§673 Reporter

Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §§ 325, 332, and 333 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 231, §§ 219, 225, 226, 36 Stat. 1152, 1153;

July 1, 1922, ch. 267, §§ 1, 2, 42 Stat. 816;

May 29, 1926, ch. 425, § 1, 44 Stat. 677). This section consolidates section 332 and 333 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., with part of section 325 of such title. Provisions of section 325 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating to appointment of clerk and marshal of the Supreme Court are incorporated in section 671 and 672 of this title. The provision as to tenure is new and is added to insure consistency with other revised sections relating to tenure of court officers. The provisions of section 333 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., fixing the reporter’s salary at $8,000 per annum were omitted and the Court given authority to fix the salary in conformity with section 671 and 672 of this title relating to the clerk and the marshal. Provisions of section 333 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., for allowance of stationery, supplies, equipment, and office rent are omitted as obsolete. Offices are now provided in the Supreme Court building and supplies are furnished by the marshal. The last sentence of section 333 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., relating to the payment of the reporter’s expenses from appropriation for the Supreme Court, was omitted as surplusage. The revised section makes specific the implied power to fix the compensation of the reporter’s assistants. The provision in section 332 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., authorizing the Public Printer to do the printing referred to in such section, was omitted as unnecessary. (See section 111 of title 44, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Public Printing and Documents.) Authority for making an appropriation to carry into effect the provisions of this section relating to compensation and allowances of the reporter, compensation of his assistants, and preparation of the decisions of the Supreme Court for publication, is contained in section 336 of title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed. (Acts

July 1, 1922, ch. 267, § 5, 42 Stat. 818;

May 29, 1926, ch. 425, § 3, 44 Stat. 678), which is omitted, but not repealed, as unnecessary in this revision.