he shall number the cases progressively upon his docket, and shall correspondingly number the papers in each case; he shall keep the entire papers in each action together, and in packages of a proper and convenient size, and in the order in which the cases are numbered on his docket.
Sect. 175. It is the duty of every justice upon the expiration of his term of office, to deposit with his successor his official docket, as well his own, as those [of] his predecessor which may be in his custody, together with all files and papers, laws and statutes, pertaining to his office, there to be kept as public records and property. If there be no successor elected and qualified, or if the office become vacant by death, removal from the county, or otherwise, before his successor is elected and qualified, the docket and papers in the possession of such justice must be deposited with the nearest justice in the county, there to be kept until a successor be chosen and qualified, then to be delivered over to such successor on request.
Sect. 176. A justice receiving by succession or on deposit, any such docket, papers, and laws, shall, if requested, give a receipt thereof to the person from whom he receives the same.
Sect. 177. The justice with whom the docket of another may be deposited, either during a vacancy, or as a successor, is hereby authorized, while having such docket legally in his possession, to issue execution on any judgment there entered, and unsatisfied and not docketed in the district court, in the same manner [and] with the same effect as the justice by whom the judgment was rendered might have done; to take bail in appeals, or for stay of execution, to issue certified transcripts of judgments on such docket, and proceed in all cases in like manner as if the same had been originally had, or instituted before him.
Sect. 178. In case of sickness or other disability or other necessary absence of a justice, at the time appointed for trial, another justice of the same county may, at his request, attend in his behalf, and shall thereupon become vested with the powers for the time being of the justice before whom the summons was returnable. In that case the proper entry of the proceeding before the attending justice, subscribed by him, must be made in the docket of the justice, before whom the writ was returnable. If the case be adjourned, the justice
