An Act so Amending Act Numbered Three Hundred and Two, Which Made Temporary Provision of Fees of Officers of Courts in Criminal Proceedings, as to Limit the Fees thereby Allowed to a Reasonable Compensation when the Service Extends Beyond the Province of the Officer

May 22, 1902

ACT NO. 404

AN ACT SO AMENDING ACT NUMBERED THREE HUNDRED AND TWO, WHICH MADE TEMPORARY PROVISION OF FEES OF OFFICERS OF COURTS IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, AS TO LIMIT THE FEES THEREBY ALLOWED TO A REASONABLE COMPENSATION WHEN THE SERVICE EXTENDS BEYOND THE PROVINCE OF THE OFFICER

SECTION 1. Section one of Act Numbered Three hundred and two, entitled "An Act making provision for fees of officers of courts in criminal proceedings, and authorizing provincial fiscals to administer oaths in certain cases," is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the eighth line of the printed copy of said Act, after the words "Special proceedings," and before the words "Such fees," the following words:

"Provided, nevertheless, That whenever the duties of a governor, sheriff, deputy, or special deputy, or other officer of a court in criminal proceedings, either before or after final judgment, require travel, or transportation of prisoners, or furnishing food for prisoners, in whole or in part outside the province of the governor, sheriff, or deputy, or other officer, in such case the officer performing the service, transporting the prisoners, and furnishing food for them, shall receive a compensation of two dollars per day, in money of the United States, or its authorized equivalent, for each day necessarily employed in performing the service, and the actual necessary expenses incurred in traveling and in transporting prisoners, and in furnishing food for them, and no more. If the officer performing the service in the transportation of prisoners requires assistance for guarding the prisoners, it shall be furnished by the Insular Constabulary, without additional compensation, the actual necessary expenses incurred in traveling, by the member or members of the Insular Constabulary performing this service to be paid by the officer and be reimbursed as in case of other expenses of the service."

And by adding at the end of said section one the following words:

"The auditing herein provided for is subject to the provisions of subdivision six of section one of Act Numbered One hundred and thirty-three, amending the Provincial Government Act."

SECTION 2. The public good requiring the speedy enactment of this bill, the passage of the same is hereby expedited in accordance with section two of "An Act prescribing the order of procedure by the Commission in the enactment of laws," passed September twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on its passage.

ENACTED, May 22, 1902.