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108 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. rm allowed in Sec. 922. The fees specified in this section, and no more, shan be °°'*¤*¤ °°°°"· allowed to the clerk for the following services: _ _ . _ ` For all services rendered to the United States, m cases m which the 163, s. 4, v. 13, p. United States is a party of record five d011B1s. 1**6- For each marriage license, one dollar. _ _ For each certificate of omcial character, including the seal, fifty cents. Semi-aumml rc- Sec. 923. The clerk shall make semi-annual returns of the amount of

  • '“"“ °* f°°°· fees received by him to the Secretary of the Treasury.

3 Marcin, 1873, c. 226, s. 1, v. 17, p. 507. Limit tv salary- Sec. 924. The salary, emoluments, and fees of the clerk shall not "i,`§%" exceed the sum of six thousand dollars per annum, and the excess of fees collected by him, after defraying the necessary expenses of his omce, shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States. A<l.i¤¤fm<·¤ t o f Sec. 925. The c1erk’s accounts of his earnings and expenses shall be °°°°““*“· adjusted by the regular auditor of the court, or by a special auditor to 28 Juiy, 1866,c, be appointed by the court for the purpose, within thirty days after the 294, s. 2, v. 14, p. first day of January and July, every year; and the auditor shall imme- 309 diately report his adjustment to the court, with such exceptions thereto as the clerk shall, within four days after the adjustment reported, take and file with the auditor. Dccroeoflhccourt. Sec. 926. The court shall pronounce such decree upon the report and

 exceptions as may seem to it equitable and just; and such decree shall

’ be final, and be binding upon the United States and the clerk. Accounts, ho w Sec. 927. Ii) upon such account, a balance be found due from the ¤°m°*‘· clerk to the United States, the court shall order payment by the clerk ma, into the Treasury, and enforce its order by execution, process of contempt, or otherwise; and if the clerk refuse to pay the money, shall remove him from office. If a balance be found due from the United States to the clerk, the same shall be paid upon presenting to the Treasurer a copy of the decree, duly certified. _ copy or decree. Sec. 928. The clerk shall, as in other cases of judgments to which ’ "md‘_T ,,_`°the United States i a party, furnish the Solicitor of the Treasury a copy ’ of the decree, immediately after it is pronounced. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. REGISTER O1? WILLS. ses. sw. 323. Iéppeinjment {md duties of register. I Tabtle of fees to bepzsted. Z . 0D( 0 l15g1S Gl'. . 0I` Bl {11*8 01* l18g B0 931. Fees. 935. Penalt fortakiu excessive fees. 9J2. Additional fees allowed, when. 936. Rocordybooks andgdockets. ·gi:lP°E *1 if °!* * Sec. 929. There shall be appointed for the District a register of wills,

 ““°“° '°g'°' who shall take an oath for the faithful and impartial discharge of the

-—.; duties of his office, and who shall have all the powers and perform all 1,27 F‘{g·» mg, °· the duties which were exercised and performed by the registers of wllls ,,j;·_°‘ ’ v' ’ P' of the orphans' court, within the State of Maryland, prior to the twenty- seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and one. me 55 u:, no, 144.1 Bend ctreglster. Sec. 930. The register of wills shall, before he acts as such, give a

 bond to the United States, with two or more sureties, to be approved

me, B, 1, v, 11;, P, of by the chief justice of the supreme court of the District, in the sum 160. of five thousand dollars, faithfully to discharge the duties of his officc and seasonably to record the decrees and orders of the justice of the supreme court holding the special term for orphans’ court business for the District, and all wills.proved before him or the court, and all other matters directed to be recorded in the court or in the office of the register, which bond shall be entered in full upon the minutes of the court, and the original tiled with the records thereof