Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1174

 92 STAT. 2454

PUBLIC LAW 95-572—NOV. 2, 1978 the district after reasonable public notice and which is open to the public at large under the supervision of the clerk or jury commission, except that when a drawing is made by means of electronic data processing, 'publicly draw' shall mean a drawing which is conducted at a data processing center located in or out , of the district, after reasonable public notice given in the district for which juror names are being drawn, and which is open to the public at large under such supervision of the clerk or jury commission as the Judicial Conierence of the United States shall by regulation require; and "(1) 'jury summons' shall mean a summons issued by a clerk of court, jury commission, or their duly designated deputies, containing either a preprinted or stamped seal of court, and contain• ing the name of the issuing clerk imprinted in preprinted, type, or facsimile manner on the summons or the envelopes transmitting • the summons.". FEES OF JURORS

Certification.

Travel allowance.

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SEC. 5. Section 1871 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§1871. Fees "(a) Grand and petit jurors in district courts appearing pursuant to this chapter shall be paid the fees and allowances provided by this section. The requisite fees and allowances shall be disbursed on the certificate of the clerk of court in accordance with the procedure established by the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Attendance fees for extended service under subsection (b) of this section shall be certified by the clerk only upon the order of a district judge. "(b)(1) A juror shall be paid an attendance fee of $30 per day for actual attendance at the place of trial or hearing. A juror shall also be paid the attendance fee for the time necessarily occupied in going to and returning from such place at the beginning and end of such service or at any time during such service. "(2) A petit juror required to attend more than thirty days in hearing one case may be paid, in the discretion of the trial judge, an additional fee, not exceeding $5 more than the attendance fee, for each day in excess of thirty days on which he is required to hear such case. "(3) A grand juror required to attend more than forty-five days of actual service may be paid, in the discretion of the district judge in charge of the particular grand jury, an additional fee, not exceeding $5 more than the attendance fee, for each day in excess of forty-five days of actual service. "(4) A grand or petit juror required to attend more than ten days of actual service may be paid, in the discretion of the judge, the appropriate fees at the end of the first ten days and at the end of every ten days of service thereafter. "(5) Certification of additional attendance fees may be ordered by the judge to be made effective commencing on the first day of extended service, without reference to the date of such certification. "(c)(1) A travel allowance not to exceed the maximum rate per mile that the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts has prescribed pursuant to section 604(a)(7) of this title for payment to supporting court personnel in travel status usin:": privately owned automobiles shall be paid to each juror, regardless of the mode of transportation actually employed. The prescribed

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