Chapter 50. To amend the Act of February 11, 1925, entitled “An Act to provide fees to be charged by clerks of the district courts of the United States.”January 22, 1927.[[S. 3444](/us/bill/69/hr/3444).][[Public, No. 563](/us/pl/69/563).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United S
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CHAP. 50.— An Act To amend the Act of February 11, 1925, entitled “An Act to provide fees to be charged by clerks of the district courts of the United States.”January 22, 1927.[[S. 3444](/us/bill/69/hr/3444).][[Public, No. 563](/us/pl/69/563).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,United Status courts.Fees of clerks. That section 3 of the Act of February 11, 1925 (Forty-third United States Statutes at Large, page 857), be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows:
" “Sec. 3. On filing answers, etc.Vol. 43, p. 857, amended. Upon the filing of any answer or paper joining issue, or the entering of order for trial, there shall be charged and collected by the clerk, from the party or parties filing any such answer or paper, for services performed and to be performed by said clerk in said case or proceeding the farther sum of $5: *Provided*, That after *Provisos*.By other parties separately appearing.one fee, as hereinbefore provided in this section, has been paid by any defendant, cross petitioner, intervenor, or party, other defend-ants, cross petitioners, intervenors, or parties, separately appearing or filing any answer or paper in said suit or proceeding, shall 1023 pay a further fee of $2 for each answer or paper so filed: *And provided further*, That upon a plea of not guilty in any criminal caseIn criminal eases if plea of not guilty entered. there shall be charged in the costs the sum of $5, which, however, shall not be demanded of any such defendant unless and until by order, judgment, or decree of the court the costs in the case areIf costs taxed by court. taxed and assessed against him.
” " Sec. 2. That paragraph 6 of section 8 of the said Act of FebruaryMiscellaneous services. 11, 1925 (Forty-third United States Statutes at Large, page 858), be, and it is hereby, amended to read as follows: " “6. For a copy of any record, entry, or other paper, and theCopy of record, etc. comparison thereof, 15 cents for each folio of one hundred words: *Provided*, That in each criminal case not provided for in section*Proviso*.Information, etc., to defendant in criminal cases.Vol. 43, p.858, amended.[R.
S., sec. 1033, p. 191](/us/rs/s1033/p191).If costs assessed by court. 1033 of the Revised Statutes of the United States the clerk shall furnish each defendant, upon his request, a copy of any information filed or indictment returned against him, the fees for said copy and the certificate thereto, at the rates provided for by law, to be taxed as costs; but such fees shall not be demanded of any such defendant unless and until by order, judgment, or decree of the court the costs in the case are assessed against him.
” " Approved, January 22, 1927.