FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 571. 1898. 68] To pay George E. Bird for services as special assistant attorney for G<;¤{s¤ F-Bi¤1»r=¤y- the district of Maine from November twenty-sixth to December thirty- mu °' first, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, two hundred and sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents. _ For payment of Lenoir M. Erwin for expenses incurred during the L¢¤¤i; iM- E¤*i¤- quarter ended September thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, in °°ym°° °` traveling from Macon, Georgia, to Brunswick, Georgia, and returning, in connection with the case of The United States. against Leo Lumm and réthprs, for violation of the neutrality laws of the United States, thirteen o ars. For payment, as approved by the Attorney-General, to the estate of G¤¤rz:mP- Ease. George P. Sanger, deceased, late United States attorney for the district p"'"°" °' of Massachusetts, for professional services performed and expenses incurred by said Sanger during the years eighteen hundred and eighty- one, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, and eighteen hundred and eighty-three, while such attorney, under the instructions of the Department of Justice, at the request of the late Professor Spencer F. Baird, United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, in the matter of certain premises leased by the Fish Commission at Fort Wharf, Gloucester, Massachusetts, and also in the matter of the acquisition of certain premises at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, for the use of said_ commission, six hundred and forty-one dollars and forty-eight cents. . umcrnn scurns counts. U¤”**‘S°°'°•°°¤**•· That when upon the expiration of a United States marshal’s term of ,,,,‘§,‘i,*{‘,¥~°}',‘§,",Q‘,{’,}}'§{”*` four years he received an ad interim appointment by the circuit justice . for the proper circuit, and when a marshal was appointed during a recess of the Senate and his appointment was afterwards confirmed by the Senate and he was recommissioned, the acts and services rendered _;,;°;{£=g'·jg{_°‘ °**¤• by persons acting as his office or field deputies between July first, ' eighteen hundred and ninety-six, and July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, in pursuance of law and in good faith, are hereby ratified and confirmed, although such services were rendered after the expiration of the marshal’s term of four years and before the persons so acting were appointed omce or field deputies, and took the oath of office as such subsequent to the qualification of the marshal under his· ad interim appointment, or although such ervices were rendered after the expiration of the marshal’s recess appointment and before the persons so acting were appointed office or field deputies, and took the oath of office as such subsequent to the qualification of the marshal under his ‘ appointment after confirmation by the Senate; and for all payments ysgifzlrggu °g•gg;;¤ heretofore made on account of compensation and expenses of such per-g ' sons so acting, the disbursing officer or marshal by whom such pay- ments are in good faith made shall receive credit therefor in his accounts, notwithstanding any decision or opinion of the Comptroller of the Treasury to the contrary; and such disbursing officer or marshal is authorized to pay for such services so rendered and expenses incurred by any person so acting as a deputy between July first, eighteen hundred and ninetysix, and July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight: Prorivled further, Then when, between June thirtieth, eighteen hun- 1’··~#·iwdred and ninety-six, and July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, ;;j*;j*$§Q;t'g;;;,S”::j upon the expiration of a United States marshal’s term of four years, ptmmtm. he received an ad interim appointment by the circuit justice for the proper circuit, and afterwards qualified under such ad interim appointment, he shall be allowed and paid salary at the rate provided for his district from the date of such appointment until the date on which he qualified, and shall be allowed and paid his official expenses as pro- -.,,p.,.,,.,t, vided by the Act of May twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and ninety- v,-,;_ gg_,,, isa, six, notwithstanding any decision or opinion of the Comptroller of the Treasury to the contrary; and all acts and services rendered by him were massa. in pursuance of law and in good faith during said period are hereby ratified and confirmed.
