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[CITE: 28USC1917]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                            PART V--PROCEDURE
 
                       CHAPTER 123--FEES AND COSTS
 
Sec. 1917. District courts; fee on filing notice of or petition 
        for appeal
        
    Upon the filing of any separate or joint notice of appeal or 
application for appeal or upon the receipt of any order allowing, or 
notice of the allowance of, an appeal or of a writ of certiorari $5 
shall be paid to the clerk of the district court, by the appellant or 
petitioner.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 955.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 552 (Feb. 11, 1925, ch. 
204, Sec. 5, 43 Stat. 857; Jan. 31, 1928, ch. 14, Sec. 1, 45 Stat. 54; 
Sept. 27, 1944, ch. 414, Sec. 3, 58 Stat. 744).
    Words ``to the clerk of the district court'' were added to clarify 
the intent of Congress, as shown by the title of the 1944 act containing 
this section, and by the text of such Act in its entirety.
    Words ``as an additional fee in said suit or action, or proceeding 
in bankruptcy'' were omitted. The entire text of the basic 1944 act 
shows that Congress intended it to apply to all actions, suits and 
proceedings, including bankruptcy proceedings, and nowhere else in such 
act is any reference made to bankruptcy proceedings.
    Changes were made in phraseology.
