Opinion letter to the Honorable Michael Kinney

January 4, 1963 Honorable JUobMl nnney lenatw. PUth tiatt-ict BoUau4 Bd.lclina It.· z.ous.a. ••~t. Bear 8eraato,_. &!.mer• ---- FILED lno-1oJie4 1• OOPJ ot opiJUon ctate4 January 4, 1963, to Bon. •o'N81\ Ander•on .tsioh l'Ul•• the, 110111t7· ~ the 8tt.te !Sl cOMeot!.on 11'!.\b IUJt!l' '"• a4 the »:-tsbt to t .. 11\lob teea aa put ot CJP1Jdl'l&l co•ta. %n that op101on. we rulect •• follOW a 1) the State 1• not 11able tor ~ .1\U."J' teea 1ft cr-1afna1 .... except onl7 auoh JU17 '"• aa are taxable aa coata pur- --.nt to Opl"ee• e\at'tattlr')" -.nortntion 1n theM ca .. • tn wblob the State la liab~e t~ coa~e. e) ....-.r• ot ~ replar panel. ot .fUJ.'Ora receive au dollU. ~ cSq tor each daT ot MrVlct. &n4 a11eqe, pqable wt f!4 tM CO\Ult;v tre&eut7. lfo put or ,such cQIIpellMti<m ~ be taae4 aa part ot the co•h• 3) 1\Jrora not ora the replar pamtl 1fbo .. _... 1n a part:loulu oaa• tteceJ.ve e1x 4o11ua per claT tor eaoh 4q ot .. rvtoe aa jurors, aD4 ldl•-.e~ tlao pqable out ot the co\1.1\tJ' treaaat7. lo pan: ot such COIIIJ>ei'UI&tlon ~ be tu:e4 a• part ot the coata. 4) Jurora who an INIDOfte4 ln aQV ot the caaee deacribed in section ~9'l.1206 but Honorable MiChael Klnne7 -2- who do not serve 1n the tr1al of auch caeea., receive ai.x dollara per da7 tor each dar the7 are 1n attendance on the court, and &lao receive mile- age 1.t the7 have traveled at least one llile 1n obedience to the SUDaona • payable out ot the county tre&I\U7. Ho part ot auch oompenaation IDQ' be taxed aa coeta. 5) JUror a., not members or the reS"lar panel, who are auaDoned 1n all caaea other than tho.. described in Section 494.120 but do not serve 1n the t_rUl ot the caeee, receive reea 1n the aum ot three dollars per c1Q' tor each da,J ot attendance. !he teea allowed to ncb jurare are to be taxe4 aa part or the coata 1n the oaaea 1n wb.ieh 8Uch .furor• were 8\1180ne4. You will note that, b7 and larce. jury coata 1n St. Louie Couney ma¥ not be taxed aa part or th• ooata. tn view ot the tact that .furore 1n aa1d count,' are normall7 selected trom the replar panel, it ia extNM17 unl1kel7 that aD¥ .1UJ7 coeta pur.uant to Section 494.170 would be taxable aa coats in oaaea 1n auch count,-. In the event a aituation would ever an. .. 1n 1d11ch &n7 ot euoh j1Jr7 teea would be tazable 1n cr1a1nal oaaea, euoh coats when paid b7 the State, juat •• all other coata certified 1n the tee bill to 1d11oh the count,- 1a ent1 tled, would be paid into the count7 tre&nr'J' &De! could be expended onl7 b7 appro- priation ot the county council. I note that the county council baa now provided tor a public detebder an4 appropriated tunda tor hie Alary, ao that the queat1on preMnted b7 ,-our opinion requeat 1a eaaentiall7 moot. .Dhar Enclosure Ve17 truly yours, ifiCiil8 • • iiCILB'1'0Jf Attorney General