UNITED STATES CONSULAR REGULATIONS
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99.-Copies on appeal.-Oa appeal, copies of all the papers must be paid for in advance by the appellant, except in oriminal 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.
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92.-Reasonable clearaes, 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 Cousular 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.
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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.
XVII. FEES*
99-In Consular Court.
In all cases and estates where the amount in question is not more than $500
In all cases and estates where it is over $500
In all cases where no specific damages are sought the fee shall be $5 for minor and $15 for greater cases.
#9—Clerk's Pees.
For issuing all writs, warrants, attachments, or other compulsory process
For docketing every suit comnienced
For executions
For all summonses
For all subpoenas and notices
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For fling and entering eve y declaration, plea, or other paper
For administering nu oath.or affirmation, except to an associate
For taking an acknowledgement
For taking and certifying depositions to file (for each folio of 100 words): for the first 100 word2,
each succeeding tolio ..
For a copy of such deposition, furnished to a party on request, per folio
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15.00
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150
1.00
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50 cents; for
For entering any retura, rule, order, continuance, judgment, decree, or recognizance, or drawing any bond, or
making any recɔrd, certificate, return, or report: for each folio
For a copy of any entry or of any paper ou file: for each folio...
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The docket tee of $1, hereinbefore allowed, shall cover all charges for making dockets and indexes issuing vexire for associates, taxing costs, 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 clerk shall be allowed for the services specified in the foregoing paragraph, in all cases up to $500, inclusive, a fee of
In all cases involving more than $50) the clerk shall be allowed for like services
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2.00
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3,00
For causes where issue is joined but no testimony is given, for causes, dismissed or discontinued, the clerk shall be
allowed, for like services, one-half of the above fees, respectively For affiring the seal of the court to any instrument, when required For every search for any particular mortgage, or other lien
be made
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For searching the records of the court for judgments, decrees, or other instrument, constituting a lien on any properly and certifying the result of such search: for each person against whom such search is required to For receiving, keeping, and paying out money in pursuance of any statute or order of court, 1 per centum of the
amounts received, kept, and paid.
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For travelling, made necessary by the daties of his office: for going, 5 cents a mile, and 5 cents a mile for returning. All books in the olerk's office conta ning public records shall, during office hours, be open to the inspection of any
person desiring to examine the same without any foes or charge therefor.
In case of escheat the clerk shall receive for publication to heirs
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For recording proceedings of inquest, per folio
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1.00
2.00
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For service as escheator
For every office found
10.00 2.50
15
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For an affidavit in attachment
50
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For approving bond in attachment
1.00
For andarit in distress cises
50
For afidavit in replevin cases
50
For approving replevin bond
1.00
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For affi farit in trials of right of property
50
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Where bond is given in trial of right of property, for approving it
100-Marshal's Fees.
1.00
100
For apprehending a deserter and delivering him on board the vessel deserted from, to be paid by the vessel before
leaving port
5.00
For searching for the sama, and, if not found, to be certified by the consul, aud on his order to be paid by the ship 8.00
* Boale substituted for the original scale, 15th March, 198,
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