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![handle is hein.slavery/ssactsde0077 and id is 1 raw text is: 433 LAWS OF THE STATE
CHAP. CHAPTER CCLXIII.
CC1.XIII.
1825. AN ACT providing for the recovery of small debts.
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED by the Senotd
and liousc oj Representatwes of the State of Dla-
Justices of ware in General Asembily met, Ihat the justices of
h peace,- the peace of this State shall, severally, %i Ithin their
of o 113t
caue, orac- respective counties, have jurisdiction of all causes of
jurisdiction, action arising from obligation or express or implied
anl to what promise or contract for the payment of money render
amount- of rent or delivery of produce chattel. goods wares
or merchandize, wherein the matter in demand shall
not exceed fifty dollars; but a penalty exceeding fif-
ty d6llars, in any obligation or contract, shall not ex-
clude it fron this jurisdiction, if the sum actually
due, upon such obligation or contract, shall not ex-
ceed that sum, and in such case judgment shall be
given for the sum due, without respect to the penal-
ty.
on complaint SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That a jus.
made, tice of the peace, upon a complaint made to him
shall issue
sumnons or touching a cause of action within his jurisdiction as
capias- aforesuid, shall issue a summons or cpias, under his
hand and seal, bearing date on the day of issuing the
same, directed to any constuble of hi counti , men-
tioning the sun denandkd, and < xpresing, iin a
summons, the day of the wx eek and month nd place
for the defendant': ajpearance. and in a capias, the
place of return : and the day for the defendarnt's ap.
pearance, uxpressed in a summons, shall not be less
than five days, nor more than fificen days, after the
day of the date thereof.-A summons shall be accor-
ding to the following form viz.-
formofrsm- 4 couilnty ss. '1 he State of Dclaware,
mons- To any constabie of the said county greeting: We
command you to summon [the defendant's name]
to appear, on [the day of the week] the [the day
of the month] day of [ibe month], al [1he place],
before [rhe name of the jutiSice], one of our justices
of the peace for the county aforesaid, to answer to
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