The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1821-06-12
LAWS OF MAINE.

AN ACT establishing and regulating the
Fees of the several officers and other per-
sous therein mentioned
SECT : RE,t snae'sd By The Senate and House
~ Of Representatives, an Legislature
assembled, That the Fees of the several persons
hereafter mentioned, for the services respect
lively annexed to their James, shall be as follows
VIZ Justices Fees Fer esery blank writ Of
attachment ant summons thereon, original
summons, seventeen cents. For the declara-
tion in each writ Of attachment and summons
thereon, or original summons triable before
Justice, forty cents. Every subpoena for or
more witnesses, ten cents. Fo the entry of an
action, or filing a complaint in civil causes,
including fling Of papers, swearing witnesses,
examining, allowing and taxing the bill of costs,
and entering up the judgment and recording the
same, sixty-one ceEts. The trial of an issue,
fifty cents. Copy Of every original paper or
record, if under page, ten cents, il upwards of
a page, at the rate of twelve cents per page.
Writ Of execution, twenty five cents. A recog
nizance TO prosecute an appeal, including princi-
pal and surety, twenty cents. Taking affdayits
out Of Court 70 be used in the trial of any cause
actually depending, twenty cents; for the JUS
tees travel therefor, both going out and return
ing home, at the rate Of fifty cents for every ten
miles for writing the deposition, caption and
notification, at the rate of welve cents per page;
and the Justice who shall take any deposition,
.iall certify his own and the deponent's fees. and
officers fees. and nothing more. Taking sfida-
wits in perpetual remembrance of the thing, 10
each Justice, twenty cents and for hi. travel
and the writing, the same as in the case last
mentioned. Administering an oath TO persons
appointed to appraise estates, or TO spprsise and
divide real estates, together with certificates OF
the same, twenty cents. Administering an oath
10 one more witnesses at the same time, before
referees or srbitrators, twenty cents and for
travel for that purpose, the same in the OF
taking afidsvits. Taking the acknowledgment
of a deed with seals. provided it be
at one and The same time, and certifying the
same, seventeen cents. Granting a warrant,
swearing appraisers relatn. TO strays, and
tering the same, thirty two cents. Administer
ing oaths in all other cases, with certificates
except oaths to town or parish officers, twenty
cents. Receiving a complaint and issuing
warrant in criminal cases, fifty cents. Entering
a complaint IN criminal prosecutions, swearing
witnesses, rendering judgment and recording the
same, examining, allowing and taxing the costs
and filing the papers, seventy FIVE cents. Re
cosnizng persons charged with crimes, for their
appearance at the Circuit Court of Common
Plea., at the Srnrsa.e JssdIcIal Court, and for
certifying and returning the same with with
out sureties, twenty-five cents. TO be paid by
the person so Recognizing. For mittimus for
- commitment OF any person o. criminal
accusation, twenty five cents. Recognizance o.
debt and recording, forty two cents; drawing
rule aud acknowledging the same, thirty three
cents. Writ TO remove a nuisance 80 cents.
Corcners Fees For serving writ. summons
or execution, and for collecting the monies due
thereon, and for travel in returning precepts and
inquisitions the same allowance as is by this act
allowed to Shenfs for similar services. For a
bail bond, twenty five cents. Every trial where
the Sheriff is concerned, twenty FIVE cents; and
the same for attending the Jury therein. Grant
rsa warrant and taking an inquisition on a
I'D body, one dollar Al more than one at the
sTe time, and who came 10 their death by the
same means, twenty cents for each after the
iirst. Travel and expence for taking an inqui-
sition, one dollar day. To each Of the Jury
tor their travel, IL above four miles out, three
cents mile, each way, and for their services,
seventy five cents per day, including time and
.xpences. The constable for his attendance and
expenses in summoning Jary, ninety cert. a