PUBLIC LAWS-OHS. 652, 653-JUNE 25,1948 [CHAPTER 652] AN ACT June 25, 1948 [H. R. 945] Relating to the payment of fees, expenses, and costs of jurors. [Public Law 779] Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the U. s. Courts. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of the Feesofurors. Act entitled "An Act fixing the fees of jurors and witnesses in the United States courts, including the District Court of Hawaii, the District Court of Porto Rico (now 'Puerto Rico'), and the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now 'District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia')", approved April 26, 1926 (44 Ante, p. 1000. Stat. 323), as amended (U. S . C., title 28, sec. 600), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEc. 2 . Jurors in the United States courts, including the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the United States District Court for the Territory of Hawaii, and the District Court of the United States for Puerto Rico, and excluding the United States district courts of Alaska and the Canal Zone and the District Court of the Virgin Islands, shall receive the following and no other com- pensation, except in cases otherwise expressly provided by law: For actual attendance at the place of trial or hearing of any court or courts, and for the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from such place of trial or hearing, either at the beginning and end of service or at any time during the same, $5 per day during such Court attendance attendance: Provided, That whenever a juror is required to attend over days. court thirty or more days in hearing a single case, he may be paid, in the discretion and upon the certification of the trial judge, a per diem of up to and not exceeding $10 for each and every day in excess of thirty days he is required to hear such case. Travel expenses. "For the distance necessarily traveled by the shortest practicable route from their place of residence in going to and returning from the place of trial or hearing at the beginning and at the end of the term of service, 5 cents per mile: Provided, That for additional necessary daily transportation expenses, the cost of travel by common carrier shall be allowed not to exceed $2 per day, or if it is not practicable to travel by common carrier a rate of 5 cents per mile shallbe allowed but not to exceed $2 per day, or if daily travel appears impracticable pSubsistence ex- subsistence of $2 per day shall be allowed: Provided further, That whenever in any case the jury is ordered to be kept together and not to separate, the cost of subsistence during such period shall be paid by the marshal upon the order of the court in lieu of the foregoing allow- ance for subsistence. Approved June 25, 1948, 4:37 p. m., E. D. T. [CHAPTER 653] June 25, 1948 AN ACT [H. R . 2766] To amend section 2 of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment [Public Law 780] of a probation system in the United States courts, except in the District of Columbia", approved March 4, 1925, as amended (18 U. S . C . 725). Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the oU.S Corsystem. United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 2 of an Act, entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a probation system in the United States courts, except in the District of Colum- 43 Stat. 12. bia", approved March 4, 1925, as amended (18 U. S . C . 725), is hereby amended to read as follows: teport by pr oba. "SEC. 2 . When directed by the court, the probation officer shall report to the court, with a statement of the conduct of the probationer 1016 [62 STAT.
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