The justice of the peace, mayor or police justice of any city, town or village from whose decision an appeal shall be taken, shall at once transmit to the clerk of that court a certified copy of the record of the proceedings, with all the original papers and process in the case, and the original appeal bond given by the appellant, and the clerk shall docket the same, and shall be entitled to the same fees, upon such appeals, as for similar services in suits originating in said court. The justice, mayor, or police justice of any city, town or village shall, at all times, be allowed to amend his return according to the facts.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 50, art. 3; 1857, ch. 58, art. 24; 1871, § 1333; 1880, § 2353; 1892, § 84; 1906, § 85; Hemingway's 1917, § 65; 1930, § 66; 1942, § 1200.
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