Chapter CXIV. for the relief of John Culbertson, and to provide an interpreter for the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana
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Chap. CXIV.— An Act for the relief of John Culbertson, and to provide an interpreter for the district court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana. March 3, 1831. *Be it enacted, &c., * That the sum of three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three and one-third cents be paid by the Marshal ofPayment for services as interpreter. the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana to John Culbertson, for his services rendered as interpreter to the United States’ court for said district under the provisional appointment of the Judge, for each regular term of said court, from the December term of one thousand eight hundred and twenty-five, inclusively, up to the time of the passage of this act.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted, *That the Judge of the districtAn interpreter created. court of the United States for the eastern district of Louisiana, be and is hereby, authorized to appoint an interpreter to said court, and to allow him a compensation not exceeding three hundred and thirty-three dollars and thirty-three and one-third cents, for his services at each regular term of said court, to be holden subsequently to the passage of this act; and the Marshal is authorized to pay the same upon the order of the Judge: *Provided, always,* That it shall be the duty of the saidProviso. interpreter, during his continuance in office, to attend all and every of the called or irregular sessions of the said court, without any additional compensation therefor: *Provided, also,* That the said interpreter shallProviso. not receive, under this act, more than one thousand dollars for each year.
Approved, March 3, 1831.