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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsmo0011 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF IMISSOUR.
CHAPTEIL XVX.
AN ACT supplementary to an act, entitled, An act, to regu,
late the fees of thu several oflicers ofthis State.
LSEc. 1.] Be it enacted by the General .ssembly of the
State of Alissouri, That no oflicer. or other person,
No anicer to whose fees are hereinafter ascertained, shall, at ally
demand time hereafter, exact, ask. demand, or receive for his
greater fees services, any other or greater fee, than is hereinafter
than those
herein al. prescribed.
lowed. (Shc. e.) Be it further enacted. That Attornies at
Law, and solicitors in Chancery. shall be entitled to
Attorney's charge for their services, the following fees, to wit:
fees. For drawing and filing declarations, pleas andi plead-
ings for either party, of every kind or nature whatev-
cr, in any cause at law, and prosecuting the same to
final judgment, three dollars. For instituting suit and
piosecuting the same to final judgient by summons
and petition, two dollars and fifty cents. For drawing
and filing petitions, two dollars and fifty cents. Bills,
or answers in Chancery, two dollars and fifty cents.
Obtaining a ne excat, two dollars and fifty cents. Ob.
taming or dissolving injunctions, two dollars and fifty
cents. Trial of issue or issues offact before a jiry in
Chancery causes, two dollars and fifty cents. Obtain-
ing final decrees, two dollars and fifty cents, to be tax-
ed in the bill of costs against the unsuccessfid party.
(SEC. 3.) Be it further eHitcted, That the several
FacB ofro. judges of the Probate Courts shall be entitled, for their
hate Judges. Lervices, to the following fees: For taking the Pro-
bate of any will or codicil, and granting certificate
where there is no controversy, fifty cents. For a
decree respecting the Probate of any will or codicil,
where the same is contested, and granting certificate,
one dollar. For granting letters testamentary, or of
administration, or appointing a guardian, where there
is no controversy, twenty-five cents. For granting or
refusing letters testamentary, or of administration, or
the appointment of a guardian, where there is a con-
troversy, (to be paid by the applicant.) seventy-five
cents. For granting letters of administration, pend-
ing q suit during the minority or absence of the exec.
ttor, or appointing a person to collect the estate,
twenty-five cents. For administering every oath, six
and one fourth cents. For hearing and determining
every application to compel an executor, adminis'ra-
tor, or guardian, to give new bond or additional aecu-](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.slavery/ssactsmo0011&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)