Kern v. People

The question presented by the record in this case is whether, under the provisions of the following statute, enacted in 1891—

“ Section 1. Be- it enacted by the people of the State of - Illinois, represented in the General Assembly, that section forty-five (45) of an act entitled, ‘ An Act to Provide for and ¡Regulate Fees and Salaries,’ approved March 28, 1874, in force July 1, 1874, be amended so as to read as follows:

Sec. 45. The fee of each juror attending an inquest held over a dead body shall be one dollar per day, payable out of the county treasury, upon the certificate of the coroner…