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Session Laws, 1943
Volume 584, Page 1931   View pdf image (33K)
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HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1931

For entry of judgment in contested cases but not in cases
where the accused pleads guilty, twenty-five cents, said entry
in all cases to specify the amount of fine and costs respectively.

For each continuance, twenty-five cents.

For each release of an accused on bail, fifty cents.

For each copy of his warrant and docket entries in any case,
ten cents each, or twenty cents for the two.

And no Justice of the Peace or Trial Magistrate shall charge,
receive or attempt to collect any fees other than or in excess of
those enumerated in this section in any case arising under this
Article.

No Justice shall try any case except upon warrant duly pre-
pared in the form required by law, which shall be preserved
with the other papers pertaining to his office.

And no such Justice shall collect any fine or costs in any
case involving a violation of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this
State until he has completed the entries pertaining to such case
in his docket kept for the making of his record, and all such
dockets shall be preserved and transmitted to the clerks of the
court as required by Article 52 of the Code, all such warrants
and dockets at all times to be subject to inspection upon de-
mand by any person named therein and by all State officials
or their duly authorized representatives.

271A. JUSTICES ISSUE RECEIPTS UPON REQUEST. All Jus-
tices of the Peace or Trial Magistrates shall deliver upon re-
quest without charge to the accused a receipt showing in
detail the amount of fine and costs imposed upon and paid by
such accused.

No Justice of the Peace or Trial Magistrate shall divide the
fees of his office with any constable, sheriff or other State offi-
cer, or with any individual not a constable or officer, who may
assist in making an arrest or furnish evidence in a case arising
under the Motor Vehicle Laws.

272. FEES OF CONSTABLES. The fees of constables in cases
involving violations of the Motor Vehicle Laws of this State
shall be as follows:

For serving each State warrant and making his return
thereon seventy-five cents, but such fee shall not be charged in
any cases in which such arrest has been made directly by such
constable without warrant, in which event the constable mak-
ing such arrest shall receive a fee of twenty-five cents, which
fee in either event shall cover any other official services he
may render in connection with the trial of the accused.

No constable shall under any circumstances receive or at-
tempt to collect any fine, charge or deposit of collateral for
appearance in any case involving a violation of the Motor Ve-
hicle Laws of this State, and any constable violating this pro-

 

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