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CHAP. XLI.]
FEES OF OFFICERS, &C.
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by jury, ten dollars. In cases of indictment for felonies the above fees shall be doubled. The same fees for issuing execution and entering satisfaction of judgment, must be charged in criminal as in civil cases.

Sect. 10. In criminal cases, whether commenced by indictment or brought upon appeal, the fees shall not be required in advance, but must be collected by execution against the defendant, being added to and treated as a part of the judgment or fine in case a judgment for money has been rendered against the defendant.

[FEES OF PROBATE JUDGE.]

Sect. 11. The probate judge shall, in addition to the fees elsewhere permitted, charge ten cents for every one hundred words for all wills and certificates recorded in his office as required by law, and shall retain pay therefor out of the first money coming into the hands of the executor after payment of the charges of the last sickness and funeral expenses of the deceased. The judge of probate shall also be entitled to the following fees for the following services, to wit: for issuing letters of administration, with or without the will annexed, one dollar; for issuing letters of guardianship, one dollar; for issuing letters of execution, one dollar; for recording said letter, ten cents for one hundred words; for taking proof of will, fifty cents; for each oath administered, in all cases, in allowing claims, five cents; for filing each claim or receipt, five cents; for recording account current of executor, administrator, or guardian, on the final settlement of the same, ten cents per hundred words; for each notice or subpœna issued from his office, twenty-five cents; for docketing each suit or demand, ten cents; he shall, also, have civil and criminal jurisdiction of a justice of the peace, and have the same fees allowed by law to justices of the peace.

[FEES OF SHERIFF.]

Sect. 12. The sheriff is entitled to the following fees: for serving any writ or notice (not including subpœnas) and return thereof, for the first person served, fifty cents, for each additional person, twenty-five cents; for each copy of such writ