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 58 STAT.] 78TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CHS. 2, 3-JAN. 20, 1944 missioner for a certificate of citizenship. Upon proof to the satis- faction of the Commissioner that the applicant is a citizen, and that the applicant's alleged citizenship was derived as claimed, or acquired, as the case may be, and upon taking and subscribing before a member of the Service within the United States to the oath of allegiance re- quired by this Act of a petitioner for naturalization, such individual shall be furnished by the Commissioner or a deputy commissioner with a certificate of citizenship, but only if such individual is at the time within the United States.' Section 342 (a) (5) of the Nationality Act of 1940, approved October 14, 1940 (54 Stat. 1161),.is hereby amended to read as follows: "(5) For application for a certificate of citizenship under section 339, $5." Approved January 20, 1944. [CHAPTER 3] AN ACT To authorize the appointment of court reporters in the district courts of the United States, to fix their duties, to provide for their compensation, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Judicial Code (Act of March 3, 1911, 36 Stat. 1088, as amended) is hereby amended by inserting after section 5 thereof a new section 5a, entitled "Court Reporters", as follows: "SEC. 5a. COUrT REPoaTERs.- "(a) APPOINTMENT.-Each district court of the United States, in- cluding the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and the district courts in the Territories and insular pos- sessions, shall appoint one or more court reporters for the district court in the manner provided for the appointment of the clerks of said courts. The number of reporters to be so appointed shall be determined by the Judicial Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (hereinafter referred to as the Judicial Conference). The persons to be so appointed shall possess the qualifications necessary for the satisfactory performance of the duties specified in subdivision (b) of this section, to be determined by standards which shall be formu- lated from time to time by the Judicial Conference, and shall take an oath to perform faithfully such duties. The court, with the approval of the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts (hereinafter referred to as the Director) may appoint additional reporters for temporary service not exceeding three months, when there is more reporting work in the district than can be promptly performed by the authorized number of reporters and the urgency is so great as to render it impracticable to obtain the approval of the Judicial Conference. If the court and the Judicial Conference are of the opinion that in any district it is in the public interest that the duties of reporter should be combined with those of any other employee of the court, the Judicial Conference may authorize such a combination of positions and fix the salary therefor, as provided by subsection (c) hereof, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding. "(b) DuTIEs.-One of the reporters so appointed for each district court shall attend aSt each session of the court and at every other proceeding that may be designated by rule of procedure or order of court or by one of the judges of the court, and shall record verbatim by shorthand or by mechanical means (1) all proceedings in criminal cases had in open court, whether in connection with plea, trial, or Issuance. Fee. 8U. .C.§742. Post, p. 755. Ante, p.4. January 20, 1044 [H. R. 3611] [Public Law 222] Judicial Code, amendment. 28U.S. C. §9. Court reporters for district courts, ap- pointment. Number. Qualifications. Oath. Temporary ap- pointees. Combination of po- sitions. Recoding of p- caedgis.

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