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 402 THIRTY—-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 63. 1867. of the pegce in amount claimed to be due For debt or damages arising out of contracts, m ;°“ °f express or implied, or damages for wrongs or injuries to persons or prop. ' erty, does not exceed one hundred dollars, except in cases involving the title to real estate, actions to recover damages for assault, or assault and battery, or for malicious prosecution, or actions against justices of the peace or other officers for misconduct m office, or in actions for slander, verbal or written. _ Rules of pnw- Spc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the supreme court of said Dis. 3&‘;d€';‘;g';’1:§ trict shall make and establish rules of practice, and prepare and publish trials. forms of pleading for bringing all forms of actions, and the trial thereof Bill °l` f°°* before said justices of the peace, and shall fix and determine a bill of fees
 * 3;,°(3°::ti2;s and costs to be taxed and charged by the said justices, and by the conand for consm- stables of said District of Columbia, in all civil suits in said District.

blifgmcution not Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That there shall be no stay of exeto Eg my-ed in cution on any judgment obtained before any justice of the peace for the ¤¤*f¤i¤ <=*=¤¤¤; wages of any servant or common laborer, or upon any judgment for less svhen to issue than five dollars; but execution mary issue for the collection thereof im i¤ Such °*‘·$°S4 mediately, and judgments shall be entered within two days after the trial wbé Myéd in of the action. But on all judgments or fines, except as aforesaid, stay of }’;F";;:,"iQn'g"d execution shall be entered as follows: for the sum of five dollars and not uponsecurityi exceeding twenty dollars, one month; for all sums over twenty dollars 5);;*  debt, and not exceeding forty dollars, two months ; for all sums over forty dol- ’lars and not exceeding seventy-five dollars, four months; for ell sums exceeding seventy-five dollars, six months; Provided, good and sufficient security be entered by a person or persons who may be at the time the owner of sufficient property located in said district, above all liabilities and exemptions, to secure said debt, costs, and interest. _ Justices may U Ssc..4.’ And   it further encrcted, That all justices of the peace may §;};;“;;‘QJ.;;9 xssuc original wrxts, CIVII and crxmmal, returnable before themselves; but themselves. any party, or agent, or attorney thereof may have the cjnuse removed to mggggg 3*)*12;** the nearest justice upon filing an affidavit with said _]ust1ce on the return · ·da or da of trial of said action that he or she does not believe said estjustnce ou _ Y_ _.Y _ _ _ » _ _ _ _ mi‘id¤v1t,&c. justice will give l11m or her 2, fair and impartial trial on account of prejudice or other reasonable cause. Persons not to Seo. 5. And be it further enacted, That no person in said District shall lA‘;0i2;€{v&;%l]€°' be Hned or imprisoned for disorderly conduct, unless such person was perduct, un[eSS‘&c_ sonallyland individually guilty of acts disorderly in themselves ;· and any ishgggcxrnngl Iogliiceryxnlsaid lhnstrxet who uses unpegegsarg anddwautp;1 severity1p1 ari mnlscvmty in b ltma Ol piprisonmc eny person s` 13 Ieh fegm {gm y 0 assau an mu inv arrests. a ery, am upon convxc ion uereo pums e ere or. h Qefehdants to Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That in all criminal cases or offences ¤:hf°°:i';'g;ge_ charged, the justice having jurisdiction thereof shall allow the defendant Bail. reasonable time to prepare for defence or obtain bail, and no exorbitant bail shall in any case be required. Nomresidents Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That non-residents of said District Qgft;°`ffm;Qf“°° shall not commence suit before any justice of the peace therein, without first giving se- first giving SlJil`lClGfl·C Security for costs. °“;*gS£; jfs- Sue. 8. And be tt further enacted, That when any person or persons rested 0,, R Wm_ shall be arrested on a warrant for committing an assault, or an assault and rant for assault, battery, or an affray, issued on the complaint of the party injured by any €3¢0:g3$c31;€“ justice of the peace of said District, or in case of an aifray, on the c0m· tice, undmey plaint of any person who shall haye seen the same, every such person or £;§%E;:%% Md persons shall be taken before the justice who issued the warrant, or if he be absent or otherwise inca able of actin then bef r th 1, rest other cms_ _ _ _ _ _ _ p g, oe exea Jusuce m said district, and he or- they shall be admitted to plead guilty of the charge preferred, and the said Justice before whom such plea may be Execution pleaded shall have power, and he is hereby authorized, to assess such fine ¤¤Y issue Y0! or penalty as is authorized by law, and enter judgment therefor against ine and costs. the · · · · person so pleading gu1lty and for cost, and issue execution thereon as in civil cases.