for drawing and certifying an affidavit, or for giving a certificate not attached to any other paper or document, twenty-five cents; for fixing his official certificate to any paper, whether the certificate be under seal or not, thirty-five cents; for making out a copy or transcript of any public papers or records under his control for the use of a private individual or company, or recording articles of incorporation, ten cents for every one hundred words.
[FEES OF CLERKS OF SUPREME COURT.]
Sect. 3. The clerk of the supreme court may take the following fees, as the whole compensation, and where they are payable by a party to a suit, they may (except in criminal cases) be required in advance. If not so paid in advance the clerk may at any time after judgment, issue a fee-bill, which shall have the force of a special execution against the party adjudged to pay costs: upon the filing each appeal, three dollars; upon entering each judgment where the cause has been decided upon its merits, two dollars; upon each continuance of a cause, one dollar; upon issuing each execution, one dollar and twenty-five cents; entering satisfaction of judgment, fifty cents; upon issuing each writ, rule, or order to be served upon any person not in court, twenty-five cents; for copying an opinion to be transmitted to the district court in case of a reversal of judgment, ten cents for every one hundred words, to be paid by the party against whom costs are adjudged.
Sect. 4. In criminal cases the clerk shall charge no fees against the county or territory, except that where judgment is reversed he is entitled to the legal fees for a copy of the decision, to be paid from the county treasury. As against the accused he is entitled to the same compensation as is allowed in civil cases.
[FEES OF CLERKS OF DISTRICT COURT.]
