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 600 FIFTY—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3592. 1906. lars in each and every case in which such violation or omission occurs, and the amount of such forfeiture may be recovered by the United States in an action of debt against such clerk. _ _ _ _ _ uf-$¤kg¤¤¤b“*W *°* Clerks of courts having and exercising prrisdrctron rn naturalization ` matters shall be responsible for all blan certificates of crtrzenshrp received by them from time to time from the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and shall account for the same to the sard ureau Return or dehced, whenever required so to do by such Bureau. No certificate ofcrtrzen- °l°" bun shi received by any such clerk which may be defaced or rnjured in such manner as to prevent its use as herein provided shall i_n any case — be destroyed, but such certificate shall be returned to the said Bureau; P°°“‘Y· and in case any such clerk shall fail to return or properly account for · any certificate furnished by the said Bureau, as herein (provided, he shall be liable to the United States in the sum of fifty ollars, to be recovered in an action of debt, for each and every certificate not properly accounted for or returned. _ !'¤¤ Sec. 1. That the clerk of each and every court exercising jurisdiction in naturalization cases shall charge, collect, and account for the following fees in each roceeding: °°°""‘°‘”" For receiving and filin a declaration of intention and issuing a _ du licate thereof, one dolhrr. - e,§°°"°“* °°'°°°'"‘· For making, filing, and docketing the dpetition of an alien for admission as a citizen of the United States an for the final hearing thereon, · two dollars; and for entering the final order and the issuance of the certificate of citizenship thereunder, if nted, two dollars. . m'p°'“1°"°°" The clerk of any court collecting sutglfees is hereby authorized to retain one-half of the fees collected by him in such naturalization proceeding; the remaining one-half of the naturalization fees in each case collected by such clerks, respectively, shall be accounted for in their quartely accounts, which they are hereby required to render the Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization, and paid over to such Bureau within thirty days from the close of each quarter in each and every fiscal year, an the moneys so received shall be paid over to the disbursing clerk of the Department of Commerce and Labor, who shall thereupon deposit them in the Treasury of the United States, rendering an account therefor quarterly to the Auditor for the State and other Departments, and the said disbursing clerk shall be held responsible under his bond for said fees so received. ugmgggguuw ln addition to the fees herein required, the petitioner shall, upon the ` filing of his petition to become a citizen of the United States, deposit with and pay to the clerk of the court a sum of money sufficient to cover the expenses of suhpcenaing and paying the legal fees of any witnesses for whom he may requesta subpoena, and u n the final discharge of such witnesses they shall receive, if they d:)mand the same from the clerk, the customary and usual witness fees from the moneys which the petitioner shall have paid to such clerk for such purpose, and the residue, if any, shall be returned by the clerk to the petimrm. tioner: inrrwided, That the clerks of courts exercising jurisdiction in R°‘°“°’°" by °l°"" naturalization proceedings shall be permitted to retain one·half of the fees in any fiscal year up to the sum of three thousand dollars, and that all fees received by such clerks in naturalization proceedings in excess of such amount shall be accounted for and paid over to said Bureau as in case of other fees to which the United Payment mr- mar- States may be entitled under the provisions of this Act. The “°““ °l°"“· clerks of the various courts exercising jurisdiction in naturalization proceedings shall pay all additional clerical for·ce that may be required in performing the duties imposed by this Act upon the clerks of courts from fees received b r such clerks in naturalization proceedxamueuar arrow- ings. ‘And in case the clerk oil any court collects fees in excess of the ‘“°°‘ sum of six thousand dollars in any one year·, the Secretary of Commerce and Labor may allow to such clerk from the money which the