(a) The general sessions judge is entitled to one dollar ($1.00) per day for trying cases of forcible entry and detainer, forcible detainer, or unlawful detainer.(b) The officer is entitled to two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) for each defendant named in the original process, and one dollar ($1.00) for each witness summoned.(c) Each witness shall receive one dollar ($1.00) for each day's attendance.Code 1858, § 3365 (deriv. Acts 1849-1850, ch. 131, § 1); impl. am. Acts 1879, ch. 23, § 1; Shan., § 5114; mod. Code 1932, § 9269; Acts 1957, ch. 22, § 6; impl. am. Acts 1979, ch. 68, § 3; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 23-1623.