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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 42 STAT. · March 4, 1923 · Chapter 295

Chapter 295. Authorizing the Attorney General of the United States to fix the salaries of United States attorneys and United States marshals of the several judicial districts of the United States within certain limits

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CHAP. 295.— An Act Authorizing the Attorney General of the United States to fix the salaries of United States attorneys and United States marshals of the several judicial districts of the United States within certain limits. March 4, 1923.[[S. 425](/us/bill/67/s/425).][[Public, No. 546](/us/67/pl/546).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,United States courts.Salaries of attorneys and marshals to be fixed by Attorney General.Limitation.Vol. 29, pp. 179, 180.Basis.
That the salaries of the United States attorneys and United States marshals for the several judicial districts of the United States shall be fixed by the Attorney General, beginning July 1, 1923, at rates not less than $3,000 nor more than $7,500 per annum for attorneys and at rates not less than $3,000 nor more than $6,500 per annum for marshals, 1561 the amount to be based in each instance upon the business transacted during the four years ending June 30, 1923: *Provided*,That *Proviso*.Excepted districts. the salaries of the United States attorney for the southern district of New York, the northern district of Illinois, and the District of Columbia may be fixed at rates not exceeding $10,000 per annum for each of said districts.
The Attorney General may increase or decrease any of the salaries Authority to increase or decrease based on business transacted.fixed, as aforesaid, within the limits prescribed in the foregoing section if, upon investigation, he finds that there has been a material increase or decrease in the volume of business transacted: *Provided*, *Proviso*.Changes restricted.That no salary fixed under the provisions of this Act shall be changed more than once in any four years. All laws or parts of laws, in so far as they are in conflict with the Conflicting laws repealed.provisions of this Act, are hereby repealed.
Approved, March 4, 1923.
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