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 164 THIRTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 80. 1853. Mcrshuvs Fees- Mn~slraZs’ Fees. For service of any warrant, attachment, summons, $¢¤'Vi<>° °fP*`°· capias, or other writ, (except execution, venue, or a summons or sub- °°”' poena for a witness,) two dollars for each person on whom such service Provtso as to may be made: Provided, That on petition, setting forth the facts on oath, ‘“°'°"‘ pro erty attached and held on mesne process, as shall, on examination, be thund to be reasonable. _ _ For Serving a writ of subpoena on a witness, fifty cents; and no further compensation shall be allowed for any copy, summons, or notice for witness. Tmvct. For travel in going only to serve any process, warrant, attachment, ciother writ, including writs of subpoena in civil and criminal cases, six cents per mile, to be computed from the place of service, to the court or place where the writ or process is returned; and if more than one person is served therewith, the travel shall be computed from the court to the place of service which shall be the most remote, adding thereto the Proviso. extra travel, which shall be necessary to serve it on the other: Provided, That when more than two writs of any kind in behalf of the same party or parties, to be served on the same person or persons, or part of the same persons, are or might be served at the same time, the marshal shall be entitled to compensation for travel on only two of such writs; and to save unnecessary expense, it shall be the duty of the clerk to insert the names of as many witnesses in a cause, in such subpoena, as convenience in serving the same will permit. And in all cases where mileage is allowed to the marshal by this act, it shall be at his option to receive the same, or his actual travelling expenses, to be proved on his oath to the satisfaction of the court. Other things. For each bail bond, fifty cents. For summoning appraisers, each fitfy cents. For every commitment or discharge of a. prisoner, fifty cents. For every proclamation in admiralty, thirty cents. Sales, &c., in For sales of vessels or other property, under process in admiralty, or "‘l”“"’·"iY °”°“· under the order of a court of admiralty, and for receiving and paying the money, for any sum under five hundred dollars, two and one half per centum ; for any larger sum, one and one quarter per centum, upon the excess. lS¤¤;lVl¤]z p;0¢¤¤¤ For serving an attachment in rem or a libel in admiralty, two dollars; " " m"" Y' and the necessary expenses of keeping boats, vessels, or other property attached or libelled in admiralty, not exceeding two dollars and fifty cents per day; and in case the debt or claim shall be settled by the parties, without a sale of the property, the marshal shall be entitled to a commission of one per cent. on the iirst five hundred dollars of the claim or decree, and one half of one per cent. on the excess over five hundred dol- °P*°'l°°· lars : Provided, That in case the value of the property shall be less than the claim, then, and in such case, such commission shall be allowed only on the appraised value thereofl Serving final For serving a writ of possession, partition, execution, or any final propr°°°*'s‘ cess, the same mileage as is herein allowed for the service of any other writ; and for making the service, seizing or levying on property, advertising and disposing of the same by sale, set-oil, or otherwise, according to law, receiving and paying over the money, the same fees and poundage as are or shall be allowed for similar services to the sheriifs of the several States, respectively, in which the service may be rendered. , $¤mm<>¤i¤s For serving venires and summoning every twelve men as grand or J‘"°”' petit jurors, four dollars, or thirty-three and one third cents each; and in those States where jurors, by the laws of the State, are drawn by constables, or other officers of corporate towns or places, by lot, the marshal shall receive for the use of the officers employed in drawing and summoning the jurors and returning each venire, two dollars, and for his
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