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 62 STAT.] 80TI CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 646-JUNE 25,1948 Such receiver shall, within ten days after the entry of his order of appointment, file copies of the complaint and such order of appoint- ment in the district court for each district in which property is located. The failure to file such copies in any district shall divest the receiver of jurisdiction and control over all such property in that district. § 755. Criers and bailiffs Each district judge may appoint a crier for the court in which he presides who shall perform also the duties of bailiff and messenger. Each United States marshal may employ, with the approval of the judge, not exceeding four bailiffs as the district judge may determine, to attend the court, maintain order, wait upon the grand and petit juries, and perform such other necessary duties as the judge or mar- shal may direct. Each bailiff shall be allowed for his services $6 a day to be paid only for actual attendance on days when the court is in session or the judge or jury is present. If the position of crier or bailiff is to be filled by the appointment of a person who has not previously served as either crier or bailiff, preference in the appointment shall be given to a person who has served in the military or naval forces of the United States in time of war and who has been honorably discharged therefrom, if in the opinion of the appointing officer such person is as well qualified as any other available person to perform to the satisfaction of the appointing officer all the duties of the position. § 756. Power to appoint Whenever a majority of the district judges of any district court cannot agree upon the appointment of any officer of such court, the chief judge shall make such appointment. CHAPTER 51-COURT OF CLAIMS Sec. 791. Clerk. 792. Commissioners. 793. Reporter-commissioners; stenographers 794. Stenographers and clerical employees. 795. Bailiff and messenger. § 791. Clerk (a) The Court of Claims may appoint a clerk and an assistant clerk each of whom shall be subject to removal by the court. The court shall report any such removal and the cause thereof to Congress as soon as possible. (b) The clerk shall pay into the Treasury all fees, costs and other moneys collected by him. He shall make returns thereof to the Di- rector of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts under regulations prescribed by him. (c) On the first day of every regular session of Congress, the clerk shall transmit to Congress a full and complete statement of all the judgments rendered by the court during the previous year, showing the dates and amounts thereof and the parties in whose favor they were rendered, together with a brief synopsis of the nature of the claims upon which they were rendered, and a statement of the costs taxed in each case. § 792. Commissioners (a) The Court of Claims may appoint seven commissioners who shall be subject to removal by the court. (b) Each commissioner shall receive a salary of $7,500 a year, and all necessary traveling expenses, and also his reasonable maintenance expenses actually incurred, not exceeding $7 per day, while taking Transmission of an- nual statement to Congress. 923

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