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JOHN EAGER HOWARD, Esquire, Governor.
courts of this state, to wit: On every writ of ejectment, partition
or dower, seven
shillings and six-pence current money; on every writ of trespass quare
clausum
fregit, five shillings current money; on every other original
writ, one shilling and
ten-pence halfpenny current money; on every appeal, writ of error,
habeas corpus,
cum causa, or certiorari, seven shillings and six-pence
current money; on
every commission to mark and bound lands, seven shillings and six-pence
current
money. |
1790.
CHAP.
XXXIII. |
XX. And,
as a further fund for the payment of the salary of the chief justice,
Be it enacted, That every attorney
who shall practice in any county court in this
state, shall take a licence of admission to practise therein, for which
he shall pay
the sum of three pounds current money, at the time of obtaining such
admission,
and the same sum annually during his continuance to practise therein. |
Attornies to
take licences,
&c. |
XXI. And be
it enacted, That the said taxes shall be paid to the clerks of the
respective counties at the time of issuing the said licence, process
or commissions,
or of entering the said appeals, or producing the said writs of error,
habeas
corpus,
or certiorari, by the persons applying for the said licence,
process or commissions,
or desiring the said appeal to be entered, or producing the said writs
of error,
habeas corpus, or certiorari, and shall be allowed and
taxed in the costs of
suit; and the clerk of every county shall, every six months, settle
his accounts,
on oath or affirmation, with the treasurer of his shore, and shall
pay the sum adjusted
to the said treasurer for the use of the chief justice of his district,
within
thirty days after such settlement, on the penalty of paying twenty
per cent. on the
money in his hands; and every county clerk may retain at the rate of
three
per
cent. for his trouble in receiving and paying the said fees
according to this act. |
Taxes to be
paid to clerks,
&c. |
XII. And be
it enacted, That the justices of the peace for the several counties,
at the time of laying their county assessment for the year seventeen
hundred and
ninety-one, and every year thereafter, shall ascertain the amount of
the money
collected in their county from the tax herein before imposed, by a
certificate from
the clerk of their county, and thereupon the said justices, after deducting
the sum
so paid by their clerk, shall lay such sum on their county as will
make up the deficiency
of the sum payable by their county as aforesaid towards the annual
allowance
to the chief justice of their district, and the aforesaid commission
for collection;
and if there shall be any surplus of the money paid into the treasury
by the
clerk of any county beyond what will pay the quota of such county,
the said
surplus shall be applied to the use of the said county. |
Justices to ascertain
the
amount, &c. |
XIII. And,
whereas the office and duties of justices of the peace are considerably
increased in the several counties of this state, and it is reasonable
that every
person who dedicates his time or labour to the public should receive
a reasonable
and adequate compensation for his services, Be
it enacted, that it 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 services 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 or tobacco, for any sum or quantity of tobacco,
not exceeding
three pounds, or four hundred and eighty pounds of tobacco, and not
exceeding five pounds, or eight hundred pounds of tobacco, nine-pence;
if above
five pounds, or eight hundred pounds of tobacco, and not exceeding
ten pounds
or one thousand pounds of tobacco, one shilling and three-pence; every
summons,
including all the witnesses applied for at the same time, nine-pence
current
money, and the whole expence of subpœnas for witnesses in no
one case shall
exceed three shillings; venire to summons freeholders, one shilling
and six-pence;
casa, same fees as in warrants, according to the sums; fieri
facias, same fees as
on warrants, according to the sums; recognizance for defendant's appearance,
supersedeas of judgment in the general or county court, each
justice one shilling;
every oath administered, four-pence; probate of account, four-pence;
every affidavit,
six-pence; every judgment rendered, same fees as on warrants, according |
Fees allowed
to justices of
the peace,
&c. |
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