§ 27-10. Schedule of fees; costs; waiver of costs.

The fee for issuing summons and copies, trial, judgment and satisfaction in an action shall be five dollars ($5.00), except proceedings of garnishment, attachment, replevin and distress, when the fee shall be seven dollars and fifty cents ($7.50). The judge shall have full discretionary power to waive the prepayment of costs or the payment of costs accruing during the action upon the sworn written statement of the plaintiff and upon other satisfactory evidence of his inability to pay such costs. When costs are so waived, the notation to be made on the records shall be "Prepayment of Costs Waived," or "Costs Waived." The term "pauper" or "in forma pauperis" shall not be employed. The award of other court costs shall be according to the discretion of the judge who may include therein the reasonable costs of bonds and undertakings, and other reasonable court costs incident to the suit incurred by either party.

(Ch. 27268, § 10, Gen. Laws 1951; Gen. Laws, Ch. 65-1147, § 1; Gen. Laws, Ch. 67-640, § 1)