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Section 1. The jurisdiction of all justices of the peace shall be co-extensive with the limits of the county in which they are elected, and no other or greater.

Sec. 2. Every justice of the peace shall keep his office in the precinct for which he may be elected, and not elsewhere; but he may issue process in any place in the county.

Sec. 3. No justice of thc peace shall hold his office in the same room with a practicing attorney, unless such attorney shall be his law partner; and in that such not be permitted to appear or practice as an attorney, in any case tried before such justice.

Sec. 4. Every justice of the peace elected in any precinct in this territory is hereby authorized to hold a court for the trial of all actions in the next section enumerate, and to hear, try, and determine the same according to law; and for this purpose, where no special provision is otherwise male by law, such court shall be vested with all the necessary powers which are possessed by courts of record in this territory; and all laws of a general nature are to apply to such justices' court, so far as the same may be applicable, “and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act."

Sec. 5. Every such justice shall have jurisdiction over and cognizance of the following actions and proceedings:

1. Of an action arising on contract for the recovery of