§ 924. Witnesses

Statutory text

No person shall be required to attend as a witness in any proceeding before a deputy commissioner at a place outside of the State of his residence and more than one hundred miles from his place of residence, unless his lawful mileage and fee for one day’s attendance shall be first paid or tendered to him; but the testimony of any witness may be taken by deposition or interrogatories according to the rules of practice of the Federal district court for the judicial district in which the case is pending (or of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia if the case is pending in the District).

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1927
Pub. L. 69–509 § 24 · 44 Stat. 1424
Enacted · 33 U.S.C. § 924
Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 24, 44 Stat. 1437
Source evidence
Code source credit
Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 24, 44 Stat. 1437

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Editorial Notes

Codification

As originally enacted, this section contained a reference to the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Act June 25, 1936, substituted “the district court of the United States for the District of Columbia” for “the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia”, and act June 25, 1948, as amended by act May 24, 1949, substituted “United States District Court for the District of Columbia” for “district court of the United States for the District of Columbia”.

Credits

1927–1949 · 4 acts

1927Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 24, 44 Stat. 1437
1936June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921
1948June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(b), 62 Stat. 991
1949May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.

Show as published

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, § 24, 44 Stat. 1437; June 25, 1936, ch. 804, 49 Stat. 1921; June 25, 1948, ch. 646, § 32(b), 62 Stat. 991; May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 127, 63 Stat. 107.)