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GA Code § 15-12-45 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 12 - Juries|Article 3 - Selection of Jurors|§ 15-12-45. Loss or Destruction of Precepts

 Reserved. Repealed by Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-24/HB 415, effective July 1, 2012.   Editor's notes.   - This Code section was based on Orig. Code 1863, § 3844; Code 1868, § 3864; Ga. L. 1873, p. 41, § 2; Code 1873, § 3941; Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 116, § 3; Code 1882, §§ 3941, 3941a; Penal Code 1895, §§ 868, 869; Penal Code 1910, §§ 872, 873; Code 1933, §§ 59-110, 59-111; Ga. L. 1976, p. 438, § 4; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-24/HB 415, and was repealed on its own terms, effective July 1, 2012.
GA Code § 15-12-46 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 12 - Juries|Article 3 - Selection of Jurors|§ 15-12-46. Adjournment of Term Pending Choosing of Trial or Grand Jurors

 If juries have not been chosen for any regular term of the superior court and there is not sufficient time for choosing and summoning prospective trial and grand jurors to serve at the regular term, the judge of the superior court for the county in which the failure has occurred, by order passed at chambers, may adjourn the court to another day, may require the requisite number of prospective trial and grand jurors to be summoned, and may enforce their attendance at the term so called.   (Ga. L. 1880-81, p. 116, § 4; Code 1882, § 3941b; Penal Code 1895, § 870; Penal Code 1910, § 874; Code 1933, § 59-116; Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-25/HB 415; Ga. L. 2014, p. 862, § 9/HB 1078.)    The 2014 amendment,  effective April 29, 2014, inserted "trial and grand" near the beginning and substituted "trial and grand jurors" for "grand and trial jurors" near the end of this Code section.   Editor's notes.   - Ga. L. 2011, p. 59, § 1-1/HB 415, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: "This Act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Jury Composition Reform Act of 2011.'"
GA Code § 15-13-4 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-4. Rule Nisi; Service

 The judges of the superior courts, judges of the probate courts, and magistrates, respectively, upon application, may grant rules nisi against all officers subject thereto, which rules nisi shall contain a full statement of the case in which the officer is called upon to show cause and also of the time and place of hearing. The officer called on by the rule nisi shall be served with a copy thereof within a reasonable time before the hearing.   (Laws 1841, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 580; Code 1863, § 3857; Code 1868, § 3877; Code 1873, § 3953; Code 1882, § 3953; Civil Code 1895, § 4774; Civil Code 1910, § 5346; Code 1933, § 24-209; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Constable may be ruled for contempt in superior or magistrate court.   - Constable failing to pay over any money coming into the constable's possession may be ruled for contempt either in superior court or in the justice of the peace (now magistrate) court. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 33.
GA Code § 15-13-5 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-5. Verified Answer; Jury Trial; Disposition

 The officer called on by rule nisi, as provided in Code Section 15-13-4, shall fully respond in writing to the rule, which answer shall be under oath taken at the time the answer is filed. If the answer is not denied, the rule shall be discharged or shall be made absolute, depending on whether the court deems the answer sufficient. The movant of the rule may traverse the truth of the answer, in which case an issue shall be made and tried by a jury at the same term unless good cause for continuance is shown, which may be done only once by each party. Upon the trial of such issue the court shall discharge the rule or shall make the rule absolute, depending on whether the verdict of the jury is for or against the officer.   (Laws 1840, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 579; Code 1863, § 3858; Code 1868, § 3878; Code 1873, § 3954; Code 1882, § 3954; Civil Code 1895, § 4775; Civil Code 1910, § 5347; Code 1933, § 24-210.)
GA Code § 15-13-6 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-6. When Rule Absolute Granted Without Notice

 If a sheriff or other officer designedly absents himself from his court, the presiding judge or justice, when required by plaintiffs in execution or their attorneys, shall grant a rule absolute against the sheriff or other officer without the notice provided for in Code Section 15-13-4 unless it is proved at such term of the court that the sheriff or other officer, from sickness, is not able to attend the court.   (Laws 1841, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 579; Code 1863, § 3859; Code 1868, § 3879; Code 1873, § 3955; Code 1882, § 3955; Civil Code 1895, § 4777; Civil Code 1910, § 5349; Code 1933, § 24-212.)
GA Code § 15-13-7 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-7. Liability of Magistrates and Constables to Rule Nisi

