TITLE XXXIII.

OF SALARIES AND FEES.

CHAPTER 245. Of salaries.

CHAPTER 246. Of fees and costs in certain cases.

Salaries, how payable, and when quarters for commence.

Salary of

governor, lieutenant-gov

ernor, secretary of state,

clerk of the

secretary of state,

1. Salaries, how payable, and when

quarters for commence.

2. Salary of governor, lieutenant-gov-
ernor, secretary of state, clerk
of the secretary of state, general
treasurer, state auditor, chief
justice of supreme court, asso-
ciate justices of supreme court,
attorney-general, reporter of su-
preme court, clerk of supreme
court for county of Bristol,
clerk of court of common pleas
for county of Bristol, assistant
clerk of supreme court for county
of Providence, trial justice of
the justice court of Providence,
clerk of the justice court of
Providence, trial justice of the
justice court of North Provi-

SECTION

dence, clerk of the justice court of North Providence, trial justice of the justice court of Newport, clerk of the justice court of Newport, trial justice of the justice court of Woonsocket, clerk of the justice court of Woonsocket, commissioner of public schools, insurance commissioner, commissioner of shell fisheries, assistant commissioner of shell fisheries, sheriff of the county of Newport, physician at state prison, chaplain at state prison, crier of the courts in Providence county, adjutantgeneral, quartermaster-general, paymaster-general.

SECTION. 1. All salaries shall be payable quarterly. The several quarters shall commence on the first days of May, August, November, and February respectively. Every person to whom a salary shall be payable, entering upon the duties of his office on any other day than the first day of a quarter, unless such first day be a Sunday or a holiday, shall be paid a salary pro ratû for the remainder of the quarter.

SEC. 2. The annual salary of the following named officers respectively shall be as follows:

Governor, one thousand dollars,

Lieutenant-governor, five hundred dollars.

Secretary of state, two thousand dollars; to be in full of all services which shall be required of him by law performed for the state, including his services as secretary of the senate, and in addition thereto such fees as are provided by law.

Clerk of the secretary of state, six hundred dollars, which shall include the sum allowed for defraying the expense of indexing the returns of births, marriages, and deaths in the state.

General treasurer, fifteen hundred dollars.
State auditor, fifteen hundred dollars.

Chief justice of the supreme court, thirty-five hundred dollars.
Associate justice of the supreme court, three thousand dollars.
Attorney-general, twenty-five hundred dollars; to be in full compen-
sation for all services which shall be required of him by law.
Reporter of the supreme court, five hundred dollars.
Clerk of the supreme court for the county of Bristol, two hundred
dollars; in full for all service in his office.

Clerk of the court of common pleas for the county of Bristol, two hundred dollars; in full for all service in his office. Assistant clerk of the supreme court for the county of Providence, five hundred dollars.

The trial justice of the justice court of the city of Providence, two thousand dollars.

The clerk of the justice court of the city of Providence one thousand dollars.

The trial justice of the justice court of the town of North Providence, twelve hundred dollars.

general treas

urer,

state auditor, justices of supreme court,

attorney-general, reporter,

clerks of courts Bristol,

assistant clerk Providence, trial justice

and clerk Providence,

The clerk of the justice court of the town of North Providence, North Provieight hundred dollars.

dence,

The trial justice of the justice court of the city of Newport, seven Newport, hundred dollars.

The clerk of the justice court of the city of Newport, six hundred

dollars.

The trial justice of the justice court of the town of Woonsocket, Woonsocket, one thousand dollars.

The clerk of the justice court of the town of Woonsocket, eight hundred dollars.

sioner, insurance commissioner, commissioners of shell fisheries,

Commissioner of public schools, twenty-five hundred dollars, to be in school commisfull compensation of all services which shall be required of him by law. Insurance commissioner, five hundred dollars. Commissioner of shell fisheries, four hundred dollars. Assistant commissioner of shell fisheries, four hundred dollars. Sheriff of the county of Newport, four hundred dollars, in addition

to the compensation allowed by law.

Physician at the state prison, two hundred dollars.
Chaplain at the state prison, three hundred dollars.

Crier of the courts in Providence county, six hundred dollars.

Adjutant-general, six hundred dollars.
Quartermaster-general, four hundred dollars.

Paymaster-general, two hundred dollars.

sheriff, Newport, physician and chaplain at state prison, crier, Providence, adjutant-general,

quartermastergeneral, paymaster-gen

eral.

Fees of justice

courts in civil

cases.

Same subject.

Attendance fee

of party recovering judgment.

Fees of justice courts in criminal cases.

