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drivers, &c., not

Lord's day.

or of any extra carriage, or of any hackney coach, coachee, chaise, Stage owners, sleigh, or other pleasure carriage, shall suffer or allow any person to to suffer persons travel, except from necessity or charity, in such carriage, on the to travel on Lord's day, between the rising of the sun and the setting of the same, on penalty of twenty dollars for every offense; but this sec- Proviso as to tion shall not extend to the owners or drivers of carriages, employed mail. for carrying the United States mail through this state on the Lord's day.

United States

the seventh day,

act.

SECT. 11. No person, who conscientiously believes that the sev- Persons keeping enth day of the week ought to be observed as the sabbath, and ac- not liable to the tually refrains from secular business and labor on that day, shall be penalties of this liable to the penalties of this act, for performing secular business and labor on the Lord's day, provided that he disturbs no other person while attending the duties of public worship.

SECT. 12. All fines and penalties, incurred by a violation of this Fines, how disact, shall be for the use of the town where the offense is committed. posed of.

TITLE LIII.

AN ACT RELATING TO SALARIES AND FEES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly convened:

SECTION 1. That the salaries of the several officers, and the fees for the several services, hereinafter mentioned, shall be as follows, to wit:

1. OF STATE OFFICERS.

The governor, one thousand, one hundred dollars per annum. The lieutenant governor, three hundred dollars per annum. The treasurer, one thousand, five hundred dollars per annum; three hundred dollars of which shall be paid from the school fund for services regarding that fund.

The secretary, one thousand dollars per annum.

The comptroller of public accounts, one thousand dollars per

annum.

The letting of a carriage, from motives of charity, no violation. Myers v. State, 1 C. R. 502.

The commissioner of the school fund, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, to be paid from the school fund.

The state librarian, one thousand two hundred dollars per annum. The executive secretary, one thousand dollars per annum, in lieu of all other compensation.

Each chief clerk of the treasurer, secretary, comptroller of public accounts, and commissioner of the school fund, three dollars and fifty cents a day, and each other clerk in either of said offices, two dollars and fifty cents a day, while necessarily employed in their respective offices; the clerks of the commissioner of the school fund, to be paid from the school fund.

2. OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

SECT. 2. Each judge of the supreme court of errors, and of the superior court, two thousand dollars per annum, and in addition thereto, for each day, not exceeding one hundred days in each year actually occupied in the performance of judicial duties, five dollars a day.

To a judge, for appointing appraisers, to estimate damages, on the application of a railroad company, for a single appointment, five dollars, and for each additional appointment made at the same time, two dollars, together with the actual traveling expenses of the judge to make the appointments, to be paid by the railroad company.

To a judge, for hearing an application for, or to dissolve, a temporary injunction in vacation, when the parties appear and a trial is had, four dollars.

To a judge, for taking the acknowledgment of a deed of land situated out of the state of Connecticut, one dollar.

To the reporter of judicial decisions, one thousand two hundred dollars per annum.

To messengers of courts, one dollar and fifty cents a day, to be taxed by the court.

3. OF MILITARY OFFICERS.

SECT. 3. The compensation of the adjutant-general, the quartermaster-general, and the paymaster-general, shall be that of a lieutenant-colonel on like duty in the United States service.

The compensation of the assistant quartermaster-general, stationed in New York city, shall be that of a lieutenant-colonel on like duty in the United States service.

SECT. 4. All the annual salaries aforesaid shall be paid semi-annually, in advance, in equal instalments, on the second Monday of May, and the second Monday of November, in each year; and the per diem salaries shall be paid quarterly, on the second Mondays of May, August, November, and February, in each year, and the comptroller shall draw on the treasurer for the same.

4. FEES OF THE SECRETARY.

SECT. 5. The following fees shall be paid to the secretary, to wit: For recording certificates of joint stock and other corporations, filed to be recorded in the office of the secretary, a sum equal to twenty-five cents for each page of two hundred and eighty words, to be paid by the party filing the same.

For all certified copies and charters of incorporated companies, a sum equal to twenty-five cents for every legal page, to be paid to the clerk of the secretary by the parties receiving the same.

No fees shall be paid the secretary or clerk for copies of such resolutions, as relate to the payment of money from the state treasury.

5. FEES IN THE SUPERIOR COURT.

SECT. 6. The following fees shall be paid in the superior court, to wit:

For the trial of each action, petition, or memorial, four dollars. For each judgment on default or nonsuit, two dollars.

For each continuance, twenty-five cents.

For each license to a tavern keeper, or other person, eighty-three

cents.

The fees of the clerks, except in cases appealed from justices of the peace, shall be;

For entering each action, petition, or memorial and judgment thereon, fifty cents.

For each jury warrant, thirty-four cents.

For opening and filing each deposition, five cents.

For license to a tavern keeper or other person, seventeen cents. For each recognizance, nine cents.

For each execution, twenty-five cents.

For entering each action appealed from a justice of the peace, and judgment thereon, or continuance, twenty-two cents.

For each execution in such action, seventeen cents.

For recording bills in form, and making all records, other than records of judgments, and for all copies, at the rate of twenty-five cents for a page of twenty-eight lines, ten words in a line.

For receiving and filing an assessment of damages by the appraisers of land taken for a railroad, fifty cents.