 Magistrates and constables shall be considered officers of the superior court so far as to be subject to be ruled under similar conditions as are provided in relation to any other officer of the court and shall be subject to all the penalties as are provided in case of a rule absolute against sheriffs and other officers of the court when they, or either of them, refuse or neglect to collect or to pay over any money which they may have received or collected in their official capacities.   (Laws 1820, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 649; Laws 1839, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 651; Code 1863, § 3865; Code 1968, § 3885; Code 1873, § 3961; Ga. L. 1876, p. 37, § 1; Code 1882, § 3961; Civil Code 1895, §§ 4060, 4782; Civil Code 1910, §§ 4657, 5354; Code 1933, § 24-205; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 22, § 15.)   Cross references.   - Liability of magistrates and constables to be ruled, Rules of the Judicial Qualifications Commission.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Power to punish magistrate.    - This section cannot be construed to give the superior court power to punish a justice of the peace (now magistrate) for taking an affidavit of a prisoner brought before the justice by the jailor. In re Russell, 54 Ga. 621 (1875).    No rule lies against a justice of the peace (now magistrate) if the justice has collected money on a garnishment and paid the money to the sheriff. Taylor v. Benjamin, 76 Ga. 762 (1886).   City court lacks jurisdiction over constable of magistrate court.    - City Court of Decatur does not have jurisdiction to rule against constable of justice of the peace (now magistrate) court to require constable to pay over money alleged to have been collected under an execution issued from a justice of the peace (now magistrate) court. Richardson v. Waits, 58 Ga. App. 143, 198 S.E. 116 (1938).    Fact that constable made levy after rule absolute to which claim was interposed and sustained would not relieve the constable from attachment for failure to pay under the rule absolute. Langley v. Wynn, 70 Ga. 430 (1883).   Magistrate court subject to same procedures.    - This section makes justice of the peace (now magistrate) subject to same procedure as other officers; one month's written notice is not required. Christopher v. Nixon, 134 Ga. 7, 67 S.E. 406 (1910).    Damages must be alleged by reason of the failure, refusal, or neglect of the justice of the peace (now magistrate). Barrett & Caswell v. Pulliam, 77 Ga. 552 (1886).    Cited in Abbott v. Holland, 20 Ga. 598 (1856).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Constable may be ruled for contempt in superior or magistrate court.   - Constable failing to pay over any money coming into the constable's possession may be ruled for contempt either in superior court or in the justice of the peace (now magistrate) court. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 33.
GA Code § 15-13-8 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-8. Retired Officers Subject to Court Order

 Sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, coroners, clerks of the superior courts, magistrates, and constables shall be subject to the rule and order of the courts at any and all times after they have retired from their respective offices, in such cases and in like manner as they would have been had they remained in office.   (Laws 1813, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 202; Code 1863, § 3856; Code 1868, § 3876; Code 1873, § 3952; Code 1882, § 3952; Civil Code 1895, § 4773; Civil Code 1910, § 5345; Code 1933, § 24-208; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.)
GA Code § 15-13-9 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-9. Deputy Sheriff's Liability; Effect on Sheriff

 All deputy sheriffs shall be liable to be ruled and attached in the same way and manner as sheriffs. However, the liability of the sheriff shall not be affected by any such proceeding against his deputy when the same is not effective.   (Laws 1841, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 580; Code 1863, § 3863; Code 1868, § 3883; Code 1873, § 3959; Code 1882, § 3959; Civil Code 1895, § 4780; Civil Code 1910, § 5352; Code 1933, § 24-203.)
GA Code § 15-13-10 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-10. Appointment of Special Officer to Execute Rule or Order Against Sheriff or Deputy

