Volume 78
Public Law 88–279
To amend sections 671 and (172 of title 28. United States Code, relating to the clerk and the marshal of the Supreme Court.
Approved March 10, 1964
Statutory text
AN ACT
To amend sections 671 and (172 of title 28. United States Code, relating to the clerk and the marshal of the Supreme Court.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That subsections (c) and (d) of section 671 of title 28, United States Code, are amended to read as follows:
“(c) The clerk may appoint and fix the compensation of necessary assistants and messenger’s with the approval of the Chief Justice of the United States.
“(d) The clerk shall pay into the Treasury all fees, costs, and other moneys collected by him. He shall make annual returns thereof to the Court under regulations prescribed by it.”
Sec. 2.
The sixth paragraph of subsection (c) of section 672 of title 28, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
“(6) Pay the salaries of the Chief Justice, Associate Justices, and all officers and employees of the Court and disburse other funds appropriated for disbursement, under the direction of the Chief Justice;”,
Section 672(c) is further amended by adding at the end thereof the fol lowing new paragraph:
“(7) Pay the expenses of printing briefs and travel expenses of attorneys in behalf of persons whose motions to appear in forma pauperis in the Supreme Court have been approved and when counsel have been appointed by the Supreme Court, upon vouchers certified by the clerk of the Court.”
Sec. 3.
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated annually such sums as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 4.
The amendments proposed in this Act shall become effective only when funds have been appropriated and are available to pay the salaries and other expenses of the clerk’s office.
Approved March 10, 1964.