959. Hiring rooms for state purposes. The board may hire the necessary rooms for the state officers, and the halls and rooms for the legislature and its committees, without advertising as provided in this chapter, if the board so decides. ['96, p. 120.

Mont. Pol. C. 712.

960. State officers not to be interested in contract. No member or officer of any department of the government, shall be in any way interested in any contract made under the provisions of this chapter. ['96, p. 120.

961. Clerical help. The board of examiners may, when necessary, employ clerical help for any state officer or board, but no clerk or clerks shall be employed by any such officer or board without the authority of the board of examiners; nor shall the board of examiners authorize the employment of such clerical assistance, except when the duties of the office or of the board cannot be performed by the officer or the members of such board. ['96, p. 120.

962. State board of examiners to publish reports of state officers, etc. The state board of examiners is authorized to procure the publication of one thousand copies each of the biennial reports of state officers and state institutions immediately after their submission to the governor, and before the meeting of the legislature, and also to procure the publication of one thousand copies, in pamphlet form, of the attorney general's official opinions at the end of each year for distribution by the attorney general to state officers, county attorneys, and other officers throughout the state. ['97, p. 43.

963. Repayment of money collected for lease of school lands. The state board of examiners are hereby directed to receive, audit, and allow all just claims of persons who have paid moneys in pursuance of chapter seventy-six of the session laws of the territory of Utah, of eighteen hundred and ninety-two, in relation to the leasing of school lands, and the state auditor is hereby directed to draw his warrant therefor, on the state district school tax fund. ['97, p. 235.

TITLE 20.

FEES.

CHAPTER 1.

FEES OF STATE OFFICERS.

964. Collected in advance. Payment into treasury. For services performed in their respective offices, the secretary of state, the state auditor, the clerk of the supreme court, the board of land commissioners, the state inspector of mines, and the bank examiner, shall collect in advance for the use and benefit of the state the fees hereinafter enumerated under their respective official titles, and shall pay the same to the state treasurer quarterly.

Penalty for refusal to perform service on payment of fee, 1016. Fees to be collected in advance and paid over quarterly, Con. art. 7, sec. 20; art. 21, sec. 2. Statement to accompany fees on

payment to treasurer, 1008. Fees to be paid over before salary paid, 1013. Officers responsible for fees, 1015.

965. Secretary of state. For a copy of any law, resolution, record, or other document, or paper on file in his office, fifteen cents per folio.

For affixing certificate and seal of state, one dollar; for affixing seal and signature without certificate, fifty cents.

For receiving and filing each original or certified copy of articles of incorporation, he shall charge and collect the sum of twenty-five cents on each one thousand dollars of capital stock of any company or corporation; provided, that in no case shall the aggregate sum charged and collected from any corporation exceed twenty-five hundred dollars; provided further, that the same sums shall be charged and collected for receiving and filing certified copies of articles of incorporation or of amendments increasing the capital stock of foreign corporations hereafter organized for the purpose of operating property or carrying on business in this state.

For filing each certified copy of an amendment to articles of incorporation increasing the capital stock of any corporation, and issuing certificate thereof, twenty-five cents for each one thousand dollars of increase of such capital stock. For filing each certified copy of other amendments to articles of incorporation, and issuing certificate thereof, five dollars.

For receiving and filing articles of incorporation and by-laws of foreign corporations not included in the proviso to the third subdivision above, twentyfive dollars.

For issuing each certificate of incorporation, five dollars.

For receiving and recording each official bond, two dollars.

For each commission signed by the governor, five dollars; provided, that no charge shall be made for commissions for any members of the legislature, or for public officers serving without compensation, or for any officer of cities of the third class, towns, precinct justices of the peace and constables, or for pardons. For filing each trade mark, three dollars.

For filing notice of appointment of agent, five dollars.

For filing notice of removal of place of business, five dollars.

For filing each annual statement of insurance company, twenty-five dollars. For filing each annual tax statement of insurance company, two dollars. For issuing certificate of authority to each agent or solicitor of insurance company, five dollars.

For certificate of renewal of authority to agent or solicitor of insurance company, two dollars.

For issuing certificate of authority to each insurance company, five dollars. For filing list of authorized attorneys for each insurance company, one dollar.

For preparing abstract of annual statement of each insruance company and certifying same, five dollars.

For filing annual statement of each building and loan association, five dollars.

For issuing certified copy of annual statement of building and loan association, two dollars.

For issuing certificate of authority to building and loan association, three dollars.

For filing and certifying private banker's preliminary statement, twentyfive dollars.

