Section 7-12-23 - Fees and allowances for taking prisoner before judge. - South Dakota Statutes

7-12-23. Fees and allowances for taking prisoner before judge. Whenever any person accused of a public offense is taken before a judge in chambers for the purpose of entering a plea of guilty, and shall receive a penitentiary sentence, the sheriff shall be allowed the same fees and expenses as are provided for in §§ 7-12-21 and 7-12-22, to be paid as therein provided. In all such cases when a penitentiary sentence is not imposed, he shall be allowed his actual expenses and four dollars per day for the time necessarily employed in conveying such person to and from the judge by the nearest traveled route, to be paid by the county wherein the alleged offense was committed.

Source: SL 1913, ch 161, § 3; RC 1919, § 5964; SDC 1939, § 12.1008.