In all cases hereafter, in counties having a population of not more than fifty thousand inhabitants, when an inquest shall be had on the body of a deceased person, and it shall be deemed necessary by the coroner to call upon a physician or surgeon to make a post-mortem examination, the compensation to be paid by the county to such surgeon or physician for such services shall, in all cases, be fixed by the president judge of the courts of the said county where the said inquest is held.
16 P.S. § 11368