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Sect. 185. When a person intending to bring an action before a justice of the peace, is a non-resident of the county in which he intends to commence such action, the justice may, previous to his issuing process, require such person to give security for the costs of such suit; which may be done by depositing a sum of money, deemed by the justice to be sufficient to discharge the costs that may accrue in the action, or by giving an undertaking, with security approved by the justice, payable to the adverse party, for the payment of all costs that may accrue in the action. If any plaintiff or plaintiffs, after commencing an action before a justice in the county in which he or they reside, afterwards remove out of the county, the justice may require such plaintiff or plaintiffs to deposit a sum of money, equal to the costs that have accrued and that probably will accrue, or require in place thereof, that such party give sufficient security for all costs that have accrued, or which may accrue in the action, and in default to do either, shall enter a non-suit against the plaintiff or plaintiffs.

Sect. 186. That in all actions instituted before a justice of the peace, founded upon any bond, sealed bill, promissory note, or other instrument of writing, for the payment of a sum of money certain, of which the whole amount of money promised therein is due, it shall be the duty of the plaintiff, his agent or attorney, to file a copy of said bond, sealed bill, promissory note, or other written evidence of indebtedness upon which said suit is brought, with such justice of the peace, and upon the trial of the case the original of said bond, sealed bill, promissory note, or other written evidence of indebtedness shall be filed with such justice of the peace; and if, upon the trial judgment shall be entered thereon, in favor of the plaintiff, such bond, sealed bill, promissory note, or instrument of writing, shall be retained by the justice so rendering judgment, who shall indorse the sum for which he shall have entered judgment (provided the same shall in nowise exceed one hundred dollars) and shall subscribe his name thereto. And upon payment, or tender of the amount of such payment, together with the cost accruing thereon, or securing the payment of the same by putting in bail for the stay of execution, it shall not be lawful for the plaintiff to institute any other suit or suits upon such bond, sealed bill,