30 ORDINANCE No. 10 OF 1844 .
Justices ofthe Peace- Summary Jurisdiction.
of such cause, that such acts were done maliciously and without probable
cause. Ꮧ
Action 15. And be it enacted that no action or suit shall be brought against
against pro
secutor. any person or persons, by whom , or on whose account , any information
shall have been laid or exhibited before any Justice of the Peace, and by
such Justice or Justices, received for or on account of such information ,
or for, or on account of any matter or thing done under, or in pursuance
of such information , unless it shall be expressly alleged in the bill of
complaint, plaint, or declaration of such action , and proved on the trial of
such cause, that such information was laid and exhibited maliciously, and
without probable cause.
Government 16. And be it enacted , if any question shall arise, as to the right of any
Notification
sufficient person to exercise the office of a Justice of the Peace, that a Government
proof of right
to exercise Notification in any public newspaper, to the effect that such person has
office of Jus
tice of the taken the oaths , as a Justice of the Peace, shall ( in the absence of express
Peace.
proof that such Notification was unauthorized ) be deemed, and held suf
ficient proof of such right, in all proceedings whatsoever, and it shall not
be necessary to produce any commission , appointment, or any oath,
affidavit or other document, in proof of such right as aforesaid .
Governor to 17. And be it enacted , that it shall be lawful for His Excellency the
authorize fees
to be taken Governor in Council , to authorize the taking of such fees , in any proceed
by Justice.
ings before any Justice, as may be deemed expedient ; and it shall be
lawful for any Justice to refuse to do any act, for which any fee shall be
demandable, unless such fee shall be first paid, and that if any such act
shall be done, and the fee due thereon shall not be paid, it shall be lawful
for any Justice of the Peace , to summon the person from whom such fee
shall be due, and to proceed to recover the same, in like manner as any
penalty recoverable by summary proceedings .
Table of fees 18. And be it enacted, that in some conspicuous part of each of the
to be hung up
in public public offices of the Justices within the said Colony, there shall be affixed
office.
a table of the fees, which may legally be taken at such offices respectively.
Justice to ac 19. And be it enacted , that the Justices at each of the public offices
count for and
pay over fees within the said Colony, and their clerks respectively, shall , in books to be
and penalties.
provided for that purpose, keep a full, true, and particular account of all
fees taken, and received , at each of the said offices, together with all
penalties, and forfeitures which shall have been recovered , levied , or