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 Consul- 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.--Each 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 excused, and another drawn,
95.-Contempt.-Consuls will always preserve order in Court, punishing sum- marily any contempt committed in their presence, or any refusal to obey their lawful summons 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 both; but the presence of counsel shall be under the exclusive control and discretion of the Consul.
97.-Accounts.-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, shall be expressed in dollars and cents, and satisfied in the United States' metallic currency, or its equivalent.
98.-In Consular Court.—
XVII. FEES.
In all eases where the amount in question is not more than $500...
In all cases where it is over $500
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.$ 5.00 15.00
In all cases where no specific damages are sought the fee shall be $5 for minor and $15 for
greater cases.
99. Clerk's Fees.-
For execution
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For issuing all writs, warrants, attachments, or other compulsory process... For docketing every suit commenced...
For summonses and subpoenas
For all records at the rate of, for each hundred words
For drawing every notice paper, order, or process not otherwise provided for... And if it exceed 200 words, every additional hundred words For every seal to process issued
1.50.
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1.00
For filing each paper upon the return of the Marshal, and all papers filed in Court...
100-Marshal's Fees.-
0.10
For apprehending a deserter, and delivering him on board the vessel deserted from, to be
paid by the vessel before leaving port For searching for the same, and if not found, to be certified by the Consul, and on his or-
der to be paid by the said ship... For serving any writ, warrant, attachment, or other compulsory process, each person ... For serving summons...
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For returning all writs, attachments, and summonses, each For each bail-bond
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For every commitment or discharge of prisoner
On subpoenas, for each witness summoned
For returning subpoena...
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For each day's attendance upon Court...
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For levying execution
For advertising property for sale
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For releasing property under execution by order of plaintiff
For selling property under execution, when the amount collected does not exceed
$1,000...
If over $1,000, and not exceeding $5,000...
If over $5,000
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For making collections under $200 in cases where no adjudication has taken place... If the amount exceed $200...
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For travelling fees in serving all processes, each mile For serving every notice not heretofore provided for in addition to the usual travelling fees 0.50
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