Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 55 Part 1.djvu/761

 PUBLIC LAWS-CHS. 430-432-OCT. 13, 1941 jurisdiction of the Panama Canal during the fiscal years 1935 and 1936, which were in excess of the amounts paid such officer as rental allowance, shall to the extent of such excess be refunded to such persons upon presentation of a claim therefor to the Comptroller General. Approved, October 13, 1941. [CHAPTER 431] October 13, 1941 [S. 1051] [Public Law 267] United States courts. Accounts of fees and costs. Payment of ex- traordinary expenses. Payment of fees of jurors and witnesses. AN ACT Relating to the payment of fees and costs of witnesses and jurors and the accounting therefor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 846 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U. S . C ., title 28, sec. 577), is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 846. No accounts of fees or costs paid to any witness or juror, upon the order of any judge or commissioner, or to any witness upon the certificate of attendance of the United States attorney or assistant United States attorney, or to any juror upon the certificate of attendance of the clerk of the court, shall be so reexamined as to charge any marshal for an erroneous taxation of such fees or costs. Where the ministerial officers of the United States have incurred or shall incur extraordinary expense in executing the laws thereof, the payment of which is not specifically provided for, the President of the United States is authorized to allow the payment thereof under the special taxation of the district court of the district in which the said services have been or shall be rendered, to be paid from the appropriation for defraying the expenses of the judiciary." SEC. 2. Section 855 of the Revised Statutes (U. S . C., title 28, sec. 608) is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 855. The marshal shall pay to the jurors all fees to which they appear to be entitled on the certificate of attendance of the clerk of the court, and, in cases where the United States is a party. the marshal slhall pay to the witnesses all fees to which they appear to be entitled on the certificate of attendance of the United States attorney or assistant United States attorney, which sum shall be allowed the marshal in the General Accounting Office in his accounts." Approved, October 13, 1941. [CHAPTER 432] October 13, 1941 AIN AUI' [s. 1512] [Public Law 268] To amend the Alien Registration Act, 1940, by making it a criminal offense to reproduce alien registration receipt cards. Alien Registration Act, 1940,amendment. Unlawful reproduc- tion of receipt cards. Penalty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 36 of the Alien Registration Act, 1940 (Act of June 28, 1940, title III, sec. 36, 54 Stat. 675; U. S. C., title 8, sec. 457), be, and the same is, hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof a new subsection to be let- tered (d), reading as follows: "(d) Any person who with unlawful intent photographs, prints, or in any other manner makes, or executes, any engraving, photograph. print, or impression in the likeness of an alien registration receipt card or any colorable imitation thereof, except when and as authorized under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Attorney General, shall upon conviction, be fined not to exceed $5,000 or be imprisoned not more than five years, or both." Approved, October 13, 1941. 736 [55 STAT.

