DEPOSITIONS.

FORM OF CAPTIONS OF DEPOSITIONS TAKEN BY TWO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

State of North Carolina, May 5th, A. D. 1852.

Wake County.

By virtue of the above commission to us directed, we, A B and C D, acting Justices of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, have caused the persons therein named as witnesses in behalf of the plaintiff [or defendant as the case may be,] in the suit therein mentioned, to appear before us, on the day and date above specified, at the house of Y Z, in the city of Raleigh, in the county aforesaid: and they being first duly sworn according to law depose and say:

EF being first examined says:

Note.-Each witness must sign his name at the end of his deposition and in presence of the Justices who certify, as to each one or all to-gether. The Commission must be prefixed; and the notice of the taking of the deposition be also filed in the papers.

FORM OF THE CAPTION OF A DEPOSITION IN PERPETUAM.

State of North Carolina, }

SS.

This day of in the year of our Lord , personally appeared before us, the subscribers, two Justices of the Peace, in and for the county of , quorum unus, the aforesaid deponent, and after being carefully examined, and duly cautioned to testify the whole truth and nothing but the truth, made oath [or affirmed] that the foregoing deposition by him subscribed, is true. Taken at the request of to be preserved in perpetual remembrance of the thing. And we duly notified who attended. [Or not knowing any persons living within this Commonwealth, (or having any known agent

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or attorney therein) interested in the property (or matter) whereto the aforesaid deposition relates, did not notify any persons to attend.]

M N,
O P.S

Justices of the Peace.

You are hereby commanded, that of the goods and chattels, lands and tenements of if to be found in your county, you cause to be made the sum of dollars. Which lately in our Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, held for the county of at the Court-house in were adjudged in the suit plaintiff and defendant, besides the fur

wherein

ther sum of dollars for costs and charges in the said suit expended, whereof the said liable, as appears to us of record. And have you the said monies, besides your fees for this service, before our said Court on the

next-then and there to render the said

Monday of
costs and char-

ges aforesaid. Herein fail not and have you then and there

this writ.

Clerk of our said Court at Office, the

Witness Monday of

A. D. 18

Issued the

day of

OKDER OF SALE BY COURT.

State of North Carolina.

To the Sheriff of

County, Greeting:}

You are hereby commanded that you expose to sale to the highest bidder for ready money, [here deseribe the property.] the

at the instance of

to satisfy the sum of

dollars, which the said recovered against for also the further sum dollars which was adjudged and taxed for

of

to

pay costs of suit; and the money so made safely keep so that you have the same at our next Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions to be held for the county of at the Court-house

in the town of

on the Monday of

next, then and the costs and charges afore

there to render the said
said. Herein fail not, and have you then and
Clerk of our said Court, at Office the

Witness,

there this writ.

Monday of A. D. 18

Issued the

day of

EXECUTORS (See Administrators.)

18 .

FEES.

[The following is carefully revised and corrected to the pressent time, so far as the subject is regulated by general enactments; and it is believed to be the only accurate list of fees now extant in the State.]

Any suit in equity

ATTORNEYS.

Any suit in the superior or county courts, where the title of land comes in question

All other suits in the superior courts, on the law side, and all other suits originally commenced in the county courts

$20 00

10 00

4 00

All appeals from the judgment of justices to the county court

2.00

ATTORNEY GENERAL, SOLICITOR GENERAL AND SOLICITORS.

For every court they attend

20 00

burglary

For every conviction of murder, perjury, forgery or

10 00

For every conviction of grand or petit larceny, arson, fraud, deceit or maim

For all other convictions

For attending each term of the supreme court, the attorney general (or the solicitor general, if he attend in his place.)

A separate affidavit

For copying a report, by the office copy sheet

$5.00 4.00

100 00

0 30

0 40

0 40

0 15

0 15

0 20

0 20

A report stating an account made for £500 or more, such sum as the court may allow, not exceeding the sum of

Copies of proceedings and exemplification, copy sheet

50 00

0 20

Taking a bond

Every rule given for service

Every rule not for service

0 15

0 25

0 12

1 00

0 533

1 00

0 40

Enrolling a bill or answer, by the copy sheet

Entering a plea or demurrer

COMMISSIONERS OF AFFIDAVITS.

For every affidavit taken and certified

CONSTABLES.

$0.40

For every day attending on court when summoned by the sheriff

0 80

For whipping a negro by order of court or by a
justice of the peace

0 26

For every warrant, for each person named therein
For summoning every witness

0 40

0 20

For every execution

0 40

attachment levied

0 50

For every bail bond

0 10

For serving notice on one who fails to give in his

taxables

0 20

For serving notice on bail

0 40

CORONER.

For attending on every inquest
For interring a deceased person, to be allowed by
the court, 7 justices present, and paid by the
county trustee, and afterwards recovered back
by the county trustee from the estate of the
deceased, or from the master of a slave, not
exceeding

All other services, the same fees as the sheriff would
be entitled to, for performing them.