 Whenever the sheriff or his deputy is a party to any rule or is interested therein and there is no coroner or other lawful officer of the county to execute the same, it shall be the duty of the judge or justice of the court to appoint pro tempore a special officer to carry out and effectuate the order of the court, for which the appointed officer shall be allowed the usual fees of sheriffs for like service.   (Laws 1840, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 580; Code 1863, § 3864; Code 1868, § 3884; Code 1873, § 3960; Code 1882, § 3960; Civil Code 1895, § 4781; Civil Code 1910, § 5353; Code 1933, § 24-204.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   No authorization for criminal arrest of sheriff.    - Former Code 1933, § 24-204 (see now O.C.G.A. § 15-13-10) was similar in import to former Code 1933, § 39-114 (see now O.C.G.A. § 9-13-11); both applied to civil matters involving orders, decrees, attachments, executions, and final processes, and did not give authority to arrest a sheriff in criminal matters. 1973 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 73-93.
GA Code § 15-13-11 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-11. Rule Absolute as Lien on Officer's Property

 When a rule absolute has been obtained against any officer for the payment of money, as provided in Code Sections 15-13-4 and 15-13-5, the rule shall constitute the same lien upon the property, both real and personal, of the officer as an ordinary judgment at law; and, if not punctually paid, the demand shall thereafter draw interest at the rate of 20 percent per annum. The plaintiff may have either an attachment or an execution issued upon the rule absolute and may have either of the processes returned and the other issued, at pleasure.   (Ga. L. 1858, p. 90, § 1; Code 1863, § 3860; Code 1868, § 3880; Code 1873, § 3956; Code 1882, § 3956; Civil Code 1895, § 4778; Civil Code 1910, § 5350; Code 1933, § 24-214.)
GA Code § 15-13-12 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-12. Date of Lien Against Officer's Property

 Unless otherwise provided by law, a rule absolute granted against a sheriff, constable, or other officer who has defaulted in his duty shall constitute a lien on his property from the date of rendition but shall be of equal date with other judgments rendered against the officer within the same term of court.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 1994; Code 1868, § 1984; Code 1873, § 2001; Code 1882, § 2001; Civil Code 1895, § 2826; Civil Code 1910, § 3376; Code 1933, § 24-215.)
GA Code § 15-13-13 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-13. When Officer May Pay Money Over to Plaintiff; Claims; Distribution by Court; Effect on Notified Parties

  Where money is in the hands of an officer, he may pay it over to the plaintiff by whose process it was raised, unless other claimants deposit their liens with him. Notice to retain is insufficient unless accompanied by a lien.   Money raised by legal process not being subject to levy and sale, the court in making distribution shall proceed upon equitable principles.   All parties intervening shall, by appropriate pleading, set forth the ground of their claim to the fund.   All persons interested who are notified in writing by the sheriff or movant of the pendency of the rule shall be bound by the judgment of distribution.    (Civil Code 1895, § 4776; Civil Code 1910, § 5348; Code 1933, § 24-211.)
GA Code § 15-13-14 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 1 - Liability for Official Acts|§ 15-13-14. Punishment for Improper Return or Failure to Pay Over Money Received

 If any sheriff or other officer fails to make a proper return of all writs, executions, and other processes put into his hands or fails to pay over all moneys received on such executions on his being required to do so by the court, he shall be liable for contempt and may be fined, imprisoned, or removed from office in the manner prescribed by the Constitution and laws of this state.   (Laws 1799, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 577; Code 1863, § 3861; Code 1868, § 3881; Code 1873, § 3957; Code 1882, § 3957; Civil Code 1895, § 4779; Civil Code 1910, § 5351; Code 1933, § 24-213.)   RESEARCH REFERENCES   ALR.    - Preventing, obstructing, or delaying service or execution of search warrant as contempt, 39 A.L.R. 1354.    What amounts to false return of execution or attachment; justification of alleged false return, 157 A.L.R. 194.   Use of affidavits to establish contempt, 79 A.L.R.2d 657.   Oral court order implementing prior written order or decree as independent basis of charge of contempt within contempt proceedings based on violation of written order, 100 A.L.R.3d 889.
GA Code § 15-13-30 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 2 - Fees|§ 15-13-30. Fees Not Generally Charged to State; Exceptions