For an execution issued on such appraisal, twenty-five cents.

For an appointment of a commissioner of the superior court, to be paid by the appointee, fifty cents.

For certifying, under seal, to the official character of any magistrate authorized to administer oaths, fifty cents.

6. OF PARTIES IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS.

SECT. 7. The fees of parties in civil proceedings, which may be taxed in bills of cost, shall be as follows, to wit:

For each common and ordinary writ and declaration on book or note, exclusive of signing and bond, fifty cents.

For all other writs and declarations, or petitions, which do not exceed one page of two hundred and eighty words, exclusive of signing and bond, one dollar.

For each succeeding page of the same number of words, fifty

cents.

For service of process, the legal fees charged by the officer.

For travel to court, when the party resides in the state, three cents a mile.

For travel to court, when the party resides out of the state, one dollar.

Only one days' attendance will be taxed at any intermediate term

of the court, when the action is continued for advisement, or under a reference by rule of court.

For each witness attending court, thirty-four cents a day.
For travel of witnesses to court, five cents a mile.

The travel of witnesses, residing out of the state, will be computed and taxed only from the state line on the route usually traveled. But one travel will be allowed for the same witness, in the same cause, at the same term of the court, except upon terms previously approved by the court. If the same witness be in attendance in more than one case, between the same parties, at the same time, and in behalf of the same party, his fees for travel and attendance will be taxed in one case only.

For each deposition taken out of the state, one dollar and fifty

cents.

For each deposition taken within the state, sixty-seven cents.

For attorney fee in the superior court, where the matter in demand is less than one hundred dollars, one dollar and thirty-four cents; and where the matter in demand is one hundred dollars or more, two dollars and sixty-eight cents.

For each bill in form, at the rate of twenty-five cents for each page of two hundred and eighty words.

For copies of records used in evidence, at the rate of twenty-five oents for each page of two hundred and eighty words.

For the signing of process, for bonds, recognizances, court fees and clerk fees, the sums fixed by law for such services respectively. For each subpoena for witnesses, twenty-five cents.

For service of subpoena, the same sum allowed officers for serving oivil process, except that no fees will be allowed for the return of the subpoena to court.

For all sums paid for stamps, in accordance with any law of the United States, as evidenced by the stamp on the instrument connected with the process, the amount thus paid out.

7. OF JURORS.

SECT. 8. Six dollars, jury fee, shall be paid to the clerk, for the use of the state, by the parties before trial.

The fees of all jurors attending the superior court shall be, each, one dollar and fifty cents a day.

To each standing juror shall be allowed a travel fee of six cents a mile, to be computed from his place of residence to the place of holding the court, and from thence to his place of residence, which travel fee shall be allowed for every week of his attendance as such juror.

To each juryman for assessing damages on highways, one dollar and fifty cents a day.

For trials of forcibly entry and detainer, one dollar a day. SECT. 9. The fees of county commissioners shall be as follows, to wit:

For trials of forcible entry and detainer, two dollars a day.
For all other services, three dollars a day.

8. OF STATE ATTORNIES.

SECT. 10. The fees of state attornies shall be as follows, to wit: For conducting and pleading a civil cause, before the superior court, in behalf of the state, seven dollars.

For prosecuting a civil cause in behalf of the state, where judg ment is rendered on confession or default, in the superior court, three dollars and thirty-four cents.

For conducting and pleading a cause before the supreme court of errors, a reasonable sum, to be taxed by the court.

For showing cause, why the application of a person confined by reason of insanity should not be granted, such reasonable compensation as the court shall tax and allow.

9. OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

SECT. 11. The following fees shall be paid to justices of the peace, to wit:

For signing an attachment, summons, or subpoena, nine cents.
For taking a recognizance, nine cents.

For taking an affidavit out of court, or administering an oath, nine cents.

For taking the acknowledgment of a deed, nine cents.

For appointing appraisers of land, to be set off on execution, when necessary, and for administering the oath to such appraisers, twentyfive cents.

For the entry and trial of each action, one dollar.

For trial of forcible entry and detainer, one dollar a day.

For bond on appeal, nine cents.

For judgment and record, on default, confession, or nonsuit, twentyfive cents.

For each execution, seventeen cents.

For copies, or records, the same as to clerks of the superior court.

10. OF NOTARIES PUBLIC.

SECT. 12. The fees of notaries public shall be as follows, to wit: For noting a bill of exchange, or promissory note, for protest, twenty-five cents.

For entering a protest of the same, fifty cents.

For recording a protest, twenty-five cents.

For noting without protest, fifty cents.

For notice to indorsers, &c., twenty-five cents each.

For travel per mile, nine cents.

For taking the acknowledgment of a power of attorney, twenty

five cents.

For taking the acknowledgment of a deed, nine cents.

For affixing the notarial seal, twenty-five cents.

For a marine protest, two dollars.

For each certificate, twenty-five cents.

For copies, the same as the fees of clerks of the superior court. For administering an oath to a pensioner of the United States, and taking the acknowledgment of a power of attorney under his official seal, on the pension papers of such person, fifty cents.

11. OF TOWN CLERKS.

SECT. 13. The fees of town clerks shall be as follows, to wit: For recording an ordinary deed, without condition, and with but one certificate of acknowledgment, twenty-five cents.

For a copy of such deed, twenty-five cents.

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