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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 19^3

[77 STAT.

the case, and as to the collection thereof. Upon the termination of the case any surplus of costs shall be refunded by the clerk. (b) The defendant in a suit instituted by a non-resident of the District of Columbia, or by one who becomes a non-resident after the suit is commenced, upon notice served on the plaintiff or his attorney after service of process on the defendant, may require the plaintiff to give security for costs and charges that may be adjudged against him on the final disposition of the cause. This right of the defendant does not entitle him to delay in pleading, and his pleading before the giving of the security is not a waiver of his right to require security for costs. I n case of noncompliance with these requirements, within a time fixed by the court, judgment of nonsuit or dismissal shall be entered. The security required may be by an undertaking, with security, to be approved by the court, or by a deposit of money in an amount fixed by the court. A nonresident, at the commencement of his suit, may deposit with the clerk such sum as the court deems sufficient as security for all costs that may accrue in the cause, which deposit may afterwards be increased on application, in the discretion of the court. § 15-704. Advance payment of costs and fees (a) Costs and fees for services rendered by the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Register of Wills and chargeable to others than the United States or the District of Columbia are payable in advance and shall be collected pursuant to such rules and regulations, not incompatible with law, as are prescribed by the court. (b) Section 15-706 does not prohibit the court from directing, by rule or standing order, the collection, at the time the services are rendered, of the fees enumerated in that section from either party, but all such fees shall be taxed as costs in the respective cases. § 15-705. Exemption of District of Columbia and United States from fees, costs, and bonds (a) The District of Columbia or any officer thereof acting therefor may not be required to pay court costs or fees in any court in and for the District of Columbia. (b) The District of Columbia may not be required to pay fees to the clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, or to the marshal of the District, and is entitled to the services of the marshal in the service of aJl civil process. (c) The United States and the District of Columbia may not be required to pay fees and costs for services rendered by the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the Register of Wills. (d) Neither the United States nor the District of Columbia, nor any officer of either acting in his official capacity, may be required to give bond or enter into undertaking to perfect an appeal or to obtain an injunction or other writ, process, or order in or of axij court in the District of Columbia for which a bond or undertaking is required by law or rule of court. § 15-706. Clerk's fees in United States District Court for the District of Columbia (a) For filing the following-named cases and for all services to be performed therein, except as otherwise provided by law, the clerk of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia shall charge and collect the following fees: (1) civil actions, $10; (2) lunacy cases, $10;

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