The Advocate and news., 1899-03-08


And In counties of more than 5000 inhapi-
tants having court OF Common Pleas, the
Clerk of said court Of Common Pleas, shall
receive the same fees as the Clerk OF the
District Court And IL in any year the fees
collected shall be more than the sums ABOVE
specified in their respective counties, the
said District Clerks shall pay TO the county
treasurer Of their respective countles, one
half of such excess when collected, taking
duplicate receipts therefor, one OF which
they shall file with the County Clerk, and
such money shall become part OF the gen
eral fund Of the county.
Section 9. The Sheriffs of the several
counties In the State shall charge, as full
compensation for their services as required
by law to be performed by the Sherln OF
each county, the following fees: Serving
or executing and returning any writ, pro-
cess, order, or notice, or tax warrant, In
cluding a copy Of the same, whenever
hereinafter provided, for the first person,
fifty cents; for each additional person,
twenty-five cents; serving warrants and
making return thereof, seVenty-hVe cents;
for witnesses whose attendance Is procured
under attachment who are unable to pay
their fare, each three cents per mile and ac-
tual expenses; making arrest as peace Off
Ger, fifty cents; serving order OF attachment,
arrest or replevin, and returning the same,
fifty cents; making levy under execution,
fifty cents; appraisement Of property, fifty
cents; return OF mo property found,
twenty-five cents; return Of mot found,
turning undertaking, bond or recognizance,
fifty cents; advertising property for sale,
fifty cents; Offering for sale or selling prop
erty,, fifty cents; taking inventory OF per-
sonal property, each day, one dollar;
sherifEa. deed and acknowledgement, to be
paid out of the proceeds Of the sale Of real
estate conveyed, one dollar and fifty cents;
issuing certificates Of sale and recording
same, one dollar; summoning talesman,
each five CENTS for every mile actually and
and necessarily Travelled each way in serV-
ing or endeavoring to serve writ, process,
order Venire, or notice, or tax warrant,
ten cents; Provided no mileage shall be
charged when the distance does not ex
ceed one mile; for attending jail when oc-
cupied by prisoner or prisoners, one dollar
per day; for boarding and lodging each
prisoner or prisoners, forty cents per day
exclusive Of lights, furniture, fuel and bed
ding, where jail Is provided, and sixty cents
where no Jail is provided; And provided
further, that no mileage shall be taxed or
allowed and no person shall be required
to pay any mileage unless at the time Of
making returns the sheriff make and file
with his returns or as part thereof, q
statement showing the distance actually
and necessarily Travelled In making service
or the first person, who shall be named by
him, when the writ contains the names Of
tually and necessarily travelled from the
place OF making the first service to the
place of making service on the second
person named by him, and so on for each
peISOH HeEVEQs anu LuS Instance dCLuallY
and necessarily travelled in returning, so
that the whole route Travelled by the Sheriff
in making service shall clearly appear;
but when the Sheriff serves more than one
process In the same case, or on the same
person not requiring more than one journey
from his office, he shall receive mileage for
one service only. For each mile actually
and necessarily travelled in collecting or
endeavOring to collect, or endeavoring to
find property to satisfy personal taxes un-
der warrants ten cents; and the said fees
to be paid by the county, in the event of
failure to collect or failure to find property
with which to satisfy said tax warrants;
attending any court Of record, one dollar
and fifty cents per day; executing writ of
habeas corpus fifty cents; for serving under
requisition made by the governor, five dol
lars per day and necessary transportation
and board actually paid out for himself and
prisOner--as provided by section 314, chap
ter q, General Statutes of 1868, commission
for collecting money on sales, first one
hundred dollars, three per cent; the next
four hundred dollars, two per cent; the
second five hundred dollars, one per cent;
and all over one thousand dollars, one-half
Of one per cent; and one-half the fore
going rates on collections made without
sale; for posting each notice Of election,
five cents; and ten cents per mile for each
mile actually and necessarily travelled:
Provided, that no mileage shall be allowed
when the distance Travelled is less than
one mile; nor shall any mileage be allowed
unless at the time Of making his return
Ac SHdtAA lueESWAbAt anu make a OF
his return, a statement where such notice
was posted, the distance from the place
where the first notice was posted, to the
place OF posting the second notice, and so
on until the notices are posted, so that the
whole route Travelled shall show clearly the
actual number Of miles travelled and no
more. The Sheriff may, where the jail Is in
sufficient for the safe-keeping of prisoners,
employ such guards as are actually neces-
sary. For the services of said guard or
guards, the Board Of County Commission
ers shall allow the Sheriff reasonable
compensation to be paid out Of the county
treasury: Provided, that the Sheriff in
counties having the following population
may receive all fees collected as hereinaf-
ter specified: In counties having popula-
tion Of
More than 5000 and not
more than 10000. 500 per annum
More than 10000 and not
more than 1900. ......... 1000 per annum
More than 1900 and not
more than 10000. ...... 1900 per annum
More than 10000 and not
more than 25.O00 ... 1000 per annum
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