Section 11. If the said company, their successors or assigns, or any person employed by them, shall collect or demand any greater rate or prices for the passing over the said bridge than what is hereinbefore prescribed, or shall neglect to keep the said bridge in repair, he or they shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered before any justice of the peace of said county, one half thereof to be paid to the directors of the poor of the county of Northampton, for the use of the poor of said county, and the other half to the person who shall sue for the same: Provided always, That no suit shall be brought in respect of this unless within fifteen days after the offence be committed: And provided also, That the judgment of the said justice, in any such case brought before him, shall be liable to reversion either by appeal to the court of Common Pleas of said county, if the merits of the case be contested, or by certiorari, if the legality of his proceedings of jurisdiction be disputed.
Compiler's Note: Section 28 of Act 207 of 2004 provided that any and all references in any other law to a "district justice" or "justice of the peace" shall be deemed to be references to a magisterial district judge.