The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-25
prescrIbed in defauIt Of ComplIance witn the saId

request. '''"'00 WIZ" '"' '"'O
3: That full and careful analysis be prepared Of
All tne zee oills IN force showing, In a concise and
convenient form, what fees and Concentrations the
said various officers entitled to charge ana that
yne same snal De printed either for gratutous crcu
aton or at price only sufc cent to pay the cost OF
puoIsnlng tne same 1t was the intention OF your
analysis or table at this meeting but thew have ony
Deen aoie 70 prepare and present tase showing the
1eee OF the Register of Wills.
A. =. Inat pledge be presented to the members OF
psI IN tne following words. and their signatures
"We the undersigned members or the bar OF Ph,-
iauepniS DO hereby pledge ourselves to each other
ana ev.ns. tne Law Association of Philadelphia,
rHst. Tnat we will pay no illegal fees costs to
any public officer clerks OF the courts or prothono
rares or their deputies, without receiving memo
OF such costs paid and the services rendered and a
receipt therefor. '
''Second. That we will send,all such memoranda or
oils OF particulars and receipts to the once of the
solicitor or the Law Association for his inspection
and that we viii report any illegal charges and fees
made taken by the various public Officers.
Inat we viii each contribute annually the sum
O one aoiaT TO defay the expenses OF prosecutions
against ofilcers and the salary of solicitor.
o. That every citizen OF Philadelphia be requested
20 further the ends OF the association by taking and
Dy him to any public officer, and shall send said
receipt, with his name and residence, to the solicit
toI VINO shall thereupon take action upon the same,
without cost, charge, trouble to the citizen fur
nshlng the same, or requiring his attendance at
court as the receipts, with the record of the partcu-
cover. ~
IOuE COmHllJtec Deg leave TO submit an act which
tney nave prepared, and which they would recon-
mend should at once be forwarded to Harrisburg i'm
soch manner as will secure its immediate passage,
ana by which many OF the embarrassing techncali-
ties which tend to defeat the prosecution OF actions
to recover penalties will be removed.
Your committee would also recommend that a
committee OF at least five should be appointed to CO.
operate with the solicitor OF the association In his
prosecutions, by advising and counselling with him
upon such points as he may desire aud that this
committee shall be appointed semi annually.
In conclusion, the committee beg leave TO say that
since their appointment they have hapn caad
by many citizens who take an active interest in the
objects for which this committee has been an.
pointed, and who are warmest in their desires for
this reformation.
. In the offces OF the Register OF Wills and of the
recorder OF Deeds many OF the illegal fees are
taken directly from the citizens themselves and not
from the hands of attorneys, letters OF administra
who are charged eleven and twelve dollars for SER
vices which are fixed at two dollars aud twenty-five
cents, and we recommend that the attention OF the
tolcitor be al once directed to this Office and that
prompt and effective measures be taken to reduce
the charges to the legal standard.
All OF which is respectfully submitted
ELL n. PRICE THOMAS ]. DIEHL,
VIM L. HEST ARTHUR NJ. BURTON.
GEORGE w. u0RN,
An act relating to the mode of procedure in certain,
actions
Section l. That in all actions instituted In any
court or pending an appeal from aldermen or JUS
tces of the peace, brought to recover illegal fees
or the penalty pI divided by law for receiving illegal
fees, the plaintiff may enter Judgment for the
amount claimed on or at any time after the
third Saturday after the return day. unless
the defendant, his clerk, or deputy, as herein
after provided shall have flied SUFFICIENT affidavit
OF defense stating the nature and character of the
same: provided that the plaintiff shall have filed
within two weeks after the return day a statement
specifying the fees charged to be Illegal tue date of
payment, and the name OF the onfcer, clerk or
deputy who received the same; and in all cases the
aldavlt OF defense shall not be considered sufficient
unless made by the officer clerk, or deputy alleged
to have received the same. And the Courts OF Com
mon Pleas shall have original concurrent Jursdic
Section . That it shall be lawful to go to trial
upon the said statement and affidavit OF defense
without other pleading, saving to each party the
right OF amendment as in other cases.
Section anat the provisions OF an act OF Assem-
depbia, passed the thirty-tlrst day OF March, A d.
1s4s, be and the same are hereby re-enacted, and
shall apply to the prothonotarles OF the various
courts of said county, to the Register of Wills
sheriii Recorder Of Deeds, aud Clerks OF the Or
FEES or REGISTER OF WILLS.
Probate Of wills and testers testamentary. $500
Registering the same-every ten words. 1
Letters OF administration. on...................... rs
For bonds Of executors and administrators -. $50
Filing and entering remuneration. ............ 80
For anneXng will, every ten words. ......... '0t
Issuing citation, or attachment with seal. 80
Entering caveat. '25
Administering oath or affirmation. ............. 0j
Filing list OF articles appraised ............. '25
Filing list OF articles sold at vendue. ........ 25
Examining, passing, and hliDg the amounts of
executors or administrators. .......,...... $50
Advertising executors and admlnistrators' ac-
Advertising guardians account. .......,....... 90
tihcate and seal 90
For every additional Item. '01
For entering exceptions to executors or admin
istrators bonds and hearing the same ........ so
Fer holding Registers Court per day ......... 200
For every search 12
Certificate and seal. so
When the estate does not exceed in value the
sum OF two hundred and fifty dollars for all
Official acts after letters have been granted 200
Subpoena '37E
UNITED STATES STAMP DUTIES.
Probate OF willis letters OF administration
where estate is declared not to exceed the value OF
two Thousand dollars, 81 for every additional thou
sand dollars or fractional part thereof, so cents.
Provided that no stamp, either for probate or
wills or letters testamentary or OF administration
ON administrators or guardians bond, shall be
required where the value OF the estate real per.
sonal does not exceed one thousand dollaas