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Act No. 190 Section 69

Dockets.

Section 69

SEC. 69. Dockets. — Every justice of the peace shall keep a well-bound book, styled "Docket," upon each page of which shall be the entries as to two actions, entries as to one to occupy the upper half of the page, and, as to the other, the lower half. Upon it he shall enter the names of the plaintiff and defendant in any suit brought before him; the time of issuing process, and when returnable; the appearance or default of the person summoned to appear; the names of the witnesses sworn; the date and amount of the judgment; the date of issuing execution, when one is issued, and a copy of the return thereon; the appeal, when and by whom demanded, and, briefly, all the proceedings before him touching the suit.

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