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shall and may be lawful for the several justices of the peace,
and associate justices, in the several counties of this state, to
ask and receive the fees allowed and limited by this act for ser-
vices expressed in the following table, and such fees shall be
taxed and paid by the party against whom judgment shall be
rendered, to wit: For issuing a warrant for debt, twelve and aa
half cents; for each summons, including all the witnesses
applied for at the same time, twelve and an half cents ; venire
to summon freeholders, twenty cents ; capias ad satisfaciendum,
twelve and an half cents ; fieri facias, twelve and an half cents ;
scire facias, twelve and an half cents; recognizance for defen-
dant's appearance, twelve and an half cents ; every supersedeas,
each justice twelve and an half cents ; every oath or affidavit,
six cents ; probat of account, six cents ; every judgment ren-
dered, twelve and an half cents; commitment, twelve and an
half cents; releasement, twelve and an half cents; warrant of
attachment, twenty-five cents ; attendance on valuation of
orphans' estates, per day two dollars ; return thereon, seventy-
five cents ; venire to summon a jury in a forcible entry and
detainer, seventy-five cents; taking inquisition and return
thereon, four dollars ; warrant of restitution, seventy-five cents ;
taking acknowledgment of any deed, each justice twenty-five
cents, including all the persons acknowledging at the same
time; taking any other acknowledgment, twelve and an half
cents ; taking appeal bond, twenty-five cents ; taking a bail-
piece to the general or county courts, twenty-five cents ; a pass,
twenty-five cents ; certificate of strays, thirty-seven and an half
cents ; taking inspectors' bonds, each justice twenty-five cents ;
probat of county clerk's bond, each justice twenty-five cents.
Not to charge a fee for mileage, 1809, ch. 76, sec. 7.
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Justices to
write pro-
bats when
required.
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SEC, 31. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of all
and every justice of the peace to write and prepare all probats,
affidavits, supersedeas, and other instruments to be executed by
them in virtue of this law, when required, except in cases of
acknowledgment of deeds.
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And take an
oath before
they act.
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SEC. 32. And be it enacted, That every justice of the peace,
or associate justice, before he acts as such, shall take an oath,
that he will not, directly or indirectly, receive any greater fee or
reward for any thing in his office as justice of the peace than
what is allowed by this act; and if any associate justice, or jus-
tice of the peace, by colour of his office, shall receive any fee or
reward for any service not specified in this act, or if any asso-
ciate justice, or justice of the peace, shall receive any greater fee
or reward for any service mentioned in this act than is hereby
allowed, he shall forfeit one hundred dollars for every such
offence, but such justice shall not be liable to prosecution after
twelve mouths from the time of the offence committed.
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