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Public Law 85-276 September 2, 1957 [H. R. 4191]

Title 28, U. S. Code, amendment. U. S. C o m m i 8si oners. 68 Stat. 704.

Repeal.

AN ACT To amend section 633 of title 28, United States Code, prescribing fees of United States commissioners.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 633 of title 28 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows: "United States commissioners in each judicial district, except national park commissioners, shall receive the following fees only for all services rendered, not to exceed $10,500 for any one calendar year: " (1) For attending to any reference by order of court of a litigated matter in a civil case or in admiralty, $8 a day. "(2) For taking and certifying depositions, 30 cents for each folio and for each copy thereof furnished on request, 20 cents per folio. "(3) A fee graduated according to the aggregate number of cases in each quarterly accounting period, in the sum of $14 for each of the first twenty-five cases, $9 for each of the next twenty-five cases, $8 for each of the next fifty 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 7604(b) 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, payable to the commissioner who disposes of the case 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 all services rendered for each accused person presented before him for purposes of bail only and not for holding to answer in district court, whether or not bail is taken or commitment ordered, $4. "(5) Upon the filing of a sworn, written complaint, for all services rendered prior to presentation of the accused before the commissioner, $4 for each person accused. "(6) For all services in connection with each formal, written application for a search warrant, whether granted or deniedj $6. "(7) For each proceeding for the discharge of an indigent prisoner, $6. "(8) For each defendant tried or sentenced by him for a petty offense, in lieu of all other fees provided in this section, a fee graduated according to the aggregate number of cases in each quarterly accounting period, in the sum of $16 for each of the first twenty-five cases and $12 for each additional case." SEC. 2. Subsection 633(b) of title 28, United States Code, is hereby repealed. Approved September 2, 1957.

Public Law 85-277 September 2, 1957 [S. 2500]

AN ACT To make uniform the termination date for the use of official franks by former Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted ty the Senate and House of Representatives of the portf,'et*i:?^*"'* '* United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second 18 Stat. 343.

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