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§§ 6717-6837. JUSTICE OP THE PEACE COURT. Tit. XXVII, Ch. 1.
TITLE XXVII.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
CHAPTER 1.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE COURT.
SECTION 6717. In adjoining township.
1 If there is no justice in the proper township qualified or able to act,
2 it may be commenced in any adjoining township in the same county.
3 If there be no such justice in an adjoining township, it may be com-
4 menced before the justice in the same county nearest to the township in
5 which the defendant resides.
[C, '51, § 2268; R., '60, § 3856; C, '73, § 3514; C, '97,
§ 4482 ; 39 G. A., ch. 193, § 1.]
SEC. 6837. Accounting for fees—compensation.
1 Justices of the peace and constables in townships having a popu-
2 lation of more than twelve thousand shall pay into the county treasury
3 all criminal fees collected in each year.
4 Justices of the peace and constables in townships having a popu-
5 lation of under twelve thousand shall pay into the county treasury all
6 fees collected each year in excess of the following sums :
7 1. In townships having a population of four thousand and under
8 twelve thousand, justices, eight hundred dollars; constables, six hun-
9 dred dollars.
10 2. In all townships having a population of under four thousand,
11 justices, six hundred dollars ; constables, five hundred dollars.
12 In townships having a population of ten thousand or more, jus-
13 tices of the peace and constables shall receive in full compensation for
14 their services performed in criminal cases during the year, the follow-
15 ing sums which shall be paid quarterly out of the county treasury.
16 1. In townships having a population of forty thousand or more,
17 justices, eighteen hundred dollars; constables, fifteen hundred dollars.
18 2. In townships having a population of twenty-eight thousand or
19 more, justices, fifteen hundred dollars ; constables, twelve hundred dol-
20 lars.
21 3. In townships having a populaton of twenty thousand and under
22 twenty-eight thousand, justices, twelve hundred dollars; constables,
23 one thousand dollars.
24 4. In townships having a population of ten thousand and under
25 twenty thousand, justices, one thousand dollars ; constables, eight hun-
26 dred dollars.
27 Justices and constables in all townships having a population of
28 ten thousand and over shall retain such civil fees as may be allowed by
29 the board of supervisors, not to exceed five hundred dollars per annum.