19 - Judge must not be interested in costs.

§  19.  Judge  must  not  be  interested  in costs. A judge shall not,  directly or indirectly, be interested in the costs of an action,  claim,  matter, motion or proceeding, brought before him, or in a court of which  he  is,  or  is  entitled  to  act as a member, except an action, claim,  matter, motion or proceeding to which he is a party, or in which  he  is  interested.