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ORDINANCE NO. 19.
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AN ORDINANCE FIXING FEES OF THE MAYOR OR REOORDER,CI'T'Y ATTORNEK
OR PERSON REPRESENT ING THE STATE, MARSHAL AND DEP ill'Y NiAHSHAL ,OR
OTHER POLICE' OFFICERS; PHOVIDING FOR THE TAXING AND COLLECTING
OF OOSTS OF' COURT IN CRIMINAL CASES TRIED BEFORE: THE CORPORATION
COURT IN THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE; REPEALING ALL PRIOR
ORDINANCES, AND DEOLARING AN EMERGENCY.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
UN IVE RS I TY PLACE:
Sect ion 1.
Fees of Mayor or Recorder.-- The mayor or recorder, as
the case may be, shall receive as compensation for each case
tried in the - corporat ion court, 'where complaint is made in any
criminal case arising ~ithin the corporate limits of the City
of West U"niversity Place, a fee of Two DOll,?-rs ($2.00) ~ this
fee to be paid by the City of West' University Place and not
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taxed as costs, and irrespective of the,fact that there is a
plea of guilty, or whether or not there is a conviction and no
appeal taken, or whether, upon appeal, the judgment is affirmed
or revel'sed.
Section 2.
F'ees of Ci ty Attorney or Person Representing the State.--
The city attorney, or attorney who represents the State in a
criminal action in the corporation coo_rt, shall receive for
each case tried, where a plea of guilty is entered, a fee of
Five Dollars ($5.00), and for each contested case, where there,
is a conviction where no appeal is taken, or where, upon appeal,
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a fee of Ten Doll~rs ($10.00).
Section 3.
Fees of j\farsh8.1, Detn.lty IvIarshaland Other Peace Officers. ~
The rnarshaJ., deput-:! ma11sha1 or other peace officers who execute
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pro,cesses and perform services for ma:rors or recorders in
criminal actions shall receive the followins fees:
(a) For executing each warrant of arrest oreapias,
or making arrest without warrant, One Dollar (*1.00).
(b) For summoning each witness, Fifty Cents (50~).
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(c) For serving any writ not otherwise provided for,
One Dollar ($1.00).
(d) For taking and approving each bond aDd returning
the same to the courthouse, when necessary, One Dollar ($1.00).
(e) For each commitment or release, One Dollar ($1.00,).
(f) Jury fee in each case actually tried by jury,'"
FiftW Cents (501).
(g) For conveying a prisoner after conviction to the
county jail, for each mile, going and coming, by the nearest
practicable route, by private conveyance, Ten Cents (lOt) a
mile, or by railway, Seven and One-Half Cents (7~1) a mile.
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(h) For each mile he may be compelled to travel in'
executing criminal process and suwtloning or attaching witnes-
ses, Five Cents (51). For traveling in the service of process
not otherwise provided for, the sum of Five Cents (51) for each
mile going and returning. If two or more persons are mentioned
in tpe same writ, or two or more writs in the same case, he
shall charge for the distance actually and necessarily traveled
in the execution of the same.
Section 4.
CoIl ect ion 0 f Costs. --. , The~C'e shall be taxed aga ins t
and collected of each defendant in cases of his conviction
before said corporation court such costs as are provi~ed by
this ordinance, except the fee Drovided in Section 1 of this
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ordinance relating to the mayor or, recorder, which such fee is
not to be taxed as costs in any case but is to be paid by the
City of West University Place as compensation; that said costs
shall be collected either by imprisonment of the defendant as
provided by law or as otherwi se provided for b.y law for the
collection of sai d cos ts.
Section 5.
That all prior ordinances covering the subject-matter
of this ordinance and all prior ordinances or any parts thereof
that are in conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby
repealed.
Section 6.
The fact that certain original ci t.yo rdinances are lost
or mi'splaced and/or there is conflict between ordinances and
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confusion concerning ordinances, creates an emergency ,and an
impera~ive public necessity, wherefore the second and third
readings of this ordinance'are hereby suspended and this
ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage,
approval and publication as required b~.
Passedand approved this ~~Of
Fe bruary, 1929.
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