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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 268——270. 1911. 1355 standards at least once in every year, under the inspection of the superintendent and assayer; an the accuracy of those used at the Mint at Ph1ladelph1a shall be tested annually, in the presence of the assay commissioners, at the time of the annual examination and test of co1ns." Approved, March 4, 1911. CHAP. 269.-An Act T m n " ‘ eighteen hundred and ninetyzig e d section eleven, Act of May twenty-eighth, 15¤;l’¢l€%}§;E—_ , Public, No.. Be it enacted  the Senate and House eg Representatives of the United [ 509] States o _America tn; Congress assemble, That section eleven of the l,{,'fj,,°,;’,,§;*°°***°“"·¤~ Act m appropriations for the legislative, executive, and judicial Double fees in cer- 0 the Govemment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, me S"‘°°“ '°*’°“l°°‘ erg team hundred and ninety-seven, a proved Mav twenty-eighth,_ eighteen hundred and ninety-six, be, and) the same is `hereby, amended to read as follows: "Sec. 11. That at any time when, in the opinion of the marshal nigga deputies ¤¤· of any district, the public interest will thereb be promoted, he may R. s., sec. vac, p. 147. appoint one or more deputy marshals for such district, who shall be ,,,,Y,,‘§,k,,f°· "· ’”· known as field deputies, and, who, unless sooner removed by the district court as now provided by law, shall hold office during the pleas- s ure of the marshal, except as hereinafter provided, and who shall each, as his compensation, receive the gross fees, including mileage, ¤¤¤¤1>¤¤¤¤ri•>¤. as provided by law, earned by him, not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars per fiscal ear, or at that rate for any part of a fiscal year; and in addition shall lie allowed his actual necessary ex enses, not exceeding two dollars a day, while endeavoring to arrest, undbr process, a person charged with or convicted of crime: Provided, That a field f,°f,‘{{’,m,,,,,,,,,,,_ deputy may dlect to receive actual expenses on any trip in lieu of mi cage: Prmrided further, That in xecial cases,-where m his judg- ,,,;;2f“"°““‘ “"°"‘ ment justice re uires, the Attorney- eneral may make an additional allowance, not,qhowever, in any case to make the aggregate annual com ensation of any field deputy in excess of two thousand five hundredp dollars nor more than the gross fees earned by such field deputy. The marshal, immediately after making any appointment or appoint— mggygn °* ·vv<>*¤¤· ments under this section, shall report the same to the Attorney·Gen— eral, stating the facts as distinguished from conclusions constituting the reason for such appointment, and the Attorney-General may at any time cancel any such appointment as the public interest may re uire." (This Act to take effect from and after July first, nineteen hundred ‘“"“°°"“*Y 1·‘°“· and eleven. Approved, March 4, 1911. CHAP. 270.—An Act To provide punishment for the falsification of accounts and Merch QL 1911. the making of false reports by persons in the employ of the United States. [H· R· mm-] _ Public, X 0. 510. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of llqrreseyntatives of the Cnited [ l States of America in (kmgress assembled, That whoever, being an p,§,‘3;js'“m°“* °'“· officer, clerk, agent, or other person holding any office or employment Pqnispmeuc {or under the Government of the United States and, being charged with §1,“§$I§dS?LS§_°“°"" the duty of keeping accounts or records of any kind, shall, with intent to deceive, mislead, injure, or defraud the United States or any person, make in any such account or record any false or Hctitious entry or record of any matter relating to or connected with his duties, or whoever with like intent shall ai or abet any such oflieer, clerk, Aidmgec.