Show ltIarsbal Mileage Washington 2SFirst Comptroller Comptrol-ler Lawrence has given a decision today in which he maintains that the act of February 22d 75 as to fees of marshals and clerks does not change the rate or mode of computing com-puting mileage on writs served by marshals and that it prohibits instructive in-structive mileage on writs transmitted trans-mitted and served by deputies and mileage for travel not necessarily performed The opinion further maintains that by force of the Revised Re-vised Statutes subpoenas for witnesses wit-nesses who are required to attend any term of the circuit or district court on the part of the United States should require them to attend at-tend to testify generally on behalf of the United States and under such subpoena they are required to testify before a grand jury and a petit jury The decision authorizes the proper accounting officers of the treasury department to revise the accounts of marshals and clerks of courts of the United States notwithstanding not-withstanding their approval by the proper court The statute authorIzIng authoriz-ing such revision Judge Lawrence holds is unconstitutional I |