County timber inspectors shall be entitled to receive the following fees for services:
(1)(A)(i) Five cents (5¢) per thousand feet (1000') for scaling or measuring and making out survey bills for all logs they are called upon to scale or measure;(ii) Twelve cents (12¢) per thousand feet (1000') running measure for measuring square timber; and(iii) Ten cents (10¢) per thousand feet (1000') for sawed lumber, including bills.(B) In all such cases, fees shall be paid by the owner of the logs, timber, or lumber scaled or measured;(2) Fifty cents (50¢) for recording each mark; and(3) For recording any mortgage, bill of sale, or other written instrument, the same fees allowed by law to county recorders for recording like instruments.Acts 1883, No. 83, § 18, p. 140; 1901, No. 130, § 12, p. 202; C. & M. Dig., § 7003; Pope's Dig., § 8983; A.S.A. 1947, § 54-311; Acts 1995, No. 1296, § 55.