His  Excellency,  the  Governour,  by  and  with
the  advice  and  Consent  of  her  Majesty's  Council,
and  by  Virtue  of  the  Powers  and  Authorities
derived  unto  him  by  her  said  Majesty's  Letters
Patents,  doth  by  these  Presents  Ordain,  and  it  is
hereby  Ordained  by  the  Authority  aforesaid,  That
every  Justice  of  the  Peace  that  resides  within  any
Town  or  County  within  this  Province,  is  by  these
Presents  fully  empowered  and  authorized  to  have
Cognizance  of  all  Causes  or  Cases  of  Debt  and
Trespasses,  to  the  Value  of  Forty  Shillings,  or
under ;  which  Causes  or  Cases  of  Debt  and  Tres-
passes, to  the  value  of  Forty  Shillings  or  under,
shall  and  may  be  Heard,  Try'd  and  finally  Deter-
mined without  a  Jury,  by  every  Justice  of  the
Peace  residing,  as  aforesaid.
The  Process  of  Warning  against  a  Free-holder  or
Inhabitant  shall  be  by  Summons  under  the  Hand
of  the  Justice,  directed  to  the  Constable  of  the
Town  or  Precinct,  or  to  any  deputed  by  him,  where
the  party  complained  aga;inst  does  live  or  reside ;
which  Summons  being  personally  served  or  left  at
the  Defendant's  House,  or  his  place  of  Abode,  four
days  before  the  hearing  of  the  Plaint,  shall  be  sufii-
cient  Authority  to  and  for  the  said  Justice  to  proceed


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HISTOKY  OF  CAMDEN  COUNTY,  NEW  JERSEY.
to  hear  such  Cause  or  Causes  and  Determine  the
same  in  the  Defendant's  absence,  and  to  grant
Execution  thereupon  against  the  Defendant's
Person,  or  for  want  thereof,  his  Goods  and  Chatties,
which  the  Constable,  or  his  Deputy,  of  that  Town
or  Precinct,  shall  and  may  serve,  unless  some
reasonable  excuse  for  the  Parties  absence  appear
to  the  Justice.
