ELIHU E. JACKSON, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR.

thority to administer an oath therein, and certified
as aforesaid, that he believes the money, goods,
merchandise, effects or chattels charged in the
account to which such oath shall be annexed,
were bona fide delivered as charged, or that the
work or services charged in said account were
bona fide done or rendered as therein charged,
and that he hath not to his knowledge or belief
received any payment or satisfaction for the
articles, work or services therein charged more
than credit is duly given for in and appearing
upon the said account, nor hath he received any
security for the same, and that the amount
charged and claimed is justly due according to
the best of his knowledge and belief.
SEC. 43. And be it enacted, That any account
for money or goods lent or due, and chargeable

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for goods sold, work done, or other things prop-
erly chargeable in account, not exceeding fifty
dollars, which shall be sworn to by the creditor
before a justice of the peace of this state, or be-
fore any officer of any other state or county where
he may be at the time, having authority to ad-
minister an oath therein, and certified as afore-
said to be just and true; and that he hath not,
directly or indirectly, received to his knowledge
any part or parcel of the money or goods charged
as due by such account, or any security or satis-
faction for the same, more than credit shall be
given for, shall be received as good evidence in
any court or before any justice of the peace of
this state, unless the creditor or defendant shall
make it appear by lawful evidence that such
account is false in fact or in whole.
SEC. 44. And be it enacted, That in cases where

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there are two or more plaintiffs, any affidavits
required under the preceding sections to be
made by the party bringing suit, or by the cred-
itor, may be made by any one of the plaintiffs;
or if all the plaintiffs be absent from the state
at the time of the bringing of the suit, or if the
plaintiff be a corporation, such affidavit may be
made by any agent of the plaintiff or plaintiffs,
or any of them, who will make further oath that
he is such agent, and that he has personal
knowledge of the matters therein stated; such
affidavit, if made on behalf of any firm or co-

Affidavit.