Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1850-05-03

estate ot any married woman in his Common
wealth. shall not be subject 10 execution for
any debt against her husband, on account of
any interest he may have, or may have had
therein, as tenant by the courtesy, but the same
shall be exempt from levy and sale for such
debt during the life Of said wife.
!Serrice Of Process Against Sheriff..
That in all suits which may hereafter be in
sttuteL in any CcuIt of this Commonwealth in
which the Sheriff of any county may be party,
where there is no Coroner in commission to
serve process, 1t shall be awful for any Con-
stable in the county where the process has been
Issued, to serve the same, and perform the duties
in relation thereto which Coroners are author
lzed TO do under the lawsof this Commonwealth
Relative to Aldermen and Justices Of the
Peace.
That every alderman and Justice of the peace,
and every person exercising or holding any
Office Of public trust, who shall be guilty of
wllfu and malicious oppression, plrtiaity, mis-
conduct, or abuse of authority in his official ca
pacity, or under color of his office, shall, on
conviction thereof in any Court of Quarter
Sessions IN this Commonwealth, be adIudged
guilty OF mIsdemeanor IN Office, and be pun
lshed by Imprisonment in the county Jail for q
term not exceeding one year, and fine not ex-
ceedng five hundred dollars.
A correspondent of the Chambersburg
Wing furnishes some items of interest,
from which we extract the following:
H.RRrsBuRc, April 20, 1850.
! have been looking over some Of the Omni-
busses, and have distracted several Of their pro-
Visions, which may perhaps be of interest to
your readers. Some of them are laws and
others are not, but think they will be ere long
Among those which have become laws, is one
relative to short measure and shorG lceight in the
sale OF dry goods and groceries. 1t was made to
prevent frauds in wholesaling those articles
but II applies equally to the retailing business
and any person who shall hereafter sell dry
goods which proves to be short in measure or
groceries short in loeighi, if sued shall forfeit
double the value of the deficiency and suit may
be brought before any Justice of the Peace
Amongst those which have not vet become
laws, but which think will be approved, are
several very important matters, which in their
effect will greatly change the present law on the
subjects to which they relate.
OF these is that requiring the Clerks of the
Orphans Courts Of the State to record in books
to be procured for that purpose all the accounts
OF Executors, Administrators and Guardians
hereafter filed, together with the Auditors Re-
ports thereon, for which he is to receive oe-half
the fees now allowed for similar services
Another section OF the same bill requires the
Prothonotaries Of the Courts of Common Pleas
and District Courts to record in like manner ali
/ Assignees, Trustees, Legislators and Com.
mIttee's accounts hereafter filed, and also all
Auditors Reports thereon, and all reports of
distributions made by sheriffs He is also al
lowed only one-half the usual fees | think this
IS salutary change, as permanent records will
thus be made of matters and things which are
/ frequently of great importance TO suitors and
the originals of which are now frequently mis-
laid or lost because of their being carried away
from the public Offices. The fees are, however,
in my opinion, too small, but still suppose the
officers will each year have time enough to enter
and record these matters, when they would
otherwise have nothing TO do, and it is an old
saying that half bite is better than none'
Another section provides that it shall hereaf-
! ter be unlawful for any Prothonotary to demand
or receive any " continuance fee" in any cause
. unless the cause shall have been put down up
on the trial list aud an actual continuance is
agreed 10 by the parties or directed by the
Court" Another provides that in case anr
Justices docket shall be destroyed, defaced
mlslald or lost, he may issue a seire tdeius upon
any case that might have been in it, and proceed
to hear testimony in regard TO what had been
the determination of the case and may himself
give testimony, 10 order to supply the los.
record