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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 27. 1917. 157 the District of Alaska, services rendered in behalf of the United States or otherwise, services in Alaska and Oklahoma in collecting evidence for the United States when so specially directed by the Attorney General, and maintenance, repair, and operation of horsedrawn passenger—carrying vehicles used in connection with the transaction of the official business of the office of the United States marshal for the District of Columbia, $1,580,000. Advances to Ad““°°S‘ United States marshals, in accordance with existing law, may be made from the proper appropriations, as herein provided, immediately upon the ass e of this Act; but no disbursements shall be made B°S"i°¤°¤· rior to Jpuly Est, nineteen hundred and seventeen, by said dishursing officers from the funds thus advanced, and no dis ursements shall be made therefrom to liquidate expenses for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, or prior years. _ _ For salaries of United States district attorneys and expenses of i;)n1iihi§ii°tta(i¤rii°ySéX. United States district attorneys and their regular assistants, mcludin P°¤S°S- the office expenses of United States district attorneys in Alaska, and _ _ for salaries of regularly a pointed clerks to United States district c,,§Y,§,`,'§f’°s dming v“' attorneys for services rendered during vacancy in the office of the United States district attorney, $620,000. ‘ _ _ For fees of United States district attorney for the District of ¥,,l§§f‘°§,§{g§{“§}l§f,2; Columbia, $33,500. my- The United States district attorney for the District of Columbia ,.,,,’§g‘§,‘{,,"f‘°° '°' S°l` shall hereafter pay to his deputies or assistants not exceeding in all $15,000 per annum; also his clerical and messenger hire not exceedin $10,000; office rent, fuel, stationery, printing, and other incidental _ expenses not exceeding $2,500, out of the fees of his office: Provided, §[§’§,¥§;,,,,,_ That no ex nses other than those above specified shall be allowed. _ For reg;.1£:r assistants to United States district attorneys who are R"g“1°’ “s‘s*“““· appointe by the Attorney General at a fixed annual compensation, $350,000. _ _ For assistants to the Attomey General and to United States district c,,§m“”“ “‘ “p°°‘“l attorneys employed by the Attorney General to aid in special cases and for payment of foreign counsel emplo ed by the Attorney General gK'§,*F“ "°“'“°l‘ in special cases (such counsel shall not be required to take oath of R- S·»¤°°·366· P- 62 office in accordance with section three hundred and sixty-six, Revised Statutes of the United States), $150,000. C, k ,, For fees of clerks, $215,000: Provided, That courts of the United z·$i¤ai».»i°°` States shall be (gin to seamen, without furnishing bonds or pre- Bmw by ’°°“‘°°‘ payment of or m `ng deposit to secure fees or costs, for the pur ose of enteringxand prosecuting suit or suits in their own name anti) for their own nefit for wages or salvage and to enforce laws made for Mmm to their health and safety: Provided further, That for the calendar year atm. um my nineteen hundred an seventeen, and thereafter, the maximum r- sonal compensation of clerks of United States district courts shallin Limit I no case exceed $3,500 per annum, and that sinvle fees only shall be im °°s` charged by United States marshals and clerks of United States district courts against the United States and against private litigants in every ju `cial district. For fees of United States commissioners and justices of the peace, C¤¤1¤iSSi¤¤¤¤’·¤¢¢·: acting under section one thousand and fourteen, Revised Statutes of 8?:.S.,sec.1014,4p.189. the Lnited States, $150,000. For fees of jurors, $1,150,000. · "{f°”"°“· ~ Fees of witnesses: _For fees of witnesses and for payment of the ;t°_‘§';Z’§{°?;€6,°;?im actual expenses of witnesses, as provided by section eight hundred and fifty, Revised Statutes of the United States, $1,200,000. $5§%1g)(1;ent of rooms for the United States courts and judicial officers, Rm °‘°°°” mm For bailiffs and criers, not exeeedingmthree bailiifs and one crier in B°`mh'°m` each court, except in the southern triet of New York and the