Laws Of The Cherokee Nation Adopted By The Council At Various Periods

Author : Cherokee Nation
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230055121
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (551 download)

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Download or read book Laws of the Cherokee Nation; Adopted by the Council at Various Periods [1808-1835] Printed for the Benefit of the Nation written by Cherokee Nation and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ...as are prescribed by law in relation to witnessses in other Courts of the Nation. The defendant shall also have the right of pleading, by way of set-off, any debt or account whichhe may have against the plaintiff, provided the same be mutual and due in the' same right, and a substantial copy of the set-off shall be filed with the plea, and; it? the defendant shall prove a set-off of larger amount than the demand' established by the plaintiff, the Court shall give judgment for the defendant for the balance over and above the plaintifi"s demand so establishedr provided nevertheless, ' that the Court shall not have cognizance of any set-off exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars, as aforesaid. Be it further Resolved, That five days after judgment is' rendered in any case, the Clerk shall issue an execution: against the property of the defendant, for the amount of the judgment and cost, directed to the ofiicers of the District, and any of said officers in whose hands such execution shall" be placed, shall proceed to levy and make collections accord-' ing to law. Be it further Resolved, That the Judge and Clerk of this Court be, and they are hereby authorized, and vested with authority, to administer Oaths, on every necessary occasion, and that the District Judges be, and are hereby also, author 'ized to perform the matrimonial ceremony, agreeably to law. Be itfurther Resolved, That the District Judges shall have power to grant appeals to the Circuit Courts agreeable to law, and shall receive a salary of sixty dollars per annum for their services; and the Clerks of the District Courts shall each be allowed ten dollars per annum extra pay for their services during the recess of the Courts. New Erlwta, Stii Nov., 1828.1 Wnnnnns, ...