i3 STAT.]
76TH CONG. , 1S T SESS.-CH. 501-AUG. 7 , 1939
[CHAPTER 501]
AN ACT
To provide for the administration of the United States courts, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Judicial
Code is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof a new chapter
to be numbered XV and entitled "The Administration of the United
States Courts", as follows:
"CHAPTER XV-TnE ADMINIsTRATION OF THE UNITED STATES COURTS
"SEo. 302. There shall be at the seat of government an establish-
ment to be known as the Administrative Office of the United States
Courts, with a Director at the head thereof who shall be appointed
by the Supreme Court of the United States and hold office at the
pleasure of and be subject to removal by the aforesaid Court. There
shall be in said establishment an Assistant Director, to be appointed
and hold office in like manner, who shall perform such duties as may
be assigned to him by the Director and, during the absence or inca-
pacity of the Director or during a vacancy in that office, shall act as
Director. The Director and Assistant Director shall receive annual
salaries of $10,000 and $7,500, respectively. The Director shall cause
a seal of office to be made for the said establishment of such design
as the Supreme Court of the United States shall approve, and
judicial notice shall be taken of the said seal.
"SEc. 303. The Director, with the approval of the Supreme Court,
shall have authority, subject to the civil-service laws, to appoint
such employees as are deemed necessary to perform the functions
and duties vested in said establishment by this chapter, and the
Director shall fix their compensation according to the Classification
Act of 1923, as amended. During his term of office or employment,
no officer or employee of said establishment shall engage directly or
indirectly in the practice of law in any of the courts of the United
States.
"SEo. 304. The Director shall be the administrative officer of the
United States courts and shall have charge, under the supervision
and direction of the conference of senior circuit judges, of-
"(1) All administrative matters relating to the offices of the clerks
and other clerical and administrative personnel of the courts, but
nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed as affecting the
authority of the courts to appoint their administrative or clerical
personnel, or the authority of the Attorney General respecting United
States marshals and their deputies, United States attorneys and their
assistants;
"(2) Examining the state of the dockets of the various courts and
securing information as to their needs for assistance, if any, and the
preparation of statistical data and reports of the business transacted
by the courts, and promptly transmitting the information so obtained
quarterly to the senior circuit judges of the respective circuits, to the
end that proper action may be taken with respect thereto, but inspec-
tions of the dockets of the courts outside the continental United
States shall be made through officials of the United States Govern-
ment residing within the jurisdiction, respectively, of the said courts;
"(3) The disbursement, directly and through the several United
States marshals as now provided by law, of the moneys appropriated
for the maintenance, support, and operation of the courts;
"(4) The purchase, exchange, transfer, and distribution of equip-
ment and supplies;
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August 7, 1939
[S. 188]
[Public, No. 299J
Judicial Code,
amendments.
36 Stat. 1087-1169.
28 U.S . C. chs. 1-13;
Supp. IV, chs. 1 -13 .
Administrative Of-
fice of United States
Courts, establish-
ment.
Director, appoint-
ment.
Assistant Director,
appointment, duties,
etc.
Salaries.
Seal of office.
Employees.
5U.S.C. §61-674;
Supp. IV . 5§673, 673c.
I aw practice restric-
tion.
I)irector to he ad-
ninlistrative ofinlir of
1U.S. muaorts.
Administration of
personnel matters; ap-
pointments excluded.
Examination of
state of court dockets.
Preparation of sta-
tistical data.
Inspections outside
continental United
States.
Disbursement of
moneys for mainte-
nance, etc., of courts.
Euipment and
suppues
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