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 r1r*rY-sixrH oonennss. sms. 11. oa. 834.. 1901. 1363 Sec. 1107. EARN1Nes.—The earnings, not to exceed one hundred dol- E‘““*“g“ *"‘°'”¥’°· lars each month, of all actual residents of the District of Columbia who provide for the su port of a family in said District, for two mont s next preceding die issuing of any writ or process from any court or officerof and in said‘District, against them, shall be exempt from attachment, levy, seizure, or sale upon such process, and the same shall not be seized, levied on, taken, reached, or sold by attachment, execution, or any other process or proceedings of any court, judge, or other officer of and in said District. _CHAPTER TWENTY—EIGHT. FEES OF OFFICERS AND OTHERS. Sec. 1108. Notmme HEREIN TO PROHIBIT AGREEMENTS wrrH 0tf1`g§j°f Omrs md GL1ENTs.—The following, and no other, compensation shall be taxed ` and allowed to attorneys, solicitors, proctors, district attorney, clerk of the su reme court of the District, marshal, commissioners, wit- _ nesses, and) jurors, except in cases otherwise provided for by law; but p,I§{,’§§{,§‘g,;,‘,$§§,§{‘8n*{g nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit attorneys, solicitors, and with clients Erectors from charging or receiving from their clients other than the `overnment such reasonable compensation for their services, in_ addition to the taxable costs, as may be in accordance with general usage or may be agreed upon: SEo. 1109. ATTORNEYS, soL1G1roRs, AND PROCTORS.—OH a trial before m§,g°§§g **3** of ***4* a jury in civil or criminal causes or before referees, or on a Hnal hear-' ing in equity or admiralty, a docket fee of twenty dollars: Provided, P'"”?"°· That in cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction where the libelant `°dmmm:°”°S’ °t°‘ recovers less than fifty dollars the docket fee of his proctor shall be only ten dollars. j . ‘ _ In cases at law where judgment is rendered without a jury, ten dollars. ' In cases at law when the cause is discontinued, ive dollars. For scire facias, or other proceedings on recognizances, five dollars. For each deposition taken and admitted in evidence in a cause, two dollars and fifty cents. · . For services rendered in a case removed from the supreme court of the District by an appeal to the court of appeals, five dollars. _ _ For examination by the district attorney before a judge or commis- `dlsmu ““°"‘°y‘ sioner of persons charged with crime, five dollars a day for the time necessarily employed. ‘ · d For each day of the district attorney’s attendance in court, five o lars. When an indictment for a crime is tried before a jury and a conviction is had the district attorney may be allowed, in addition to the fees herein provided, a counsel fee in proportion to the importance of the cause, not exceeding thirty dollars. · There shall be paid to the district attorney two per centum on all moneys collected or realized in any suit or roceeding under the revenue law conducted by him to which the ignited States is a party, in lieu of all costs and fees in such proceeding. · When the district attorney a pears by direction of the Secretary or Solicitor of the Treasury on begalf of any officer of the revenue in any suit against such officer for any act done by @, or to recover any money received by him and paid into the Treasury in the course of his official duty, he shall receive such compensation as may be certified to be roper by the court and approved by the Secretary of the Treasury. , §EC. 1110; CLERK’S FEEs.—For issuing and entering every process, (mk Sf°°s‘ commission, summons, capias, execution, warrant, attachment, or other writ, except a writ of venire, or asummons or subpmna for a witness, one dollar.