1935

THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR CHINA
appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and
shall receive as salary, respectively, the sums of eight thousand dollars per annum
for said judge, four thousand dollars per annum for said district attorney, three
thousand dollars per annum for said marshal, and three thousand dollars per annum,
for said clerk. The judge of the said Court and the district attorney 'shall, when
the sessions of the Court are held at other cities than Shanghai, receive in addition
to their salaries their necessary expenses during such sessions not to exceed ten.
dollars per day for the judge and five dollars per day for the district attorney.
Sec. 7.—The tenure of office of the judge of said Court shall be ten years, unless,
sooner removed by the President for cause; the tenure of office of the other officials
of the Court shall be at the pleasure of the President.
Sec. S.—rThe marshal and the clerk of said Court shall be required to furnish'
bond for the faithful performance of their duties, in sums and with sureties to be-
fixed and approved by the judge of the Court. They shall each appoint, with the
written approval of said judge, deputies at Canton and Tientsin, who shall also be
required to furnish bonds for the faithful performance of their duties, which bonds
shall be subject, both as to form and sufficiency of the sureties, to the approval of
the said judge. Such deputies shall receive compensation at the rate of five dollars
for each day the sessions of the Court are held at their respective cities. The office
of marshal in China now existing in pursuance of section forty-one hundred and
eleven of the Revised Statutes is thereby abolished.
Sec. 9.—The tariff of fees of said officers of the Court shall be the same as the-
tariff already fixed for the Consular Courts in China, subject to amendment from,
time to time by order of the President, and all fees taxed and received shall be paid
into the Treasury of the United States.
Approved, June 30, 1906.
SIXTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. II. 1909. CHAP. 235
Extract
The judicial.authority and jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases now vested in
and reserved to the Consul-General of the United States at Shanghai, China, by the
Act of June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six, entitled, “ An Act creating a.
United States Court for China and prescribing the jurisdiction thereof,” shall,
subsequent to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine, be vested in and exercised
by a Vice-Consul-Geueral of the United States to be designated from time to time-
by the Secretary of State, and the Consul-General at Shanghai shall thereafter
be relieved of his judicial functions.