ORDINANCE No. 1 OF 1883.
Distraints for Rent.
A.
Scale of fees to be levied in distraints for rent.
Affidavits, warrant to distrain, notices, &c.
Sums sued for. $ Order to sell: C. 1 and under 5 dollars. 0.25 5 10 1.00 10 20 2.00 23 20 30 3.00 ** 30 40 4.00 22 40 50 5.00 ** 50 75 6.00 *" 75 100 7.50 #4 100 250 10.00 多重 17 250 500 15.00 ** above 500 15.00 ** Twenty-five cents. 0.25 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00 2.50 3.75 5.00 $1 for every $20 or part of $20.The above scale is intended to include all expenses; except in suits where the tenant disputes the landlord's claim, and witnesses have to be subpoenaed, in which case each subpœna must be paid for at 25 cents; where watchmen are kept in charge of property distrained, 25 cents per day must be paid per man; where property is removed and stored, the necessary expenses to be fixed by the Registrar must be paid.
In the Supreme Court.
B.
Form of affidavit for distress.
A.B. (plaintiff) versus C.D. (defendant)
A.B. inhabitant of ... maketh oath and saith that C.D. is justly indebted to ... in the sum of ... dollars for arrears of rent of the house and premises No. ... situated at ... in the ... due for ... months, to wit from ... to ... at the rate of ... dollars per mensem.
Sworn before me the ... day of ... -188
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