UNITED STATES CONSULAR REGULATIONS.
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90.-Copies on appeal.-On appeal, copies of all the papers must be paid for in advance by the appellant, except in criminal cases where respondent is unable to pay. 91.-Copies. Any person interested is entitled to a copy of any paper on file, on prepayment of the fee.
92.- Reasonable clearness, precision, and certainty should be required in the papers; and substantial justice and all practicable dispatch are expected in the decisions. 93.-Definition of Consul.-The word "Consul" is intended to include the Consu!- General, and any Vice-Consul or Deputy-Consul actually exercising the Consular power at any Consulate, unless the sense requires a more limited construction.
94.-Associates.-Erch associate in a Consular trial shall, before entering on his duties, be sworn by his Consul. Before taking the oath, he may be challenged by either party, and for sufficient cause excuse 1, and another drawn.
95.-Contempt.-Consuls will always preserve order in Court, punishing sun- marily any contempt committed in their presence, or any refusal to obey their lawful sammons or order, by imprisonment not exceeding 24 hours, or by fine not exceeding fifty dollars and costs.
96.—Attorney. —Every party to a civil or criminal proceeding may be heard in person, or by attorney of his choice, or by bo h; but the prese ice of counsel shall be under the exclusive control an 1 discretion of th› Consul.
97.—.iccounts.—The accounts of the Consular Courts shall be kept in United States' currency, and every order of deposit, decree of costs, taxation of fees, and generally every paper issuing originally from the Court, s all be expressed in dollars and cen's, and satisfied in the Unitel Štates' metallic currency, or its equivalent.
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XVII. FEES*.
In ali misos and estates where the am ›unt in question is not more than $500
In all esses and estates where it is over $500
In all cases where no specifio damages are sɔught the fee shall be $5 for minor and $15 for gre er cases.
99–Clerks Fest.
For 199uing all writs, warrants, attachments, or other o›mpulsory process
Por docketing every suit commenced
For executions
For all sum conses
for all subpœnas and notices
For fling and entering every declaration, plea, or other paper
For administering an oath or affirma ́ion, except to an associste For taking an acknowledgement
Fve taking and certifying depositions to f'e (for each folio of 100 wirds): fir the first 100 word›, 50 cents; for
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Ir a copy of such deposition, furnished to a party on request, por folio For entering any return, rule, order, continuance, judgment, decree, or recognizance, or drawing any bɔnd, or
making any record, certificate, retura, er report: for each folio For a copy of any entry or of any paper on file: for each folio... The docket fee of $1, hereinbefore allowed, shall cover all charges for making dockets and indexes issuing venir s for associates, taxing c›sts, and all other services not specified herein, in all cases where the amount involved is $100 or less; where the amount involved exceeds $100 the olerk shall be allowed for the services specified in the fregoing paragraph, in all cases up to $500, ioulasive, a fee of
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In ali ases involving more than $50) the clerk shall be allowed for like services For causes where issue in jo ned but no testimony is given, for osuses dismissed or discontinued, the clerk shall be
allowed, for like services, one-half of the above fees, respectively.
For affixing the seal of the court to say instrument, when required For every search for any particular mortgage, or other lion
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For searching the records of the court for judgments, decrees, or other instruments constituting a lien om muy property, and certifying the result of such search: for each person against whɔn such search is required to
made For roosiving, keeping, and paying out money in pursuance of any statute or order of court, 1 per centum of the
amount so received, kept, and paid.
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For travelling, mule necessary by the duties of his office: for going, 5 cents a mile, sad 5 cents a mile for returning. Ali bɔʊks in the sierk's office containing public records shall, daring office hours, be open to the inspection of any
person desiring to examine the same without any lees or obarge therefor.
La cases of escheas the clerk shall receive for publication to heirs
for services as escheator
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For recording proceedings of inquest, per follo
For sa afli taviť in attachment
For approving bind in sitse ment
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For afldavit in replevin cases
For approving replevin bond
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For alidavit in trials of right of property
Where bond is given in trial ul right of property, tor approving it
100–Marshal's Fees.
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For apprehending a deserter and delivering him on board the vess: 1 deserted from, to be paid by the vessel before
leaving port
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For searching for the me, and, if not found, to be certifled by the consul, and on his order to be paid by the ship - 2:00
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