SECTION 1. Every justice court shall be allowed the following fees, and the same shall be allowed and taxed in the bill of costs in every civil case: —

For entering and recording judgment in any defaulted

For trial and recording judgment in any such case For every continuance of the same SEC. 2. Every justice court shall be allowed the following fees in full, and the same shall be allowed and taxed in the bill of costs: For every civil writ, signed by the trial justice or clerk, and made returnable to the court For every writ of execution

SEC. 3. There shall be taxed in the bill of costs in every case before a justice court where the claim is above fifty dollars, for the attendance and to the use of the party recovering judgment

SEC. 4. Every justice court shall be allowed the following fees in full in all criminal cases:

For process and examining every person accused of crime beyond the jurisdiction of the justice court to determine, excluding mittimus and recognizance

For every continuance of the same

For process and trial of every person accused of crime within the jurisdiction of a justice court, excluding mittimus For every continuance of the same

Provided, however, that all the fees and costs received by the justice courts in the cities of Providence and Newport and the towns of North Providence and Woonsocket, shall be accounted for by the clerks of such courts to the state auditor, and paid over to the general

No additional fee to be charged where more than one person is included in the same process, if all are examined or tried at the same time.

For examination of poor debtors, for relief

For every recognizance of bail of any person committed to jail or any other place of commitment for crime, taken by a trial justice or clerk of a justice court, or by any person empowered by the supreme court or one of the justices thereof to take such recognizance

50

$1.00

SEC. 5. To all officers empowered to take depositions, there shall

be allowed:

Fees of officers

40

empowered to take deposi

tions.

30

10

SEC. 6. The following shall be allowed for the taking of each Fees of coro coroner's inquest, to be paid out of the estate of the deceased, as part ners. of the funeral charges, and with priority as such: and to be exhibited by the coroner against the estate, and enforced by legal process, if need be; if there be no such estate, or not sufficient, to be paid out of the town treasury; and if the deceased be a prisoner in the state prison, or in any state jail, or confined in any institution on the state farm, out of the general treasury :—

1st. The reasonable expenses of post mortem examinations and chemical analyses, ordered by the coroner at the taking of any inquest; and when so ordered such expenses shall be allowed by the town council.

2d. The following fees:

To the coroner for taking the inquest

For each day employed therein

For every page of testimony of two hundred words

To each juror empanelled, for each day employed
To the officer for summoning the jury

And for each day attending the inquest

SEC. 7. To all officers empowered to take acknowledgments of Fees of officers deeds and administer oaths of engagement to office, there shall be empowered to allowed:

For taking acknowledgment of one or more parties to any instrument at one time

take acknowledgments of deeds and en

50 gage officers.

25

SEC. 8. To all recording and certifying officers, unless otherwise specially provided, there shall be allowed:

For every page of one hundred words recorded or copied
For searching the records, by the hour

SEC. 9. To clerks of the courts of common pleas there shall be allowed in full:

For every nil dicit.

For every answered action, petition, and appeal, at its first

term

75

Fees of recording and certifying officers.

Fees of clerks

of courts of common pleas.

Fees of clerks of supreme

court.

For writ and rule to referee and commission to auditors and others

For every appeal bond

For taxing and examining every bill of costs

For attending court by the day

50

10

15

$1.00

SEC. 10. To clerks of the supreme court there shall be allowed, in full:

For every action, appeal, suit in equity and original petition, except petition for insolvent act, at first term,

For every petition for benefit of insolvent act

For every continuance of same

For every continuance of same

For every indictment within exclusive jurisdiction of court

For every continuance of same

to try, at first term

For every other indictment at first term

For every continuance of same

For every recognizance at first term

For every continuance of same

For every law writ

For writ and rule to referees, and commission to master in chancery and others

2.00

1.00

50

15

50

For subpoena in equity

75

For entry of every writ, action, appeal, and suit in equity

25

For acknowledging satisfaction of judgment upon record
For taxing and examining every bill of costs

SEC. 11. All clerks' fees in the supreme court and court of common pleas for the county of Bristol shall be received by the clerks to the use of the state.

SEC. 12. The fees on each writ, action, appeal, petition, and suit in equity, in any court, for the first term, shall be paid before entering the same; and for each term thereafter, on or before the second day thereof; otherwise the proceeding may be dismissed on motion of the clerk, at the discretion of the court.

SEC. 13. The following fees shall be taxed and allowed in bills of costs to attorneys and parties in the supreme court and courts of common pleas in civil cases:

To the plaintiff's attorney obtaining judgment, for writ and declaration.

$1.00

To the attorney of either party in an action at law, for
counsel fee in court of common pleas, for each term
For same in supreme court, for each term

To plaintiff's solicitor for every bill in equity original and
supplemental

For every petition or motion for a special injunction
To defendant's solicitor for every answer to bill in equity,
original or supplemental, one only to be taxed, though several
filed, if defence be joint

For appearing to and answering every petition or motion
for a special injunction

To parties and witnesses for affidavit on such motion the same fees as in depositions.

For the attendance of the party recovering judgment at law or in equity, by the day, partners and joint owners and

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2.50