Chap. 54.—An ACT amending and re-enacting the actof July 25th, 1861,
amending and re-enacting the Ist section of chapter 150 of the Code of
1860.

Passed February 7, 1866.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the act to
amend and re-enact the first section of chapter one hundred
and fifty of the Code, passed July twenty-fifth, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-one, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Ҥ 1. Any claim to property, or to any debt, fine or other
money, which would be recoverable by action at law, or suit
in equity, shall, when the claim is to a fine, if it be limited to
an amount not exceeding twenty dollars, and in other cases,
if the claim be not of greater value or amount than fifty dol-
lars (exclusive of interest), be cognizable by a justice, and
even if the claim be for or against the town or county in
which such justice resides. But in every case where the sum
or thing in controversy excceds the amount or value of twenty
dollars, the justice shall, upon the application of the defen-
dant, at any time before the trial, remove the cause to the
court of the county or corporation wherein the same shall be
brought; and the clerk of the said court shall docket the
same, and it shall be proceeded in as if it were a motion in
said court under the sixth section of chapter one hundred

and sixty-seven, of which the notice was docketed at the
time such case is so docketed.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.
Chap. 54.—An ACT amending and re-enacting the actof July 25th, 1861,
amending and re-enacting the Ist section of chapter 150 of the Code of
1860.

Passed February 7, 1866.

1. Be it enacted by the general assembly, That the act to
amend and re-enact the first section of chapter one hundred
and fifty of the Code, passed July twenty-fifth, eighteen hun-
dred and sixty-one, be amended and re-enacted so as to read
as follows:

Ҥ 1. Any claim to property, or to any debt, fine or other
money, which would be recoverable by action at law, or suit
in equity, shall, when the claim is to a fine, if it be limited to
an amount not exceeding twenty dollars, and in other cases,
if the claim be not of greater value or amount than fifty dol-
lars (exclusive of interest), be cognizable by a justice, and
even if the claim be for or against the town or county in
which such justice resides. But in every case where the sum
or thing in controversy excceds the amount or value of twenty
dollars, the justice shall, upon the application of the defen-
dant, at any time before the trial, remove the cause to the
court of the county or corporation wherein the same shall be
brought; and the clerk of the said court shall docket the
same, and it shall be proceeded in as if it were a motion in
said court under the sixth section of chapter one hundred

and sixty-seven, of which the notice was docketed at the
time such case is so docketed.”

2. This act shall be in force from its passage.