Fees for Aldermen and Justices in Pennsylvania
An act sets the schedule of fees for aldermen and justices of the peace in the Commonwealth. It lists charges for information or complaint, docket entries, warrants, examinations, oaths, recognizances, transcripts, judgments, and numerous court and official filings with precise cents per action. The document reflects a comprehensive fee structure across civil and criminal proceedings, including notices, continuances, depositions, executions, returns, and administrative tasks.
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Poisoning Plot Claims Stir Washington Headlines
The Cincinnati Commercial reprints from a Washington letter alleging an assassination attempt on President Buchanan at the National Hotel. The note describes a boastful visitor predicting the president’s decline and hints at political machinations and a future acting president Stephen Douglas.
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Fees for constables and public officers in 1857 act
The text lists perquisites and commissions for constables and officers under an 1857 statute. It covers fees for issuing precepts, serving writs and subpoenas, executing warrants, taking custody, distraint and sale, advertising, filing returns, mileage, and specific penalties for illegal fees. It notes exceptions and effective dates, with a Chicago side mention of Sunday life contrasts.
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Bank bills pass houses amid party clashes in Harrisburg
In Harrisburg the legislature approved numerous bank bills including Shamokin, Kittanning, and other banks amid partisan feuding. A Cumberland county suit awarded Abraham Swart $2500 after a murder allegation surfaced in court. A Chambersburg will case invalidated Col Aunew's testament, estate valued at $120,000. President Buchanan reportedly suffered another mild illness though appeared briefly well.
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Death and disasters tallied in a single report
Obituary notes the death of Hon. Thomas Carson of Mercersburg after six years in the Franklin county legislature and as speaker of the Senate. Fire in Sandusky destroys a machine company and homes worth under 100000 with little insurance. Fire, theft, and crimes sweep through Alabama Florida and Indiana as mail robberies surge and territorial policy debates stir Kansas and Utah.
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Court Proceedings and Nicaragua War News From Late Quarter Sessions
At Aduviso sessions the case Tacuts and Eatangel Spanuler v Henry Syingler found the defendant sane. Several liquor cases ended with Not Guilty or fines. others settled. A tax and assault cases saw guilty verdicts with fines and jail. An arrest for theft yielded 20 days in jail. Reports from Nicaragua describe ship arrivals, politics, Mormon dissension, and combat near Rivas with heavy casualties, plus observer notes on French manners.
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