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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title VI COSTS AND FEES
  4. Chapter 262 FEES OF CERTAIN OFFICERS
  5. Section 42 Commissioners in other states; enumeration of fees

Section 42

Section 42: Commissioners in other states; enumeration of fees

Section 42. The fees of commissioners appointed under section four of chapter two hundred and twenty-two shall be as follows:

For administering oaths and certifying the same under their official seals, one dollar for each; for taking acknowledgments of deeds and other instruments and certifying the same under their official seals, one dollar for each; for each written page contained in any deposition or affidavit taken by them, fifty cents; for administering the oath or affirmation to each deponent, one dollar; for authenticating, sealing up and directing each deposition, one dollar; for services not hereinbefore specified, the same fees as are allowed to justices of the peace in this commonwealth for like services; but the court to which a deposition is returnable shall order further allowance therefor if it appears proper to do so.