No. 5-63
The State is not liable for any jury fees except such as are taxable as costs pursuant to express statutory authorization. Jurors on the regular panel receive $6 per day and mileage; jurors not on the regular panel who serve in a case also receive $6 per day and mileage; and jurors who are summoned in cases described in Sec. 494.120, but do not serve in the trial also receive $6 per day, and also receive mileage if they have traveled at least one mile. No part of such compensation may be taxed as costs. Jurors not on the regular panel who are summoned in all cases other than those described in Sec. 494.120, but do not serve in the trial receive $3 per day, and the fees allowed to such jurors are to be taxed as costs in the cases in which they were summoned.
Cite as Mo. Op. Att'y Gen. No. 5-63
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JUROR.S :
JURIES:
CRIMINAL COSTS:
JURY FEES:
Tne St:at.e is not. lia blE: __ r any .Jury
fees except: such as are t:axable as
cost.s pursuant: r.o express staT.ut:.ory
aur.horizat:ion.
Jurors o~ t:~e regular
FEES:
oanel r eceive $o per a ay and milea6e :
jurors not: on t:ue regular panel wno
serve in a c~se a lso receive $6 per day and ffiil~age ;_
an~ jur ors
vu1o are summ0nea in cases describea ir: Sec. 4;4.120, out:. ::lo rt~t
serve in t:he trial also receive $o per day , and also rece~ ve
mileage if t:ne) have t:~aveled a t: least;. one mile.
N~ parr. ~o~
suc!1 compensa -r;ion may oe 1:;axed as cos t:.s.
Jurors no'- o:. -r;.1e
r egular panel wno are summoned ~n all cases ~-r;~er t~a~ r.!1ose
described ln Sec . 494 .120, out ao not: serve ~n ~ne ~.,r~al
receive $3 per aay, a nd t:he fees allowed t:o
suc~! ~urors are
TAXA'I I JN OF JTJRORS '
to be t:axed as cost s ir. t:.he casffi in which t;.nej were summoned .
January 4, 1963
Honorable NGrman H. Anderson
Prosecuting At~orney
St , Louis County
Courthouse
Clayton 5 ,
M1a~ur1
Dear ~. Anderson:
Opinion No. 137 l~.
You have requested the opinion or this office concerning
the l~ab1~1ty or the state under Section 550.020 RSMo 1959,
w1 th respect t o the compensation paid to jurors wbo serv.e 1.n
criminal caa~a. Your le t~er informs us that heretofore St .
Lou~ s County has no~ t axed jury costa in tee bi lls whleh
are paid by t he stat e and you suggest that under Section
550 .280} RSNo 1959, all such Jury costs in criminal cAses
should be uaxed as part or the costs in each caae.
Section 550.010 RSMo 1959 provides in part that when
any person shall be convicted of any cri me or misdemeanor~
be sb.all be adJudged t o pay nthe costs. "
Sect ion 550.020,
re~erred to in your let:ter, t o the extent here relevant, r e-
quires t he state t o pa~ "the costs," if the defendant is
unable to pay them, in all capit al cases and in caeea in
wh..tch t he defendant is senteneed to imprisonment in the
penitentiary.
section 550.04o RSMo 1959 provides in part t hat in all
aap1 tal eases and those in Which imprisonment in t he peni t en-
tiary !a the aole pun13bment for the offense, it the defend&In
is &equitted
11the c<>ats" shall be paid oy t he state.
In other
caaea the coat s are to be paid by the county .
These s t atutes
.ln substant1all,y the same form have been in etreet for over
a century.
Eaaent1ally, the problem involved is whether ~he clerk
of t he c1rcui t court of St. Louis county ie
authorized t o
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tax, either 1n whole ar in part, aa part of~he eoats" in
a criminal ease the compensation wh.ie.h is paid or payable
to jurors wno serve or wno are ea~le4 ·tor service in eon-
neet1on with 8U~h ease. This for the reason tbat the state
ooul.d not be liable under acy ci~UIQta.nees unless and to
the extent sueh Jury tees are proper~y taxable as eosts.
It is to be noted also ~nat in those eases in wh1eh the de-
fendant is convicted, neither the state nor the county is
liable for the coats unlea.s the detendant is unable to pa)'
them.
lienee, tbe answer to the question presented by your
request direetly aff~~ta the liability of a convicted de-
fendant aa well as that of the state or county.
That is to
say, 1r tne atat-e is liable for such Jury reea, ei t.her in
the event or a conviction or in the event of an acquittal~
then under the same circumstances and ai tuat1on the defendant
h1msel.f, if convicted, would be primarily liable for the pay-
ment of sueb jury fees..
We point this out "beeauae the con-
troversy is not simply between the ~ounty and the state but
involves t.ne rights and 11abili ties of -eonvi.eted det'endants
as well.
In Citl" of Carterville v . Cardwell, 152 Mo.App. 32,
132 SV 74J, 746, it was said (citing City of St. Louis v.
Me1ntz, 107 Mo. 1 . c. 615, 18 SW 30):
ltThe word •costs' when used in relation
to the' e·xpenses or legal pro-ceedings
means the sum prescribed by law as
charges for the services enumerated
in the fee bill.n
~he C~urt farther held 1n that ease:
"Coats 1n criminal proceedings are those
ebarges f~ed by law which have been
necesaari~y incurred 1n the pros&eutiQn
of one charged with a public offens·e as
compensation to the officers for their
services."
The rule is tbat "all statutes in reference to costs
must be strictly construed.
Shed v . Railroad, 67 Mo. 687."
In re ~~
22 Mo. App. 4 76, 478.
In Cramer v .
Sm1.~h, 350
Mo. 73~
SW2.-d 1039, 104o, the Sup-reme Co~rt en bane quoted
from 20 c.J.s. Casts §435, p. 677, as follows:
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B.ono~ble Bonan H.. l.ndaraon
n •At c011a0n law coata aa auc.b 1n a cr1•1nal
ca .. ware uumown.
Aa a oon.aequ.nce it 1a
t..be rule 1n cr:2m1 nal •• 1D civU oa .. a that
the neOT8l'J and &llCJif&DCe ot o.oata reata
ent1Pal_y an atatut017 proviaiona-tbat no
riebt to car l1&b1.11t'J for coata exiata in
the abMnee ·~ .tatutorr autbori.At1oD.
aueh atatutea an penal 1n th81.P aa tUJ"e,
&Dd are to be atrietly coo.atrue•. •"
OUr Supre- Court baa ruled on .. ,..ral oocaaiona tbat ltno
coata can be tasad exe.ept auoh •• tlw law 111 teraa &llowa .. "
state ex nl. Clarke v. Wil.der, 197 .,. 27, 32, 94 SJtl 499.
We take note ot tb8 tact that ever, peraon charged nth
a cr1Ja1.nal ottellM baa a eonat1 tut1oual rtpt to a trial by
JUJ7.
