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It shall be the duty of the director of finance to pay the certificate of attendance of such jurors, state’s witnesses, criers and bailiffs of the circuit court when presented to him for payment, and upon his failure to pay any such certificate when so presented by the person to whom the same was issued, such director of finance shall forfeit and pay to every such person for every such failure, the sum of five dollars ($5.00) to be recovered by the party in his own name as other small debts are recovered before a justice of the peace, together with the costs of suit. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-4; 1982, ch. 418, § 125; 1912, ch. 390, § 323.)
The judge presiding at any criminal proceeding may allow any witness attending and testifying at the instance of the state’s attorney or defendant in such proceeding such sum as may be reasonable compensation for the loss which such witness may sustain by such attendance not exceeding ten dollars ($10.00) per diem. (1967, ch. 306, § 1.)
(a) A certificate signed by the clerk of the circuit court, and expressing the number of days a state’s witness, crier or bailiff may have attended, and the sum due him for such attendance, shall be sufficient authority to the director of finance to pay the amount specified therein.
(b) A certificate that is signed by the jury commissioner and states the number of days that each prospective, qualified, or sworn juror has been required to be in attendance at or in proximity to the court, and the sum due, for jury service shall be sufficient authority for the director of finance to pay the amount stated in the certificate. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-5; 1892, ch. 418, § 126; 1912, ch. 790, § 324; 2006, ch. 372.)
The auditor of the circuit court for the county shall be allowed a minimum charge of ten dollars ($10.00) for each and every cause audited and reported to the court, and such additional charge as may be in keeping with proper compensation for services rendered in stating, auditing or settling any such cause or account, and as may be approved by the court upon final ratification thereof. Such charges shall be taxed as part of the costs of the suit, and paid by such parties as the court shall direct. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 7-6; 1943, ch. 342.)
The chief judge of the circuit court for Montgomery County is hereby authorized to fix the salaries of the crier of the circuit court and of the librarian of the law library of the circuit court of Montgomery County within the limits of the amounts appropriated therefor; provided, that, in no event, shall the amount of the salary exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1500.00) per annum for each of these positions. The salary paid shall be in lieu of any and all other allowances now authorized by law.
The chief judge is hereby authorized to appoint one (1) person as both crier of the circuit court and as librarian of the law library of the circuit court, if he so desires.
In case the person appointed as crier of the circuit court is also appointed as librarian of the law library of such court, his salary shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of this section and, in such an event, his salary for the combined positions shall not exceed a maximum of two thousand four hundred dollars ($2,400.00) per annum.
The county council is authorized and directed to levy a tax on all assessable property in the county, sufficient for the payment of the salary of salaries of these positions. (Mont. Co. code 1965,
§ 7-7; 1908, ch. 31, § 67; 1912, ch. 790, § 168; 1939, ch. 348.)
Each of the judges of the appellate courts of the state resident in the county is authorized to set a salary supplement for his or her secretary over and above the amount of compensation provided in the state budget. The amount of the supplement shall be such that when combined with the compensation provided in the state budget the total salary will not exceed the salary for step E in grade 15 in the general salary schedule for employees of the county in effect when the salary supplement is set. The salary supplement shall be set annually and may be changed by the judge, within the foregoing limits, for year to year, without regard to length of service. Funds for the payment of the salary supplement may be appropriated annually by the county council. (1976 L.M.C., ch. 17, § 1.)
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