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 PUBLIC LAWS-OH. 646 -JUNE 25, 1948 For serving a writ of possession, partition, execution, or any final process, the same mileage as is allowed for the service of any other writ, and for making the service, seizing or levying on property, adver- tising and disposing of the same by sale, set of, or otherwise according to law and receiving and paying over the money, the same fees and poundage as are or shall be allowed for similar services to the sheriffs of the States, respectively, in which the service is rendered; In all cases in which the vessel or other property is sold by a public auctioneer or by some party other than the marshal or his deputy, the fee herein authorized to be paid to the marshal shall be reduced by the amount paid to said auctioneer or other party; For sale of vessels or other property under process in admiralty, or under the order of a court of admiralty, and for receiving and paying over the money, 212 per centum on any sum under $500, and 11/4 per centum on the excess of any sum over $500; For the keeping of personal property attached on mesne process, such compensation as the court, on petition setting forth the facts under oath, may allow; For the necessary expenses of keeping boats, vessels, or other prop- erty attached or libeled in admiralty, such amount as the court, on petition setting forth the facts under oath, may allow; For serving a subpoena or summons on a witness or appraiser, 50 cents. For service of an attachment in rem or libel in admiralty, $2.00. For service of any warrant, attachment, summons, capias or other writ in a civil action or proceeding, $2.00 for each person served. For every proclamation in admiralty, 30 cents. For copies of writs or papers furnished at the request of any party, 10 cents a folio of 100 words or major fraction thereof. For all services in a criminal case except for the summoning of witnesses, a sum to be fixed by the court not exceeding $25 where con- viction is for a misdemeanor and not exceeding $100 where conviction is for a felony. For necessary travel in serving any process in civil or criminal cases, 6 cents a mile to be computed from the place where the service is returned to the place of service or where more than one person is served, to the place of service which is most remote, adding thereto any addi- tional travel necessary to serve the others. When two or more writs of any kind required to be served in behalf of the same party on the same person may be served at the same time, compensation for travel on only one such writ shall be taxable. The clerk shall insert in each subpoena, the names of as many witnesses in each case as convenience of service will permit. § 1922. Witness fees before United States commissioners The fees of more than four witnesses shall not be taxed against the United States, in the examination of any criminal case before a United States commissioner, unless their materiality and importance are first approved and certified to by the United States attorney for the dis- trict in which the examination is had. § 1923. Docket fees and costs of briefs (a) Attorney's and proctor's docket fees in courts of the United States may be taxed as costs as follows: $20 on trial or final hearing in civil, criminal or admiralty cases, except that in cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction where the libellant recovers less than $50 the proctor's docket fee shall be $10l $20 m admiralty appeals involving not over $1,000; $50 in admiralty appeals involving not over $5,000; $100 in admiralty appeals involving more than $5,000; Travel expenses. [62 STAT.

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