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ORDINANCA NO. An ordinance relating to the payment of witness fees in the Police Court of the city of Averett, and in the Superior Court of Snohomish County, and requiring the clerk of the Police Court to keep a record of the attendance of all witnesses in said court, and declaring an emergency. THA CITY OF .r;VARATT DOGS ORDAIN: Section 1: That the clerk of the Police Court of the city of .Lverett be and he is hereby required to keep a record of the attendance of all witnesses who are entitled to witness fees in the Police Court of the city of Averett, and such record shall show the name of the witness, number of miles traveled, the number of days each person appeared as a witness in said court, and the name of the case in which said witness appeared. Said clerk is hereby required to secure a book for the purpose of keeping said record. Section 2: All persons attending as witnesses for the city ofAverett in the Police Court of said City, and all persons attending as witnesses for the defendant in said court when such defendant is entitled to his costs, as provided by laws shall be entitled to witness fees from said City; provided, that no person shall be entitled to witness fees from said City,unless such person at or before the time of the trial of the case in which such person appears as a witness, claims witness fees in such case and signs the book in which the record of attendance of witnesses is kept. Section 3: The clerk of the Police Court shall, at the first of each month, make a written statement to the city council showing the name of each person entitled to witness fees for the preceeding month, the amount of fees which each person is entitled to, and when such statement is approved by the city attorney and the judge of the Police Court such fees so approved shall be paid as other claims against the City are paid.