§ 143. Fees of such commissioners. The fees of such commissioners
shall be as follows:

1. If appointed for another state, territory or dependency, not to
exceed four times the amount allowed by the laws of such state,
territory or dependency for like services, and not to exceed in any case
one dollar for taking the proof or acknowledgment of a written
instrument, or administering an oath;

2. If appointed for Great Britain or Ireland, for administering or
certifying an oath, one shilling sterling, and for taking the proof or
acknowledgment of a written instrument, or for certifying to the
existence or correctness of a copy of a patent, record or document, four
shillings sterling;

3. If appointed for France or any other foreign country, for
administering and certifying an oath, one franc and twenty-five
centimes, and for taking the proof or acknowledgment of a written
instrument, or for certifying to the existence or correctness of a copy
of a patent, record or document, five francs.