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SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Cris. 49-52. 1919. 1183 Sec. 9. That the clerk of every district court, except the clerks of qu§§,°;}’;“”¢ ‘°’ '°°° the district courts of Alaska, shall account quarterly for all the fees ` and emoluments earned during the quarter last preceding such accounting, except where the person requiringi the services is relieved by law from prepaylment of fees and costs, an for all fees and emoluments received wit `n the quarter which had been earned prior thereto. Such accounting shall be in writing and shall be made to the Attorney “°"" *°l’°"·‘°l“°°‘l· General, in suc form as he may prescribe, on the iirst days of January, April, July, and October m each year, or within twenty days ·‘ thereafter, and shall include all moneys received in connection with the admission of attorneys to practice in the court, all that Egrtion retained by the clerk of moneys received for services in natura ation proceedings in whatever capacity rendered, and all other amounts received or services in any way connected with the clerk’s office. Such accounts shall be made in duplicate and be verified by the oath of the officer making them. The Attorney General shall cause ,,§§}“"”"‘°“ ‘“‘“ each such retum or account to be carefully examined by the proper officer of the Department of Justice and shall approve the same as he may deem just and proper, and shall transmit it with his a proval to the Auditor for the State and Other Departments, b whom an account shall be stated against the officer rendering such return or of mm, account. Immediately upon receipt of notice from the auditor, or waIii%¤.sr. within ten days thereafter, the clerk shall deposit to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States the amount so stated against him. Approved, February 26, 1919. r ammo. CHAP. 50.-An Act Providing for the appointment of an additional district judge wil for the northern judicial district of the State of Texas. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Re eaentatives of the United T,,,,m,.,_h,m States of America in Congress asaernbled, Tgzt the President of the judgtnui United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate umm. shall appoint an additional of the district court of the United ,dY°'·’“·°·°8°·““°“d‘ States for the northern judici district of the State of Texas, who shall possess the same powerséuperform the same duties, and receive gh; same compensation and owance as the present judge of said ` trict. Ssc. 2. That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of the ,,X§,‘}‘}’,,‘f,{‘,,‘“,,,‘§,”‘,‘§P,§’,l district judge for the northern district of Texas senior in commission NM such vacancy shall not be filled, and thereafter there shall be but one district judge in said district. Approved, February 26, 1919. February M, 1919. CHAP. 51.-An Act To increase the salary of the United State district attorney IH- R- *2*6-] for the district of Connecticut. Be it enacted the Senate and House of Re eeentatives of the United . . States of Amemlhiz in Congress assembled, 'Izh-at from_ and after the ’°d*°m passage of Act the s ary of the United Statw district attorney ,,§‘}§,$,‘{‘°‘°""" or the district of Connecticut Shall be at the rate of $4,500 a year. ed ¤l·¤»I>·¤*°»¤¤°¤d· Approved, February 26, 1919. February 26, 1919. CHAP. 52.—Joint Resolution Providin for the Elling of a vacan in the Board of (S- ·'· R°*·”“·l Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other than Memchers of Congress. [rot. ms, 220.51.] Resolved by the Senate and House of Re;E¢i.<sentati·vee of the United smim¤¤n¤1¤smu- States of America in Congress assem Zed, at the vacancy in the *"'I§‘gp wmm, 0, Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, of the class other Ge¤rzegi:ira¤R¤:¤¤¢.