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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 786. 1900. 48]. Eleventh. Satisfaction of the judgment or any part thereof; Twelfth. A memorandum of all orders relatm to the admission of bail, taking bail, or commitment for want thereog Thirteenth. All other matters which may be material or specially r uired by any statute. Bgnc. 946. The docket and files of a justice’s court are to be safely p,}{,*{§Q*$f,,,,g§g__ ‘“°°· and securely kept b the jlustice of the (peace, and by him delivered to his successor in offlce w en demande . Such docket and Hles are public writings. . .-,1. Cmurrnn Nmnrr-·rwo. OF GENERAL PROVISIONS ·1N RELATION TO crvu. ACTIONS IN JUSTICE’S GOURT. Sec. . Sec. 947. Code of Civil Procedure to govern. } 956. Disposition ofdefendant arrested in 948. Summons, by whom issued, and re- civil action. quirements of. 957. Defendant entitled to give bail. 949. Same subject. 958. Undertaking of bail. · 950. Service of summons. 959. Undertaking for delivery of personal 951. When served and by whom. property.. 952. Undertaking for costs, when may 960. Beal property can not be attached be required. V by fpromss from a justice’s court. 953. Sureties in such cases. 961. J usti cation of sureties. 954. Provisional remedies. 955. Who may serve writ of arrest, attachment, and order for the delivery of personal property. · Sec. 947. A civil action in a justice’s court is commenced and pros- w,°°uQg tgfggg Pre ' ecuted to final determination, and judgment enforced therein, in the T manner provided in this code for similar actions in courts of record, except as otherwise provided: Provided, Necessary disbursements shall in al cases be allowed the prevailing party.» Sec. 948. The summons shall be issued and signed by the justice,  *’§${’,;§ and must require the defendant to appear before such justice at atime me¤¤'¤f- and place to be named therein not less than six nor more than twent days from the date thereof, to answer the complaint of the plaintiff; or judgment for want thereof will be taken against him. Sec. 949. The summons shall be issued an signed by the justice, S““"’ “‘“"°‘”" and maty be in the following form: ` To e United States marshal of the district of Alaska or any deputy: In the name of the United States of America we command you to summon —+ to appear before the undersigned, a justice of . j the peace in ———precinct in said district, on the———day of---, ‘ 19——, at the hour of —-— o’clock, in the ——-e of said day, ' at -——-, in the said precinct, to answer the complaint of 1, founded upon an instrument of writing (or note or account, or for trespass or injui to property, or any similar statement, as the case may be}, and w erein he demands ——-— dollars. Given under my hand this —-— day of--—, 19--. A B Commissioner and ex officio Justice of the Peace. Sec. 950. The service of the summons mg be made as follows: First, S°“'*°° °‘¤¤¤*m°¤¤· by delivering a copy thereof to the defen nt; or, second, by leaving a copy of the summons at the usual place of abode of the defendant, with some person of the family above the age of fifteen years; and if a defendant shall refuse to hear the summons read, or to receive acopy thereof, at the offer of the officer to read the same or to deliver a copy thereof, such refusal shall be a sufficient service of the summons; or if voL xxx1—— -31