On tbe taae oE •tter•, it ..... atft.Dp that a penon
convicted ot a aiade-ner aboul4 M further puniabed ai.llply
tor 4.-ndin& tbat to tt.b.icb be 1a ent1tle4 aa ot right-a
trial by JUZJ.
Jloreover, an aoa\AM4 obarge4 Wltl\ a felony 1a
&1 ven no oboioe at al..l.
Unleaa be pl.Ua &ui.l tJ, be ia not
onl.J entitl..H to, but rather, la torc:H to accept a tr1al. by
J\117 wbethel' he wi.abea one or not \11lleaa tbe COlU"t &greea to
a waivel' of a JUl'"J trial..
Section ~.o4o aao 1959.
It 1a true tbat 111&117 )'e&ra aco our aup..e Court held tb&t
the General Aalleabl7 had the oout1tut10D&l power to requJ..re a
Jur'J r.. to be taxed •• part or tbe e'oat aaa1nat • convicted
4etendant. State v. llrlpfn 13 llo. 2'3· Va ex.preaa no opinion
aa to whether thi Ko!dlq
taat ea .. 1.a atUl the law.
By
co1nc1dence, the ~.tu1;e wh1.ch waa auatal.necl in tba Wright caae
appliecl aole.l7 to St. Lou1a Count7.
Tbe atatutory l.&.rig\l&p 1.n
the .lot Ot J&DUI!J7 29, 1a.7, Bee. ] (Lawa 1a.7, P• 69) NC~uiring
the taxat1oa or a Jurr r .. ••• eqllo1.t and. unaab1guou•z
8 Alao llhell &IV Judpeat abal.l be :reD4ere4
1D tt. at. Lcnua c.rdi•lnal eourt q&j.nat
&JV ctetendant,. theft aball be taxed w1tb
the ooata or aai.d juclpent, &nae:Oneeted
troa tbe dateDd&nt u other co•ta, the
aua ot three 4oll.ara ... JUI7 r .....
(BIIpbaa1a aupplied. )
In view ot tbe t•regoi.ng cona1deret1ona,. the rule or
strict eonatruct1on, applicable to cnmna1 co aDa genal"'&l.ly,
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aho\alti be religiou.aly f~lJ.owed in determining the l1abil1~y
of a ce>nv1cted defendant for Jury coats.
If sueh a defendant
is not l14ble, tben it would follow that the state would not
be liable for sueh eosta~
We the~tore rule your question
upon tbe oaa1e p"'m1.&e tha t eriminal jury coats and fees ean-
n.o-t be held taxable in the ab-senc-e of an express, clear and
unambiguous statutO¥$ directive.
Section 550.,280 RSMo 1959 .. to which you refer_, reads as
follOW19!
"All fees due witnesses before the grand
Jury, and all fees due jur~rs in aey
criminal eaae, an4 all rees aecruing in
1lri.Y inque.st ease where the verdict of
the jury 1s that the deeeased carne to
death by ot her than unavoidable aeeident
or natural causes, shall be deemed
erimina.l costa, and shal.l be p\aid in
like man.oer and shall be subJect to
all tne offsets herein provi.dad for."
(Emphasis suppl~ed.)
The decisive quest~~ns are (1) whether prior to the enact -
ment of Section 550 .28o fees due jurors who served or were
8ummoned in oonneation with a criminal ease were taxable aa
part of the costs and (2 ) whether said section makes any
change as to the taxation of such coste.
We first consider the state of the law respect ing jury
fees at and prior to tbe time of the enactment of Section
550 .280 (laws 1899, p. 219) and the changes therein as re-
flected in the R~vised Statutes of 1959.
Seetion 3778 llSMo 1899 provided as followa=
"Each grand a.ad pet 1 t Juror on the :reJqlar
panel shall receive two dGllars per day for
every day he may actually serve ae such,
and five cents far eveey mile he ma.y necea-
sari~y travel goi.ng trom his place of
res.td.ence to the eourt-bouae and returning
~ o the same, t o be laid out of the eounty
treasu:r:z. tt
(EiipJias, a auppliia".}
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Except for the amount ot 'the remuneT'&.tioa paid to
juron on the regular panel, Wb.ieh 1a now six dollars per
day and &even cents per mile, tne language of the 1899
statute is identical to that of Section 494.100 RSMo 1959 .
Section 3787 RSMo 1899 pPovided as fGllovs:
uAll petit jurors ~
inc~uded !.! t~
regul&T panel aball reeelve fer their
aerv1cea as such Jurors one dollar per
day, which &ha.ll be taxecA a a eosts in
the ca•e, but 8\ieh jurors serving 1n
more thin <>ne ease in the same day, at
the same place, shal~ only be allowed
fees for cme 4ay, and in all -cases where
&u.ch Juror shall be d·etained mare than
a-ne da.)t 1n the aame caae, he shall be
allowed the sum of one dollar for each
additional day he may be detained."
(impl\asis Slap:pl1ed.)
Thia section bas \)e,en eh&ng~d (aside from the increase
in the aaount of fees payable) by eliminating that portion
relating to tax.tng aaeh fees as c:osta.
(Laws 1919 ., p. 433}
In its present
form~ 1t ia Section 494.110 and reaas as
follows:
"All petit Jurors not included in the
regular panel shall receive for their
services as Jurors tbe amount prov1deti
in see tion 494.100 wn1eh shall be paid
aa provided in that aeetion, out jurors
&erving in more than one ease in the
same d~ at the same pla·ce., shall be
allowed fees tor one day only, and 1n
all cases where the juror shall be
det ai.ned more than one ciay, in the
aame eaae he &hall be al.lowed the aame
aum for each ad~1tional day he may be
deta1ned.ft
(Kmpnaa1a supplied.)
Section 3784, JtSJito 1899, reads a ·s foll011Bt
ttEach Juror not on the regu.l•r panel
and summone~ to sit aa a juror in any
criminal c.au&e W'taere1n the orre.nae
ehargea 1s p~shable with death, or
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by imprisonment 1n the penitentiary for
life, or for not less than a spec1f1.ed
number of ye-are and no limit ta the
t~e, ahall be allowed the sum of one
dollar per clay ror each 4:ay that he may
be i.n atten4ane.e on said court, and
five cents per Dl1le for each mile
trav-eled in going to an4 returning
from said eourt, whether he sits in
the trial of the ea'tiSe er is cha.llenged
off."
In its present .form ~he foregoi.ng section 1& now Section
494.120. It pr~videa fer a tee of six dollars per day (and
mileage in same instances) for »each juror' not on the regular
panel and summoned to sit as a jW"or"' in certain designat-ed
cPiminal caaea. The 1899 version of Section 494.120 was
eorurtrued. 1n 1906 :tn 8'tate e_x rel Suter v. Wilder, 196 Mo.
