Chairman. an. act has just been passed creating a third district judge for the southern district of New York. It has been necessary to provide three United States district judges for the southern district of New York because of the immense amount of business before the Federal courts about the city of New York. Under this bill as at present formed. if it be necessary to have all of the final hearings in naturalization cases before the judges. it will be necessary for the Federal judges to stop the business of their already overcrowded calendars and to take the testimony in longhand themselves. There are no salaried stenographers in the Federal courts. and under section 23 of this bill a petitioner for naturalization can not even agree to pay a stenographer for taking the testimony without subjecting himself to a penalty and committing a crime. If the United States intervenes in any of these cases. and testimony is to be taken. it must be taken by the judge in longhand. because section 23 of this bill would make it impossible for the petitioner to pay the fees without being guilty of the crime. and the only manner in which stenographers can be had in Federal courts is by the agreement of the parties to pay therefor. This amendment. which was suggested by some of the Federal judges about New York. makes it possible when their business is at least six months behind for them to appoint masters to take testimony and report the conclusions of law and findings of fact. and provides that the fees shall not exceed $3. and that they shall be apportioned between the master and the stenographer.
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