Sec. 1019. Allowance to sergeant by city court.
There shall be chargeable to each city such sums as the court
thereof may allow to the sergeant attending it for services rendered
to the said city: provided, that no such allowance shall be
made under this section for services rendered by the said officer
in criminal prosecutions on behalf of the Commonwealth; but
the judge of the Hustings or Corporation Court of any city
may, with the consent of the city council, make allowance to the
sergeant of said city for services in criminal cases, payable out
of the city treasury.
