The court in which the cause is pending, or the chancellor or judge thereof in vacation, shall fix and allow reasonable compensation for each of the masters, and such compensation shall be taxed and collected as costs in the suit.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 42, art. 2(9); 1857, ch. 36, art. 57; 1871, § 1840; 1880, § 2575; 1892, § 3109; 1906, § 3533; Hemingway's 1917, § 2845; 1930, § 2933; 1942, § 974; Laws, 1928, ch. 299; Laws, 1960, ch. 225; Laws, 1991, ch. 573, § 55, eff. 7/1/1991.
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