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. 2. Prothonotaries to demand and receive on every original writ, 

 except the writ of habeas corpus, and on the entry of every amicable 

 action, the sum of fifty cents; on every writ of certiorari issued to 

 remove the proceedings of a justice of the peace or alderman, fifty 

 cents; on every entry of judgment by confession or otherwise, where 

 suit has not been previously commenced, fifty cents; on every tran- 

 script of a justice of the peace or alderman, twenty-five cents. 

 Act April 6, 1830, section 3, (P. L., 1829-30, page 273). 



3. Recorders of deeds to demand and receive for every deed, 



mortgage or other instrument of writing offered to be recorded, fifty 



cents. 



Act April 6, 1830, section 4, (P. L., 182S 30, page 273). 



4. Registers of wills to demand and receive for probate of a will 



and letters testamentary thereor ^fty cents, and for granting letters 



of administration, fifty cents. 



Act April 6, 1830, section 5, (P. L., 1829-30, page 273). 



5. Recorders of deeds to collect for use of Commonwealth on each 

 of the following commissions, |10, as follows: Health olBcer, laza- 

 retto, physician and port physician, Philadelphia; prothonotary, 

 clerk of oyer and terminer, clerk of quarter sessions, clerk of orphans' 

 court, register of wills, recorder of deeds and sherilf. 



Act April 6, 1830, section 7, (P. L., 1829-30, page 274).* 



6. Prothonotaries, recorders and registers to give bond to Common- 

 wealth for collection of tax. 



Act April 6, 1830, section 9, (P. L., 1829-30, page 274); act March 15, 1832, 

 section 1, (P. L., 1831-32, page 135); act April 14, 1834, section 76, (P. L., 

 page 355). 



7. Court of common pleas in each county to appoint an auditor 

 to audit accounts of county officers for tax and fees due Common- 

 wealth, and make report to the Auditor General. Auditor to re- 

 ceive from county treasury |1..50 per day for his services, except in 

 Philadelphia, where compensation is |2 per day; and Auditor Gen- 

 eral may appoint an additional auditor for Philadelphia, at %2 per 

 day, payable out of State Treasury, and he shall also fill all vacan 

 cies and make appointments where court neglects to do so. 



Act April 14, 1846, section 10, (P. L., page 415) ; act March 15, 1847, sec- 

 tion 1, (P. L., page 354); act March 27, 1848, section 1, (P. L., page 270). 



8. County otTicers to make monthly returns of moneys collected 

 for Commonwealth and monthly payments into State Treasury.! 



Act May 24, 1893, section 1\ (P. L., page 125). 



♦See act February 10, 1851, (P. L., page 50), as to Sullivan county. 



tSee section 4, act April 6, 1871, (P. L., page 477), as to Allegheny county. 



