Sec.  271.  The  district  courts  and  the  United  States  commissioners
shall  have  power  to  carry  into  effect,  according  to  the  true  intent  and
meaning  thereof,  the  award  or  arbitration  or  decree  of  any  consul,
vioeHionsul,  or  commercial  agent  of  any  foreign  nation,  made  or
rendered  by  virtue  of  authority  conferred  on  him  as  such  consul,
vice-consul,  or  commercial  agent,  to  sit  as  judge  or  arbitrator  in  such
differences  as  may  arise  between  the  captains  and  crews  of  the  vessels
belonging  to  the  nation  whose  interests  are  committd  to  his  charge,
application  for  the  exercise  of  such  power  being  first  made  to  sueh
court  or  commissioner,  by  petition  of  such  consul,  vice-consul,  or  com-
mercial agent.  And  said  courts  and  commissioners  may  issue  all
proper  remedial  process,  mesne  and  final,  to  cany  into  full  effect
such  award,  arbitration,  or  decree,  and  to  enforce  obedience  thereto
by  imprisonment  in  the  jail  or  other  place  of  confinement  in  the  dis-
trict in  which  the  United  States  may  lawfully  imprison  any  person
arrested  under  the  authority  of  the  United  States,  until  such  award,
arbitration,  or  decree  is  complied  with,  or  the  parties  are  otherwise
discharged  therefrom,  by  the  consent  in  writing  of  such  consul,  vice-
consul,  or  commercial  agent,  or  his  successor  in  office,  or  by  the
authonty  of  the  foreign  government  i^pointing  such  consul,  vice-
consul,  or  commercial  agent:  Provided,  however.  That  the  expenses
of  the  said  imprisonment  and  maintenance  of  the  prisoners,  and  the
cost  of  the  proceedings,  shall  be  borne  by  such  foreign  government,
or  by  its  consul,  vice-consul,  or  commercial  agent  requiring  such
imprisonment.  The  marshals  of  the  United  States  shall  serve  all
such  process,  and  do  all  other  acts  necessary  and  proper  to  carry  into
effect  the  premises,  under  the  authority  of  the  said  courts  and  com-
missioners. [Vide,  however,  Sees.  16  and  17,  Act  March  4,  1915,  38
Stat.  1184.]

Sec.  272.  In  all  the  courts  of  the  United  States  the  parties  may
plead  and  manage  their  own  causes  personally,  or  by  the  assistance
of  such  counsel  or  attorneys  at  law  as,  by  the  rules  of  the  said  courts,
respectively,  are  permitted  to  manage  and  conduct  causes  therein.
