FEES FOR THE CONSULAR COURTS OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN CHINA
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98-In Consular Court,
all cases and estates where the amount in question is not more than $500
all cases and estates where it is over $500
all cases where no specific damages are songht the fee shall he $5 for minor and $15 for greater cases.
99— Clerk's Feer.
or issuing all writs, warrants, attachments, or other compulsory process
or docketing every suit commenced
or execntions
br all summonses
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or all subpoenas and notices
br filing and entering every declaration, plea, or other paper
þr administering an oath or affirmation, except to an associate
or taking an acknowledgment
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or taking and certifying depositions to file (for each folio of 100 words): for the first 100 words, 50 cents; for
each sncceeding folio
or a copy of such deposition, furnished to a party on request, per folio...
or entering any return, rule, order, continuance, jndgment, decree, or recognizance, or drawing any hond, or
making any record, certificate, return, or report: for each folio
or a copy of any entry or of any paper on file: for each folio
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he docket fee of $1, hereinhefore allowed, shall cover all charges for making dockets and indexes, issuing venire for associates, taxing costs, and all other services not specified herein, in all cases where the amount involved is $100 or less; where the amount involved exceeds $100 the clerk shall he allowed for the services specified in the foregoing paragraph, in all cases up to $500, inclusive, a fee of...
2.00
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h all cases involving more than $500 the clerk shall be allowed for like services
3.00
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or canses where issne is joined hut no testimony is given, for canses, dismissed or discontinued, the clerk shall
he allowed, for like services, one-half of the above fees, respectively. for affixing the seal of the court to any instrument, when required...
or every search for any particular mortgage, or other lien for searching the records of the court for judgments, decrees, or other instruments constituting a lien on any property and certifying the result of such search: for each person against whom such search is required to be made
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1.00
for receiving, keeping, and paying out money in pursuance of any statute or order of court, 1 per centum of the
amount so received, kept, and paid.
For travelling, made necessary hy the duties of his office: for going, 5 cents a mile, and 5 cents a mile for returning. hooks in the clerk's office containing public records shall, during office hours, he open to the inspection of any person desiring to examine the same without any fees or charge therefor.
a cases of escheat the clerk shall receive for publication to heirs jor service as escheator ...
or every office found
or recording proceedings of inquest, per folio
for an affidavit in attachment...
or approving hond in attachment
or affidavit in distress cases
Hor affidavit in replevin cases
for approving replevin hond
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or affidavit in trials of right of property
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Where bond is given in trial of right of property, for approving it
100- Marshal's Fees.
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or apprehending a deserter and delivering hiın on hoard the vessel deserted from, to he paid by the vessel hefore
leaving port for searching for the same, and, if not found, to be certified by the consul, and his order to he paid by the ship 2.00 for serving any writ, warrant, attachment, or other compulsory process, each person ... for serving summonses
In every commitment or discharge of prisoner
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for returning all notices, writs, attachment, warrants, and summonses, each for each hail bond
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jor subpoenas, for each witness summoned
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or returning suhpœna ..
for each day's attendance upon court
or levying execution
or advertising property for sale
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...5 per cent.
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3 per cent.
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...2 per cent.
...5 per cent.
or releasing property under execution by order of plaintiff
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for selling property under execution, when the amount collected does not exceed $1,000
over $1,000 and not exceeding $5,000
over $5,000
if the amount exceeds $200
or making collections under $200, in cases where no adjudication has taken place
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For travelling fees in serving all processes, each mile
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Tor serving every notice not heretofore provided for, in addition to the usual travelling fees...
..2 per cent.
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f an execution he paid and satisfied while in the hands of the marshal, and after he has made a levy on property to satisfy the same, he shall receive one-half the fees fixed for selling property under execution or attachment.
• Scale substituted for the original scale, 15th March, 1889.
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