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2002 INDEX TO THE
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their maintenance, children suffering through the extreme indigence
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of their parents, the children of beggars, illegitimate children, and
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the children of persons out of the state, where a sufficient mainte-
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nance is not afforded 1794, ch. 47, .
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306
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See Apprentices.
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Any two justices of the peace authorized (in the recess of the orphans
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courts,) to have the children of paupers or vagrants brought before
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them, and bound out as apprentices 1808, ch. 54,
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561
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Also the children of lazy, indolent, and worthless free negroes 1808,
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ch. 54, ...........
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561
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Provided the contracts are approved by the orphans court, and recorded
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therein agreeably to the sixth section of the act of 1793, ch. 45
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1794, ch. 47, .........
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306
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May issue attachment against witnesses not attending, fine them, and
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issue execution 1801, ch. 42, sec. 1, .
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434
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Such fine to be paid by the constables to the justices, and by them re-
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turned annually and paid to the county clerks, &c. 1801, ch. 42,
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sec. 2, ...........
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434
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Persons committed by a single magistrate in execution to be delivered
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to the constable, to be committed to the sheriff or gaoler 1801,
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ch. 62, sec. 5, ..........
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436
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Their duty to prepare all probats, affidavits and other instruments, ex-
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cept acknowledgment of deeds 1801. ch. 74, sec. 31,
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462
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Their fees prescribed and their oath of office 1801, ch. 74, sec. 30,31,
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p. 462 ; 1809, ch. 76, ........
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567
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May take the bond of the coroner 1805, ch. 65, ....
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507
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Their duty respecting free negroes selling corn without a permit
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1805, ch. 80, ..........
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510
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Their jurisdiction as determining the fact of a purchase of an execu-
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tion, after the execution returned 1805, ch. 107,
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527
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May give licenses annually to free negroes to keep, each, one dog
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1806, ch. 81, sec. 1, .
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543
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To commit them, if found in tumultuous meetings of negroes, &c. un-
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less they enter into recognizance for their appearance 1806, ch.
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81, sec. 3, ...........
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543
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Fines for insuring lottery tickets, &c. to be recovered before justices
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of the peace as small debts are 1809, ch. 154, ....
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590
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Duties of justices of the peace as to runaways. See Runaways.
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Money, &c. won or lost by gaming or betting, not recoverable before
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any court or justice of the peace 1813, ch. 84, .
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615
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Each justice to keep a docket and enter his proceedings, and to furnish
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the parties with copies of judgments, on which any other justice
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may issue execution 1809, ch. 76, sec. 4, .
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566
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On failure to keep such docket, &c. whereby the debt may be lost, the
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justice to satisfy the same 1809, ch. 76, sec. 5, .
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567
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Duty of justices of the peace, in case of resignation or removal, to
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deliver their dockets, judicial papers, &,c. to the county clerks,
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within one month 1814, ch. 82, sec. 1, .....
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626
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