For filing each quarterly statement of each bank and issuing a certified copy thereof, five dollars.

For receiving and filing an acceptance of the provisions of the constitution on the part of an incorporated company and issuing certificate thereof, three dollars.

For each warrant of arrest issued by the governor and attested by the secretary of state upon the requisition of any other state or territory, ten dollars. For recording miscellaneous records, papers, or other documents, twenty cents per folio.

For filing any paper or document not otherwise provided for, one dollar. For searching records and archives of the state, one dollar; provided, that no member of the legislature or other state or county officer shall be charged for any

search relative to matters appertaining to the duties of his office or for a certified copy of any law or resolution passed by the legislature and relative to his official duties. [C. L. § 5455*; '96, pp. 173-4*, 338*; '97, pp. 19-21.

966. State auditor. For a copy of any paper filed or recorded in his office, twenty cents per folio.

For affixing certificate, with or without seal, one dollar.

For recording a pedigree of not to exceed one hundred words, one dollar; for each additional one hundred words or fraction thereof, twenty-five cents.

For filing any paper not otherwise provided for, one dollar.

For recording any mark or brand, one dollar, unless a character is wanted for which there is no type, in which case the fee shall be one dollar and fifty cents. For a copy of any published list of recorded marks and brands, twenty-five [C. L. SS 46, 48*, 2145*.

cents.

967. Clerk of supreme court. For filing transcript on appeal in each civil case appealed to the supreme court, twelve dollars, payable by the appellant, in full for all services rendered in each cause up to the remittitur to the court below.

For filing petition for any writ, ten dollars, in full for all services rendered in each cause.

For certificate of admission as attorney and counselor, twenty-five dollars, fifteen dollars of which shall be retained by the state treasurer as a special fund for the benefit of the state library, and to be expended by the board of control. For making transcripts, copies of papers or records, ten cents per folio. For comparing any document requiring a certificate, five cents per folio. For each certificate under seal, one dollar. ['96, p. 84*.

968. Board of land commissioners. For making each lease of agricultural lands, one dollar.

For making each lease of all other lands, including grazing lands, five dollars. For each certificate of purchase, two dollars; for additional certificate issued on the same purchase to the same party, one dollar.

For copy of any resolution, record, or other document or paper on file in office, fifteen cents per folio; for making certified copies of papers or records, the same fees as are charged by the secretary of state for like services. ['96, p. 249*; '97. p. 72.

969. Bank examiner. For examining into the books and affairs of any bank, loan, trust and guaranty association, building and loan association, or insurance company, the sum of fifteen dollars per day; provided, that in no case shall the fee for each examination be less than fifteen dollars or more than thirty dollars. [C. L. §§ 2401*, 2465*, 2518*.

Fee of assistant to bank examiner, 417.

970. Coal mine inspector. For each inspection of any mine, ten dollars. ['96, p. 351.

CHAPTER 2.

FEES OF COUNTY OFFICERS.

971. Collected in advance. Payment into treasury. For services performed in their respective offices, the county clerk, the county recorder, the sheriff, the county treasurer, the county auditor, and the county surveyor shall collect in advance for the use and benefit of the county the fees hereinafter enumerated under their respective official titles, and shall pay the same to the county treasurer monthly.

Penalty for refusal to perform services on payment of fee, 1016. Shall keep account of and pay over fees, Con. art. 21, sec. 2. Statement to

accompany fees on payment to treasurer,
Fees to be paid over before salary paid,
Officers responsible for fees, 2 1015.

1009.

1014.

972. Clerk of the district court. For all services performed by him in any action or proceeding (except a probate or guardianship proceeding), up to the time of the trial of the cause, including the filing and indexing of all papers where the complaint does not exceed twenty folios, and including the entry, docketing, and indexing of judgments upon default, in actions arising upon contract for the recovery of money or damages only, five dollars, to be collected in advance from the party commencing the action; provided, that in cases where an injunction or an attachment or a receiver is asked for, an additional advance fee of two dollars and fifty cents shall be collected. For each additional folio over twenty,

ten cents.

For all services in an action for divorce in which judgment is entered upon default, five dollars.

For entering judgment by confession, three dollars.

For filing cross-complaint or complaint in intervention and for services performed thereunder to time of trial, two dollars and fifty cents.

For the trial of the cause (not including swearing jury and witnesses), including the entry of judgments or decrees and indexing judgments, in any action or proceeding where the judgment or decree does not exceed ten folios, to be paid by the party moving the same, two dollars and fifty cents; for recording each folio in excess of ten, ten cents.

For swearing jurors and witnesses, each, ten cents.

