Chapter CXCI. to regulate the fees if the registers of wills in the several counties within the District of Columbia
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Chap. CXCI.— An Act to regulate the fees if the registers of wills in the several counties within the District of Columbia.May 26, 1824. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* That,Specific fees to the registers of wills for Washington and Alexandria. from and after the passing of this act, there shall be allowed, and paid, (in lieu of the fees now allowed,) to each of the registers of wills, for the counties of Wash-72EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 191. 1824.ington and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, the following fees; that is to say: ForProbates. every probate of will, (where there is no controversy,) one dollar; ForLetters testamentary. granting letters testamentary, seventy-five cents; AnnexingAnnexing wills. will, for one hundred words, twelve and one half cents; RegisteringRegistering. the same, for one hundred words, twelve [and] a half cents; ForLetters of administration. granting letters of administration, seventy-five cents;
Every bond taken of executors, administrators, or guardians, and recording the same, one dollar and fifty cents: ForFiling, &c. filing and entering renunciation of executors, or widows, twenty-five cents; ForExemplification, &c. exemplification of letters testamentary, or letters of administration, under seal, one dollar; ForWarrants under seal. issuing warrant, under seal, to appraisers, and warrant to swear them, fifty cents; ForNotice of administrators. notice of administrators to creditors, and orders thereon, fifty cents;
ForEntering caveats. entering caveat, twenty-five cents; ForCitations under seal. issuing citation, under seal, fifty cents; ForOaths. administering every oath, or affirmation, six and one fourth cents; ForLists of articles appraised. filing list of articles appraised, twenty-five cents; ForLists of articles sold at vendue. filing list of articles sold at vendue, twenty-five cents; ForRecording the same. recording the same, (if ordered by the court,) for every hundred words, twelve and one half cents;
ForAccounts of an executor, &c. stating, passing, and filing the account of an executor, administrator, or guardian, not exceeding seventy-five items, three dollars; every additional item, two cents; ForExamining vouchers, &c. examining the vouches [vouchers,] passing, and filing the account of an executor, administrator, or guardian, (not stated by the register,) and not exceeding seventy-five items, two dollars; every additional item, two cents; ForCopies of same under seal. copy of same, under seal, if demanded, not exceeding one hundred items, one dollar: every additional item, two cents; seal and certificate, thirty-seven cents and one half;
ForSubpœnas. subpoena, thirty-seven cents and one half. All witnesses to be put into one subpœna, unless separate ones are required by the party. For every name after the first, six cents and one fourth; ForDuces tecum. duces tecum, under seal, fifty cents; ForSearch. every search, where no other service is performed for which fees are allowed, eighteen cents and three-fourths; ForBalance of distribution of deceased persons’ estate. making out, and filing, tire balance of distribution of deceased persons’ estate, for each heir, one dollar;
ForTaxing costs. taxing all costs, in any one case, twenty-five cents; ForWrits of execution. a writ of execution, on a definitive sentence, under seal, seventy-five cents; ForRecording, &c. indentures of apprentices, &c. recording, and filing, each indenture of apprentice, including the court’s taking recognisance for same, or its approval when done by the justices of the peace, seventy-five cents; ForDepositions of witnesses. drawing depositions of witnesses, for every hundred words, twelve cents and one half;
ForFiling all other papers. filing all other papers (except as above required,) four cents each; ForAppearance of party under process. entering appearance of party under process, twelve cents and one half; ForReturn of process. entering return of process, twelve and one half cents; ForContinuance or reference, chargeable, &c. every continuance or reference, chargeable to the applicants, twelve and one half cents. ForCommission to examine witnesses, &c. Orphans estate. commission to examine witnesses, or to auditors, under seal, one dollar.
For commission to value orphans’ estate, in the hands of guardians, under seal, one dollar; EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 192. 1824.73 for entering every order of court, twelve cents and one half; if moreEntering orders of Court. than one hundred words, then, at the rate of twelve cents and one half per hundred; For recording or copying any paper, for one hundred words, twelveRecording and copying papers. cents and one half; seal and certificate, thirty-seven cents and one half;
For filing petition or report, and entering the same on record, (ifFiling petitions or reports. necessary,) fifty cents; if more than one hundred words, at the rate of twelve cents and one half per hundred; For entering judgment, or rule of court, twenty-five cents; copy ofEntering judgments, &c. same, if demanded, for every hundred words twelve cents and one half; seal and certificate, thirty-seven cents and one half; For entering every motion in court, twelve and one half cents;Entering motions in court.
For entering appointment of guardian, with certificate and seal of saidEntering appointment of guardian, &c. appointment, one dollar; every additional word included in the same certificate, twelve and one half cents; For issuing attachment and entering motion therefor, seventy-fiveIssuing attachments, &c. cents; For taking a recognisance, twenty-five cents;Taking a recognisance. For warrant to marshal to summon jury, under seal, seventy-fiveWarrant to summon jury. cents; For entering panel of jury, and swearing them, fifty cents;Entering panel of jury.
For taking, filing, and recording, every bond, not above provided for,Taking, filing, &c., bonds. one dollar; For passing an account against the estate of a deceased person, twelvePassing accounts, &c. and a half cents; to be paid by the applicant, and not to be refunded. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* ThatFair tables of fees to be made out by the officers whose fees are by this act specified. the respective officers, whose fees are by this act specified, are hereby required to make fair tables of their fees, agreeable to this act, and to set up the same in their respective offices, within six months after the passing of this act, in some conspicuous part of their office, for the inspection of all persons who may have business in said offices; on pain of forfeiting, for each day the same shall be missing through said officer’s neglect, the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered as debts of the same amount are recoverable, one half to the county, and the other half to the informer.
Sec. 3. *And be it further enacted,* That,Register to pay filly dollars to any person from whom he shall take greater fees than expressed in this act. if a register of wills, or any person for him, shall take greater fees than herein before expressed, such officer shall forfeit and pay the party injured fifty dollars, to be recovered as debts of the same amount are recoverable. *Provided, always,* That the judges of the orphans’ court may allow to the registers [register] of wills, reasonable fees for any service he may have rendered, not specified in this act.
Sec. 4. *And be it further enacted,* ThatLevy courts to allow the registers for all records, &c., furnished their respective offices. the register [registers] of wills of the counties of Washington and Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, shall be allowed by the levy courts of their respective counties, for all record books and dockets necessarily furnished for their respective offices, which allowance shall be levied and collected as other county charges are. Approved, May 26, 1824.
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