The sheriff or person who shall be required to bring up a person on habeas corpus, if the person be held by virtue of any legal process directed to such person as an officer, shall be entitled to the same fees and allowances as are allowed to sheriffs for removing prisoners in other cases.
History: Laws 1884, ch. 1, § 36; C.L. 1884, § 2047; C.L. 1897, § 2817; Code 1915, § 2625; C.S. 1929, § 63-137; 1941 Comp., § 25-1137; 1953 Comp., § 22-11-37.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For county officers not receiving, for their own use, fees in addition to salary, see N.M. Const., art. X, § 1 and 4-44-21 NMSA 1978.
For the tender of fees to person having custody, see 44-1-32 NMSA 1978.
For sheriff's expenses generally, see 4-41-18, 4-41-19, 4-44-18 NMSA 1978.