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 ceeded against in the county court the same as for a neglect or refusal to execute or serve process issued out of the district court.

§ 17. APPEAL-BOND.] In civil actions brought under the provisions of this act, either party may appeal from the judgment of the county court, in the same manner as provided by law in cases tried and determined by justices of the peace. The amount of the bond or undertaking shall be double the amount of the judgment and costs, and shall be approved by the county judge.

§ 18. DEPOSITIONS.] Depositions may be taken to be used in evidence in any cause, matter or proceeding pending in any county court, in the like manner and upon the like notice as in actions in the district court. Depositions so taken must be addressed and transmitted to the judge of the court in which the cause, matter or proceeding is pending.

§ 19. CONTINUED CAUSES.] When for any cause the county juige fails to attend at the commencement of any regular term, or at the time when any cause is assigned for trial, or at the time to which any cause may be continued, the parties shall not be obliged to wait more than one hour, and if he does not attend within the hour, the parties in attendance shall be required to attend at 9 o'clock a. m. of the following day, and if such judge shall not attend at that time, the cause shall stand continued until the first day of the next regular term.

§ 20. APPEARANCE.] In all actions brought in the county court in pursuance of the provisions of this act, parties, jurors and witnesses shall be obliged to appear at the time when the summons is returnable, or at which the cause is assigned for trial, or to which it may be continued.

§ 21. ADJOURNMENT.] The time for which any cause may be adjourned, shall be regulated by the county judge in the exercise of a reasonable discretion; Provided, That such cause cannot be adjourned over more than three regular terms of said court, upon the application of either party without the consent of the other.

§ 22. DOCKET.] The county judge shall keep a docket in which all of his proceedings in civil actions shall be entered in like manner as near as may be, as the proceedings before justices of the peace in civil actions; and the provisions of the justice code relating to justices' docket shall, as near as may be, apply to the docket of the county judge.

§ 23. .] In all civil actions brought in the county courts the prevailing party shall recover costs as follows: On all sums over one hundred (100) dollars the same as is provided by law for like cases in district court, on all sums cognizable by a justice of the peace the same as is provided by law in the justice court; in cases other than for the recovery of money costs shall be allowed the same as in like cases in the district court.

Approved March 31, 1890.