For putting up notice of distress at mansion-house, or at any other place on the premises For serving scire facias personally For serving by leaving a copy For executing bail piece Dolls. Cts. 23 May 1893 § 2. For travelling expenses on an execution returned nulla bona and non est inventus where the constable has been at the defendant's last residence, each mile For travelling expenses in all other cases, each mile For executing order for the removal of a pauper For travelling expenses in said removal, each mile circular For serving summons in landlord and tenant proceedings For serving notice in landlord and tenant proceedings For taking inventory of goods on an execution (each item) For serving capias execution Constable and appraisers personally, each, on appraisement 1 00 All acts or parts of acts in force at the date of the passage of this act inconsistent with its provisions are hereby repealed. Ibid. § 3. Repeal. 19 May 1887. P. L. 184. Mileage for route 35. Jurors, witnesses and constables attending the several courts of this commonwealth, or any other persons who by law are required to travel to the county seat, and who, under existing laws, are entitled to mileage, shall have the same computed by the route usually travelled in going from the points or places where usually travelled. said jurors, witnesses, constables or other persons may respectively reside to the county seat, whether that route be by the public highways, railroads or otherwise: Provided, That in no case shall more mileage be allowed than for the miles actually travelled. 36. Coroner.(1) Viewing a dead body XI. Coroners. Dolls. Cts. 28 March 1814 § 19. 2 75 6 Sin. 233. Summoning and qualifying an inquest, drawing and returning inquisition 1 37 Fees of coroners. Summoning and qualifying each witness To be paid out of the goods, chattels, lands or tenements of the slayer (in case of murder or manslaughter), if any he hath, otherwise, by the county, with mileage from the court-house to the place of viewing the body.(m) Executing any process or writs of any kind, the same fees as are allowed to the sheriff, and the same mileage. 25 unless deceased 37. It shall not be the duty of any coroner of the county of Philadelphia (n) to 6 April 1845 § 9. hold an inquest on the body of any deceased person, unless the said deceased P. L. 589. person shall have died of violent death, and if the said coroner shall hold an Not to receive fees inquest in any other case, he shall not be entitled to compensation therefor. In- for holding inquest stead of the fees now allowed him by law, the said coroner shall receive, for each in Philadelphia, inquest held by him, the sum of four dollars, and when he shall make any died a violent payments for jury-fees, witnesses or burials, he shall take receipts for all sums so death. paid, and upon presentation of an account of such payments, certified to be correct and true, by the oath or affirmation of the said coroner, before a proper officer, accompanied by said receipts, he shall be entitled to a reimbursement of said sums from the county treasury: Provided, That the fees to be received by the coroner, Limitation of fees. for his own services, shall not exceed the sum of fifteen hundred dollars per Inquest to consist annum.(0) It shall not be lawful for the said coroner to summon more than six of six. jurors on any one inquest.(p) 38. In all cases hereafter of violent deaths in Berks (q) and Lancaster 8 Feb. 1848 § 1. counties, (r) when an inquest shall be held on the body of the deceased, and it (1) The fees of the coroner of Allegheny county are fixed by the act 9 March 1867. P. L. 382. And this has been extended to the counties of Schuylkill, Bucks, Lycoming, Beaver and Berks. And see act 21 March 1868, as to the fees of the coroner of Cambria county. P. L. 412. (m) Upon a coroner's inquest, neither coroner, jury, nor witnesses are entitled to mileage. Coroner's Inquest, 2 Del. Co. 446. (n) Extended to Armstrong county, by act 8 March 1855, P. L. 64. And see act 30 March 1866, as to Luzerne county, P. L. 391; act 18 March 1869, as to Westmoreland, P. L. 404; and act 8 March 1872, as to Cambria county, P. L. 294. (p) By act 16 May 1857, a coroner's jury is, in all cases, to consist of six only. P. L. 536. (q) Repealed as to Berks county, by act 2 April 1856. P. L. 219. (r) Since extended to the counties of Blair, Indiana, Bucks, Montgomery, Armstrong, Washington and Northumberland. In Northampton county, the compensation is fixed at $15, by act 19 April 1856, unless increased by the county commissioners. P. L. 461. See act 18 March 1864, as to Butler county, P. L. 60 ; act 30 January 1866, P. L. 6, as to Schuylkill and Mercer counties (which, however, is repealed as to 8 Feb. 1848 § 1. P. L. 29. Fees for post mortem examination, in Berks and Lancaster counties. 