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Sec. 2. That the fees of constables shall be the same as those allowed the sheriffs for like services. Sec. 3. That each judge and clerk of election Fees of consta- shall be entitled to receive three dollars ($3) per day, for each day's services as such judge or clerk, and clerk of to be paid out of the county treasury.

bles.

Fees of judge election.

Sec. 4. That each messenger conveying election returns to the clerk of the county shall be entitled to the same per diem as the judges and clerks of the election, and fifteen (15) cents per mile for the disFees of messen-tance necessarily traveled in going to and returning from the office of the said county clerk.

ger of election returns.

Acts repealed.

Sec. 5. That all acts and parts of acts in conflict with this act be and the same are hereby repealed.

Sec. 6.

This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

'Approved April 29th, 1873.

FEES.

AN ACT to establish and regulate the fees of the clerk of the district court.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana:

Section 1. It shall be lawful for the clerk of the district court to demand and receive for his services the following fees:

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For filing each paper required by law to be filed, ten cents; for issuing summons or other process court, not otherwise provided for, seventy-five cents; district court for issuing subpoena, for the first person named

Fees of clerk of established.

therin, fifty cents; for each additional name, ten cents; taking and approving each bond, seventy five cents; opening each deposition, twenty-five cents; docketing judgment for each judgment debtor, fif

teen cents; for indexing each party to suit, twenty cents; for entering each order, default or rule of court, for first folio, twenty-five cents; for each additional, fifteen cents; discontinuance or non-suit, fifty cents; for each dedimas to take depositions, one dollar; for swearing jury on voir dire, fifty cents; for each additional juror, ten cents; for swearing each witness, fifteen cents; for calling jury each time, fifteen cents; for swearing jury to try cause, twenty-five cents; for entering each judgment, forty cents; for entering each cause on bar judge's calendar, twenty-five cents; for entering each decree, per folio, twenty cents; for each writ of habeas corpus, certiorari or proceedings, one dollar; for issuing writ of injunction, quo warranto or mandamus, one dollar and fifty cents; for entering special bail of record in each case, twenty-five cents; for swearing officer to take charge of jury, twentyfive cents; for entering appearance of attorney, fifteen cents; for issuing execution and docketing the same, one dollar; for extending sheriff's return on execution, thirty cents; for entering on record the report of commissioners, referees, or the reward of arbitrators and all other special entries, per folio, twenty cents; for certificate and seal, seventy-five cents; for attachment for witness or other persons, seventy-five cents; for issuing venire facias, seventyfive cents; for entering each bill of costs, twentyfive cents; for taking depositions, per folio, fifteen cents; for taking acknowledgment to conveyance, one dollar; for filing and recording declaration of intention to become citizen, one dollar and fifty cents; for final naturalization papers, three dollars; for taking recognizance in court, fifty cents; for arraigning prisoner at bar, twenty-five cents; for making judgment roll, including copies of all orders and judgments, seventy-five cents; for entering discharge of recognizance, twenty-five cents; for each

entry in register of actions, ten cents; for report on each case referred to clerk, one dollar and fifty cents; for each copy of jury in criminal case, when requested by attorneys, twenty-five cents; for certifying the attendance of each juror, witness, to board of county commissioners, ten cents; for making transcript on appeal for supreme court, per folio, twenty cents; for making copies of complaints, in indictments, and all other papers or pleadings on file, per folio, fifteen cents; for recording indictments, per folio, fifteen cents; for entering satisfaction of judgment, forty cents.

For all services required by law for which fees are not provided herein, the clerks shall receive such compensation as may be allowed by the court and county commissioners, and such allowance shall be on the basis of the above fees.

Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.

Approved April 29th, 1873.

FEES.

AN ACT to regulate and establish the fees of county treasurer.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana:

Fees of county

lished.

Section 1. The county treasurer shall be entitled to the following fees and per centage on money collected: Twelve and one-half per cent on the first three thousand dollars; ten per cent on the amount treasurer estabbetween three and four thousand dollars; six per cent on the amount between four and five thousand dollars; four per cent on all sums over five thousand dollars, and under ten thousand dollars; three per cent on all sums over ten thousand dollars; four per cent for receiving or paying out all moneys other than taxes and school funds; for every mile traveled in going to or returning to make settlements with territorial auditor and treasurer, thirty cents per mile; for issuing each license, fifty cents, to be paid by the party to whom issued: Provided, however, That if the fees and per centage of such treasurer and collector exceed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars per year, he shall pay all such sums in excess of twenty-five hundred dollars into the county treasury for the benefit of the contingent fund; nor shall any treasurer, whose fees and percentage exceed said sum in one year, be entitled to any part of one year to a greater compensation than at the rate of twenty-five hundred dollars per year; and it shall be the duty of the county treasurer now in office, at the end of each year commencing from the time this act goes into effect, to make a full statement of all fees and per centage collected by him to the board of county commissioners, and all treasurers hereafter appointed or elected shall make such statement at the end of each year, commencing the first day of their term of office.

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Sec. 2. All acts and parts of acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after June 1st, A. D. 1872. Approved April 30th, 1873.

FEES.

AN ACT to establish and regulate the fees of justices of the peace in Montana Territory..

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Montana:

Section 1. Justices of the peace shall receive the following fees for the following services:

Docketing each case, twenty cents; issuing sumFees of justices mons, one person, twenty-five cents; each additionof the peace es al person, fifteen cents; order of arrest, twenty-five

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cents; attachment for contempt, twenty-five cents; issuing attachment for one person, fifty cents; each additional, twenty-five cents; mittimus, fifty cents; writ of replevin, affidavit and bond for same, one dollar; subpoena for one person, twenty-five cents; each additional person, fifteen cents; venire, fifty cents; execution, fifty cents; writ of restitution or re-restitution, fifty cents; warrant for one person, in criminal cases, fifty cents; each additional person, twenty-five cents; order on jailor for person or persons, twenty-five cents; writ of forcible entry and detainer, or forcible detainer, fifty cents; for any other required by law, fifty cents; enter adjournments on docket, twenty-five cents; enter judgment, twenty-five cents; discontinuance, or satisfaction of judgment, twenty-five cents; transfer judgment on docket, twenty-five cents; appointing guardian ad

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