The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-10-16
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AN ORDINANCE
Creating q FCe Bill of costs in criminal cases II
be paid b ythe parish, and limiting the number
OF witnesses in certain cases.
Whereas, Section 1913 of the Revised Statute,
provides that feea, salaries and expenses to b,
paid by the local authorities shall be fixed and
regulatcd bE them Be it ordained:
Section /. That the fees of Justices Of the
Peace, in criminal cases, shall be rs follows;
For issuing a warrant, fifty cents,
For each srllnm0ns for n witness, ten cents.
fifteen cents.
For examination Of an accused person and
writing the same, fifty cents.
For taking recOgnizance of party in cases re.
CURED by law, twenty-five cents.
For taking bonds, fifty cents each.
Sec. 2. That the fees Of Constables shall be az
! follows in criminal cases:
| For executing a warrant, fifty cents,
cents.
For conveying a person to jail, one dollar.
FOR serving ana executing q search warrant,
one dollar.
For mileage, five cents per mile going and re-
turning from the service of any process.
For serving an attachment, fifty cents.
Sec. 3. That the fees of witnesses shall Dc as
follows:
One dollar per day for attendance, and five
cents per mile, each way, necessarily travelled,
provided that no mileage shall be allowed wit
nesses living within two miles Of the Courthouse,
or the office of the Justice of the Peace, and
provided that no more than three witnesses. on
each side, in each preliminary examination be-
fore magistrates, in cases other than capital,
shall receive compensation nothing herein be-
ing intended to exclude q greater number from
test1fying in such cases if they be voluntarily
present.
Sec. 4. That the fees of the Sheriff In criminal
cases shall be as follows:
For mileage, five cents per mile going and re-
turning from the service of any process.
For the transportation OF ~conVicts to the PEN
Itentlary at Baton Rouge, five cents per mile for
himself going and coming, and five cents per
mile for each prisoner going ONLY.
For enpannelling and calling a jury, in each
case, fifty cents.
For each summons to a juror, or witness,
For attendance upon the courts, five dollars
per day.
For receiving in and dfscharginge each prisoner
out OF the parish prison, one dollar.
For executing q warrant Of arrest, or search
warrant, one dollar.
For serving an attachment. fifty cents.
For executing any one condemned to capita
punishment, fifty dollars.
For serving any other order of court not 9TH
erWlse provided for, twenty. five cents.
Sec. 5. That the fees Of the Coroner ehRll be
as follows:
For each inquest held, fifteen dollars.
For every Viewing OF a hody, when no inquest
Is held, five dollars.
For every burial done at his expense, ten dol
lars.
For all other fees, including swearing In and
quaIiIylng the jury, administering oaths, re-
turning process verbal, aud aummoning wit
nesses, five dollars.
Sec: Co. That the fees Of grand and petit jurors
shall be az follows:
For actual attendance upon court, two dollars
per day. - ~ s-.
For mileage, i've cents only going and coming,
the said mileage TO be paid but once during the
same term of court.
BE it further ordained, that all laws or parts
OF laws heretofore passed and in conflict here
with, be and the aane are hereby repealed, and
that this ordinance shall take effect from and
after the sd day Of November. A. D., 1874.
On motion the Police Jury adjourned until
Monday, October 6th, 1874.
JOHN ROY, President.
Attest: C. MAYO, Clerk.