| New Jersey - Law - 1868 - 1378 pages
...obstruction or encumbrance whatever, under a penalty of ten dollars for each and every offence, to be recovered in an action of debt before any justice of the peace in said town, with costs of suit, by any person who shall sue for the same, the one-half thereof to his... | |
| New Jersey - Law - 1858 - 1328 pages
...ing this act shall forfeit the sum of twenty-five dollars and costs for each offence, to be collected in an action of debt before any justice of the peace in the county of Passaic, half of the fine to go to the complainant and half to the township of Pompton.... | |
| New York (State) - Session laws - 1809 - 590 pages
...hundred yards of the said dam or canal, under the penalty of twenty-five dollars for eac"h offence, to be recovered in an action of debt, before any justice of the peace in the count}- of Onondaga, for the use of the person suing for the same. 3 II. And be it further enacted,... | |
| Pennsylvania. Laws, statutes, etc - Law - 1812 - 322 pages
...proper propor- owners re-* tions, together with legal interest and costs, which may be re- fuse, covered in an action of debt, before any justice of the peace in the county of Philadelphia, or alderman of the city, as debts are recoverable under five dollars thirty-three... | |
| Ohio - Session laws - 1821 - 636 pages
...sections; to be sued for and recovered at the suit of the county commissioners, or their agent or agents, in an action of debt before any justice of the peace in the township in which paid bridge or bridg'es are erected, and paid into the county treasury, to be... | |
| Illinois - Law - 1825 - 650 pages
...may remain out of repair, and the same fine for every day any boat may be unreasonably delayed; to be recovered in an action of debt, before any justice of the peace of the county, by any person suing for the same: Provided, also, that such want of repair, or delay,... | |
| John Bacon - Local laws - 1825 - 404 pages
...•f this act, shall forfeit and pay a sum not less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt before any Justice of the Peace within the County wherein the offence may be committed, and to be appropriated to the use of the town,... | |
| New York (State) - Session laws - 1825 - 538 pages
...he shall for every such offence forfeit and pay a sum noi exceeding ten dollars, to be sued for and recovered in an action of debt, before any justice, of the peace, for the use and benefit of the person so defrauded, hindered or detained ; and if any person shall... | |
| Maine - Bills, Private - 1826 - 128 pages
...twenty dollars, men- f«»\t\« ^ fortioned in the Act to which this is additional, may «"«<*• be recovered in an action of debt, before any Justice of the Peace, in the County of Washington, whether the said Justice may reside in West Machias or not. . T ^ | » '... | |
| New York (State) - Session laws - 1826 - 434 pages
...provisions of this act, he, she or they shall forfeit for every offence the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt, before any justice of the peace of the said county, with costs of suit, by any person who will prosecute for the same. CHAP. 228. AN... | |
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