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is diyided into twelve, counties, viz. 



Counties. County Towns. 



7> • , '(Bennins:ton. 



Bennmgtm, J Manchester: 



Windham^ Ne^ifane. 



yjy-. J ^Windsor. 



mndsor, [Woodstoct. 



Rut land f Rutland. 



Orange^ Newbury. 



Addison, Middlebury. 



Chittenden^ Burlington. 



Caledonia, Danville. 



Essex ^ G u ildhair. 



Franklin, St. Albans. 



Orleans, Brownington, 



Grand Isle, North Hero. 



In the four last counties, courts are not to be 

 holden until the first day of October, 1796. In 

 t|ie. other counties there are probate courts, jus- 

 tices' courts, county courts, a supreme court, 

 and a court of chancery. 



The justices of peace in each county are an- 

 nuall}' nominated, and appointed by the general 

 assembly : lliey are of course the same persons, 

 as the members of the assembly from each 

 county, with the addition of a few others. They 

 have power to try and determine all pleas and 

 actions of a criminal nature, where the .fines 

 apd forfeitures are within the sum of forty shil- 

 lings, and the corporal punishment shall not ex- 

 ceed ten stripes. They may also try and de- 

 termine all pleas and actions of a civil nature 

 (other than actions of defi>.mation, replevin, 

 trespass upon the freehold, and v\'here the title 

 of land is concerned) where the debt,' and other 

 matter i\\ demand, does not exceed the sum of 



