American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1865-05-24
An Act

An Act
Increasing the fees of Justices Of the
Peace, and Aldermen and Constables,
in certain counties ia this Common
wealth.
SEcr1ov l. Be Il enacted By he Sen
ate and House of Representatives. Of the
Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania an Cen
eral assembly met and II is hereby enact
ed BIZ tie authority Of the same, That the
fees to bereceived byjustices of the peace
aldermen and constables, be as follows
FEE BILL.
Aldermen and Justices Of tie Peace,
information, or complaint, on behalf of
the commonwealth, for every ten words,
two cents.
Docket entry, on behalf of the COM
monwealth, twenty cents.
Warrant, or mittimas, on behalf of the
commonwealth, forty cents.
Writing an examination, or complaint,
Of defendant, or deposition, for every ten
words, two cents
Administering an oath, or affirmation,
ten cents.
Taking q recognizance in any GRIM
inai case, and returning the same to court,
fifty cents.
Entering judgment, on conviction for
fine, twenty cents.
Recording conviction, or copy thereof
for every ten words, two cents.
Warrant to levy fine, or forfeiture, for
ty cents.
Bail piece and return, or superscaeas,
twenty five cents.
Discharge to jailor, twenty five cents.
Entering discontinuance in case Of as
saut and battery, forty cents.
Entering complaint Of master, mistress,
or apprentice, twenty cents.
Notice to master, mistress, or appren-
tice, twenty five cents.
Hearing parties and discharging COM
plant, forty cents.
Holding inquistion under landlord and
tenant act, or in case Of forcible entry,
each day, two dollars.
Precept to sheriff, fifty cents.
Recording proceedings, one dollar.
Writ of restitution, fifty cents.
Warrant to appraise damages, forty
cents.
Warrant to sell strays, fifty cents.
Warrant to appraise swine, entering re-
turn, advertising, ct cetcra, one dollar and
fifty cents,
Entering action in civil case, twenty
cents
Summons, cap. CT sub., each twenty
cents.
Every additional name after the first,
five cents
,Subpoaa duces team, twenty-five cents.
Entering return Of summons, and quail
flying constable, fifteen cents.
Entering capias, and bail bond, ten
cents.
Every continuance of suit, ten cents.
Trial and Judgment, fifty cents.
Entering Judgment by confession, or
by default, twenty-five cents.
Taxing special bail, twenty-five cents.
Entering satisfaction, ten cents.
Entering amicable suit, twenty cents.
Entry rule to take deposi6ons Of wit
nesses, ten cents.
Rule to take deposition of witnesses,
ten cents.
Interogatories, for every ten words, two
cents.
Entering return of rule, ten cents.
Entering rule to refer, ten cents.
Rule of reference, fifteen cents.
Notice to each referee, ten cents.
Notice to party, in any case, fifteen
cents.
Entering a report of referee, and judg
ment thereon, fifteen cents.
Execution, twenty-five cents.
Entering return of execution, or stay
Of plaintiff, nu'ia bona est nUentus, or 9TH
erwise, fifteen cents.
Entering dscontnuance, or satisfac-
tion, ten cents.
SCI fa., in any case, thirty cents.
Opening judgment for re-hearing, twen-
ty cents.
Return of proceedings in certiorari, or
appeal, including recognizance, fifty cents.
Transcript of Judgment, including GER
tifcates, forty cents
Receiving amount of judgment, before
execution, or where oxecutisl}as issued,
and special bail been entered, within 20
days after Judgment, and paying the same
over, if not exceeding ten dollars, twenty
cents.
If above ten dollars and not exceeding
forty dollars, fifty cents.
If above forty dollars, and not exceed
ing sixty dollars, seventy five cents.
If above sixty dollars, one dollar
Every search, where no other service is
rendered, to which any fee or fees are at
tached, fifteen cents.
Entering complaint in writing, in case
of attachment, and qualifying complain
ant, thirty cents
Attachment, thirty cents.
Entering return, and appointing free
holders, fifteen cents.
Advertisements, each, fifteen cents.
Order to sell goods, twenty-five cents.
Order for relief of pauper, each jus
tiee, forty cents.
Order for the removal of pauper, one
dollar
Order to seize goods, for maintenance
of wife or children, thirty cents,
Order for premium for wolf or fox scalp,
to be paid by the county, fifteen cents
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