1866/67 public laws – Ch.17 Sec.3

Be it further enacted, T at all warrants issned by a Justice of the Peace, for any debt or demand within his jurisdiction>according to the provisions of the above section, provided said debt or demand is due upon any contract, whether by bond or note or liquidated account, orany parol agreement made or entered into and due prior to the first day of May, 1865, shall not be returnable for trial, within twelve months after the execution of the same; and at the return of the same, if the defendant or defendants shall pay to the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, or to the officer executing the warrant, one-tenth of the principal and interest, and all costs that may have accrued thereon, he, she, or they may have twelve months Jonger to plead; at the end of which: time being again notified of the time and place of trial, it the defendant or defendants shall pay one-fifth of the principal, interest and costs, he, she, or they shall have twelve months longer to plead; at the end of which time, if the defendant or defendants shall pay one-half of the residue of said claim, he, she or they shall! have twelve months longer to plead; at the end of which time the plaintiff shall have judgment for the remainder: Provided, That executions on Justices judgments on debts contracted pri- ==== ==7y or to May, Ist, 1865, already rendered, shall be stayed for twelve months from the date of the ratification of this act.