For entering and recording any interlocutory decree, when the said decree does not exceed ten folios, one dollar; for recording each folio in excess of ten. ten cents.

For all services after judgment, pending appeal to the supreme court (not including the making of copies), two dollars and fifty cents, to be paid by the party moving for a new trial or to set aside judgment.

For the dismissal of an appeal from a justice's court, where such dismissal is entered on the minutes of the court, two dollars and fifty cents.

For services performed up to trial in an action appealed from a justice's court. three dollars.

For the trial of a case appealed from a justice's court, including the entering of judgment, two dollars and fifty cents.

For filing and indexing papers on transfer of a cause from the district court of another county, two dollars and fifty cents.

For transmission of files and papers on the granting of change of venue to the district court of another county, exclusive of express charges or postage, two dollars and fifty cents.

For issuing a commission to take testimony, seventy-five cents.

For filing notice and undertaking on appeal to the supreme court, one dollar.
For services performed in proceedings to perpetuate testimony, one dollar.
For services performed in an adoption case, five dollars.

For certificate of dismissal of appeal, when prepared by the clerk, two dollars and fifty cents; and when prepared and furnished by the attorney, one dollar.

For certifying transcript on appeal and exemplification of record, two cents for each folio.

For filing abstract of judgment from a justice's court, including docketing the same and issuing execution thereon, one dollar and fifty cents.

For satisfying judgment when entry is made on the margin of the record

book by the attorney or judgment creditor, twenty-five cents.

For filing any paper in any case, after judgment, not otherwise provided for, twenty-five cents.

For taking and certifying depositions, for each folio twenty cents, besides four dollars for each day's attendance.

For declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, two dollars.

For final citizenship certificates, three dollars.

For filing papers and issuing letters testamentary, or of administration, guardianship, or special admistration, in any one case, two dollars.

For services up to and including the final settlement of the case, in which the value of the estate does not exceed twenty-five hundred dollars, ten dollars. For services up to and including the final settlement of the case in which the value of the estate exceeds twenty-five hundred dollars, and does not exceed five thousand dollars, except as hereinafter provided, twenty dollars.

For services up to and including the final settlement of the case in which the value of the estate exceeds five thousand dollars and does not exceed ten thousand dollars, except as hereinafter provided, thirty-five dollars.

For services up to and including the final settlement of the case, in which the value of the estate exceeds ten thousand dollars and does not exceed twenty thousand dollars, except as hereinafter provided, fifty dollars.

For services up to and including the final settlement of the case in which the value of the estate exceeds twenty thousand dollars and does not exceed fifty thousand dollars, except as hereinafter provided, seventy-five dollars; and in cases where the value of the estate exceeds fifty thousand dollars, the clerk shall receive two dollars additional fees for each one thousand dollars' valuation.

The valuation herein mentioned shall be ascertained from the inventory filed, and the fees herein provided shall be collected at the time of filing such inventory. For recording any order or paper required by law to be recorded in the estate where the number of folios exceeds ten, for each folio exceeding ten, three cents. For all other services not herein enumerated, a reasonable compensation, to be fixed by the judge of the district court.

Clerk of the district court and county clerk. For administering and certifying oaths, except oaths administered at the trial of any cause, twentyfive cents.

For making copies of papers, records, and files in his office, ten cents per folio, and for each certificate thereto, twenty-five cents.

For recording papers or documents other than those provided for, per folio,

ten cents.

For taking justification of sureties, each surety twenty-five cents; and for taking and filing testimony thereon, twenty cents per folio.

For searching the files and records, one dollar per hour.

For taking and certifying acknowledgments, fifty cents for one name; for each additional name, twenty-five cents.

For certifying to the official character of any official person, one dollar. For certifying to the official character of a notary public or a justice of the peace, fifty cents.

County clerk. For receiving and forwarding to the state recorder of marks and brands any application for a recorded mark or brand, fifty cents.

For filing and indexing articles of incorporation, two dollars and fifty cents. For filing and indexing articles of incorporation of corporations not formed for pecuniary profit, one dollar.

For furnishing certified copy of articles of incorporation of corporations not formed for pecuniary profit, two dollars.

For filing and approving bonds of officers of corporations, fifty cents.
For recording articles of incorporation, twenty cents per folio.

For filing and registering dental certificates, one dollar.

For filing and indexing certificate of copartnership, one dollar.

For issuing and recording marriage license, two dollars and fifty cents.

For filing any bond or other instrument required by law to be filed in his office, other than the bond of a public officer or one pertaining to a case in court, fifty cents.