Kansas weekly herald., 1855-06-22
LEAvENWoRTH, K. T. JUNE %, Is

persons. body polite or corporate, holding
and presenting the same as aforesaid.
each and every forfeiture, under the fore-
going provisions Of this act, shall be recov-
cred in an action Of debt, before any JUS
tice Of the peace in the District of Colum-
bia, in the nime Of any person who shall
sue therefor, and Jurisdiction is hereby ex-
pressly given to each and every justice of
the peace il the District of Columbia to
/ try and adjudicate each and every such
case.
SEC. 5. find Be It further enacted, That
all contracts, whether written or verbal,
hereafter made, to pay or deliver money
or any valuable thing, or thing purporting
to be valuable thing, the consideration
whereof may be, either wholly or in part,
any paper currency or circulating medium
under Eve dollars, or other paper currency
prohibited by this act, shall be deemed and
held illegal and void and the person or
persons-suing on such contract shall have
no remedy in any court of law and equity;
and, in any suit brought on such contract,
it shall be competent for the defendant,
undert the general issue, or any appropri-
ate or special plea, to offer evidence of the
nature or of the consideration of the con-
tract 80 sued on; and, on defendants ma
king oath that he or she has not evidence
sufficient to prove the nature or considera-
ton of such contract, it shall be the duty
of said court before which such suit may
be brought, to require the plaintiff or plain
tiffs, or either or any of them, to be sworn
to testify the truth in regard to the trans
action; and if the plaintiff or plaintiffs
shall not be present at the trial, to compel
the attendance of such plaintiff or plain
tifs as witness or witnesses, and to post
pone or continue the cause till s:1ch atten-
dance shall be procured ;. and if, after the
whole evidence shall have been heard, it
shall appear that the consideration, either
wholly or in part, of the contract was such
paper currency or circulating medium pro-
hibited by this act, judgment shall be rem
dered for the defendant or defendants, and
for costs against the plaintiff or plaintiffs.
SEC. 6. find be it further enacted, That
if any merchant. hotelkeeper, shopkeep-
er, grocer, commission merchant, or insu-
rance agent, any owner or driver of a
hackney carriage, omnibus, cart wagon, or
dray, any huckster, butcher, auctioneer, liv-
cry stable keeper, any owner or keeper of
a billiard-table or ten-pin alley, any pawn
broker, any manager or agent of theatrical
or other srnusements, any hawker or ped
lar, transacting business under license
granted by the corporation of the City ol
Washington or of Georgetown in the Dis.
trict of Columbia, or any other person ol
persons transacting business under such
license, shall either receive or pay out any
paper under the denomination Of five
fdollars, or any other paper not paya.
BILE in specie OF demand, so prohibited
las aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the
attorney of the United States for the
District of Columbia to sue out process.
in the nature of scire facias, or to in.
stitute other suitable proceedings in the
Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
against such offender or offenders, return.
| able to the said court Immediately, if said
court be then sitting, or to the next term o
said court, if there be then vacation of the
terms of said court, requiring such offender:
to show cause why his, her, or their license
aforesaid, shall not be forfeited; and or
tproof exhibited to said court of such re-
ceiving or paying out of such prohibited
paper as aforesaid, said court shall forfeit
annul, and vacate such license, and NJ
other license for any purpose shall be grant
ed to such offender Or offenders until ont
year thereafter shall have ps ssed and ex
pired.
SEC. z. find be 1t further enacted, Tha
it shall be the duty of the marshal of th'
) District Of Columbia, and of every con
stable of said district, to give information
to some justice of the peace in said district
Eof every violation of this law which ma,
come to his knowledge.
SEC. g. find be 1t further enacted, Tha
on the trial Of any cause other than Grim
inal prosecution, under the provisions O
this act, it shall beIlawful for the court be
fore whom such cause is pending, to caus,
to be brought before said court, and exam
ined as witness, any defendant to any sucl
suit, his agent or employer, touching th'
: matters and things IN controversy, and t,
employ such process to effect the objec
i aforesaid, as is usual in other cases.
SIC. 9. find be 1t further enacted, Tha
; ; this act shall be In force from and after tht
first day Of November next; and that s.
+ much and such parts of all former acts a
may be repugnant to this act be and th,
same are hereby repealed.
+ Approved. December 27, 1854.
TEcUMsEH.-We visited this pleasan
village, twenty miles above Lawrence OF
Monday last. Wefouud it rather delight
ful place, although not aslarge site as W,
, expected. Mr.. Stinson, the proprietor,