Section 5

Act 495 of 1851, § 5, under FULTON COUNTY ERECTED.

Act 495 of 1851, § 5

Section 5. That all suits and cases which shall be pending and undetermined in the several courts of Bedford county on the first of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, where both parties in such suit or suits shall at that time be resident in the county of Fulton, shall be transferred to the respective courts of Fulton county, and shall be considered as pending in said courts and shall be proceeded on in like manner as if the same had been originally commenced in said courts, except that the fees on the same due to officers of Bedford county shall be paid to them when recovered by the prothonotary or sheriff of Fulton county. And the prothonotary of Bedford county shall, on or before the first day of August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, purchase dockets and copy therein all the docket entries respecting the said suits and cases to be transferred as aforesaid, and shall, on or before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, have the said dockets, together with the records, declarations, and other papers respecting the said suits and cases, ready to be delivered to the prothonotary of Fulton county the expenses of said dockets and copying to be paid by the said county of Fulton, on warrants to be drawn by the commissioners of Fulton county on the treasurer thereof.