The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-01-08
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Section l. Be it enacted by the leg
islature of the state of Texas: That
article 1854, chapter 2, title Is of the
code of criminal procedure as amended
by an act Of the Twenty-irst legisla-
ture, approved April 4, 1889, be so
amended as TO hereafter read as fol-
lows:
To the sheriff or constable shall be
allowed the following fees in all cases
where the charge is a felony, and all
fees accruing under this article shall
be due and payable at the close of
each term of the district court after
approval as herein provided, except as
provided for in subdivision Z or 10
which shall be paid when approved by
the judge under whose order the writ
was issued.
l. For executing each warrant of
arrest, or capias, or for making arrest
without warrant, where such arres,
is authorized by law, the sum of $3.50 ;
for conveying the prisoner to the
proper Jail, Is cents per mile when
travelling by railroad, and 25 cents per
mile when travelling by private con
veyance or otherwise.
2. For summoning or attaching each
witness, SO cents.
8. For taking and approving each
bond, 81.
4. For summoning jury in each case
tried, 50.
5. For executing death warrant,
500.
6. For serving certified copy of in
dictment, special venire or any GRIM
inal process not otherwise provided
for, the sum of 81.
7. For attending a prisoner on
haheas corpus where such prisoner is
charged with felony, for each day,
So, together with mileage as herein
latter provided in subd vision s, when
removing such prisoner out of the
county under order issued by district
Or appellate judge.
8. For removing or conveying q
prisoner, each mile going and return
ing including guards and all other
expenses, wnen travelling otherwise
than by railroad, % cents per mile |;
when travelling by railroad Is cents
per mile, provided that when more
than one prisoner is removed at the
same time, in addition to the forego-
ing he shall be allowed 10 per mile
for each additional prisoner; provided
further, that when an officer goes be-
yond the limits of the state after q
fugitive on requisition of the governor
he shall be allowed the same fees and
mileage as for like service in this
state.
8. For each mile an officer may be
compelled to travel, going and return
ing, summoning or attaching wit
nesses, or serving other criminal pro-
cess not otherwise provided for, 5
cents per mile; if two or more persons
are mentioned in the same writ he
shall charge for the distance actually
and necessarily travelled in the process !;
where process is sent by mail to an
officer, he shall only be allowed to
charge mileage for the miles actually
travelled by him in executing such
process.
10. For conveying a witness at
tached by him to any court or grand
jury out of the county, or when di-
rected by the judge from any other
county to the court where the case is
pending, the sum of $3.50 per day for
each day actually and necessarily con-
sumed in attaching and going and re-
turning, conveying such witnesses to
such court or grand jury, and his &C
tual necessar yexpenses by the nearest
practical route or public conveyance !;
provided, that officers accounts shall
show, before he is entitled to receive
compensation for expenses of attached
witnesses, that the witness was called
upon to give bond, and
offered by him an oppor-
tunity to give bond to appear before
the proper court or grand jury and
was unable, or refused to do so pro-
vided, further, that such accounts
shall be sworn to by the officer and
approved by the judge of the court
from which the attachment is issued,
and shall become due and payable on
such approval.
IL. When the officer receives an at
tachment for a witness and takes
bond for the appearance of such wit
ness, it shall be signed by the witness
with one or more good and solvent
sureties, and no such bond shall be in
less sum than for 800.
IL. All laws or parts of laws in con-
flict with this article are hereby re-
pealed.
Be it enacted by the legislature of
the state of TEXAS: That Article
1904, Chapter 4, of the Code OF Grim
inal Procedure, of Revised Statutes of
Texas, 1879, be so amended as to here
after read as follows:
The following fees shall be allowed