The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-01-30

Two Bills that Have Become Laws
Fixing their Pay and yuristllcti0n.

The following bill, of which Mr.. Moon
was patron, gives justices jurisdiction In
cases for damages for injury done to pro.
perty, real or personal, and for breach OF
contract up TO 300. II also changes the
rule as to the docketing and trial Of cases
transferred to the county courts. IL be-
came law January "a, 1884:
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT
| TO AMEND SECTION I OF CHAPTER 147 or
| THE CODE OF 1873, IN RELATION TO TIE
JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES, APPROVED FEB
RUARY q, 1880.
1. BE ii enacted by the General AsSem.
bly, of Virginia, That an act entitled an
act to amend section OF chapter 147 OF the
Code OF 1878, in relation TO the i1risdic-
ton OF Justices, approved February n,
| 1880. be amended and reenacted 80 that the
said section OF the said chapter lat Of the
said Code shall read as follows:
81. Any claim to property or TO any debt,
fine, or other money, or to damages foI
breach Of any contract, or for any injury
done to property, real or personal, which
would be recoverable by action at law OF
suit in equity, shall, when the claim is to @
| fine. II the amount be limited TO an amount
not exceeding 500, and in other cases II the
claim be not Of greater value or amount
than 800, exclusive Of interest. he cogniza-
! BILE by justice, and even il the claim be
| for or against the town or county in which
such justice resides; but in every ease
where the amount or thing in controversy
exceeds the sum or value OF $40 the Justice
shall. upon the application of the defend
| ant. at any time before trial, remove the
| cause and all the papers thereof to the
| court OF the county or corporation wherein
the same shall be brought; and after such
papers shall have been received by the
clerk Of said court at least ten days he
shall docket the same, and It shall be pro.
ceeded in rs il it were motion ready Tor
hearing i'm said court under the 9th section
| OF chapter 1863.
2. This act shall be in force from its pas
sage.
The following has becom, Il law:
AN ACT TO AMEND AND RE-EEACT SECTION
OF CHAPTER As OF THE CODE OF 1873, IN
REGARD TO THE PAY OF A JUSTICE.
/. BE it enacted by the General ASSEMBLY
| of Virginia. That section ) OF chapter
4S Of the Code OF 1873 be amended and re-
enacted so as TO read as follows:
| IS. The justices OF the peace shall re-
ceive for taking depositlons, for taking
and certifying the acknowledgment OF any
deed or writing, or taking and certifying
the privy examination and acknowledge
ment OF u married woman, the same fees
now allowed by law to a notary public, to
be paid by the person for whom the SER
vice Is rendered. Each and every justice
OF the peace shall receive, as Il compensa-
tion for every oath administered, not in
court, and every acknowledgment taken
by him and requiring his certificate, in
cluding acknowledgment OF bail, and Jo'
every process Of attachment isSaed by him,
the sum Of 2jc.. to be paid by the person oI
persons for ,chOm the said official acts drt
performed; and each justice Of the peace
shalt receive a fee OF 81 for every commits
sion Of tuflGCy upon which he may sit, tt
be paid out OF the lunatic's estate. Every
justice Of the peace may, for the trial b!
warrants in which the Commonwealth i
not the plaintiff, charge for all Serrice'
,ohich he may perform in such cases. IN
cIuding the iSSltinJ Of warrants and SAB
p9naS. the sicearing Of ,citneSseS, the tar
ing Of costs. and issuing of executions
SOC. and no more, which shat be 'dyed Il
the costs and recovered as other costs are
2. This act shall be in force from it
passage.