§ 9-29-8 - Certification as to witness fees. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 9-29-8

   § 9-29-8  Certification as to witness fees.– Every witness before obtaining any fees, except the amount which in certaincases must be tendered to him or her before he or she can be compelled toattend, shall give a certificate to the clerk of the court wherein or beforewhom his or her attendance shall be given, certifying the number of days he orshe shall have attended and the number of miles he or she shall have traveled,in pursuance of a summons issued for that purpose, which certificate shall besubject to the examination of the court, and the allowance shall be madethereon as may be lawfully due; provided, that a certificate may be made fortravel and attendance without a summons, in case a witness for the state comesfrom without the state.