Chapter LV. *for the Reduction of the Costs and Expenses of Proceedings in Admiralty against Ships and Vessels.* March 3, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in any case Marshal to stay execution in admiralty cases and disc
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Chap. LV.— An Act *for the Reduction of the Costs and Expenses of Proceedings in Admiralty against Ships and Vessels.* March 3, 1847. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That in any case Marshal to stay execution in admiralty cases and discharge the property arrested, on receiving bond and security from claimant to abide decree of court.brought in the courts of the United States, exercising jurisdiction in admiralty, where a warrant of arrest, or other process *in rem,* shall be issued, it shall be the duty of the marshal to stay the execution of such process, or to discharge the property arrested if the same has been levied, on receiving from the claimant of the same a bond or stipulation in double the amount claimed by the libellant, with sufficient surety, to be approved by the judge of the said court, or, in his absence, by the collector of the port, conditioned to abide and answer the decree of the court in such cause; and such bond or stipulation shall be returned to the said court, and judgment on the same, both against the principal and sureties may be recovered at the time of rendering the decree in the original cause: *Provided,* That the entire Proviso—costs, how limited and applied.costs in any such case, in which the amount recovered by the libellant shall not exceed one hundred dollars, shall not be more than fifty per cent, of the amount recovered in the same, which costs shall be applied, first, to the payment of the usual fees for witnesses, and the commissioner, where a commissioner shall act on the case, and the residue to be divided, pro rata, between the clerk and marshal, under the direction of the judge of the court where the cause may be tried:
No attorney’s or proctor’s fees to be paid out of said coats.*Provided, further,* That no attorney’s or proctor’s fees shall be allowed or paid out of the said costs. Approved, March 3, 1847.