752 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 720, 7 21 -July 31, 1946 Aug. 1, 1946 [60 STAT. 42 Stat. S 669 that the provisions of section 9 of the Classification Act of 1923, as Supp. V,§69. amended, or as may be hereafter amended, shall apply to all effi- ciency ratings under rating systems approved by the Civil Service Commission. Rules and regula- The Civil Service Commission is hereby authorized to make and tions. publish rules and regulations for the administration of the provisions of this Act. Effective date. SEC. 2. The provisions of this Act shall be effective upon enactment, except that, with respect to employees in the field services whose posi- 42 Stat. 1488. tions are not subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, such 5U.S . C . §§661-674; Supp. V , 661 et seq. of the provisions of section 9 of the Classification Act of 1923, as Ant, pp. 216,219. amended, as require the Civil Service Commission to approve reduc- tions in compensation and dismissals for inefficiency, or confer the right to a hearing and review of efficiency ratings by boards of review, shall not become effective until such boards of review in the field services are established as provided in section 7 of the Act of Novem- 5 U. . C. f669; ber 26, 1940 (54 Stat. 1215), under regulations prescribed by the Civil supp. V, 669. Service Commission, with the approval of the President. Approved July 31, 1946. August 1, 1946 S. 3461 [Public Law 582] [CHAPTER 721] AN ACT To amend section 21 of the Act of May 28, 1896 (29 Stat. 184; 28 U. S . C., sec. 597), prescribing fees of United States commissioners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the .eS.courts. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 21 of Fees of commis- sioners. the Act of May 28, 1896 (ch. 252, 29 Stat. 184, 28 U. S. C ., sec. 597), be amended to read as follows: Criminal cases. "SEC. 21 . The fees of United States commissioners for the following services in connection with criminal cases shall be as provided in the following subdivisions of this section. The additional compensation 59Stat. 301 . provided for by section 521 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 5u4-S.C., SP.V, 1945, as amended by section 6 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of Ante, p. 2 17. 1946, shall apply to the fees for the specified services prescribed in this Act. "(a) In each case in which a complaint in writing and sworn to shall have been lodged with the commissioner, for all services rendered prior to the presentation of the accused before the commissioner, a fee of $2.50, said fee to accrue when the complaint is filed. "(b) In each case in which the accused is presented before the com- missioner for binding over, for all services rendered after the presenta- tion of the accused a fee depending upon the number of such cases disposed of by the commissioner during the quarterly accounting period either by discharge or by bindirn over, as follows: "(1) $7 for each of the first twenty-five cases so disposed of; "(2) $6 for each of the next twenty-five cases; "(3) $5 for each of the next fifty cases; and "(4) $2 for each of all cases over one hundred. Application for search warrant. Application by con- vict for examination. 18 U. S.C., Supp.V, i 641 note. Ante, p. 624. "(c) In each case in which the accused is presented before the com- missioner not for binding over but only for purposes of bail, whether or not bail is taken or a commitment is ordered, a fee of $2.50. "(d) For all services in connection with each formal, written appli- cation for a search warrant, whether the application be granted or denied, a fee of $4. "(e) For all services in connection with the application by a con- vict for examination under sections 1042 and 5296 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (18 U. S. C ., sec. 641), afeeof$4.
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