 None of the fees which clerks of the superior courts, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, bailiffs, magistrates, or constables are entitled to charge and collect for the performance of their official duties shall be charged to the state for failure to collect from the person charged unless it has been otherwise expressly declared by law or unless the nature of the fees is such that they must necessarily be so paid by the state.   (Orig. Code 1863, § 3629; Code 1868, § 3654; Code 1873, § 3705; Code 1882, § 3705; Civil Code 1895, § 5408; Civil Code 1910, § 6007; Code 1933, § 24-301; Ga. L. 1983, p. 884, § 4-1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1985, "bailiffs" was substituted for "baliffs" in this Code section.   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Sheriff may deduct fees for all fieri facias from one sum collected.   - Sheriff making collection under one income tax fieri facias and making a return of nulla bona under other tax fieri facias is entitled to deduct the sheriff's fees for all of such fieri facias from the sum collected by the sheriff under one or more of such fieri facias. 1952-53 Op. Att'y Gen. p. 206.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Clerks of Court, §§ 11, 14. 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Costs, §§ 1, 63.
GA Code § 15-13-31 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 2 - Fees|§ 15-13-31. Receipt for Fees to Be Given; Penalty

 Every public official mentioned in Code Section 15-13-30, his deputy, or his agent shall, when required, give a statement of the fees demanded and a receipt for the same to any person paying any lawful or pretended fees of office, on pain of forfeiting $10.00 for every such neglect or refusal, to be demanded in court within 12 months and recovered by the person paying the fees and making the demand.   (Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 356; Code 1863, § 3630; Code 1868, § 3655; Code 1873, § 3706; Code 1882, § 3706; Civil Code 1895, § 5409; Civil Code 1910, § 6008; Code 1933, § 24-302.)
GA Code § 15-13-32 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 2 - Fees|§ 15-13-32. Penalty for Excessive Fees

 If a public official mentioned in Code Section 15-13-30 takes or demands any greater fee than the law allows or a fee for services not performed, he shall forfeit $50.00, to be demanded in court and recovered as prescribed in Code Section 15-13-31.   (Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 356; Code 1863, § 3631; Code 1868, § 3656; Code 1873, § 3707; Code 1882, § 3707; Civil Code 1895, § 5410; Civil Code 1910, § 6009; Code 1933, § 24-303.)
GA Code § 15-13-33 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 2 - Fees|§ 15-13-33. Table of Fees to Be Kept

  Every public official shall constantly keep and have posted in a conspicuous place in his or her office, the place where the business thereof is conducted, or in an electronic format accessible to the public a table of fees for his or her office stated in fair words and figures.   Every public official who keeps in a conspicuous place in his office or the place where he usually executes the business thereof a copy of this Code shall be held and construed to have complied with the requirements of this Code section.    (Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 357; Code 1863, § 3632; Code 1868, § 3657; Ga. L. 1870, p. 68, § 1; Code 1873, § 3708; Code 1882, § 3708; Civil Code 1895, § 5411; Civil Code 1910, § 6010; Code 1933, § 24-304; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-29/HB 665.)
GA Code § 15-13-34 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 2 - Fees|§ 15-13-34. Treble Costs Against Plaintiffs

 When an action based on Code Sections 15-13-30 through 15-13-33 is brought against a public official and a judgment is rendered in favor of the official, the person who brought the action shall pay three times the ordinary costs.   (Laws 1792, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 357; Code 1863, § 3633; Code 1868, § 3658; Code 1873, § 3709; Code 1882, § 3709; Civil Code 1895, § 5412; Civil Code 1910, § 6011; Code 1933, § 24-305.)
GA Code § 15-13-35 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 2 - Fees|§ 15-13-35. Demanding Excessive Costs; Penalty

 Except as otherwise provided by law, any officer of court who knowingly demands, as costs from a defendant in a criminal case, fees to which such officer is not entitled and any prosecuting attorney who demands or receives any fee or costs on any criminal case which has not been tried by a trial jury or otherwise finally disposed of shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.   (Laws 1850, Cobb's 1851 Digest, p. 864; Ga. L. 1861, p. 69, § 1; Code 1863, § 4590; Code 1868, § 4611; Code 1873, § 4707; Code 1882, § 4707; Penal Code 1895, § 301; Penal Code 1910, § 305; Code 1933, § 24-9903; Ga. L. 2000, p. 1115, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Fingerprinting of offenders not required.    - Violation of O.C.G.A. § 15-13-35 is not an offense designated as one that requires fingerprinting. 2000 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 2000-11.
GA Code § 15-13-36 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 13 - Officers of Court Generally|Article 2 - Fees|§ 15-13-36. Restrictions on Charging Prosecuting Attorneys Fees for Certified Copies of Records

