plete set of the Reports of the Supreme Court, including those already published and those hereafter to be published, or a reprint of the same, or such volumes as with those already furnished will make one complete set, the judges holding such courts to select the edition of such reports to be supplied for such courts; and he shall also distribute to the Secretary of War twelve complete sets for the use of the proper courts and offices of the Philippine Islands and of the headquarters of military departments in the United States, in his discretion, and to each and every place where a new circuit and district court may be hereafter established one complete set of said reports; and the clerks of said courts shall, in all cases, keep these reports for the use of the courts and the officers thereof: Provided, however, That no distribution of reports under this section shall be made to any place where the court is not held in a building owned by the United States, or where there is no United States officer to whose responsible custody they can be committed.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1355, § 1, 32 Stat. 630.

Act Feb. 12, 1889, c. 135, mentioned in this section, is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 562, 563.

Delivery of additional copies of Supreme Court Reports by publishers. Sec. 3. That, beginning with volume one hundred and eighty-three, the publishers of the decisions of the Supreme Court shall deliver to the Secretary of the Interior, in addition to the number heretofore supplied by law, one hundred and four copies of each and every volume of such decisions, and they shall also deliver the seventy-six additional copies provided for in the Act of February twelfth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, heretofore delivered by the reporter of the Supreme Court, twenty-five copies of which shall be deposited in the law library of the Supreme Court.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1355, § 3, 32 Stat. 631.

The reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court is required to deliver to the Secretary of the Interior 300 copies of the volumes of the reports, by Rev. St. § 681, Comp. St. 1901, p. 560. Act Feb. 12, 1889, c. 135, § 2, mentioned in this section, which required the delivery of 76 additional copies by the reporter, is set forth in Comp. St. 1901, pp. 562, 563.

Distribution of digest of Supreme Court Reports.

Sec. 4. That the Secretary of the Interior shall likewise distribute to each United States judge to whom and to each place to which the Decisions of the Supreme Court are sent under the provisions of this Act or of prior laws, a copy of such digest now published, or in course of publication, of the Supreme Court Reports in four volumes covering the decisions of said court to the end of the October Term, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, or a later period, and to cost not more than twenty-six dollars, as the several Judges and officials shall select respectively.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1355, § 4, 32 Stat. 631.

Distribution of copies of Revised Statutes and Supplements thereto to Senators and Representatives.

Sec. 5. That the Secretary of the Interior shall, at the beginning of the first session of each Congress, distribute to each Senator and

Representative in such Congress who may in writing apply for the same, one copy of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the supplements thereto: Provided, That such applicant shall certify in his written application for the same that the volumes for which he applies are intended for his personal use exclusively: And provided further, That no Senator or Representative during his term of service shall receive more than one copy of such Revised Statutes and supplements thereto.

Act, July 1, 1902, c. 1355, § 5, 32 Stat. 631.

Appropriation; price for reports and digest; annual estimates.

Sec. 6. That such sum of money as is required to pay for the reports of the Supreme Court and for the digest, and for the Revised Statutes and supplements thereto, the delivery and distribution of which are provided for in this Act, is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, That not to exceed two dollars per volume shall be paid for such reports and twenty-six dollars per set for such digest, the said moneys to be disbursed under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and the Secretary of the Interior shall include in his annual estimates submitted to Congress an estimate for both the current volumes of reports and the additional sets of reports and digest, the distribution of which is provided for in this Act.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1355, § 6, 32 Stat. 631.

The usual provision of the annual appropriation acts, mentioned in the note under Act Feb. 12, 1889, c. 135, in Comp. St. 1901, p. 563, that "the printing for the Supreme Court shall be done by the printer it may employ, unless it shall otherwise order," is repeated in the sundry civil appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 480, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, 32 Stat. 1146.

Sec. 702.

CHAPTER ELEVEN.

Supreme Court Jurisdiction.

Writs of error and appeals from Territorial courts.

Jurisdiction to review final judgments and decrees of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands in certain cases is given to the Supreme Court by Act July 1, 1902, c. 1369, § 10, set forth below.

ACT JULY 1, 1902, c. 1369, § 10.

Writs of error and appeals from Supreme Court of Philippine Islands.

That the Supreme Court of the United States shall have jurisdiction to review, revise, reverse, modify, or affirm the final judgments and decrees of the supreme court of the Philippine Islands in all actions, cases, causes, and proceedings now pending therein or hereafter determined thereby in which the Constitution or any statute, treaty, title, right, or privilege of the United States is involved, or in

causes in which the value in controversy exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars, or in which the title or possession of real estate exceeding in value the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, to be ascertained by the oath of either party or of other competent witnesses, is involved or brought in question; and such final judgments or decrees may and can be reviewed, revised, reversed, modified, or affirmed by said Supreme Court of the United States on appeal or writ of error by the party aggrieved, in the same manner, under the same regulations, and by the same procedure, as far as applicable, as the final judgments and decrees of the circuit courts of the United States.

Act July 1, 1902, c. 1369, § 10, 32 Stat. 695.

This section is part of "an act temporarily to provide for the administration of the affairs of civil government in the Philippine Islands, and for other purposes," cited above.

CHAPTER TWELVE.

Provisions Common to More Than One Court or Judge.

Sec. 714.

Judges resigning entitled, in certain cases, to salary for life.

The amounts of the salaries to be paid to the judges of certain courts are prescribed by Act Feb. 12, 1903, c. 547, set forth below.

ACT FEB. 12, 1903, c. 547.

