236.

The same clause is frequently to be met with in the law of Massachusetts.

Not only are private individuals thus incited to prosecute the public officers, but the public officers are encouraged in the same manner to bring the disobedience of private individuals to justice.

If a citizen refuses to perform the work which has been assigned to him upon a road, the road surveyor may prosecute him, and he receives half the penalty for himself.

See the Laws above quoted, vol.i.p.