Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-01-08
Deeds and Wills.
THE SCHEDULE OF FEES PROPOSED By SENATOR

| INGALLS, BILL.
| A bill introduced in the Senate yesterday by
Mr.. Ingalls,, to regulate the fees and limit the
compensation to $500 per annum each, Of the
| recorder of deeds and register of wills Of the
District provides that the fees in the recorders
| Off shall be for the future to be as follows:
| Filing record and index, or making certified
| copy Of any instrument of 200 words or less, 80
cents, and 10 cents for each additional 100
words; certificate and seal, 25 cents; search OF
| records extending back two years or less, %
cents, and i've cents for each additional year;
| recording town plat, 3 cents for each lot; re.
cording plat or survey, cents for each course;
| filing and indexing any paper, 10 cents, and
taking and certifying ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, 90
cents.
For the register of wills office the fees shall
be: Filing WILL with any number Of codicils,
dminis STEERING oaths and taking dispositions,
81; granting and issuing letters testamentary
| or OF administration, 75 cents; exemplification
OF letters, 25 cents; drafting, taking filing and
recording bonds OF executor, administrator or
guardian, 40 cents; Issuing warrant to apprais.
ers, 90 cents; preparation OF notice to cred
itors, 25 cents; filing issuing caveat
20 cents; citation under seal to one or more
persons, 80 cents, and ten cents for each addi-
tional person; filing and indorsing list of arti-
Giles appraised, 10 cents; affidavit or probate of
executor To any inventory account of sales list
or account required by law 10 be verified, 25
cents; entering order of court appointing per-
sons To ascertain and report annual value of
real or personal estate of minors, IS cents;
order appointing guardian and approving bond,
20 cents; indenture of apprentice, SO cents;
examining claim against deceased persons es-
tate, 20 cents; stating, passing and filing &C.
counts OF executor, administrator, collector, or
guardian, So, and ii account does not exceed 75
items, cents tor each additional item; distri-
button OF balance of deceased PERSONS estate, so
cents, and D cents tor each person named as Leg
aztec, heir or CREDITOR subpoena or duces tecuns 20
cents all costs In one against each estate,
% cents articles of execution, seQueStratlon,
attachment, decree SciFe t0ciaS, &c, cents for
every ten words; recoSnlzances, 20 cents; TAX
ing, Iiling, and recording bond, 81; administer
ing oath not before provided, b cents; filing and
inuorsing petitions, cents each; maKlng
docket entries and indexes, 2 cents for ten
words; entering order, Judgment or decree on
court minutes, 10 cents per loo words; record
ing inventory, will, account, or other papers,
10 cents per 100 WORDS copy Of will, 10 cents
per 100 words, and every certificate under seal,
20 cents.
SUITS FOR DIvORCE.-William T. Crawford
yesterday hIed bill ior divorce against Mary
Crawford, stating that they were married
| March 1, 1877, and Charges that in November
| OF So She abandoned him without cause, and
| since then has given birth 10 one or more ille-
| gitImate children. George w. Harrison begun
| suit against Mary b. Harrison Tor divorce ON
the ground OF desertiOn, stating that they were
| married in 1878 and the alleged desertion oc-
| CURED in 1858.