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First Records of Carson Valley
Utah Territory
1851
Page 10
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to summon any four whenever occasion may require it, to take cognizance & adjudicate summarily in all cases of controversy debts or offences against the publick weal, and to enforce fines or other sufficient penalties upon offenders; to issue warrants & authorize arrests, But to provide against the abuse of these powers, citizens & others Shall have the right of appeal to a court of twelve citizens, summoned promiscously, who shall constitute a court of enquiry from whose decisions there shall be no apeal, scrutinize & reverse, if necessary, the decrees of the Magistrates court, and who shall have power to remove the magistrate or impose upon him any other just penalty in the event of the abusive exercise of
 
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