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JEFFERSON, Thomas. Document signed (“Th: Jefferson”), as Secretary of State, Philadelphia, 3 March 1791. 2 pages, folio, double framed, with color image of Jefferson.
"AN ACT PROVIDING COMPENSATION FOR THE OFFICERS OF THE JUDICIAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES"
A fascinating look at the early days of the Federal legal system under the new Constitution, as Congress decides how to reimburse the officers of the court. The U.S. Attorney is granted traveling expenses of “ten cents per mile going, and the same allowance for returning.” The clerk of the District Court shall receive a salary of five dollars per day; the clerk of the Supreme Court gets eight dollars a day. Jurors are to receive 50 cents a day, plus 50 cents traveling expenses for every ten miles. Fees for marshals, process servers, even witnesses are specified. “There shall also be paid to the marshal, the amount of the expense for fuel, candles and other reasonable contingencies for holding a court.” The Act covers only the Federal District Courts for New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York, and specifies which cities shall house the court: Portsmouth and Exeter in New Hampshire; Boston, Newport, Hartford, New Haven and New York being the others.
"AN ACT PROVIDING COMPENSATION FOR THE OFFICERS OF THE JUDICIAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES"
A fascinating look at the early days of the Federal legal system under the new Constitution, as Congress decides how to reimburse the officers of the court. The U.S. Attorney is granted traveling expenses of “ten cents per mile going, and the same allowance for returning.” The clerk of the District Court shall receive a salary of five dollars per day; the clerk of the Supreme Court gets eight dollars a day. Jurors are to receive 50 cents a day, plus 50 cents traveling expenses for every ten miles. Fees for marshals, process servers, even witnesses are specified. “There shall also be paid to the marshal, the amount of the expense for fuel, candles and other reasonable contingencies for holding a court.” The Act covers only the Federal District Courts for New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York, and specifies which cities shall house the court: Portsmouth and Exeter in New Hampshire; Boston, Newport, Hartford, New Haven and New York being the others.