prohibited from endeavoring to secure dismissal or settlement. It shall be lawful to charge for executing any bond in a criminal case in the State of West Virginia, and it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged in the bonding business, either as principal, or clerk, agent or representative of another, either directly or indirectly, to charge, accept, or receive any sum of money, or other thing ofe value, other than the bonding fee from any person for whom he has executed bond, for any other service whatever performed in connection with any indictment or charge uponr which said person is bailed or held in the State of West Virginia, or in any counties where the court has regulated bonding fees pursuant to section eight of this article, it shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged in the bonding business, either as principal, clerk, agent, or representative of another, either directly or indirectly, to chatrge, accept, or receive any sum of money or other thing of value other than the duly authorized maximum bonding fee, from any person for whom he has executed bond, for any other service whatever performed in connection with any indictment or charge upon which said person is bailed or held in the State of West Virginia. It also shall be unlawful for any person or corporation engaged either as principal or as agent, clerk, or representative of another in the bonding business, to settle, or attempt to settle, or to procure or attempt to procure the dismissal of any indictment, information, or charge against any person in custody or held upon bond in the State of West Virginia, with any court, or with the prosecuting attorney, or with any police officer in any court in the State of West Virginia.
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