US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 32
                           EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
                                ON COMMISSION
    19-3212.  FILING OF COMMISSION. The clerk or judge receiving and opening
the commission and return must immediately file it, with the affidavit
mentioned in the last two sections, in the office of the clerk of the court in
which the indictment is pending.
    If the commission and return is transmitted by mail, the clerk to whom it
is addressed must receive it from the post-office, and open and file it in his
office, where it must remain, unless otherwise directed by the court or judge.