Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-06-12

Vi tOotS any Charge lOF services not &C
tually performed, than is allowed by
law, shall forfeit and pay to the party
against whom such bill hath been made
and taxed, sum Of money equal to the
amount ofthe costs taxed in the said suit;
which sum shall and may be recovered
with costs, before any justice of the
peace within the county, and the juris-
diction of every justice, for the purpose
of prosecuting for, and recovering such
forfeiture, shall be co-exlensiye with the
boundaries of the county, any thing here
in contained to the contrary notwith-
standing Provided Always, That if the
said forfeiture shall exceed the sum of
fifty dollars, then the sum may be re-
coverable by action of debt; in any court
ofrecord within this state.
Sec. IS. lind be it further enacted,
That no justice of the peace, by virtue
OF the provisions contained in this act,
shall institute or sustain two, or more
actions or suits between the same par
ties for demands which are of such a
nature as may be consolidated in one &C
ton, under the penalty of eighteen dol
lars, to be recovered for the use Of, and
in the name ofany person who shall first
sue Tor the same, in the same manner as
is provided in the fifth section of this act;
and every Judgment recovered against
any defendant or defendants, by virtue
OF the provisions herein contained, may
be pleaded in bar, and such plea may
be received in any court within this state
as complete bar to any subsequent ac
ton or suit, instituted by The same plain
tiff or plaintiffs, against the same defen-
dant or defendants for any demand due,
and owing from the same defendant or
defendants to the same plaintiff or plain
tiAs, at 'Hhe time Of instituting the action
in which such judgment shall have been
obtained, if the demand on such subse-
quent action shall have been commen-
ced, shall be of such a nature as might
have been consolidated and joined in
one action, and demands secured by
writings under seal may be consolidated
with demands secured by writings with
out seal.
Sec. IA. BE it further enacted, That
this act shall notll he construed or under
stood to extend to, or embrace, nor shall
any thing herein contained extend to en-
brace any action of debt on bonds for the
performance of covenants, actions of re-
plevin, or upon any real contract, actions
of trespass on the case, for trover and
conversion, or SANDER, or actions of
trespass vi ct armis, or actions wherein
the title Of lands shall in any wise come
in question.
Sec. Is. Be ii further enacted, That
the justices of the peace WHO have been
or shall be appointed aid commissioned,
in and for the several counties in this
state that now exist and in such counties
as may hereafter be erected, shall Joint
ly or severally, have full power to keep,
and cause to be kept all laws at present
in force, or that may hereafter be made
for the conservation ofthe peace, and for
the good government Of the citizens and
inhabitants OF this state within the said
counties respectively, according to the
force, form and effect of all such laws,
of which they now have or hereafter
may have jurisdiction; and to apprehend,
imprison aid punish all persons Offend
ing against those laws or any OF them IN
the said respective counties, in such
manner as, according TO those laws, shall
be right and proper, and to cause to
come before them, Or any OF them, all
persons who shall break the peace or
have used or shall use threats against
any citizen or inhabitant or person with
in this state, and under the protection Of
the laws, concerning his or her bodies or
the firing OF his or her house, barn Or
other buildings, or the unlawful destrnc-
ton or injury OF his or her property and
also such persons, who are not OF good
fame, where they are found to enter INTO
recognizance, with sufficient security for
the peace or their good behaviour to-
wards the people or inhabitants OF this
state, and all those under the protection
OF its laws and if the persons against
whom such proceedings are directed,
shall fail to enter into such recognizance,
it shall be the duty of the justice Of the
peace to cause him or her to be safely
kept in prison and he or she shall do the
same. And further the said justices
shall have power to perform, and it shall
be their duty TO execute, all such mat
ters, acts and things as by law appcrtain
to their Office, as are or shall be enJoined
on them, and committed to their charge
and execution.
Sec. 10. Ind be ii FURTHER enacted,
That every justice of the peace, who
shall take any recognizance for keeping