Section 13
SEC. 13. Section sixty-nine of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "Sec. 69. Dockets: record.—Every justice of the peace shall keep a well-bound book, labeled 'Docket,' in which he shall enter for each cause, civil or criminal: "1. Title of the proceeding, including the names of all parties. "2. Nature of the proceeding, whether civil or criminal, and if the latter, the offense charged. "3. Date of issuing preliminary and mesne or intermediate process, including orders of arrest and subpoenas and the time of return. "4. Appearance or default of the defendant. "5. Date of presenting of plea, answer, or demurrere and the nature oft he same. "6. Minutes of the trial,including the date thereof of all adjournments. "7. Names and addresses of all witnesses. "8. Date and nature of judgment, and, if in a civil cause, the amount. "9. An itemized statement of the costs. "10. Date of execution, if one be issued, and copy of the return. "11. Date of filing notice of appeal, if one be filed, and by whom. "It shall not be necessary for the justice to take down in writing the testimony of a witness in a cause, civil or criminal, except of the accused in preliminary investigations, as provided in section two of Act Numbered One hundred and ninety-four, as hereby amended, nor shall the justice be required to attend the sessions of the Court of First Instance except when regularly subpoenaed. But in criminal cases appealed to said court, and in preliminary investigations where the accused is bound over, the justice shall forward to the provincial fiscal a brief statement of the substance of the testimony. All witnesses, including the complainant, shall be examined under oath." Sections fifty-two and fifty-three of General Orders Numbered Fifty-eight, series of nineteen hundred, are hereby repealed.