AN ORDINANCE regulating proceedings

 in civil suits in the City Court of Little
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AN ORDINANCE regulating proceedings

 in civil suits in the City Court of Little

 Rock.

 SEC. l. Be a ordained by the Common Council ofthe City of Little Rock, That all process issued by the Judge or Clerk of the City Court of said City, shall run in the name of the United States of America, and bear teste in the name of the Judge or Clerk ofsaid Court, and shall be sealed with the judicial seal of said Court, and directed to the Con- stable of the City of Little Rock, or such oth- CT officer or person as IS or shall be authorl- sed to execute the same; and the original process issued i'll any civil cause more than five days before any term of said Court, shall be returnable to the first term of said Court aftert the date of such process, and when such process shall be issued five or less than five days before any term of said Court, the same shall be made returnable to the second term of said Court next ensuing the date of such process

 SEC. ,. And be it further enacted, That all civil causes where the original. process shall have been served at least five days previous to the commencement of any term of said Court to which such process is returnable, shall stand for trial and shall be tried at the | first term of said Court, unless good cause for continuance shall be shown, on oath or af- l frmation of the person applying for the same; and the party on whose application contin- uance is granted, shall, in all cases, pay the costs of the continuance but if the process has not been served as aforesaid, at least five l days previous to the term to which the same is returnable, the cause shall be continued at the first term, on the application of either party, without the payment of costs as afore- said, which, in such cases, shall abide the event of the suit.

 SEC. 3. And 6e t further ordained, That all writs of execution which shall be issued on any judgment of said City Court, shall be issued in conformity with the judgment rem dered, and shall be made returnable to the next term of said Court after the date thereof, and shall be issued as nearly as may be in 1 form prescribed by law for executions to be issued by tho Clerks of the several Courts of Record in this Territory.