Public Law 79–704

That the following salaries shall be paid to the several judges hereinafter mentioned in lieu of the salaries now provided by law, namely:

To the Chief Justice of the United States at the rate of $25,500 per year. To each of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States at the rate of $25,000 per year. To each of the judges of the several circuit courts of appeals, including the chief justice and the associate justices of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, at the rate of $17,500 per year. To the presiding judge of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and to each of the associate judges thereof, at the rate of $17,500 per year. To the chief justice of the Court of Claims, and to each of the judges thereof, at the rate of $17,500 per year. To each of the judges of the several district courts, including the associate justices of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia and the judges in Puerto Rico, Hawaii, theVirgin Islands, and Alaska exercising Federal Jurisdiction, at the rate of $15,000 per year. To the chief justice of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia at the rate of $15,500 per year. To each of the judges of the United States Customs Court at the rate of $15,000 per year. To each of the Judges of The Tax Court of the United States at the rate of $15,000 per year.

That all of said salaries shall be paid in monthly installments.

Sec. 2.

It is authorized that there be appropriated annually such

Appropriation authorized.

sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.