It shall be lawful to charge for executing any bond in a criminal case in the county, and it shall be unlawful for any person 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 of value, other than the regular fee for bonding, from any person for whom he has executed bond for any other service whatever performed in connection with any indictment, information or charge upon which such person is bailed or held in the county. It also shall be unlawful for any person engaged either as principal or as agent, clerk or representative of another in the bonding business, to settle or attempt to settle, procure or attempt to procure the dismissal of any indictment, information or charge against any person in custody or held upon bond in the county, with any court, or with the prosecuting attorney in any court in the county. (Mont. Co. Code 1965, § 4-4; 1945, ch. 943, § 141D.)