418, 4 34 11 95 S\f 396, to mean that only those jurors not o.n
the regular panel who qualified upon panel of forty from
whien the trial panel ot twelve was selected were ent1tlea
to have their fees taxed as coats.
We note that 1n tbe follow-
ing year, evidently aa a result of the Suter decision, the
statute was amended to include those Who had not been selected
on the panel,. provided they traveled at least one mile.
(Laws
1907, p. 321)
The only other section whieh related to fees of jurors
was Section 3258 RSMo 1899, Which provided in part as follows:
11Jurors :shall be allowed fees for t heir
aerviees as follows: • • •
"For each Juror attending a trial before
any court of rec·&rd,. per day, except aa
otherwise provided by law •• ••• 1.00
"P.er each mile traveled in going to and
retu.rning from the pl.aoe of trial in
attending any trial before any ooart or
~ord, per mile • • • • • • • • •
.05
"All fete allowed juror8 aa above shall
he taud as eoata in the caaee reepeetively
Iii wlUeh in1ey may serve; but Jurors serv1.ng
in more than one eaae on the same day, at
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the same place, shall only be allowed
fees in one ease; and any j uror who
shall claim fees tor attending in t wo
oT mo.re cases on t he same day at the
&&me plaee ahall not be allowed tees
for t hat day."
(Emphasis supplied.)
In ita present rorm, the atatul;e ia Section 494.170 RSJIIo
1959 .
That section reads in part as fellows:
Al.
Except as otherwise provided by
law jurors ahall be allowed fees for
their services as follows:
• • •
For each per~on summoned,
& ~tending
and reporting t o any eourt of record,
per day . • • • • • • • . • • •
3.00
For each raile tra·7eled in going to
and returning from the place or the
t rial in attending any tria~ be fore
a court of record, per mile. •
.07
"2.
All fees allowed Jurors as above
shall be t axed a s costa in the cases,
respeciT·.rely , 1n whleh they were
summoned; but j urors serving 1n more
t han one ease on t he same day, a t the
same place, shall be allowed f ees
only in one ease; and any j uror, who
claims fees for att ending in two or
more eaaes on the same day, a t the
aa~e place, shall not be allowed fees
for t hat day ."
(Emphaais supplied . )
This section by its t erms appl~ea anly where no other
provision for compensation i s ma4e.
In our opinion, it appliea
t o all j urors not on the regular panel who are summoned in a
specific ease and attend eourt 1 but Who do not serve on the
t rial panel t except those j urors who come within t he provisions
of Section 494.~20 .
The s tatutes above quot ed make a clear distinction between
Jurors on the regular panel and thoese who are not eo included.
Th.ia <Ustinetion former1y had an import ant bearing upon the
amount payable to the juror, &~though ~n reeent yeara tne
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Legialat\.!l"e has granted the same eoarpenaation t o &11 Jurors
a~cept thoae who come Wi thin t he eeope or Section 494.170.
Thua, i.n 1899~ Jurors an the regulu panel reeeived two
dol.1ars a d«y pazab~e out of the county t reaau:r-J 1 while those
not included on the regu!"ar panel were allowed only one dollar
a day 1 if tney aervi!d 1.n th.e tria~ under Sect ion 3787 or were
on the qualified panel under Section 3784.
All fees allowed
to those not on the regular panel were speeif1eally diroected
to be ta~a-aa oost.s.
Our present statut es ai.nce 1919 have
eliminated the provision speeif~eAlly requiring the taxation
ot Jury fees of those not on the regular panel as part of the
coats~ except only as to those jurors who come within the
scope of Seet;ion 494.170 RSMo 1959 .
A brief reference to some of t he earlier statutes relating
to the selection and payment of jurors is of help in under-
standi.og tbe etate of the law in 1899.
Chapter 88 or RSMo
1855 contained two articles relatiRg t o jurors. Artiel_e I
conta1ned general provisions, aod in ertec~ provi~ed ror
sum.."Doni..ng Jurors to serve wben needed in particular eases.
Sect ion 29 or that Article provided that the fees allowe~ t o
Jurors "servi.as ln a t rial or any c1 vil or criminal ease"
shall. be taxe
and e~llected as other costs 1n t he ease.
Article ll authori zed stand.1.ng Jurors (regular panel)~ Who
were ~o reee1ve serip pa~able out of the county t reasury,
no"t;h.ing being said as t o taxing the cost of such standing
jurors.
Chapter 146 of General Statutes of Missouri 1865 1 &l.so
provided tor summoning jurors to serve whenever they were
required for the t rial of a partiellla.r case .
Each. Juror
serving in a t rial (civil or criminal) wa.a entitled to a
specified fee ($1.00 per diem) wh:ich was to be "taxed and
collected aa oth~r costs ln the ease" (with the uaual proviso
that a Juror wbo elaim.s fees for aerv1ng in two or more cases
on the same eay shall no t be a~lowed tees for t hat day).
Section 29 of .aid Chapter l46 provided that c-ourts of
record exercisl.ng crim.1n&1 j urisdiction had the right to order
the aher~rr to aummon twenty-tour men as the "standing Jurors"
ot the te~. Section 30 provided that no &tanding Juror "shall
depart the court ~1thout leave 4 "
Section 33 p~v1ded that such
a tanding Jurors ~ere enti tleci to the same pay a a grand jurors
($1 . 50 per diem and mileage), and on Nquest were entitled to
acr1p payable out of the county treasury.
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The foregoing statutes clearly differentiate between
"standing Jurors" who were paid a speeified aum out of the
county trea&uey and those jurors WhQ were summoned for the
trL&l of a particular ease and tor w~eh aerviee were entitled
to a fee Which should be t axed and collected as other coats
in the eaae.
In the Revised Statutes or 1 879~ provision was made for
regular panels consisting of twenty-four standing Jurors for
each term or court.
By tMa time, our present statut es re-
lating to Jury compenaation began t o t&ke shape. It waa
provided that each petit juror on the regu1ar panel ahall
receive one dollar aDd fifty eenta per da~ plus m1~eage and
be entitled to scrip payable out of the county t reasury.
Sections 2790, 2792, 2794 RSMo 1879.
So, too, in Section 2798 RaMo 1879, it was provided that
all petit j urors not included in the regular panel "aba1l re-
ceive for their airVieea as such Juror one dollar per day
which ahall be taxed aa costa in the eaae.w
Other proviaions
related to obtaining jurors when the regular panel waa unavail-
able or e.xhauated.
However, by this time it waa mandatory that
the"J"e be a regular panel of Jurors sUIUlonect tor service at each
teftl or court. It waa 1n the revision of 1879 that present
Section 494.160 first appeared aa Seetion 2799. It provided:
"Vhenever ~Jury provided for 1n this
chapter aba-n: serve in tbe trial of any
case, other than criminal ~ there shall
be taxed aga1net the unsucceastul party
and collected as costs the sum of twelve
dollar• as J~ fees. whieh, when collected
shall be paid t o the county treasury to
the ered.1t of the county revenue fund."
