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 PUBLIC LAWS--CH. 646-JUNE 25, 1948 § 454. Practice of law by justices and judges Any justice or judge appointed under the authority of the United States who engages in the practice of law is guilty of a high mis- demeanor. § 455. Interest of justice or judge Any justice or judge of the United States shall disqualify himself in any case in which he has a substantial interest, has been of counsel, is or has been a material witness, or is so related to or connected with any party or his attorney as to render it improper, in his opinion, for him to sit on the trial, appeal, or other proceeding therein. § 456. Traveling expenses of justices and judges Each justice or judge of the United States and each retired justice or judge recalled or designated and assigned to active duty, shall, upon his certificate, be paid by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts all necessary traveling expenses, and also his reasonable maintenance expenses actually incurred, not exceeding $10 per day, while attending court or transacting official business at a place other than his official station. The official station of the Chief Justice of the United States, the justices of the Supreme Court and the judges of the Court of Claims, the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, shall be the District of Columbia. The official station of the judges of the Customs Court shall be New York City. The official station of each circuit and district judge, including each district judge in the Territories and Possessions, shall be that place nearest his residence at which a district court is regularly held. Each circuit judge and each district judge whose official station is not fixed expressly herein shall upon his appointment and from time to time thereafter, as his residence may change, notify the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts in writing of his residence and official station. § 457. Records; obsolete papers The records of district courts and of courts of appeals shall be kept at one or more of the places where court is held. Such places shall be designated by the respective courts except when otherwise directed by the judicial council of the circuit. Papers of any court established by Act of Congress which have become obsolete and are no longer necessary or useful, may be dis- posed of with the approval of the court concerned in the manner pro- vided by sections 366-380 of Title 44 and in accordance with the rules of the Judicial Conference of the United States. § 458. Relative of justice or judge ineligible to appointment No person shall be appointed to or employed in any office or duty in any court who is related by affinity or consanguinity within the degree of first cousin to any justice or judge of such court. § 459. Administration of oaths and acknowledgments Each justice or judge of the United States may administer oaths and affirmations and take acknowledgments. § 460. Application to Alaska, Canal Zone and Virgin Islands Sections 452459 of this chapter shall also apply to the District Court for the Territory of Alaska, the United States District Court for the District of the Canal Zone and the District Court of the Virgin Islands and the judges thereof. 908 [62 STAT.

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