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Assistant barrister may sue and be sued in adjoining county.
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59. If any assistant barrister shall have any cause of action, in replevin or otherwise, against any person residing within the county or riding in which he shall act as such assistant barrister, or if any person shall have any cause of action, in replevin or otherwise, against an assistant barrister who shall reside within the county or riding in which he shall act as such assistant barrister, then and in every such case such assistant barrister shall sue or may be sued in the civil bill court of any of the next adjoining counties, and nearest to the residence of the defendant, or any of the defendants if more than one; and service of the process in the county or riding in which the defendant shall reside, made by any process officer of such county, or by any process officer of the county in which the process is intended to be heard, shall be deemed good service on such defendant to appear before the assistant barrister at the sessions of such adjoining county, who shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine such civil bill; and the decree or dismiss of such last-mentioned assistant barrister shall have full force and effect in and shall be executed by the sheriff or sheriffs bailiff of the county in which the party against whom the said decree or dismiss has been made shall reside: Provided always, that in every such case the reason for bringing such civil bill in such next adjoining county shall be stated upon the civil bill process: Provided also, that if the service of such process shall be made by any process officer of the county in which the defendant resides, such service may be verified by an affidavit of service by him made before any justice of the peace of the county in which such service was effected, who is hereby authorized and required to take the same: and for every such service and affidavit such process officer shall be entitled to a fee of two shillings and sixpence, and no more.
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