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THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR CHINA

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appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and shall receive as salary, respectively, the sums of eight thousand dollars per annum for said judge, four thousand dollars per annum for said district attorney, three thousand dollars per annum for said marshal, and three thousand dollars per annum for said clerk. The judge of the said Court and the district attorney shall, when the sessions of the Court are held at other cities than Shanghai, receive in addition to their salaries their necessary expenses during such sessions not to exceed ten dollars per day for the judge and five dollars per day for the district attorney.

Sec. 7-The tenure of office of the judge of said Court shall be ten years, unless sooner removed by the President for cause; the tenure of office of the other officials of the Court shall be at the pleasure of the President.

Sec. 8. The marshal and the clerk of said Court shall be required to furnish bond for the faithful performance of their duties, in sums and with sureties to be fixed and approved by the judge of the Court. They shall each appoint, with the written approval of said judge, deputies at Canton and Tientsin, who shall also be required to furnish bonds for the faithful performance of their duties, which bonds shall be subject, both as to form and sufficiency of the sureties, to the approval of the said judge. Such deputies shall receive compensation at the rate of five dollars for each day the sessions of the Court are held at their respective cities. The office of marshal in China now existing in pursuance of section forty-one hundred and eleven of the Revised Statutes is hereby abolished.

Sec. 9-The tariff of fees of said officers of the Court shall be the same as the tariff already fixed for the Consular Courts in China, subject to amendment from time to time by order of the President, and all fees taxed and received shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States.

Approved, June 30, 1906.

SIXTIETH CONGRESS.

SESS. II. 1909.

CHAP. 235

Extract

The judicial authority and jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases now vested in and reserved to the Consul-General of the United States at Shanghai, China, by the Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, "An Act creating a United States Court for China and prescribing the jurisdiction thereof," shall, subsequent to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, be vested in and exercised by a Vice- Consul-General of the United States to be designated from time to time by the Secretary of State, and the Consul-General at Shanghai shall thereafter be relieved of his judicial functions.