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of the district court shall be appointed at each place of holding the court, in the same manner and subject to the same duties and responsibilities which are or may be provided concerning clerks in independent districts. (Rev. Stats. sec. 557.)

LOUISIANA, WESTERN DISTRICT.-And the said judge shall appoint a clerk of the district court in the western district, and a clerk of the circuit court for said district shall be appointed in the same manner as other such clerks are appointed, and who shall receive for the services performed by them the same fees and compensation that are allowed to the clerks of such courts holding their session in New Orleans, in the same State, and shall be subject in every respect to the same restrictions and responsibilities. (21 U. S. Stats. 507.)

MICHIGAN. The clerks of the circuit and district courts and the marshal and attorney of the eastern district of Michigan shall severally perform the duties appertaining to his office respectively for said courts, when sitting at Bay City, pursuant to the terms of this act. (24 U. S. Stats. 423.)

MISSISSIPPI, NORTHERN DISTRICT-That the clerk of the northern judicial district of Mississippi shall be sole clerk of the courts of both divisions of the said district, to be appointed in the manner now prescribed by law. (22 U. S. Stats. 101.) Either he or his deputies shall reside at each of the places of holding said courts, and shall there keep an office, and the records, files and documents pertaining to the court of that division; and said clerk shall be entitled to the same fees now allowed to him by law. (22 U. S. Stats. 101.) IIe shall appoint a chief deputy for the court of that divis

ion in which he himself may not reside, who shall have all the powers of the clerk in his absence, and shall reside at the place of holding the court for the other division where the chief clerk does not reside. (22 U. S. Stats. 101.)

MISSOURI CLERKS FOR DIVISIONS OF DISTRICTS. That there shall be appointed a clerk for each of said cou ts, at Hannibal, St. Joseph, City of Kansas and Springfield, and each clerk shall be a resident of the division in which the court of which he is clerk is held. (24 U. S. Stats. 424.) The clerk of each division shall keep an office, and the records, files and documents pertaining to the court of his division, and he shall discharge all the duties and receive the fees required or allowed by law. (24 U. S. Stats. 424.)

NORTH DAKOTA-DEPUTY CLERK.-The clerk of the circuit and district courts for said district shall each appoint a deputy clerk, at the place where their respective courts are required to be held, in the division of the district in which such clerk shall not himself reside, the appointment to be subject to judicial approval. (26 U. S. Stats. 68.)

SOUTH CAROLINA.-The office of the clerk of the district court shall be kept in the city of Greenville, and also in the city of Charleston, and the clerk shall reside in one of said cities, and shall have a deputy in the other. (26 U. S. Stats. 71.)

TENNESSEE, EASTERN DISTRICT.-That the clerks of the district and circuit courts for the eastern district of Tennessee, and the marshal and district attorney for said district, shall perform the duties appertaining to their offices respectively for said courts. (21 U. S. Stats. 175).

TEXAS, NORTHERN DISTRICT.-The district judge of the northern district shall appoint a clerk of said court, who shall reside at one of the places designated in this act for holding the courts, and two deputies shall be appointed by the clerk, one of whom shall reside at each of the other places designated for holding the courts. (Approved February 24, 1879. See Rev. Stats. secs. 548, 554, 572, 658, 659, and Amendatory Act 21 U. S. Stats. 10; 1 Sup. Rev. Stats. 490.) (20 U. S. Stats. 318.) The judge of the eastern district of the state of Texas shall appoint a clerk of the court to be held in the division of the eastern district, who shall reside at the city of Paris, in the county of Lamar. (25 U. S. Stats. 787.)

WYOMING. Clerks shall be appointed for said courts in the district of Wyoming, who shall keep their offices at the capital of the state. (26 U. S. Stats. 225.)

§ 45 (558). Deputy clerks.-One or more deputies of any clerk of a district court may be appointed by the court, on the application of the clerk, and may be removed at the pleasure of judges authorized to make the appointment. In case of the death of the clerk, his deputy or deputies shall, unless removed, continue in office and perform the duties of the clerk, in his name, until a clerk is appointed and qualified; and for the default or misfeasances in office of any such deputy, whether in the life-time of the clerk or after his death, the clerk, and his estate, and the sureties in his official bond, shall be liable; and his executor or administrator shall have such remedy for any

such default or misfeasances committed after his death as the clerk would be entitled to if the same had occurred in his life-time. (Rev. Stats. sec. 558.)

Authority of.-A deputy clerk of the district court of Louisiana was authorized, under the act of March 3, 1321, to sign process in his own name as deputy. (Bragg v. Lorio, I Woods, 209.) A warrant attested by the judge, sealed with the seal of the court, and signed by the deputy clerk, is sufficient. (Confiscation Cases, 20 Wall. 92.)

IN VARIOUS STATES-ARKANSAS.-The clerk of the courts for the eastern judicial district of Arkansas shall appoint a deputy for the said division, who shall keep an office open at all times in the city of Texarkana, and shall there keep the records, files, and documents pertaining to the courts authorized by this act. (24 U. S. Stats. 83.)

GEORGIA, WESTERN DIVISION, NORTHERN DISTRICT. The clerk of the district and the clerk of the circuit court shall appoint a deputy clerk for the courts for said division, and the marshal of said northern district shall provide suitable rooms for the occupancy of said courts and the officers thereof. (26 U. S. Stats. 1110.)

ILLINOIS, NORTHERN DISTRICT.-The clerk of the northern district of Illinois shall appoint at least one deputy residing in the southern division, unless he shall reside there himself, and also maintain an office at that place of holding court. (24 U. S. Stats. 442.) The clerk of the southern district of Illinois shall appoint at least one deputy, to reside in the city of Quincy, unless he shall reside there himself, and also maintain an office at that place of holding court. (25 U. S. Stats. 387.) În addition to his powers to appoint deputies, as now pre

scribed by law, each of said clerks shall be required to appoint a chief deputy for the court of that division in which he himself may not reside, who shall have all the powers of the clerk in his absence. (24 U. S. Stats. 442.)

INDIANA. In the district of Indiana the clerk of the district court must appoint a deputy clerk for said court held at New Albany, and a deputy clerk for said court held at Evansville, who shall reside and keep their offices at said places respectively. (Rev. Stats. sec. 559.)

IOWA. In the district of Iowa a deputy clerk of the district court shall be appointed to each place in the four divisions of said district where said court is required to be held; each of whom, in the absence of the clerk, may exercise all the official powers of clerk, at the place and within the division for which he is appointed. (Rev. Stats. sec. 560.)

KANSAS.-The clerks of the circuit and district courts for said district shall each appoint a deputy clerk at the city of Wichita, each of whom shal', in the absence of the clerk, exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of clerk within the division for which he shall be appointed: provided, that the appointment of such deputies shall be approved by the court for which they shall be respectively appointed, and they may be removed by such court at pleasure; and the clerk shall be responsible for the official acts and neglects of all such deputies. (26 U. S. Stats. 129.)

KANSAS CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT.-The clerk of the district court for the district of Kansas, the marshal and district attorney for said district, shall perform the duties pertaining to their offices re

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