Swann v. Kidd

The motion is made in this case to re-tax the costs, by striking out the sum of six dollars taxed for the benefit of the Supreme Court Library,under the act of February 23, 1883, and designated as the “Library Tax.”

The purpose of this act, as shown by the title, is “to provide a fund for the support of the Supreme Court *432Library, without appropriations from the treasury; and for this purpose it is enacted, that, in all suits decided on appeal in the Supreme Court, there shall be taxed, 'as costs, the sum of six dollars, in each case, to be collected as other costs, and to be paid to the…