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20, He it further enacted. That females shall not within Females not to b
his Territory, be iiuble to imprisonment fo. debt, ipnsoned.
J. C BRONAUGK,
President- of the Legislative Council.
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Governor of the Territorv of Florida.
TEST,
JOHN-* Oi/PINGKR CONNOR,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.
AN ACT
Recrulating' proceeding's in Chancery.
1. Be it enacted by the Governor and Legislative Council
of the Territory of Florftfa* That, in all causes in chancery
and hill and answer stating the point relied on by
each party sufficiently plain to be understood, time being
given agreeable to law for proof to be adduced, shall be
deemed sufficient to try the cause on its merits notwithstanding
no replication or. plea he put in, or steps taken
other than orders of court for any matter proper for
bringing- in testimony before trial shall be had. Answers
may state interrogatories to the complainant, and the defendant
may make it answer as a cross bill if he chooses
so to do; and the court shall not require either of the
parties to take any other steps, or put in any other plea,
provided the cause can be fairly tried on its merits.
2. Be it further enacted, That the original and mesne
process against a defendant or defendants in Chancery
suits, shall be returnable to the first da: of the next succeeding
term, unless they issue in term time, in which
case they shall be made returnable to any day of that term.
3. Peii further enacted, That, the defendant or defendants
shall file his, her or their answers on or before the
first day of the term next succeeding the one to which the
processmay be returned executed, and on failure so to do,
unless upon good ause shewn, the complainant's Mil maybe
taken for confessed, and the m; iters therein decreed
accordingly, upon the filing of his answer if it contain
interrogatories {'or the complainant to answer, the cause
may be continued to the next term, unless the complainant
voluntarily answer at that term, but if it' e continued]
the answer t" such interrogatories s! u II be filed on or hefore
the first dav of the next term : And in -li rases, the
cause shall stand for hearing at the next term after the
issue is made up; the defendant may however ; lead
den ur, or mswer a*
or
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