Chapter 26.
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CHAP. 26.— An act to increase the fees of witnesses in the United States courts in certain cases. Jan. 15, 1883. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That all persons residing westIncrease of fees of witnesses in U. S. courts in certain cases. of the Mississippi River, excepting those who are by law entitled to a higher compensation, who have been or may hereafter be in attendance at Washington, District of Columbia, under subpoena or under the direction of the Department of Justice as witnesses in any of the courts of said district, in any of the cases known as star routes prosecutions, shall be entitled to receive a total per diem of two dollars and fifty cents per day, and mileage for actual travel only to and from their place of residence, by the usual routes of travel, at the rate of seven cents per mile.
Approved, January 15, 1883.