Fees of coroners shall be the same as are or may be allowed sheriffs in similar cases:
For holding an inquest over a dead body, five dollars ($5.00); if necessarily engaged more than one day, for each additional day, five dollars ($5.00).
For burying a pauper over whom an inquest has been held, all necessary and actual expenses, to be approved by the board of county commissioners, and paid by the county.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 152-5