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224 FOBTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 332. 1884. JUDICIAL UNITED sryrms cormrs. Expenses of For expenses of the United States courts: For defraying the ex- U¤i¤¢d S*=¤¢¤¤ penses of the Supreme Court, the circuit and district courts of the °°“"°‘ United States, including the District of Columbia; of the jurors and witnesses, and expenses of suits in which the United States is interested ; of the prosecution for offenses committed against the United States; for the safe-keeping of prisoners; for defraying the expenses which may be incurred in the enforcement of the provisions of title twenty-six of the Revised Statutes, or any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, namely, those stated in the following itemized list: Marshals and For payment of the fees and expenses of United States marshals d¤P¤*i•=¤- and deputies, six hundred thousand dollars. For compensation of the district marshals of the United States, twelve thousand seven hundred ollars. - District attor- For payments of United States district attorneys and their assist- ¤°Y¤ ¤¤•i ¤¤¤i¤*· ants, three hundred and twenty five thousand dollars. ““*“‘ For compensation of the district attorneys of the United States, twenty thousand one hundred dollars. C}¢Fli¤~ For fees of clerks, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars: Prop"‘”""°· vided, That the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States shall, on the first day of January next, or within thirty days thereafter, and annually thereafter, make to the Secretary of the Treasury a return of all costs collected by him in cases disposed of at the preceding term or terms of said Supreme Court; aud, after deducting his compensation as provided by law, and the incidental expenses of his office, including clerk·hire, said expenses to be certified by the Chief Justice or a justice of said court, shall pay any surplus that may remain into the Treasury of the United States at the time of making said return. United States For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace C°mm¤°*°¤°”- acting as United States commissioners, one hundred thousand dollars, Juror-s. For fees of jurors, four hundred thousand dollars. Witnesses. For fees of witnesses, five hundred thousand dollars. s u p p e r t q i For support of United States prisoners, including necessary clothing: (Ek? $f¤·¢¤¤I·¤¤- and medical aid, three hundred thousand dollars. roggrgt of court- For rent of United States court-rooms, nity thousand dollars. _ B_=nili¤’s, criers, For pay of bailifs, criers, and for janitorsi watchmen, and interpfe ·l““"""°·°*°· ters experts, and stenographers whose employment i authorized by the Attorney—General; expenses of district judges who may be sent out of their districts to hold a court; furnishing and collecting evidence where the United States is a party in interest; meals for jurors, when ordered by the court ; compensation for jury commissioners, five dollars for each day actually and necessarily employed, not exceeding three days for any one term of the court; and other miscellaneous expenses, _ three hundred and twentyhve thousand dollars. €_7;>¤iY¤¤*¤» WP- _ Forthe supportof convicts: For support, maintenance, and tr·ansp0l"m· i"° ° ‘ tron of convicts transferred from the District of Columbia, and for the necessary traveling expenses incident to the collection of criminal statgtics, tg {expended under the direction of the Attorney-General, ten onsan dollars. . fggggrgrn qyetgrn For providing a uniform system of bookkeeping for court officiuls, to gm"; °m°:,l;l:g °" gg] expended under direction of the Attorney-General, ten thousand lars. MISCELLANEOUS. Ngefgbrg Tend To reimburse and pay the Hartford and New York Transportation Pormglnu 3:; Company for labor and money expended in removing obstructions and muy; mymgm ,,,_ dredging and improving the bars and piers in the Connecticut River. be-