(Rmpbaa1a supplied.)
I t ia therefore app&ren't that aa ot the time the 1899 aet
was enacted, jurora who mad.e up the regular panel were paid only
out of the count)' treasury.
Moreover~ from the very first of
the statutes relating to standing jurors, the concept waa alwaya
that they ahoulct be paid out or the county treasury.
On the
other hand, in the earlier at•se• of oar statutory hiatory, Jurors
who were a1.Diaoned for service in a particular ease or who were
not on the repl.ar panel recttved. a lesser amount as tees, and aueh
fees were always to be taxed as costa in the caaea in wh1eh they
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served.
Prom the vary inception or standing or regular Jurors,
tbere never wa~ any prorta1on for tax~ ng t b.eir fee a aa costs in
any ease in which they may have aerved.
It would appear therefore that t he compensation paid t o
the regular Jurors was eonaiclered aa part or tbe general ex-
penae of oper&t1n8 tbe court s:yatem, a1.m.i.l.&r to other expenses
such ae the eoat of providing and maintaining the courthouse
and providing Jud.gea to ai t at the trial a, no part of which
expenaee is paid by the litigants.
The compensation paid to
regu1ar j urors was payable for each day they attended court
pursuant to their summons aa regular Jurors, irrespect i ve or
Whether they actually served in a case or whet hA!r they served
in more t han a single ease in any one <lay.
Moreover, 1 t was
wboll.y eo1nc1denta1 whether such regular jurors served in a
civil or er'iminal ea.ae.
Their right to compensation depended
solely upon their attendance 1n court pursuant t o summons.
The
service of the regular juror was not necessarily identifiable
with a particular ease, and never was 1nten4ad t o be so.
On
the other hand) Jurors who were not on
~he regular panel were
aummaned for service only when such service was necessary in a
parti cular case. For such reason, t he fees payable to such
Jurora (not on the regular panel) necessarily conati tuted com-
pensat ion for aerv tee in the ease for whieh they were summoned,
and t heir fees were by force of statute t axable as part of the
costs 1n that particular case.
Snmmari.si.ng, as of 1899, no feea payable to jurors were
t axable aa coste except only those reea payable t o Jurors who
were not on the regular panel. It ia or signif'icanee t hat
Section 2799, RSMo 1899, provided f or taxing against the un-
auccesef'ul party a jury fee or twelve dolla.rs in casee ttother
than crin:tinal." This statut e waa no doubt enacted for t he
purpose of partially reimburs.i.ng tbe eaunty for the expense
ot regular Jurors in civil cases.
However, t he twelve-dollar
Jury fee was not int ended as a substitute tor JUI7 fees there-
t ofore t axable as coat s, but was ac1d1t1onal thereto.
In civil
eases, only the t welve-dollar fee was t axable when regular
J urors served in the t rial or the ease, Whil~ in criminal eaaea
no Ju.n' fees a t all were t axable with respeet t o regular or
s t anding j urors.
In the latter eases, only thos1t fee& of j urore
who were not on the reguJ.ar panel were taxable a a coat s.
Rad
it been intended to ~~vide that the fee • paid to resu!ar Jurors
ahould. be taxable as coat s, it i.e obvieus that la.nguage expressive
of such purpose would have been a vailable, just as ~n the case
ot j urors who were not included in the regular panel.
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W1th tae r~
1..D Jll.l1d, .. cona1CS.r :ieet1on 550.280
ror tbe p~o• or 4eta.in1ng wnat na 1ntendacl tl1ereny and
wbat cbanpa were etrectecl bJ tbat MotiOn.
OW' atu4r has
led. to tbe coDCltaloa that Section 550.280 wa1 not intended
to &lltbori.ae the taxation ot J\D!"T r ..... part ot the COitl
1n an;y utuat1oD 1n Whio.h aueh teea ftre not theretofore re-
qw.r-4 to be taxed u
eoat1~
Beetion 550.28o. abo-ve quote4, ••• ~t1on 3 ot an act
entitled •AD .let 1Jl relation to tba ~ot ot or1•1nal coats
and tor otber purpo•• relatiRg there o, W1th eMraency elau.ae. a
bcept tor al.1cbt rev1a1ou. not ba-re .atenal. S.ctiona 550 .26o
to 550.300 llSIIo 1959. both incUuaJ.ve, c<matitute the Act or 1899.
In eon1tru1.ng Seotio:n 550.2aG, ta entire act JllUIIt be rea4
aa a Whol-e., con.a1.clere4 in the 11cht or tbe theretofore exiat1ng
state Gf law rel.atinl to J\.07 t ..
l aDd ca.panaation.
See St.
Lout. a SouthlteateRt &ai.l~ Co. Y. Loeb, llo. Sup. , 318 SV2d m-..
25§, iii illdCh £hi dOUPt
14z
•a.DR'&l.l.7 • -
11111t .... to gather tbe
intent of the lesl-llature tro. the
artU.nar7 .an1na or the W'.Or41 uae<l.
eona1.4ari.DS the WhoLe Act aD4 1~1
lecJ.al.at~ftl h.1.ato71, ~
11' r»ceaa&ry,
ccma!.ct.ri.ng al.o tbe e:J.ro\a.Bt&ncea and
tba ~·
or the ts.- J aDd n auat
seek to proaote the purpoae and obJeota
~ the atatute. and to avo1cl &nv atraine4
G"Sr &biUPCl .. &ni..n&."
So react, the ev14ent PlD"PP.. ot the Aet ot 1899 -• to ma.k.8 all
t .. a p&T&Ale talaltti• u Mat• in el'1•1•1 o&Ma au.bJect to the
prior lJ.aA ot the a"tate aJ34 OGUDtJ" tor oe~ta1n 1ndebt.clneal.
In ettMt, tbe Aet prort4ea tor the ooerc1Ye p&)'M~t (b)' peraorus
ol•l•h'& r ... 1n or1.ld.Dal .... 1) or clell.Dq\lent peraOD&l tazea,
tt.Dea. penaltie1, t~a1~woe•• or torte1te4 reoognia&a.cea 1 o.oata
1n crilli nal O&Ha aDd tor oont..,t or 4ourt llD4 of !Ddebtectneaa
on aoco1111t ot tuDd.a ooa1.nc into the baD4a ot cla1 Mat a b7 reaaon
ot &nl public ottioe.
1Mt10D 550.270 llMo 1959 ..-o~t'1call.J proY1.48-a that before
AIQ' , ... La on"'•l ....
