SEC. 99-17-7. Interpreters.

In criminal cases, the court may appoint an interpreter when necessary, sworn truly to interpret, and allow him a reasonable compensation, as set by the court, payable out of the county treasury.

SOURCES: Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 61, art. 1(80); 1857, ch. 61, art. 158; 1871, Sec. 640; 1880, Sec. 1713; 1892, Sec. 731; 1906, Sec. 792; Hemingway's 1917, Sec. 576; 1930, Sec. 585; 1942, Sec. 1529. Amended by Laws 2000, Ch. 389, Sec. 1, SB2792, eff. July 1, 2000.

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