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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1991. Fees; persons appointed to execute process
Every person appointed to execute process under section 1989 of
this title shall be entitled to a fee of $5 for each party he may
arrest and take before any United States magistrate judge, with
such other fees as may be deemed reasonable by the magistrate judge
for any additional services necessarily performed by him, such as
attending at the examination, keeping the prisoner in custody, and
providing him with food and lodging during his detention, and until
the final determination of the magistrate judge; such fees to be
made up in conformity with the fees usually charged by the officers
of the courts of justice within the proper district or county, as
near as may be practicable, and paid out of the Treasury of the
United States on the certificate of the judge of the district
within which the arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the
defendant as part of the judgment in case of conviction.
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