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An Act relative to the judges of the county courts, and justices of the peace in the territory of Orleans. 1804 388 (1804.12)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsla0008 and id is 1 raw text is: ( 388 ) CHAP. XLIV. AN ACT Relative to the judges of the ccun y courts, and ju4tes of the peace in the territory oq Or- Irans. Sec. I. fE it enalled by the governor of .1)the territory of Orleans, by and with the advice and cenfcnt of the legi//ative Mien the o7. council thereof, That fo foon as judges of the cfritf cvil com- county courts and juftices of the peace thall nandanit, etc. be appointed, commiflioned and tworn, for Jfitlue. any of the counties in this territory, that then, and from the day fuch judges and juf. tices fhall be refpeaively fworn, the offices of civil commandant and fyndics, in the county for which fuch judges and fyndics thall be relpedfively appointed, flhall ceafe and become void, and fuch judges refpec. tively thall be and they are hereby vetted with all the powers, and fubjca to all the Dutis cf duties, which on the thirtieth day of Sep- judpir. tember, in the year of our Lord one thou- find eight hundred and four, might lawful. ly have been exercifed by the civil coinan. dants, refpefivdy, or which they were bound to perform in all cafes refpeding in. teflacies, proofs of wills, inventories, infol. vencies, the taking, authenticating and re- cording of deeds, conveyances and contraas, and the fuperintendance of roads and levees, and the police of flaves. And fuch juflices of the peace fliall be velled with all the powers and be liable to the fame duties in

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