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An act TO amend section thiriy-two Of CHAPTER
one hundred ana tWenty-six Of the General
Statutes, relating TO fees Of ShcTids AMI Con-
stable.
IL IS hereby enacted. sc,
Sec l. Section thirty-two Of chapter one
hundred and tweniy-six OF the General Statutes,
is hereby amended 50 As 10 read as follows
There shall be paid TO sheriffs and constables,
the following fees, TO wit for serving each pro-
cess by reading six cents and by copy for each
folio, ten cents for taking bail twenty-five
cents, for each mile travel for the service of aoy
process, to be computed from the place of service
10 the place Of return, which in the case Of
mesne process, shall lie the place Of holding the
court, ten cents for executing a warrant TO
re-commit prisoner admitted to liberties Of the
jsil-yard. one dollar far levying each execu-
ton amounting TO three dollars or under, fifty
cents and for each three dollars over not
exceeding one hundred dollars, five cent. and
one per cent, for all over one hundred dol
lars for summoniDg esch grand juror for
his respective county, one dollar, and for
summoning each petit juror for bis respective
county, seventy-fve cents, which shall muss
include all fees for both travel and service
two dollars day for his own attendance
upon the County and Supreme Court. and
Court of Chancery and one dollar snd fifty
of his deputiss,-ifa justice court, seventy-fve
cents only and every sheriff and other officer
shall be allowed a reasonable sum as les for Sc
curing property attached on mesne process, sub
ject to the revision and allowance of the court TO
which such process is retnrnsble for attending
the appraisal of real estate set of on execution,
one dollar for necessary assistance in appre-
hending and keeping criminals, one dollar for
each twelve hours for transporting and COM
hitting one prisoner to the State Prison, thirty
four certs per mile for travel, TO be computed
from the county jail in which the prisoner is
confined, TO the State Prison, and fifty cents for
each copy of the warrant if more than one pri- |
soner is committed at the same time, ten cents |
per mile for each additional prisoner.
Sec. ,. All acts and parts of acts inconss- |
tent with the foregoing section, are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved Nov. Q, 1866.
An act to amend section thirty-one of chapter
one hundred and twenty-six of the General
Statutes, relating to fees of County Clerks
II is hereby enacted by the General assembly
Of the State OF VeTmonL
Sec. l. Section thirty one of chapter one
hundred and twenty-six Of the General Statutes
is hereby amended so as to read as follows -
There shall be paid TO the several county clerks
for signing each writ, sixteen cents; for entering
each action in the Supreme Court, seventy-fve
cents; in the county court, twenty-five cents;
for entering each judgment in the supreme court,
one dollar; in the county court on trial, fifty
cents; on non-suit or default, thIrty-hve cents;
for each continuance, sixteen cents; for taking
each recognizance, twenty-five cents; for each
execution, fifty cents; for each writ Of posses
sion one dollar for recording each denuty sher-