The Democratic sentinel and Harrison County farmer. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1851-1852, 1852-03-31
March 16,
mo. 26,l

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Regulating the fees of Witnesses irUT.l
and Criminal Gases,
Sec. /. Be it enacted Jy the General
Assembly of the StateJt Ohio, That wit
nesses in civil ca3s shall hereafter be al
lowed the toItwing fees: For each days
attenltsnce at the court of common peas
or other court of record, or before any
officer authorized to tax dispositions I'M
der a subpoena, to be paid by the party at
whose instance he or she is summoned, on
demand, and taxed in the bill of cost,
seventy-fve cents, and five cents per mile,
from his or her place of residence, to the
place of holding said court, or place of
taking dispositions. For attending "a cor
orner's inquest, s~evanty-fve cents per
day, and the mileage aforesaid, to be paid
Out of the county treasury. For attend
ing at any trial before d justice of the
peace or mayor of any Incorporated city
or town, be paid for as is proyided in this
act in the courts of record, the sum of
fifty cents per day, and the mileage afore-
said; Provided, that no mileage shall be
allowed in any case where the distance
from the place of the residence of the
witness to the place where called to tes-
tify is less than three miles.
Sec. 3. That witnesses attending under
recognizance, or subpoena issued by order
of the prosecuting attorney, or defendant,
before the court of common pleas or other
court of record, in criminal cases, shall
be allowed the following fees; For each days
attendance, seventy-fve cents, and five
cents per mile, as in civil cases; to be taxed
in only one case, when attending in more
cases than one, on the same days, unless
otherwise directed by the special order of
the court.
SEC 8. That in all cases. except those
specified n this act, each person summoned
as a witness, shall be allowed the sum of
fifty cents per day for each days attend
ance and the mileage specified in this act,
and all persons who shall be called upon
to testify in a cause in which they are not
summoned, shall receive the sum oftwen.
ty-fCe cents, to be paid as provided in
this act.
Sec. 4. That for the purpose of ascer-
tanning the mileage to which any witness
may be entitled, it is hereby made the du-
ty of the sheriff, or other officer serving a
writ Of subpoena, to endorse on the writ
the number of miles to which each wit
ness may be entitled; and all judicial Of
ficers returning witnesses under recog-
n~izance to any court in this State, for the
trial of criminal cases, shall endorse on
their transcript. the number of miles to
which each witness may he entitled. The
act heretofore passed regulating the fees
of witnesses in civil and criminal cases,
and the act a%mendatory thereto, passed
March 18th, 1888, is hereby repealed.
SEC. 5. That in all cases where a phys
ician or surgeon shall make a post norton
examination, at the instance Of the coro-
ner or other officer said physician or sur
geon shall be allowed snch compensation
for his services, as the court of common
pleas of the proper county may direct.
JAMES G. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
WILLIAM MEDILL,
President Of the Senate.
March 16, 1859.
SECRETARY on STATES OFFICE,
Columbus, March %. 1859
Isertify that the foregoing laws are
correctly copied forse the original rolls on
file in this Office.
WILLIAM TREVITT,
Secretary Of State.
/ certify the above to be q correct copy
as published by the Secretary Of State in
the Ohio State journal.
r. K. PRICE, Auditor H. G..
~-Twenty-iye young men from Phi
iAdelphia. passed through Cincinnati,
Tuesday, on their way to Oregoa. Emil
grafton to Oregon this season Is greater
than ever known before.