Final disposition of dockets.
Section 71
SEC. 71. Final disposition of dockets. — Every justice of the peace whose term of office shall expire, or who shall resign, removed from the province, or otherwise go out of office, and the legal representative of every justice of the peace who shall die, shall, within ten days thereafter, deliver his docket, with all process and papers and books relating to his office, to the clerk of the Court of First Instance of the province; and if any justice of the peace or legal representative of any justice of the peace who shall die, refuse or neglect to deliver such docket, process, papers, and books to said clerk as required, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or by both. Said clerk shall keep in his office such docket, process, papers, and books as public records, and shall certify copies thereof, while kept by him, whenever lawfully demanded. While such docket, process, papers, and books are in the custody of the clerk, if there shall be on such docket any judgment unexecuted, the clerk may issue execution upon such judgment, and the execution so issued shall have the same effect as if issued by the justice who rendered the judgment.