I .., be p&J.4 •to tbe pJ'"Oipe"l" OWDe.ra ••
tbe -- ..,. be oa1l.e4 r~ tne ~
to 11iboa the .... 1• clue
•ab•ll turn1.ah aati.a1'bttn7 evidenoe to the tre&alU"ar
111 that he
or abe 11 DOt l.Ddebtecl t~ tbe ata~e or COWltJ' .in the reepecte
above aet tortn.
!'De a.ount ot an, auch 1n4ebte4neaa 1a required
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to be 4ed.wfte4 fpaa tba r... paJable to tha clamant~ an4 1-f
a\lGb ~bM4Maa exeeeda the ue'ilat or the r .. a, tm.n tl\e
cl~ ia .s1 ven eNd.i t ftn' tM &aoutlt thttr•at ~
beD taking
the •oatb of inaG1Vertq 11 d'Cllea not tWf'e&t the Pl&ht flf .. t-off.
BMtioa 5)0~290 aaiiC> l.9S9 eaphaai .. a the stat.utorr 11'1tent
by p210v1~ that all r .. a ~-.t Z\8 w1 th1.n the acope o~ the
at:atu~• •&bau DOt btt naso·tiabl.e or aaa~ble exaept hbJeet
to all ~
Mt-of't• ~rein provt.de.cl toit, &n4 tbat tbll a tate
and eou.nt)' ~Olo a r:;or ll.eD on the. a&M tor the Plii'POH ot
1n4•n1t1At10A aca * l.ON b7 ~•on o.t the ~DP&Y--~t o~
peraonal back tax.••· &ad ror tU ~ment ~f ~be t~··· peti'Al-
t1e•., tort'e.l'tu:rea, and co•t• bere1a 1Deftt1onecl ...
Bearing 1n ld.n4 t.ha ata~ut.onr plU1)0ee reJ.atiQg to ot'teeta,
it e.U.,cl¥ .akea DO IHlllM to a~tr1bu~ to the l.egi,al•ture trora
i;M ~
o.l tbe .-ct1on; an lnt•~t t o blake a 41at!nct.1on
between ~ ... -.. Qf' th4it ,.... regular panel b7 ""k1ng a portion
at' ~
acri.p re-c.tve4 b7 aome ot the p&ne.l aubJect to otteeta to
tae utent tlieJ cbanced to Mrve 1n erUd.nal ea.ee•, while the
l"eella1nder •• not. A.r.t what ot tboH who urvsd 1n bo~ a c1vU
and c-rt•1 DAl c&H the -
da7T 11314 al.l or part ot the 1n-
cUrta.i.ble per Cit- ot auoh JUI"ora 'be aubJ•ot ~o otfetat The
Juror receive• •:a scrip• llhatriRI the 81D.0Wlt which be 1.a e11t1 tleci
tie receive QUt of the county tna...,.. Seet1on -,~.140 RSifo
1959. t'Mre 1.a ao pro¥111on tor 1•fil1n& a eel'iea of acr1pa.,
&0118 11at1ug tbe c.r1Bl1Dal eawe and. the <!aya served tbeN:ta,
ac.e 11a~1Dg t.,_ e1vU cae•• aD4 tiJae apent, •ncl otnera llat1.ng
tbe daTa on ·whi~n tn• Jm"Or nrve4 :ln no eaae at al.l.
W:S.tl\ epecj.tl.e reteret11;e to 1Jeet.1on ;50.a8o, 1t 1a to be
noted that 1. t aet• rortn tan• 41ttennt eat.egOI'lea or ntee which
".U.ll. be 4HM4 el"1a1nal coat•" (ror tbe p\;U'J)OM or the Aot or
1.199) anc.t Wh.Uh are to be p&l.<l 1.n 1ne manner a.na •ubtleot to all
tlta olraet• prvv14e4 tor 1n the. tit. l.n a441t1on to au teea
due Jt:u"'n 1n &nJ ona1nll eaae" ( tb.e lanp&ge wh.i.Ctl 1a aen ror
oorwtru.cti.c>n)., the tect!.on oov.re (1) "Ul t••• cl'Ue wttne'"'
before the pend JUJ7., .. and (2) •all teee acus~ 1n An1 1nQueat
•• Where tile v.diet st U. JUI7 1.1 that the 4enl"cl came to
4eath other than tm&Voi.clabl.e ace14ent or aatun.l eau..,a."
lt would &ppe&r ~1out tbf.t 1.t all ~t.ion
pya~le to
JlB'IWII llbo M,l'Te 1n eomae.ctiol\ tr1th •IV' eria1nll caa 1a tu:able
a• c-oat•, then all o.r t• &ctl'Mlr f••·• aent1onecl in t.be Action
woul4 &la·o be tasable aa coata.. Jet •• have round no prov1a1on
1a ou •ta.tutea tor tut,ng, •• part o.t the eo•ta 1n a erlm1n&l.
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eaae, .teea lt'hLcb are &Sue lri.U.•.-• bet-ore t:M cJ"aDd Jury.
Jll1V o~ peh wt.t••-• te•ttf)' em -~" lfhich c&rJDG-t be
14eat1t'1ed With &1'1)' ..,.ai.tie eaae.
J£a a&titt..cm, ll&bJ of
auc-b Wi.tnea .. -. tellti-tf in eonneetiOD Wi ~h taveatiptiozw in
which no tJ~Wt 'bUl• are zae~. Yet hare too, •• 1n the
caM of .t\lJ"!Ql'"lh the al.l-inel\i&in worc:t •a1.1
41 1a uaecl.
So, a.l.... .. to r ... ~·
1A i.,nqueet 0 ....
., -
&J.Ie
anre ot •
p2'0Y.1u.oa in o~ •~tea tor tax1mc ,auol\ r.tta
aa part of t.ba ooata P.l at~~ ~
4&M. 'f•t tlle •tatute
pr,ovtc:le• ~' "au• at.a:Oh te•• •U be •a....d• e'J"tah•l CO"ats,
'b1U onl:J w~
$he ve'J'IU._c,.~ o-£ 't. 1\Jr¥ a U».a' the ..-...Mel
CUie to 4 .. th b7 ~~r t:bi.Jl _...u4able" a".W.nt aJ:" aatUI"&l
e&UMe.
-fbSra u ti'\Mt Wbatbe.r or not t;~ ver41ct na.e.a a pereon
re•poJUiible for the 4eath. .lt 1a tl"\Ut eve.n .When a puacm i.a
• ...,, 1rre.,.ot1 .. o~ ••~ '*t •••--.d ca.. to ~· death
bJ c~~
...,_ or ~ Jl):atltlabl.e ~c.1"-. Wrurl'l 38.-ti.on
550,.t8o la l"t'a4 as part ot ~
llb.o~e Act a£ ~, •
can t'1nd
no intent to aab &If¥ ot tAe r .... tbel'e.iJl apeoj_f1e4 taxable
aa part ,or t.be ,coata 1P a erw!Qal .... :1n aituationa ltbtre
auch te-e INB'e oot
t~to-f'o);"'e ~ble •• coa<t-a-.
