Fines Under Vehicle Code of 1929

Moss, Deputy Attorney General,

You have submitted to this office several questions involving the right of different county officials to-*29deduct fees from fines payable to the State under The Vehicle Code of May 1, 1929, P. L. 905, as amended by the Act of June 22,1931, P. L. 751, before transmitting them to the Department of Revenue.

You state that in some instances the clerk of court collects the fines and deducts a poundage fee. In other cases he transmits the fines to the sheriff, who deducts a poundage fee before transmitting the money to the State. In some ■counties the sheriff collects the…