Visitors.

SEC. 48. No person not an official visitor shall be allowed to visit the prison without the permission of the warden as aforesaid, or a written permit from one of the inspectors; nor shall any person other than an official visitor have any conversation or communication with any convict, except as provided for in the general rules established for the prison. This rule may be dispensed with in favor of any person visiting the prison from without the state, for the purposes of general information, by a written permit from two inspectors.

SEC. 49. The governor and lieutenant-governor of the state, the speaker of the house of representatives, the secretary of state, the attorney-general and the justices of the supreme court shall, ex officio, be official visitors of the prison.

TITLE XXXIII.

Of Salaries and Fees.

CHAPTER 229. Of salaries and compensation of certain officers.
CHAPTER 230. Of fees and costs in certain cases.

SECTION 1. All salaries shall be paid quarterly, unless otherwise specially directed; the first quarter commencing on the day on which the officer shall be completely qualified according to law to enter upon the duties of his office.

SEC. 2. The annual salary of the governor shall be one thousand dollars.

SEC. 3. The annual salary of the lieutenant-governor shall be two hundred and fifty dollars.

SEC. 4. The annual salary of the secretary of state shall be one thousand dollars with fees: said salary to be in full of all services performed for the state, unless otherwise specially resolved or enacted.

SEC. 5. The annual salary of the general treasurer shall be eight hundred dollars.

SEC. 6. The annual salary of the state auditor shall be one thousand dollars.

SEC. 7. The annual salary of the chief justice of the supreme court shall be twenty-five hundred dollars, and of each of the other justices, eighteen hundred dollars.

SEC. 8. The annual salary of the attorney-general shall be twelve hundred dollars; and in addition, one dollar a day for every day's attendance in the general assembly, supreme court and courts of common pleas.

SEC. 9. The annual salary of the reporter of the supreme court shall be five hundred dollars.

SEC. 10. The annual salary of the clerk of the supreme court for the county of Providence, shall be thirteen hundred dollars, in lieu of all fees, which are to be accounted for and paid by him to the state.

SEC. 11. The annual salary of the clerk of the court of common pleas of the county of Providence, shall be fifteen hundred dollars, in lieu of all fees, which are to be accounted for and paid by him to the state.

SEC. 12. The annual salary of the commissioner of public schools shall be twelve hundred dollars.

SEC. 13. The annual salary of the justice of the court of magistrates of the city of Providence, officiating as clerk, shall be one thousand dollars, and of each of the other justices, eight hundred dollars.

SEC. 14. The annual salary of the justice of the court of justices of the city of Newport, officiating as clerk, shall be four hundred dollars, and of each of the other justices, three hundred dollars.

SEC. 15. The annual salary of the presiding justice of the court of magistrates in the village of Woonsocket, shall be three hundred dollars, and of the clerk of said court, four hundred dollars.

4. Of officers empowered to take deposi- 18. State's costs in supreme court and

SECTION 1. Justices of the peace shall be allowed the following fees, in full, in civil cases:

For every writ upon which no judgment is rendered,
For entering and recording judgment in every defaulted

For trial of every case, and recording judgment,

For entering rule of court, issuing commission, receiving report and recording the same,

For examination of poor debtors for relief,

SEC. 2. In addition to the above, except that no fee shall be taxed by the court for the rendition of judgment, there shall be paid to the clerks of courts of magistrates or justices, in civil cases, the same to be accounted for by the clerks to the state auditor, and paid over to the general treasurer:

For every civil writ signed by such clerk,

There shall also be taxed in the bill of costs of in such court, or before a justice of the peace, for the attendance and to the use of the party recovering judgment therein,

SEC. 3. Justices of the peace shall be allowed the following fees, in full, in criminal cases:

For process and examining every person accused of crime
beyond the jurisdiction of a justice to determine, exclud-
ing mittimus and recognizance,

If more than one day employed, for every day after the first,
For process and trial of any person accused of crime within
the jurisdiction of a justice, excluding mittimus,
If more than one day employed, for every day after the first,
For every warrant issued, but not served, to be paid by
complainant where recognizance to prosecute is required,
For every recognizance of bail of person committed to jail
for crime, taken by such justice empowered by the su-
preme court or one of the justices thereof, to take such
recognizance,

For taking recognizance for appearance of party or witness
to higher court, and recording same,
For every mittimus,

$1.25 75

1 00 50

25

1 00

25

No additional fee to be charged where more than one person is included in the same process, if all are examined or tried at the same time.

SEC. 4. To all officers empowered to take depositions there shall be allowed:

For every hour necessarily employed,

For every page of two hundred words,

For every mile's travel to place of caption,

40

30

10

SEC. 5. The following fees shall be allowed on the taking of each coroner's inquest, to be paid out of the estate of the deceased, as part of the funeral charges, and with priority as such; and to be exhibited by the coroner against the estate, and enforced by legal process, if need be; if there be no such estate, or not suffi cient, to be paid out of the town treasury; and if the deceased be a prisoner in the state prison or in any state jail, out of the general treasury:

To the coroner for taking the inquest,

For each day employed therein,

For every page of testimony of two hundred words,

To each juror,

To the officer for summoning the jury,

1.00

100

30

1. 00

1.00

SEC. 6. To all officers empowered to take acknowledgments of deeds and administer oaths of engagement to office, there shall be allowed:

For taking acknowledgment of one or more parties to any instrument at one time,

For engaging every officer,

25

25

SEC. 7. To all recording and certifying officers, unless otherwise specially provided, there shall be allowed:

For every page of two hundred words recorded or copied, $0 20 For searching records, by the hour,

20

SEC. 8. To clerks of the courts of common pleas there shall be allowed, in full:

For every nil dicit,

For every answered action, petition and appeal, at its first

75

1 25

1 00

For every indictment at its first term,

3.00

For writ and rule to referee and commission to auditors and

others,

For every appeal bond,

For taxing and examining every bill of costs,

For attending court by the day,

1 00

50

50

15

SEC. 9. To clerks of the supreme court there shall be allowed,

in full:

For every action, appeal, suit in equity and original petition, except petition for insolvent act, at first term,

For every continuance of same,

For every petition for benefit of insolvent act,

For every continuance of same,

For every indictment within exclusive jurisdiction of court

For writ and rule to referees, and commission to master in

chancery and others,

For subpoena in equity,

For entry of every writ, action, appeal and suit in equity,
For acknowledging satisfaction of judgment upon record,
For taxing and examining every bill of costs,

For attending court, by the day,

2.00

1 50

1 50

50

600

2 50

4 00

2.00

1 00

50

15

50

75

25

10

15

1 00

SEC. 10. All clerks' fees in the supreme court and court of common pleas for the county of Providence, shall be received by the clerks to the use of the state; the fees on each writ, action, appeal, petition and suit in equity, for the first term, before entering the same; and for each term thereafter, on or before the second day thereof; otherwise the proceeding to be dismissed on motion of the clerk, at the discretion of the court.