That aeC't1Qn
perta1na ODl7 t:o the ~.nt, not the ta.t1on1 &t the tees
referred to therem.
Tbe cue ~ -o:tt v_. . Yol!!!J.' l.lJ Jlo.App. 46, 87 Sll 5,._,
pl"'vi.de• a. o.lue •• te tbi pul1P•• au1 IIMiaDJ.na o.r Sect1on
550.280, •-..n tt~Wgh tbat 1r¥ a e.1v-U •• clec.t«Utd 1ft ~90$.
Tbe •tatute1t c:CU'WJtr14ttd iQ 'tbllt ca• l!fere tM at;atutea above
quo'Md t'l"'Oll ~e a.v1aed itat~ ~t 1899. lbe e.o\U't ~here
bel..d w.l tb I'8&pect to JUFOJ'W on the regular panel:
"It 1a cl.ear tmder tbU .-ctl.on tbat the
count:)', all4 no~ E!t U.ti£1i, pat• the
·~
O'f ~M~'
• •
(.lllnpnl.aU
&ppl.J.e4.)
'fhe Court ttJ.e.n cou14ere4 the ata~utn re~atJJ:J& to Jurora not
on tne ~
p&M.l &Ad tf!)Ok JtOte ot ta. tact tbat eftll they
WeN tmt1Ue4 t-0 J'1tU1Ve IIC.J!"ip Q._t Gf the COUBtJ tre&aln7•
Sll14 ttle C-olU't (87 D., lt Ct ~),1
•xt ia ~
rr- ~
..... ction:a tb&t
~
county ~>&¥• the JVJ' in ~
ei.rcm.1t
cOtPtt.. "'lhla t• t~ aa to ~
ft&ul.ar
p&Ml &p4 ~
• .....,_. Wblcb •z. Got
fd tbe replar paael~ -.ob ~
.. re-
cei ye aerip tz-011 .Y!!_ ciiiiit, iiid are pa·1d
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Honorable Jo~
H~ A.ndaraol'l
bJ t.be oount7 oat ot tile count:v fuDda.
While t•• ror ~b.ai.r Arvloea .. ., be
tuad, aceol"41.D& to the atatute, agahwt
ton. unauceeaa1'ul party to the auit,
tbe.. tHa, when ao taxed azul coll•cted,
AN paid iDto tba OOWlt7 tNAauPJ bJ ~
or reDburai.na th8 trea•llrl' tor mo.De7a
paJ.d out b)r it tberetotON in ~
or
the JUPJ Hl"Y1..oe ~ that -partieu..laJt eaae. n
(-b&a1a auppl1eel.)
Inaaueh aa JUJ'IOra not on t.be J"e8Ul..&l" panel had tbe 1"1.ght
to recei.ve aer1p ~bJ.e out ot the C-OUDtJ treaauey without
reprrd to the ultiaate outccaa o~ tbe ca.- i.n Which the7 .. "!"Ved
or the tt..e tbe coate in .ueh o&M were t'1nall.J taxed, tbe A.et
ot l-899 would ban 1'a1led 1n ita purpo" 1.n part if •u•h Juror•
eoul.d aa.ape p&)'llent ot tuir 1Dde~te4nna b;r r.caueatin& aorip
~cl1&tel7 piQ'&ble ...ather than vaitl.Dc tor tbe pa,...nt ot thei.r
t'Ma when taaecl 1.n tM ca...
a.~, the purpo .. o~ 8eet1on
550.28o, 1n ao ~
u it attec~a Juron aervtaa 1n a ofl.ilin&l
c&ae, ua to .ake eerta.J.n tba\ t.ea due Jurora not on tbe
resular p&nel woulcl be aubJect to tbe ottaeta p-rov1.4.ecl hr b;y
tbe A.ct even 11' a\10.-h Jur1)ra received acri.p 1n pay-aaent tor their
aerv1cea.
Wbea the etatute ia eo .-onatrued, a C"On&1atent pattern
1n thJ.a ..-cti.on lMcoaea obv-1oua.
1f1ta.•M• bet"Ore the &rand jury
were al•o 1a•lle4 Krip whioh •• p&J'&ble out or the count)'
treaaur.v.
( a.Gti._on 3260 ~
1.899 ~ )
Our preaeat atatu~• con-
tain a at•i lar prortai.on (Secti.cm 4.91.290 ISIIo 1959).
With
~lll"t"Ct to t .. a 4ue 1n i.Dilueat oaaea, Section 6653 1UIIIo 1899
(now ~ti.on 58.570 JlSIIIo 1959) • p'I"OV14ed to~ a cert1tieat1on
b;y the coron.r to the c0Wlt7 oourt or the vari.oua t'eea aocruJ.ns
:1n .-uch caaea, wltb the req~nt 1ib&t the count)' treaaurer
p&7 to eac:b 8l1Ch p«rsoa OD dewapd tba teea t,o llhJ..cb he .18 en-
t1 tl.ecl.
~ba- --ticma ot the na~ea N~•\i.na to OVJ"'CCDer8 &Jld
l.nqueata ll'hl.ob nee4 DOt be:re bJt NT1ewcl torti.tJ the ~.lua1on
~t wnat waa Latandltd -.. tbat t••• ln tho•• ca•• deacnoed
1.n a.c t1on 550 .aeo ahoulcl not be p&1d b7 t~ ~ount7 treanrer
nntll tbe o.l.a1Mnt t'urD:i.abed tm! !te~etsMrJ ttTl.clence.
lote tnat tu HC~1.an pJ"OYldea tbat auc.h reea • abal.l be
pa14 1n l.ike NDMr and ah&ll lle ..-Jeot to &J.l the otr•t•
ben1n prcn-1de4. •
Tbt.a oan .aD OA17 tb&t tbe reea 4eaer1be<l
1.n MJ.d ant1ou aball be p&1cl lfJ tlae eoun1;J' treaaurer 1n the
... urme:r •• otbel' teea llate4 1Jl the !H bill whlcn--ar.--aub-
J'eot to· £Iii atan~ u. pa14.
~'t la to 1a7, 1n au auah ln-
ataDoea, •• a coD&U.t10D pr.cedant to p&J'Mnt, aaturactor:v
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ev1once auet rs.ra~ be turaiabed tb• oounty tre&nrei-
respectin& tbe ab .. nee or in4ebted.neaa-.
S.etloa 550.280. atrietlJ eonatrued, eaotaina no pro-
viaion wblt•v•r re~ctilll t.be taxatloll ot cr1ai.nal eoa'ta
oJ- tne eJ"eaUoa ot ad41 tloal taxa1i1e -coat a.