An Act to Fix the Salaries of Certain Judges of the United States. (32 Stat. 825.)

Salaries of certain judges.

Be it enacted, &c., That the following salaries shall be paid to the several judges hereinafter mentioned in lieu of the salaries now provided for by law, namely:

To the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States the sum of thirteen thousand dollars year, and to each of the associate justices thereof the sum of twelve thousand five hundred dollars a year.

To each of the circuit judges the sum of seven thousand dollars a year.

To each of the district judges the sum of six thousand dollars a year.

To the chief justice of the Court of Claims the sum of six thousand five hundred dollars a year, and to each of the other judges thereof the sum of six thousand dollars a year.

* * [Part of act omitted relates to courts of the District of Columbia.]

That all of said salaries shall be paid in monthly installments. * * [Part of act omitted relates to courts of the District of Columbia.]

Act Feb. 12, 1903, c. 547, 32 Stat. 825.

The portions of this act omitted here prescribe the amounts of the

salaries of each of the justices of the court of appeals and of the supreme court of the District of Columbia, and provide for the payment of one half the amount thereof from the revenues of the District.

Sec. 715.

Criers of the courts; attendants on juries.

The provisions of Act March 2, 1895, c. 189, that all persons employed under this section shall be deemed to be in actual attendance when they attend upon the order of the courts, and that no such person shall be employed during vacation, set forth following this section in Comp. St. 1901, p. 580, are repeated in the sundry civil appropriation acts for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1903, and June 30, 1904, and the deficiency appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903, Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1, 32 Stat. 476, Act March 3, 1903, c. 1006, § 1, 32 Stat. 1066, and Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, 32 Stat. 1141.

The appropriation in these acts to which these provisos are annexed, is "for pay of bailiffs and criers, not exceeding three bailiffs and one crier in each court, except in the southern district of New York."

Sec. 741.

Suits of a local nature in states containing several districts.

The provision of this section that, in suits of a local nature, where the defendant resides in a different district, in the same State, from that in which the suit is brought, process against him may be directed to the marshal of the district in which he resides, may be regarded as superseded by the provisions applicable to such cases contained in Act March 3, 1875, c. 137, § 8, Comp. St. 1901, p. 513.

Sec. 747.

Parties may manage their causes personally or by counsel.

No amount in excess of one dollar is to be received from any attorney in connection with his admission to practice in a circuit or district court, by a provision of Act June 28, 1902, c. 1301, § 1, set forth post, under chapter 16 of this Title.

Sec. 770.

CHAPTER FOURTEEN.

District Attorneys, Marshals, and Clerks.

Salaries of district attorneys.

The limitation of the compensation of assistant district attorneys to not exceeding $2,500 per annum, by Act May 28, 1896, c. 252, § 8, Comp. St. 1901, p. 613, is not to apply to the first assistant district attorney for the northern district of Illinois, by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, set forth below. Such limitation is also not to apply to the assistants of the United States district attorney for the southern district of New York, or for the District of Columbia, by a proviso annexed to section 24 of said Act May 28, 1896, c. 252, set forth in Comp. St. 1901, p. 618.

Sec. 771.

Duties of district attorneys.

District attorneys are required to prosecute suits by the United States for penalties for violations of the provisions of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1012, relating to importation of aliens under contract to labor, by section 5 of that act, post, under Title XXIX, "Immigration," subtitle "Regulation and Restriction of Immigration in General."

District attorneys are required to prosecute persons violating the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War for the use of canals authorized by Act Aug. 18, 1894, c. 299, § 4, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3525, and by Act June 13, 1902, c. 1079, § 11, post, under Title LXIII, "Rivers and Harbors," and the regulations prescribed for drawbridges authorized by Act Aug. 18, 1894, c. 299, § 5, Comp. St. 1901, p. 3538, by Act June 13, 1902, c. 1079, § 6, post, under Title LXIII, "Rivers and Harbors."

Sec. 775.

Reports by district attorney to Department of Justice.

District attorneys are required to report to the Attorney General the action taken by them against persons violating the regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War for the use of canals, drawbridges, etc., by Act June 13, 1902, c. 1079, § 6, post, under Title LXIII, "Rivers and Harbors."

Sec. 787.

Duties of marshal.

The marshal for the District of Columbia, and the other marshals in the various districts, are required to serve all processes issued by the commission to adjudicate claims against Spain, established by Act March 21, 1901, c. 800, Comp. St. 1901, p. 2795, to preserve order in the place of sitting of the Commission, and to execute the orders of the Commission, by Act June 30, 1902, c. 1337, amending section 4 of said Act March 2, 1901, c. 800, set forth post, under Title XLVII, "Foreign Relations."

Sec. 793.

ACT MAY 28, 1896, c. 252, § 8.

Assistant district attorneys; expenses of district attorney and assistants; official residence.

The provisions of this section limiting the compensation of assistant district attorneys to not exceeding $2,500 per annum, do not apply to the first assistant district attorney for the northern district of Illinois, by a provision of Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, set forth below.

ACT MARCH 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1.

Limitation of compensation not to apply to first assistant district attorney for northern district of Illinois.

* That the provisions of section eight of the legislative appropriation Act approved May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, limiting the compensation of United States assistant district attorney to not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars per annum, shall not apply to the first assistant district attorney for the northern district of Illinois.

Act March 3, 1903, c. 1007, § 1, 32 Stat. 1141.

This is a proviso annexed to an appropriation for payment of assistants to district attorneys, in the sundry civil appropriation act for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1904, cited above.