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upon proof of the delivery thereof to the constable, may call
such constable before him, and may, unless good excuse is offered,
fine him not exceeding two dollars, and the justice may there-
upon allow a future day, not exceeding fourteen days, to such
constable to make return of said execution, and if he fail to
make return by the time limited, the justice may at the request
of the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, enter judgment against
the constable and his securities for the amount of the debt
and costs.

9. If any constable against whom any such judgment shall be
entered, shall satisfy the plaintiff the amount of his debt and
costs, he shall have the same remedy against the defendant on
the plaintiff's judgment against such defendant as the plaintiff
himself might originally have had.

10. Every constable shall serve and execute a warrant of dis-
tress when required within the limits of the district or ward of
the county or city for which he is elected or appointed, and his
bond shall be responsible for the due performance of this duty,
and he is authorized to execute such warrant in any part of his
county or city, but he shall not be obliged to execute the same
beyond his district or ward; if he execute or undertake to execute
the same, his bond shall be liable.

11. Whenever any evidences of debt are put into the hands of
a constable for collection, he shall execute a receipt for the same
if demanded, and upon his neglect or refusal to do so, he shall
forfeit the sum of five dollars, to be recovered before a justice
by the party grieved.

12. A constable may by virtue of any execution from a justice
of the peace, seize and sell the right, title, claim, interest and
estate at law and in equity of the party against whose property
said execution shall have issued, in and to any lands or tenements
within the county in which such execution shall issue.

13. A deed of bargain and sale, duly executed and acknow-
ledged by any constable for any lands and tenements, or interest
or estate in, or relating to or growing out of any lands or tene-
ments sold by virtue of any execution issued on any judgment
of a justice of the peace, shall be good and effectual to transfer
and convey to any purchaser, his heirs, executors, administrators
or assigns, any right or estate to or in the premises which by