A a the t1 tle
ot tbe kt .abe claar, 1t rel•tea to ~ ~
ot coata.
loth1n& 1n ta. tJ.tla iradlca~a tbat tbe t.&ialatuN 1nt.•n4e4
to create ad41tloD&l 1 ~
ot oriminal eoata not tbaretoton
-part or tha 408ta ot a oaee.
'lbe titl.e or an act 1a a part
thereof and muat be taken into cona14e_ra t1on 1n aacerta1nin&
the leg1alat1ft Ultent.
~J. ~·1' ,. eo. v. ~ynt
C~t1on C~aa1on,
JIO.
47, 152 811'2
• -t
1 ia
1~
leg!alitlve u.preaa1on or the gener&l ac~ or the
bill." Burl•¥ v. ticiaob, •.Sup., 258 SW24 6o7, 610.
The
very tact thit thi •etlon prcr~i4ea that tbe teea therein
apeeU1e4 aball be ... ._d
.. C1"'1a1Dal coata, Ntber than "tax•d
•• pan or the ooata, • illpala tb• conc1ua:1on that what ia
•ut 1a aiJiplJ tbat te the purpoae ot the otr..ta deaeribed
1n the Act, auoh 1 t.u anall be treatect &n4 paid by the county
treasurer 1n the .... anna:r •• cr1Jain&l r .. a. Nther than aa
civU r ... are t-reated and paid.
We t\lrther note t-be tact tbat tbe •ot1on relate a t o rae a
or Juron 1Jl ~
cr1.a1naJ e&H.
J\U'O.ra on tbe recul.&r panel
do not recif ve &Jl1 tee a tor ael'Vice 1.:n any particular eaae _ ae
we have noted aboTe. leue un4er &D7-v1•• ot the eect1cmj
.turora on the recular panel wbo are paid tw eerv1ce ae J\ll'Ora
geft81"8lly without reaarcl to tbe character of any particular
caM in wtlich tbe7 ~t •rv•. or whether tb.ey eerve 1n .&Dy
case at all reo.1 ve no tee a tor aeni.ee "in any er1&1.1.n&l oaee. •
Aa tor Jurora not on the recuJ.a.r -panel. Wiler the atate or the
law 1.n 1899 euoh taea n-n alreaQ' tuabl• aa ooata, so tbat
tbe aect1on appU.ect to awsh Juror. on17 to tNI extent that they
nre ent1tl- to an4 rece1 ~
acrip in ~nt to• their Mrv1cea
1n l1eu or the t-• lfhieh lll&bt tberea1'te~ be taxed 1n the caee.
P1DaU7, 1n conat:rW.nc the A.ct ot 1899 an4 c.tU"i vi.n& a pur-
pan theretroa, •
take note of the -rpnoy clauae c-ont&J.ned
1n Section 8 or th• Acta
·~re b.eln& DCJW a larp IIIOUDt ot dalJ.nqwnt
~raCH&l taxea due tbe atate &ad oo1mtiea,
and MD.J tinea and rorte1tuna UJIP&14, aDd
tbe ~r
r.et taat theN 1a a clet1c1euy
1n the atate r-evellUea, aDd a larsa a.ount
ot crt•1 na) coat a unpaid, ere& tea an emergency
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Honorable Monaan H. ~eraon
Within the ..an1DC ot ~be oo~1tutJ.onJ
tberetore thJ.a aot aball be 1D force ti"'OI
&Dd atter ita paaaase.•
ft1e verr tac.t that there na a clet1citme7 ill the atate
revenuea lfOUld ~· it obv1oua that \be J4,lalature coul.d
not nave 1nteft4ed to a4d to u.14 dat1.ei.eDq b}' uldac the
atate liable tor acld1i1onal co.ata.
So, too,. tne fact that
a larse aaount or crt•' nal eoata were unpa14 wou.l4 not be
an 1D4uc-nt to •!!•.r&• aueh aaount b)' oraatt.nc addit~cmal
eo.ata.
l'be ... raenc7Clau.e --.. ev14ent tba legial.&tive
pm-poae ot proteotiDC the atate ft've_nuea and 4eoreaaJ..ng tbe
8110unt o~ cr11l1.D&l eoata wbi.eb m:igbt retl&1l1 unpaid by pro-
vl~ tnat all r .. -. deecrlbed tn tbe atatuu tor which tbe
atate waa aueacty lial»le ahoul4 be aubJeet to tbe orr .. ta
tbereJ.n providecl trw.
Aa ~her ev1ct.nctnc the legJ.alat'1ft 1Atent to clecreaae
toe 4eti.c1•De7 3.n tbe Rate reYet1Ua811 we DO'- tba prov1aJ.on
(now a.ett-on 550.300) that all. unc&Ued tor t'Ha pa14 by the
R&te aball he p&1.d into the a tate treaa\iii".
Prior to tbia
Act,. the 8upn.a ~Durt Ud Nlecl (in 1886) that .Uh UDC&lled
tor teH, althOU&b p&1.4 b)' tbe atate, III'Uat llle paid lnto tne
eount)t' tl'd&UZ'J. S.. Citz or St. Louia v. Cl.abg, 88 Mo. 573.
We turtber note tbat tlii -
liiiii'it liiildfi -.naotad aDOther
atatute (now .S.otS.on 550.~6o Jl8o 1959) ""eh prohil>1tecl the
Ulowaace of teea to publlo ottioeJ'• t.aUt)rUI& 'betOl'e a
e-oroner•e lnq•at, ~
JUJ7 anll 1n ori•Snal c&Ma ex-cept in
ctn't&1.1l i,natancea (t.n 1899., p. 221) with the toll01f1.n& emergency
Ol&UA1
"'fbe ~ate naceaaitJ ro~ a N4uot!.on
ot ortatnal 40ata 1D tbla state ereatea an
·-~J 111th1n the •an1nc ot the o-ona~1-
tut1on. •
Onder ordJ..naey o~ro.-~neea, all Juron Who awrve 1D St.
