relating  to  buying  demands,  or  section  74  of  the  Code  of  Civil  Pro-
cedure relating  to  certain  promises  and  gifts,  is  guilty  of  a  misde-
meanor.
8R.8.44S,  H6»-tt*

g  137.  Bu3ring  demands  by  a  Justice  or  constable,  for  suit
before  a  Justice.  A  Justice  of  the  peace  or  constable  who.  directly  or
indirectly,  buys  or  is  interested  in  buying  any  thing  in  a^on,  for
the  purpose  of  commencing  a  suit  thereon  before  a  Justice,  Is  guiltj
of  a  misdemeanor.
IR.t.«7,BlS1185.
5  138-143     OFFENSES  AGAINST  PUBLIC  JUSTICE.  «


§  138.  Lending  money  upon  claims  delivered  for  coUectioft
A  justice  of  the  peace  or  constable  wlio,  directly  or  indirectly,  gives,
or  promises  to  give,  any  valuable  consideration  to  any  person  as  an
inducement  to  bring,  or  in  consideration  of  having  brought,  a  sui*
thereon  before  a  justice,  is  guilty  of  a  misdemanor.
§  139.  Forfeiture  of  office.  A  person  convicted  of  a  violation
of  any  of  the  three  preceding  sections,  in  addition  to  the  punishment,
by  fine  and  imprisonment,  prescribed  therefor  by  this  Code,  forfeits
his  office.
8  R.  8.  427,  S  165.
§  140.  Receiving  claims  in  what  cases  allowable.  Nothing  in
the  four  preceding  sections  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  receiv-
ing in  payment  of  any  thing  in  action  for  any  estate,  real  or  personal,
or  for  any  services  of  an  attorney  or  counselor  actually  rendered,  or
for  a  debt  antecedently  contracted  ;  or  the  buying  or  receiving  of  any
thing  in  action  for  the  purpose  of  remittance,  and  without  any  intent
to  violate  the  preceding  sections.
8  R.  S.  448,  S  62.