 No clerk of any superior court or state court shall charge any fee for providing any certified copy of any record or portion thereof requested by a prosecuting attorney in this state for use in any criminal case.    (Code 1981, §15-13-36, enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, § 1A; Ga. L. 2012, p. 173, § 1-30/HB 665.)   Code Commission notes.   - Both Ga. L. 1996, p. 747 and Ga. L. 1996, p. 748 enacted a Code Section 15-1-13. Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1996, Code Section 15-1-13 as enacted by Ga. L. 1996, p. 748, was redesignated as Code Section 15-13-36.
GA Code § 15-14-1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 14 - Court Reporters|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-14-1. Power of Superior Court Judges to Appoint and Remove; Oath; Duties

 The judges of the superior courts shall have power to appoint and, at their pleasure, to remove a court reporter, as defined in Article 2 of this chapter, for the courts of their respective circuits. The court reporter, before entering on the duties of the court reporter's office, shall be duly sworn in open court to perform faithfully all the duties required of the court reporter by law. It shall be the court reporter's duty to attend all courts in the circuit for which such court reporter is appointed and, when directed by the judge, to record exactly and truly or take stenographic notes of the testimony and proceedings in the case tried, except the arguments of counsel.   (Ga. L. 1876, p. 133, § 1; Code 1882, § 4696(a); Penal Code 1895, § 810; Penal Code 1910, § 810; Code 1933, § 24-3101; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 6.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Court reporter may not work for two courts.   - Court reporter may not hold simultaneous employment with the State Board of Workers' Compensation and a superior court or state court, but the reporter may provide court reporting services to those courts provided the reporter's role is that of an independent contractor. 1983 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 83-56.   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 20 Am. Jur. 2d, Courts, § 1 et seq.   C.J.S.   - 21 C.J.S., Courts, § 136.
GA Code § 15-14-2 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 14 - Court Reporters|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-14-2. Power of City Court Judges to Appoint; Compensation

  The judges of the city courts of this state having concurrent jurisdiction with the superior courts of this state to try misdemeanor cases and to try civil cases where the amount involved exceeds $500.00, where not otherwise specifically provided for by law, may appoint an official court reporter, as defined in Article 2 of this chapter, whose compensation for reporting criminal and civil cases and for attendance upon court shall be the same as provided by the Judicial Council pursuant to Code Section 15-5-21. The court reporter reporting and transcribing civil cases shall be paid by the party or parties requesting the reporting or transcribing.   This Code section shall not apply to the city courts of this state where provision has been made by law prior to February 13, 1950, for the appointment of the official reporters of city courts.    (Ga. L. 1950, p. 149, §§ 1-3; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 6.)
GA Code § 15-14-3 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 15 - Courts|Chapter 14 - Court Reporters|Article 1 - General Provisions|§ 15-14-3. Power of Division Judges to Appoint and Remove; Oath; Duties

 Each of the judges of the superior and city courts in all circuits where there may be more than one division, whether the same is civil or criminal, shall appoint and at such judge's pleasure remove a court reporter, as defined in Article 2 of this chapter, for such judge's respective division. The court reporter, before entering on the duties of the court reporter's office, shall be duly sworn in open court to perform faithfully all the duties required. It shall be the court reporter's duty to attend all sessions of the court for which such court reporter is appointed and, when directed by the judge, to record exactly and truly or take stenographic notes of the testimony and proceedings in the case tried, except the argument of counsel.   (Ga. L. 1876, p. 133, § 1; Code 1882, § 4696a; Ga. L. 1894, p. 53, § 1; Civil Code 1895, § 4446; Civil Code 1910, § 4984; Ga. L. 1914, p. 59, § 1; Code 1933, § 24-3102; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1315, § 6.)