Record of justices, notaries, and court commissioners required to be registered with the clerk of court giving name of officer, date of election, term, and expiration date of term. Volume 1, 1864-1884, consists of two sections: one listing justices of the peace and police justices arranged alphabetically by name of township and thereunder chronologically by date term began, and one section listing notaries public and certificates of appointment arranged by date of filing. Volume 2, 1879-1916, contains: certificates of appointment for notaries public, 1879-1900, and court commissioners and sheriffs, 1879-1916, and includes a name index.