Wilcox v. County of Sibley

The clerk of the district court is required to issue to each juror, and to each witness for the state, in criminal cases, a certificate for his per diem and mileage for attendance at court. Gen. St. 1878, c. 70, §§ 10, 30. For each such certificate the state allows the clerk a fee of 15 cents. Gen. St. 1878, c. 70, § 2. The plaintiff, while clerk of the district court, administered an oath to each juror and witness, verifying his claim for per diem and mileage, and for this he now claims to recover from the county a fee of 25 cents for each oath. This claim is made under the clause of the fee…