28 March 1814 § 24. 6 Sm. 234. Fees of county treasurers on sale shall be deemed necessary, by a coroner or justice of the peace holding the inquest, to call upon a surgeon or physician to make a post mortem examination, the fee to be received of the county by such surgeon or physician shall be ten dollars, unless the commissioners of the county shall be of opinion that his services deserve more, when it may be increased by them to such an amount as they may think just.(s) XII. County treasurer. 39. The fees to be received by county treasurers on the sale of unseated lands for taxes shall be as follows: Advertising each tract, including printer's charge of unseated lands Selling each tract, or part thereof, as the case may require for taxes. Writing and signing every deed Acknowledging every deed Writing and filing every bond to secure the purchase-money 11 April 1866 § 1. P. L. 711. 40. The fees of the county treasurers of Luzerne and Clearfield counties,(t) on unseated lands, shall be as follows: 1 00 Acknowledging every deed 2 00 50 50 50 Fees in Luzerne and Clearfield, &c. Advertising each tract of land, including printer's charges Selling each tract, or part thereof, as the case may require Writing and signing every deed Ibid. § 2. Stamps. Ibid. § 3. License fees. Writing and filing every bond to secure the purchase-money 41. The treasurers of said counties shall be entitled to charge, in addition to the fees above named, the requisite amount for payment of any internal revenue stamp that may be required, by act of congress, to be used on instruments executed by him. 42. The fees to be allowed to said treasurer on licenses, and issued by him, shall be as follows: (u) Dolls. Cts. 43. The fees to be received by the attorney-general shall be as follows, Dolls. Cts. 3 00 44. In lieu of the fees now provided for by law, the attorney-general and district-attorneys of the several counties of this commonwealth, except the city and county of Philadelphia, and the county of Allegheny, shall receive respectively, Dolls. Cts. for Drawing indictment and prosecuting every offence indictable only in the 10 00 A bill for an offence indictable only in the quarter sessions and returned Drawing indictment and prosecuting every offence indictable only in the A bill for an offence indictable only in the oyer and terminer and returned 5 00 5 00 3 00 3 00 Case settled with leave of court ( Schuylkill county, by act 28 June 1871, P. L. 1380); and act 11 April 1866, as to Allegheny county. P. L. 602. (8) See Allegheny County v. Watt, 3 P. S. 462. Commonwealth v. Harman, 4 Ibid. 269. Lancaster County v. Mishler, 14 L. Bar 101. (t) This has been extended to the counties of Northumberland, Bedford, Clinton and Lycoming. See act 3 April 1872, P. L. 798, as to Beaver county. (u) See tit. "Liquors." By the act 6 June 1893, § 1, P. L. 340, all fees in Philadelphia are abolished for services rendered on behalf of the commonwealth. See tit. "County Treasurers." (v) Duties in criminal prosecutions transferred to 3 00 the district-attorneys, by act 3 May 1850, and the same fees allowed them. See tit. "District-Attorneys." See act 3 March 1871, P. L. 165, as to Northampton county; which was extended to Fayette county, by act 12 March 1873. P. L. 264. (w) By act 21 April 1854, § 1, the attorney-general is entitled to a fee of $5 for examining the charter of a mining company, and to $5 for recording the same. P. L. 437. And by act 1 May 1861, § 2, to $5 for examining and approving the charter of a banking company. P. L. 504. (x) The act of 1821 allowed $1.50 for this service, for which no provision is made in the 2d section. 45. The fees to be allowed and paid to the prosecuting attorney for the county 14 May 1857 § 2. of Allegheny (y) shall be as follows: Dolls. Cts. For drawing bill of indictment and prosecuting the same, for every offence For drawing bill of indictment and prosecuting the same in quarter ses P. L. 507. 