same shall be condemned, be entitled to one half the above commissions on the amount deposited by the United States to the order of the courts, or collected upon the stipulation. No charges of the marshal for expenses or disbursements shall be allowed, except upon his oath that the same have been actually and necessarily incurred for the purpose stated. Marshals and Sec. 19. And be it further macted, That neither the marshal nor the ggfks *10*31* *2* clerk shall be permitted to retain for all official services, of every kind,
c:m_ excepting those in prize causes, more than the maximum compensation
pensuticu. allowed to be retained by him by the third section of the act of the twenty- $E€¤£‘;’gj6g_3‘ sixth of February, eighteen hfundred and fifty-tliree ; nor shall the additiopal compensation which either o said oltlicers shal be permitted to retain or all services, of every kind, in prize causes, exceed one half the maximum compensation allowed to them, respectively, by the aforesaid act. c,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, SEO. 20. And be it further enacted, That the district attorney and prize of district attor- commissioners, except the naval officer, shall be allowed a, just and suit-
able compensation for their respective services in each prize cause, to be
° adjusted and determined by the court, and to be paid as costs in the cause. District; mm. Sec. 21. And be it farther enacted, That each district attorney and ¤°Y wd P*'l¤°t prize commissioner, except the naval officer, shall render to the Secretary
- g$,“Q;s;;g:3;,;’ of the Interior an annual account, beginning with the first day of July next,
annually. of all sums he shall have received for all services in prize causes within D,,,,,.;,,,, ,m,,_ the previous year; and the district attorney shall be allowed to retain NY may retain therefrom a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars for each year, in Qfaggfgozaggo addition to the maximum compensation allowed to be retained by him by maximum. the third section of the act of the twenty-sixth February, eighteen hun- V°l· X- P- 165- dred and fifty-three, or in addition to any salary he may receive in lieu of such maximum compensation; and each such prize commissioner shall be _Pi·ize ecmmis- allowed to retain a sum not exceeding three thousand dollars for each z‘{:°;3'£g:°` year, which shall be in full for all his ofhcial services in prize causes ; and you.
