The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-09-12
JURORS GET $3.50 A DAY.
Under Special Act Of Assembly, Wit.
nesses are Paid One Dollar a
Day, aud Mileage
MORE THAN MILE FROM COUNTY SEAT.

burg, gives an Interpretation OF
the Act of June 1, 1907, relating
to the pay of jurors and witness
es, and tinds that under the late
act jurors in Franklin county will
slve $3.50 per day and mile.
while witnesses will contin-
recelve but seventy five
4, IS per dav and mileage, un-
der local law approved Febru.
ary 2, 1867.
Judge Rowe cites the local
laws passed for Franklln county,
regulating the pay of Jurors and
witnesses, and shows clearly
that the local law In reference to
the pay of witnesses Is still in
force, and is not affected by the
act of 1907. After stating the OBJ.
ject of local laws, and the law IN
reference to the Interpretation of
statutes as to their repeal, Judge
Rowe says;
l shall first consider separately
the of pay of
JURORS.
The Act of IA April, 1884, sec.
ton 137-13S (P. l.. 1863 fixes the
fees of jurors attending court at
one dolla per diem and six and
aquarter cents mile.
(a) Act of % March 1866, P.
l. 341
This act fixes the fees of Jurors
and witnesses IN Franklin, Schuyl
Kill and two other counties. The
act reads as follows:
An Act increasing the fees of
jurors and witnesses, in and for
thecounties ofArmstrong, Frank.
lin, Schuylklll and Westmore.
land.
Section 1. BE it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tlves of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General Assem-.
bly, met, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same.
That from and after the passage
of this act, the compensation of
jurors IN attendance upon the
several courts of the counties OF
Franklin, Armstrong, West
moreland and Schuylkill, shall be
two dollars per diem; and the
compensation of witnesses, in at
tendance upon the several courts
of said counties, shall be one dol.
lar and fifty cents per diem:
Provided, that such witnesses
who reside In, or within one mile
of the boroughs of Cham bers
burg, Greensburg, Pottsvllle and
Kittanning, shall only be entitled
to seventy five cents per diem,
while In after dance upon the sew
eral courts aforesaid.
This was followed by the gen.
eral act of 2S Feb. 1873, (P. L. 81;
Purdon 164D, as follows
Gan act 10 increase the pay Of
jurors In this common wealth.
Section 1. Be it enacted, &C.,
that from and after the passage
of this act, the Jurors IN this
commonwealth shall be two dol.
lars day, with mileage as now
allowed by law; Provided, that
the provisions OF this act
shall not apply where the pay of
Jurors Is now liked by law at more
than two dollars per day."
When this act was passed near.
ly oil the counties of the state
had special acts of Their own III.
ereasing the paw OF jurors; some
TO one dollar and fifty cents, 9th
ers TO two dollars as will be seen
by reference TO the note to Pur-
don's Dig. Et ition of 1872; four
counties only paying two dpllars
and fifty cents.
1t Is manifest, therefore, that
this act was intended to repeal all
local acts except in counties
where the pay of jurors was then
fixed at more than two dollars
per day. In Franklin, County
the pay Of jurors was not more
than two dollars per day at that
tine and therefore this general
act repealed our local act of 1865,
above quoted, (a).
(c) The Act of lst day of June
1907, is next in order, as follows
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