6 00 county and Alle- 4 00 1000.00 3 888 3 00 46. In lieu of the fees now allowed by law, the district-attorney in and for the 12 April 1866 § 1. counties of Lawrence, Indiana, Jefferson, Dauphin, Crawford, Clearfield, [Bradford,] P. L. 103. Wayne, Pike, Monroe, Carbon, Tioga, Luzerne, Butler, Lancaster, Lehigh, North- In certain other ampton, Schuylkill, Elk, Warren, Susquehanna, Lycoming, Blair, Cumberland, counties. Cambria, Westmoreland, Fayette, Adams, Franklin, York, Somerset, Potter, Lebanon, McKean and Clinton (2) shall receive, respectively, For drawing indictment, and prosecuting every offence indictable only in the oyer and terminer For every such bill returned ignoramus Drawing bill of indictment and prosecuting the same, in the quarter For every other such bill returned ignoramus XIV. Jurors and viewers. 12 .00 47. The pay of jurors(a) in this commonwealth shall be two dollars a day, with 28 Feb. 1878 § 1. mileage as now allowed by law :(b) Provided, That the provisions of this act shall P. L. 37. not apply where the pay of jurors is now fixed by law at more than two dollars per Fees of jurors. day.(c) P. L. 147. Coroners' jurors. 48. All persons hereafter summoned or notified to serve as coroners' jurors, in 11 June 1879 § 1. this commonwealth shall be entitled to receive as compensation the sum of one dollar per day, when the time employed does not exceed six hours, and in all cases where the time employed exceeds six hours, the compensation shall be one dollar and fifty cents per day, and the same compensation for all additional days, and no mileage; these fees to be paid in the same manner that the fees of coroners' jurors are now paid. 26 May 1893. 49. The pay of viewers and reviewers of roads and bridges, commissioners of roads, and of commissioners appointed to run township lines and to divide boroughs into wards and township division lines in the several counties of this com- Pay of viewers and monwealth, shall be two dollars, and the pay of surveyors for that purpose shall be reviewers. four dollars for every day necessarily employed in the duties of their office, and the Pay of surveyors. same shall be paid by the proper county, or by the petitioners asking for their By whom paid. appointment, as the court shall by order direct when such proceedings are ended.(d) P. L. 188. Mileage. 50. Road and bridge viewers, and reviewers, commissioners of roads, commis- 18 May 1874 § 2. sioners and surveyors in the several counties of this commonwealth, in addition to their per diem pay, shall be entitled to mileage, at the rate of ten cents per mile necessarily travelled by each viewer, reviewer, commissioner or surveyor from his residence to the nearest part of the road viewed or reviewed on the line or lines to be run, to be paid in the same manner as is now provided by law with regard to the pay of viewers, reviewers or commissioners. (y) By act 31 March 1860, the fees of the districtattorney of Philadelphia are to be the same as in Allegheny county. P. L. 477. (z) Extended to the counties of Erie, Fulton, Lycoming, Berks, Mercer, Bucks, Centre, Huntingdon, Bedford and Delaware, by subsequent local laws. See act 27 March 1865, P. L. 798, as to Beaver and Clarion counties; which was extended to Northumberland county, by act 17 April 1869, P. L. 1125. See also, acts 11 April 1866, P. L. 712, and 26 March 1867, P. L. 572, as to Cambria county; act 12 March 1866, P. L. 171, as to Washington county; and act 15 March 1867, P. L. 474, as to Greene and Sullivan counties. The fees of district-attorneys in Bradford and Cameron counties are now regulated by acts 11 April 1869, P. L. 712, and 26 March 1867, P. L. 572. (a) See tit. "Lunatics and Habitual Drunkards." (b) Fees due a juror cannot be attached. Simons v. Whartenaby, 2 Clark 438. See amendment 25 June 1895, P. L. 284, (c) Jurors receive $2.50 per diem in the counties of Allegheny, Elk, Bucks and Philadelphia. In the courts of the United States, jurors living at a distance, and not receiving mileage at adjournments, are entitled to their daily pay for those days on which the jury stands adjourned. Parker v. Kempton, 1 Wall. Jr. C. C. 344. The county is liable for the expense of boarding and lodging a jury impanelled and kept together in a capital case, by order of the court. Commissioners v. Hall, 7 W. 290. (d) This is an amendment of the act 13 May 1874, § 1. P. L. 138. Supp. 2574. 