Year: 1861

4
OF our State Legislature, which may be of
interest to many of our readers.


JUDGEMENT AND ExEcUTroN.-That here
after garnishee process may be issued from
courts of record, on filing with the clerk,
/ IN vacation or term time, an affidavit, as
4 required by law, and made returnable and
be served as other process. No judgment
by default shall be rendered unless such
I process shall have been served ten days
before the return day. But if such process
shall have been served within less than ten
days It shall be deemed returnable on the
first day Of the next term of the court. If
| garnishee process shall be issued in term
time, 1t shall be made returnable on the
hrst day of the next term Of the court.
The wages Of any laborer, who is the
head of family, and residing with the
same, shall not be liable to 5e garnisheed,
unless said wages due TO such laborer shall
which case the wages due to such laborer,
over the sum of twenty five dollars, only,
shall be liable to be garnisheed, as now
provided by law.


CoLLECTORs.-Thati if any county Judge,
police magistrate, justice of the peace, or
constable, or attorney and counselor a:





over any money collected by him to the
party entitled thereto, upon demand made
therefor by the said party entitled to the
same, or by his or her agent or attorney,
duly authorized to collect and receive the
same, every such person so offending shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
punished by fine in double the sum re-
tanned by him and imprisonment in the
county Jail for any term, not exceeding one
year nor less than three months, and shall,
moreover, be removed from Office, and for
| ever thereafter rendered Ineligible to hold
| any Office in this State.


PAuPERs.--Any person becoming charge
BILE as pauper, in this State, shall be
chargeable as such pauper in the county in
which he or she resided ut the commences
inert of six months Immediately preceding
such persons becoming so chargeable.


That section thirteen Of said chapter
shall be so amended as to read as follows ::
II any person shall become chargcable in
any county in which he or she did not re-
side at the commencement of the six months
Immediately preceding his or her becoming
so chargeable he or she shall be duly taken
care of, by the proper authority of the
county where be or she may be found and
it shall be the duty of the clerk of the
county court to send notice, by mail, to the
clerk of the county court in which such
pauper reside, as before stated, that said
person has become cbargeable as pauper,
and requesting the authorities of said
county to remove the said person forthwith
and pay the expenses accrued in taking
care of him or her.


WATER.-That if any person shallthrow,
or cause to be thrown into any water
course, lake, pond, spring, well or common
sewer, any dead animal, every person so
offending shall be deemed guilty of high
misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof,
shall be fined not exceeding one hundred
dollars, or imprisoned in the county iail
not exceeding six months.


DoGs.-The several county courts or
boards of supervisors in the counties of
this State are hereby authorized and en-
4 powered 10 make and ordain, within their
several counties, such taxes or other regu-
lations as they may deem advisable in re-
laticn to dogs. And after such orders or
regulations shall be so made, any owner
of a dog or dogs, Nho shall refuse or neg
lect to comply Herewith, shall not recover
for any killing or injury done to such dog
or dogs, and shall also be liable, for such
noncompliance, to fine of ten dollars, to
be recovered by indictment or action OF
debt, in the name of the county authorities,
before any justice of the peace of the couu.
ty; and any net moneys arising in any
county under the provisions of this act,
may be set apart for the benefit of either
the road, school or general fund of such
county.


BE IL enacted, dc, That a general &C,
of incorporation of Agricultural Societies
| and aasnniationS fur brool. ii
domestic animals, approved February Is
1855, is hereby amended by. granting &c
each and every society or association, when
so Incorporated, the privilege of making a
dividend on the net profits accruing 10 the
same in such manner as may be prescribed
BY their by laws at any time after thei-
capital stock and earnings shall have
reached the value Of one thousand dollar,
be annually paid by the Treasurer of th,
State to the treasurer or fiscal agent o
each county agricultural society in tn,
State, as therein directed.


APPEALS That in all cases oe appeals
from justices of the peace, perfected ter
days before the commencement of the tern


in appellate court, the appearance of tn,
appellee may be entered in writing, and b,
filed among the papers in the case and i
such appearance 1t so entered ten days be
fore the commencement of the term, tn,
case shall stand for trial at said term.


COUNTY CoURT.-That hereafter count,
J Courts shall be held to be at all times oper
and in session, to hear and determine a
!; chambers, applications for discharge by in
, solvent debtors That the several COUNTY
courts of this State, doing probate bust
ness, shall have jurisdiction in all cases O
debts, and assumpsits, express or implied.
} where guardians shall be parties, plaintii
OF defendant, where the amount claimed OF
} either side to be due shall not exceed on
; Thousand dollars, Aud all orders. iudp


ments and DEGREES shall have the sam


force aud effects as judgments of simil
, lar kind In the Circuit Courts and process
to issue on either real or personal property
H0AEsTEAD.-That whenever the dwell
ing houses. or the building occupied as
homestead, and under the laws of thi
State exempt from execution and force,
sale, shall have been insured by the per
!; son entitled to the benefit of such exemp


ton, and loss by fire or otherwise, shal


occur In such manner as to entitle the per
!. SOD insured the benefit of such insurauc


or any part thereof, the insurance compan'
or companies liable for such loss, shall pa,
the same directly to the owner CT sucl
house or building, notwithstanding th
+ service OF garnishee process OF proceeding


by creditor's bill, or otherwise on the par
,, of creditors of the insured and the elain
and demand of the insured against sue
! insurance company or companies shall b
exempt from execution, attachment, gar
nishee process, or other proceedings on th


part OF creditors Of the insured, to ib
same extent as the property SO insured an
destroyed or injured was exempt there


from PTOrided that nothing herein con
, tanned shall be construed to exempt NOR
, than one thousand dollars due on any in


sIrance of aforesaid frs IN liabilities to at
T tachment or other proceedings on the par


OF creditors.