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 PUBLIC LAWS--H. 646-JUNE 25,1948 Record and notice of appointment. Ante, p. 830. Ante, p. 831. national park commissioner. If such park extends into two or more districts, the appointment shall be made by joint action of the district courts of such districts. The national park commissioner for the Sequoia National Park shall also be the national park commissioner for Kings Canyon National Park. Each appointment shall be entered of record in the district court, and notice of such appointment shall be given at once by the clerk of such court to the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. (b) A person holding any civil or military office or employment under the United States or who is employed by any justice or judge of the United States, shall not at the same time hold the office of United States commissioner. This subsection shall not apply to a referee in bankruptcy nor shall it apply to a clerk or deputy clerk of a court of the United States whose appointment as commissioner is approved by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. (c) Each United States commissioner shall hold office for four years, unless sooner removed by the district court. § 632. Park commissioners; jurisdiction and powers; procedure Each national park commissioner shall have all the jurisdiction and powers of a United States Commissioner and of a commissioner specially designated to try petty offenses within such national park pursuant to section 3401 of Title 18. He is also authorized to try and determine complaints in proceedings for penalties and forfeitures prescribed by law for violations of statutes or regulations respecting such park. The practice and procedure for the trial of cases before national park commissioners and for taking and hearing of appeals to the district courts shall conform to rules promulgated by the Supreme Court pursuant to section 3402 of Title 18. § 633. Fees (a) United States commissioners in each judicial district, except national park commissioners, shall receive the following fees only for all services rendered: (1) For attending to any reference by order of court of a liti- gated matter in a civil case or in admiralty, $5 per day. (2) For taking and certifying depositions, 10 cents for each folio and for each copy thereof furnished on request, 10 cents per folio. (3) A fee graduated according to the aggregate number of cases in each quarterly accounting period, in the sum of $7 for each of the first 25 cases, $6 for each of the next 25 cases, $5 for each of the next 50 cases and $2 for each additional case, of the following kinds:- Issuance of an attachment and subsequent hearings in internal revenue matters pursuant to section 3615 (e) of Title 26; Settling or certifying the nonpayment of a seaman's wage pursuant to sections 603 and 604 of Title 46; Preliminary proceedings to hold an accused person to answer in district court disposed of by discharge or binding over, for all services rendered after presentation of the accused. Each accused person brought before the commissioner for holding to answer in district court shall be considered a case for the purpose of computation of fees. (4) For each accused person presented before him for pur- 916 [62 STAT.

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