Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe Co. v. Graham

There is no claim in this case that the district attorney is entitled to recover for his services- independent of the statute fixing his fees. The act “relating to fees and salaries in Arapahoe county,” Sess. Laws 1874, p. 146, provides for the district attorney ‘£ for every criminal trial or examination before a justice of the peace, a fee of five dollars.” Touching preliminary examinations, we are of the opinion that this act must be taken to have been modified by the subsequent general law “ concerning costs in criminal cases,” approved February 11, 1876. Sess. Laws 1876, p. 58.

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