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 418 FIF TY-SIXT H CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. shall; for all the purposes of costs or disbursements, be deemed an appeal to such court upon errors in law, and costs therein shall be _ allowed and recovered accordingly. c,§,,‘§‘* ‘“ °°’“‘“‘ Sec. 525. In all actions prosecuted or defended in the name and for the use of any public corporation in the district the public corporation shall be liable for and may recover costs in like manner and with like effect as in the case of natural persons. When the action is upon the information of any natural person, he shall be liable in the first instance for the defendant’s costs; and such costs shall not be recovered from the United States until after execution issued therefor against such person and returned unsatisfied in whole or in part. S¤°¤’i*Y *°’ °°S‘S- Sec. 526. The attorney of at plaintiff who resides out of the district, or is a foreign corporation, against whom costs are adjudged in favor of the defendant, is liable to such defendant therefor; and 1f he neglect to pay the same upon the information of such defendant, shall be punished as for a contempt. The attorney may relieve or discharge himself from such liability by filing an undertaking at the commencement of the action, or at any time thereafter before judgment, for the payment to the defendant of the costs and disbursements that may be adjudged to him, executed by one or more sufficient sureties. S**m° ¤“bi°°*- Sec. 527. The sureties in such undertaking shall possess the qualifications of sureties in an undertaking for bail on arrest, and their sufficiency may be excepted to by the defendant at any time within five days from notice of filing the same, and if so, they shall justify in an amount not less than two hundred dollars, in like manner and with like · effect as such sureties for bail on arrest. Until the time for excepting to the sufficiency of the sureties has expired, or if excepted to, until they be found sufficient, the attorney is liable as if no undertaking had been given. A deposit of two hundred dollars, or other sum which the court or judge may direct, with the clerk may be made in lieu of such undertaking. C¤S*¤°¤m°*i°¤·°*°· Sec. 528. A sum not exceeding five dollars as costs may be allowed to the prevailing party on a motion, in the discretion of the court, and _ may be absolute or directed to abide the event of the action. In any action or proceeding as to which the allowance and recovery of costs may not e provided for in this title, costs may be allowed or not, according to the measure herein prescribed, and apportioned among the parties, in the discretion of the court. _ CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE. or THE RECORDS AND E1LEs or COURT. Sec. Sec. 529. Records of court, what constitute. \ 535. Final record, what to be recorded 530. Register, how kept. therein. 531. Journal, what to be entered therein. 536. Jury book, how kept. 532. Judgment docket, how arranged. 537. Files of the court, what are. 533. Execution docket, how kept. 538. Custody of the records and files. 534. Fee book, what to be entered there- 539. Search and examination of records in. and Hles. w1I}§{"§,‘?,§,,{’,f,€f°“r‘· Sec. 529. The records of the district court are a register, journal, judgnéent docket, execution docket, fee book, jury book, and Hnal recor . Regi*‘°'·"°" k‘**"· Sec. 530. The register is a book wherein the clerk shall ente1·, by its title, every action or proceeding commenced in, or transferred or appealed to. the court w ereof he is clerk, according to the date of its commencement, transfer, or appeal; and thereafter, until the entry of judgment, note therein, according .to the date thereof, the filing or return of any paper or process, or the making of any order, rule, or other direction in or concerning such action or proceeding.