19 May 1887. P. L. 184. Mileage for route 51. Jurors, witnesses and constables attending the several courts of this commonwealth, or any other persons who by law are required to travel to the county seat, and who, under existing laws, are entitled to mileage, shall have the same usually travelled. computed by the route usually travelled in going from the points or places where said jurors, witnesses, constables or other persons may respectively reside to the county seat, whether that route be by the public highways, railroads or otherwise : Provided, That in no case shall more mileage be allowed than for the miles actually travelled. 23 May 1893 § 1. P. L. 117. XV. Justices and magistrates. 52. There shall be uniformity throughout the commonwealth in the charges of justices of the peace, aldermen, magistrates and constables, and their fees shall Uniform fees in all be as follows, to wit: That from and after the passage of this act the fees of justices of the peace, magistrates and aldermen, shall be: counties of the commonwealth. Hearing parties Holding inquisition under landlord and tenant act, or in case of forcible entry, each day, each justice . Process, et cetera, to sheriff, each justice Dolls. Cts. 50 25 50 50 50 10 50 50 50 25 25 2 00 Recording proceedings, each justice 1 50 Writ of restitution, each justice 75 Warrant to appraise damages Warrant to sell strays. Warrant to appraise swine Receiving and entering return of appraisement of swine Publishing proceedings of appraisers of swine Every additional name after the first, all witnesses' names to be in one subpoena unless separate subpoenas be requested by the parties. Return of proceedings on certiorari or appeals, including recognizances 25 50 1 00 Receiving the amount of a judgment and paying the same over, if not ex ceeding ten dollars. 25 Every continuance of a suit. Trial and judgment in case Taking bail or plea of freehold Entering satisfaction Entering discontinuance of suit Entering amicable suit. If exceeding ten, and not exceeding forty dollars If exceeding forty, and not exceeding sixty dollars If exceeding sixty, and not exceeding one hundred dollars. And a like amount on each one hundred up to three hundred. Affidavit in case of attachment Entering action in case of attachment Rule on garnishee. Return of rule on garnishee Bond in case of attachment Entering return and appointing freeholders Advertisement, each Order to sell goods Order for the relief of a pauper, each justice Entering transcript of judgment from another justice or alderman Order for the removal of a pauper, each justice or alderman Order to seize goods for the maintenance of wife and children Order for premium for wolf, fox or other scalps, to be paid by the county Every acknowledgment or probate of deed, or other instrument of writing, for first name 1 00 P. L. 117. 25 25 35 50 1 00 50 50 25 50 50 75 Marrying each couple, making record thereof and certificates to the. parties 5 00 Certificate of approbation of two justices to the binding as apprentice of a Each additional name after the first Taking and signing acknowledgment of indenture of an apprentice Swearing or affirming county commissioner, assessor, director of the poor, Entering complaint in landlord and tenant proceedings, act one thousand Issuing process in landlord and tenant proceedings, act one thousand eight hundred and thirty Hearing and determining case in landlord and tenant proceedings, act one thousand eight hundred and thirty Record of proceedings in landlord and tenant proceedings, act one thousand eight hundred and thirty Writ of possession (and return) in landlord and tenant proceedings, act one thousand eight hundred and thirty When more than one magistrate is required in landlord and tenant proceedings the above fees shall be charged by each magistrate. Entering complaint in landlord and tenant proceedings, act one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three Issuing process in landlord and tenant proceedings, act one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three Hearing and determining case, act one thousand eight hundred and sixty three 1 00 Record of proceedings, act one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three Issuing writ of restitution (and return), act one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three 1 50 1 00 75 75 The fees for services under the laws of the United States shall be as follows: For certificate to clerk of the district court to issue admiralty process For affidavits of claims and copies thereof The fees for services not herein specially provided, shall be the same as for similar services. 50 25 25 25 25 50 25 25 |