Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1852-04-01
AN ACT
Regulating the fees of Witnesses in Civil and
Criminal Cases.

Regulating the fees of Witnesses in Civil and
Criminal Cases.
SEC. /. Be IL enacted By the General .4sse,'l-
Qly of the STATE Of Ohio, That witnesses in ci-
vii cases shall hereafter be allowed the follow
ing fees: For each days attendance at the
court Of common pleas or other court ofrecord,
or before any officer authorized TO take deposit
-tions under a subpena, TO be paid by the party
at whose instance he or she is summoned, ION
demand,) and taxed in the bill Of cost, seven-
ty-fve cents, and FIVE cents per mile, from his
or her place of residence, to the place Of hold
ing said court, or place Of taking dispositions.
For attending a cOroner;s inquest, seventy five
cents per day, and the mileage Aforesaid, to be
paid out of the county treasury. For attend
ing at any trial before justice Of the peace
or mayor Of any Incorporated city or town, 10
be paid for as is provided in this act in the
courts Of record, the sum of fifty cents per day,
and the mileage aforesaid; Provided. that no
mileage shall be allowed in any case where the
distance from the place Of the residence of the
witnesses TO the place where called to testify,
is less than three miles.
Sec 9 Th1t witnesses attending under re-
cognizance, or subpoena issued by order of the
prosecuting attorney, or defendant, before the
court of common pleas, or other court Of re-
cord in criminal cases, shall be allowed the fol-
lowing fees: For each days attendance, seven
ty-dve cents, and five cents per mile, as in civ
ii 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 spe-
cited in this act, each person summoned as
witness, shall be allowed the sum of fifty cents
per day for each days attendance and the mile
age specified in this act; and all persons who
shall be called upon TO testify in cause in
which they are not summoned, shall receive the
sum of twenty-five cents, to be paid os proVi-
ded in this act.
Seed. That for the purpose of ascertain
ing the mileage to which any witness may be
entitled, it is hereby made the duty of the she
riff, or other officer serving a writ Of subpoena,
TO endorse on the writ the number of niles to
which earh witness may be entitled; and all
judicial officers returning witnf sses under re-
coeuizance to any court in this State, for the
trial of criminal causes, shall endorse on their
transcript, the number Of miles to which each
witness NAV be entitled. The act heretofore
passed regulating the fees Of witnesses in civil
and criminal cases, and the act amendatory
thereto, passed March 18th, 1888, is hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. s. That in all cases where physician
or surgeon shall make post mortem examina-
tion. at the instance Of the coroner or other
officer, said physician or surgeon shall be allow
ed such compensation for his services, as the
court Of common pleas Of the proper county
may direct.
JAMES C. JOHNSON,
Speaker Of the House of Representatives.
w. MEDILL,
President of the Senate.
March Is, 1852,