The Nevada Democrat., 1856-08-20
District Count Rules.

The District Court for Nevada County met
on the Monday succeeding the fire, and COM
mittee was appointed to report Rules in regard
to lost papers, &e
The following is the report of the committee;
They recommend that an order be entered,
requiring the Clerk Of said Court, from the best
evidence he has in his possession, or can obtain,
to prepare list of all cases pending in sad
Court which have not been fully tried and de-
termined, and report the same TO this Court
And that the Clerk prepare for this Court
list of judgments in said Court, remaining un-
determined and unsatisfied, so far as he can as
certain the same.
And it is further ordered, that to renstate a
Judgment in said Court, it shall be necessary
for the party or his Attorney, in whose favor a
Judgment shall be rendered, and the records of
which were destroyed by fire, that the whole or
any part Of said Judgment remains unsatsiied,
setting forth the amount, for what, and when
rendered; a copy of which affidavit shall be
served ON the Judgment debtor or his Attorney,
or the Attorneywh9 appeared il sad gause for
him or them, if the power of such Attorney has
not been revoked in good faith, accompanied
by notice to be served with such affidavit, sta
ting that the Judgment creditor will appear in
open Court upon a day certain, or as soon
thereafter as the same can be heard, and move
the Court to cause to be entered, and sign a
Judgment as of the day and time the same was
originally rendered, the term, and court and
parties. and upon what rendered shall be spcci-
lied in such notice And if it appear to the sat
islaction of the Court that such Judgment was
rendered, and remains in whole OF in part un-
satisfied, the Court shall cause said judgment to
be entered, and signed by the Court and all
credits that the parties may be entitled TO, be
entered on the margin OF the same.
That an Order be entered, requiring all at
torneys as officers of said Court to hand over
to the Clerk of said Court, all copies of plead
ing in said Court, that they may possess, If Ger
titled to, which shall in all cases be substituted
for the originals Of all such pleadngs destroyed
by fire. such Attorney being entltedat all times
TO Il copy thereof.
That all suits now pending in the District
Court of Nevada County, wherein all or any
portion of the records have been destroyed in
the late fire of Nevada City, may be reinstated,
lst by the substitution OF other papers of the
same tenor and meaning as the original papers
in the action, accompanied by proof satisfactory
to the Court, by the party, their Attorney or
others, to the effect that the papers so eubsttu-
ted are the same in substance as the original
papers which We're lost or destroyed
Attachments and other collateral proceedings
may be renstated in the same manner as herein
above provided for, supplying the papers in ac-
tons pending, and in addition to the same, the
party reinstatIng shall be required either to OBJ
tain the signature of the undortallers or oblt
gors in such proceedings, to the undertaking;
and obligations TO be substituted by the SAINT
or new obligor, or to serve copy Of such un
dertaking or obligation upon the parties bount
thereby, and obtain an order from the Court oi
Judge at Chambers, to show cause why such sub
sttuton should not be made
In all cases Of naturalization of foreigners BY
birth, they are required to present their tina
certificate of naturalization, and if issued from
this Court, the Clerk shall proceed to record Tn
same as Of the date on which the same was Is
sued, in order to the perpetuation Of the evi
dence thereof.