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 75TH CONGRESS, 1sT SESSION-CH. 359-JUNE 16, 1937 the United States and to be conclusive as provided by section 846, Revised Statutes (U . S . C ., title 28, sec . 577), $3,040,000 : Provided, That not to exceed $10,000 of this amount shall be available for such compensation and expenses of witnesses or informants as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, which approval shall be conclusive : Prov ided furt her, That no part of the sum herein appropriated shall be used to pay any witness more than one attendance fee for any one calendar day. Salaries and expenses of bailiffs, and so forth : For bailiffs, not exceeding three bailiffs in each court, except in the southern district of New York and the northern district of Illinois ; meals and lodging for jurors in United States cases, and of bailiffs in attendance upon the same, when ordered by the court, and meals and lodging for jurors in Alaska, as provided by section 19 3, title II, of the Act of June 6, 1900 (U. S . C ., title 28, sees . 9, 557-570, 595, 596), and compensation for jury commissioners, $5 per day, not exceeding three days for any one term of court, $262,000 : Provided, That, excepting in the case of bailiffs in charge of juries over Sundays and holidays, no per diem shall be paid to any bailiff unless the court is actually in session and the judge present and presiding or present in chambers : Provided further, That none of this appropriation shall be used for the pay of bailiffs when deputy marshals or marshals are available for the duties ordinarily executed by bailiffs, the fact of unavailibility to be determined by the certificate of the marshal. Miscellaneous expenses : For such miscellaneous expenses as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, for the United States courts and their officers, including experts, and notarial fees or like services and stenographic work in taking depositions, at such rates of compensation as may be authorized or approved by the Attorney General, so much as may be necessary in the discretion of the Attorney General for such expenses in the District of Alaska, the Court of Claims, and in courts other than Federal courts ; patent applications and contested proceedings involving inventions ; rent of rooms for United States courts and judicial officers ; supplies, including the exchange of typewriting and a dding machines, for the United States courts and judicial officers, including firearms and ammunition therefor ; purchase of law books, including the exchange thereof, for United States judges, district attorneys, and other judicial officers, including the libraries of the ten United States circuit courts of appeals, and the Federal Reporter and continuations thereto as issued, $1,086,000 : Provided, That such books shall in all cases be transmitted to their successors in office ; all books purchased hereunder to be mark ed plainly, "The Prop erty of the United States" : Provided further, That not to exceed $2 per volu me s hall be paid for the current and future volumes of the United States Code, Annotated : Provided further, That the maximum salary paid to any stenographer or law clerk to any circuit or district judge shall not exceed $2,500 per annum : Provided further, That this limitation shall not operate to reduce the compensation of any stenographer now employed nor shall the salary of any stenographer drawing more than $2,500 per annum hereafter be increased. No part of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act for salaries of judges, the Attorney General, Assistant Attorneys Gen- eral, Solici tor Ge neral, distr ict at torneys, mars hals, and cl erks o f court shall be used for any other purpose whatsoever, but such sal- aries shall be allotted out of appropriations herein made for such salaries and retained by the Department and paid to such officials severally, as and when such salaries fall due and without delay. 279 R.S.°846. 28U.S. 0. ° 577. Provisos. Authorization, etc ., by Attorney General. Attendance fee, limitation. Bailiffs. Sa lar ies and ex. penses. Jury expenses. Alaska. 31 Stat. 362. 28U.S.C.°°9,557- 570, 595, 596 . Jury commissioners. Provisos. Pe r diem s, lim ita- tion on payment. Use limited. Miscellaneous ex- pen ses . Al aska. Rent, supplies, etc, Law hooks for judi- ci al offic ers. Fe deral Report er. Provisos. Transmittal to suc- cessors. United States Code, An notate d, pric e limi. tation. Stenographer or law c lerk, maximu m sal- ary. P resent steno gra- phers not affected. Restriction on use of designated funds.