Compensation of processioners; costs of protest

The applicant shall pay to each of the processioners not less than $6.00 per day for his services. If a protest is filed, the costs of the court shall abide the issue. The judge of the probate court is authorized to fix the compensation of the processioners at the time of making the biennial appointment of processioners as provided in Code Section 44-4-1; but the compensation he fixes shall not be less than the compensation specified in this Code section. (Laws 1818, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, p. 719; Code 1863, § 2359; Code 1868, § 2356; Code 1873, § 2391; Code 1882, § 2391; Civil Code 1895, § 3250; Civil Code 1910, § 3824; Ga. L. 1912, p. 70, § 1; Ga. L. 1929, p. 167, § 1; Code 1933, § 85-1610; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 202, § 2.)