Chap. 55.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 20 of chapter 15]
of the Code.

Passed January 20, 1866.

1, Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the
Code, as amended by the act passed February fifth, eightcen
hundred and sixty-two, entitled an act to amend and re-enact
the twenty-ninth section of chapter one hundred and fifty-
one of the Code, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Ǥ29. Any creditor, whose claim, whether legal or equita-
ble, does not exceed twenty dollars, exclusive of interest,
upon complaint, on oath, in the manner prescribed hy the
first, second, third and seventh sections, as the case may be,
may obtain from any justice of any county or corporation in
which any property or effects of the defendant may be, or in
which any person indebted to him may reside, an attachment
against the estate of such defendant, directed to the sheriff
or sergeant, or any constable of his county or corporation,
and returnable before any justice thereof; and thereupon
such proceedings may be had before the justice as would, if
the claim exceeded twenty dollars, be had before a court,
except that the proceedings shall in all cases be without any
formal pleadings, and an order of publication need not be
published in any newspaper, and the justice shall try and de-
cide all questions without a jury. All bonds taken under
such attachment, shall be filed with the clerk of the court to
which the justice belongs.”

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

Chap. 55.—An ACT to amend and re-enact section 20 of chapter 15]
of the Code.

Passed January 20, 1866.

1, Be it enacted by the general assembly, That section
twenty-nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the
Code, as amended by the act passed February fifth, eightcen
hundred and sixty-two, entitled an act to amend and re-enact
the twenty-ninth section of chapter one hundred and fifty-
one of the Code, be amended and re-enacted so as to read as
follows:

Ǥ29. Any creditor, whose claim, whether legal or equita-
ble, does not exceed twenty dollars, exclusive of interest,
upon complaint, on oath, in the manner prescribed hy the
first, second, third and seventh sections, as the case may be,
may obtain from any justice of any county or corporation in
which any property or effects of the defendant may be, or in
which any person indebted to him may reside, an attachment
against the estate of such defendant, directed to the sheriff
or sergeant, or any constable of his county or corporation,
and returnable before any justice thereof; and thereupon
such proceedings may be had before the justice as would, if
the claim exceeded twenty dollars, be had before a court,
except that the proceedings shall in all cases be without any
formal pleadings, and an order of publication need not be
published in any newspaper, and the justice shall try and de-
cide all questions without a jury. All bonds taken under
such attachment, shall be filed with the clerk of the court to
which the justice belongs.”

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