Louia C-OUDtJ AN ...-n o£ tbe "C\llal' p&nel. Chapter '96 ot
tbe Bert.ea4 Statutea or 1959 pl"'ri.clea to%' a pneftl ~l ot
Jurora tozo all ctirtai.ona ot tbe court (Seeti.oll 496.060). When-
eft? aav d.1 rtaJ.oD fd tbe eOUI"t nt~v.ifta a ,..~ t"O-r tbe trial
ot a c&.M~ a au.tn.eteDt auaO.I' ot Juror-a traa the tull. panel 1a
reqtd...S ~-o be •at to auoh 41 Y1a1on (a.et1on ~96 .010). 'lbe
onlJ apec1t'1e N t.-reJWe 1D Chapter •96 to Juror• not on tba
repll.ar panel 1a c011ta1Ded in 8nti·oa ~.O&>. which prov14ea
tbat. 1fMn a Jur'J ror ta. tr1al or a oa• oaunot be .ac1e up ,. rraa
tbe regular panel, • then the J\ltlp, by agreement or a.J.l the
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HoDOre.ble lorman H. Ander~K>n
part1ea, ~
make out and deliver to the proper otticera a
liat ot Juror• autr1eient to co.plete the paDel, but no
•ana11 be ~
cml)r rozt tbe tri&l or that particular
UUM.•
I.na•Wlh aa Chapter 496 eontai.aa DO pi"'v1a1on tor pay-
-nt or J\&I'O.ra, 1t t'ollowa that Jurora Who conatitute the
pD8J"'ll o~ regular panel. recaJ. ve coaqwnaa t1on tor the.ir
eervieea Ul'ldar the gene~ pi'"Ov1a1ona of the lH ( Ch. 4~ •
JUJIIo 1959) • I'M Jurpra who are o.u tbe general panel re•i.n
in tbe JUI")' room 1n cbarp or the aher1tt except when enaased
1n the t:rial of a ca• or thereafter excused by a Judge.
SectJ.on 496.o60.
Aa &bon noted, auch Juroza are notpaid tor
eerr1oe in a part1eula:" caM, civU or n1a.inal, &Dd 1n fact
mJQ' not ii'rve 1n &II¥ eau. !he7 are paid tor the:.tr Mrrlcea
tor ~ttendi.n& and ~n1.Dg in court pursuant to aUJIIIlona.
ls
part ot tbeil' Hrv1oea aa Juror• tbeJ lillY aeJ"Ye 1n a crim1nal
oa.e, but no r .. 1.8 due aucb JUPOra apeo1tically ror aer vicea
~ auch ea ...
It 1a conceivable, although unlikely, that by ra&aon ot
ebal.lencea tor cauu 1n a particular ease the aeoe:ral or
reguJ.ar panel in St. Louia County uy be exhauated, in Whieh
e&ae it woul4 be neeeasaq to oall extra j uron tor aervice
in tbat c&M.
In INCh ntuation, the pl"'Y1ai.ona ot Cbapter
~94 relatin& to c~t1on or Jurora DOt on the reSU].ar panel
woul4 alao be ap])llcable. Prior to 19~9
~ the tee a ot extra
Juz-on, not part of tbe regular panel, •oo aerve« on the trial
p&rwl under wnat 1a now Sectl-on 11-94.110., or wbo ore aUIIDlone4
1n tb8 caaea daaoribed in llbat 18 now Section 494.120. were
taxable aa oo•t•. However, bf reason or the 1919 -Ddaent to
SeetJ.ou 494.110, above noted U••• 1919. p. 433) • aueh tee a,
now au cSoll.&n per ~
(although paid tor aU'Yieea 1n the
part1-eu.l&r ca.. 1n Wh.lcb they •rve or ~
a1
aaec~T; are no
lzr taxable aa ooata.
&1nce 1911 (l.awa 19ll, P• 383) ur
o
ut~ Juron libO are •~cl to~ a particular cau but
do ~
Hrve 1.D the tr1.al an entitled to r ... , wtael'l are at1ll
tauble a a coat a J.n the o&Na 1n which the¥ .. re a-....one4.
Preaently, tneu CCIIJHina&t1.oD 1a thrn dolla:ra pe~ U7 (Section
4!M.l70). It would •ppear that pl.eceaeaJ. ... ndaeDta to tbe
atatutea nre r.-aponaill,le tor the pNaellt ai.tuat1on.
It tollowa rrc. the toreso1aa that the clerk ot tbe circuit
eOUJ"t ot 8t. Lo\lla Count7 1a no't author1.aed to tax aa part of
tbe eo.ta 1.n a cr11linal e&H the COIIpe!la&t1on pqable UDder
5ectti.ona •94.100, -\94.1.10 &D4 ~~.120 to the Juro:n Who aerve
- 17 -
or Wbo are Sl
oned in cormeetian 111.t.h .-oob O&H.
llcMever.,
tM t'eea ot a.ll other J~. not -ber• o~ tbe regular
p&Del, •be &N ~
tor a ~1eul&l" ea ... but 4o not
eerve tbereJ.n,. and. whoH ~IUI&tion ia ~t provided tor
otbe.rVi.N than b7 &tetJ.on 494.110, are t.o be tased aa eoata.
I<t ia tbe opini.on or ttda ott'1ce a
1) the atate 1.a not l.iable tor &J1T Jllrf tee• 1a cr1.m1nal
c••• ~t
onl,z auch Juri .tMa aa are taxable •• coata pursuant
to Q;pnaa etatutiQJ7 autboY'ia&t1on 1.n tho.. caeea 1n tlhich the
ataw 1• 11&~ tor coa\s.
2) Jlletab&ra o~ tbe ~
pane~ or Juran rec•1 Ye au
dollAr• per tlaJ tor each da7 ot aarv1.ce, and 1111ease~ payable
out cd tbe count7 t"rea•ur,. •o part or R4h companaat1on •Y
be taxed aa pal"t or the eoata.
3) lurora t»t on tbe NauJ,&r paa:ael VbO Mrft 1n a part1clllar
ca. reeelva au doll.ara per 4a7 tor e&o.h clay t)f aervice aa
Juror•, and ai.leap, &lao paJ&ble out of the count)' tre&aUI")'.
lo part ot auc.b et011pena&t1on 11aJ be tued aa part or the ooata.
•) Juror• Wbo a.re 8WIIIOM4 1n an;, ot tbe caHa deecribed
1n Section 494.l20, but Who do not •rn 1.ft the tPi&l of auch
oaaea, reul't'e au 4ollan per 4a7 tor eacb. da7 ~
are 1n
atteDCla1lM Qll the eourt, &D4 &lao receive ai.le&p U they have
tra vel.e4 at le&et one aile iD obedience to tbe 11-on•. payable
ou1; ot the coUDQ tre&IIUJ7.
llo part ot aucb COJIIIPIIna&t1on may
be taxed •• oata.
5} Iut-on. not ...men ~ tlle re&Ql&r panel. Who are
I'
aat4 1n all ca ... otber tbar1 tbo• 4aacrr1W 1n SectJ.on
-94.1.20 but 4o not •n• 1D. the tr1&l ot tbe oaaaa. ren1ve
r... 1n tbe ma ot three 4ollan De~ 4V tor e.U ay of at-
tendaaee. ~ r ... allOACl to aua11 Juron are to be taxed ••
part of tlM eoata 1.D tbe C&Ma 1D Whieh R8h Juron .. "
•~n.d.
~he toN&oJ.n& opi.D.1.cm, llb1u I bareb_y approve. •• p.r.pared
b7 ., Aaatat&z&t. loaeph -Matal.d.
Ye17 tr.a.b youra.
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