[28] General Statutes of Vermont, 1862, ch. 22, sec. 19, p. 151.
[29] Ibid., 1894, sec. 700, p. 189. Similar laws had been passed by Massachusetts in 1860. See page 7.
[30] Laws of Connecticut, 1883, ch. LXXIV, p. 264. Laws of successive years carried on substantially the same requirements. In 1902 the law appeared with slight modifications, having been accepted in 1868, 1870, 1884, 1888, 1889, 1895, 1897, 1899. General Statutes of Connecticut, 1902, ch. 131, par. 2130, p. 561, cites Revision, 1888, par. 2118, ch. 6; 1895, ch. 119; 1897, ch. 101; 1899, ch. 54.
[31] Virginia in 1849 had prescribed United States history. This state did not enact a law during this period.
[32] Acts of West Virginia, 1863, ch. 137, 16, p. 250. Again Acts, 1866, ch. 74, 29, p. 62; and Code, 1868, ch. 45, 35, p. 300; Acts, 1873, ch. 123, 32, p. 403; Acts, 1881, p. 185; Acts, 1874, ch. 123, 11, p. 388; ibid., p. 173. This law was reënacted in 1881.
[33] General Statutes of Missouri, 1864-65, sec. 4, p. 128. Approved February 10, 1865.
[34] Laws of Maryland, 1865, ch. 5, sec. 4, p. 284.
[35] Ibid., ch. IV, sec. 2, p. 282; ibid., 1868, ch. VI, sec. 2, p. 754; ibid., 1870, ch. VII, sec. 3, p. 540; ibid., 1872, ch. 7, sec. 3, p. 638; Revised Code, 1879, art. XXVII, 39, Vol. I, p. 255.
[36] Virginia had passed such a law in 1849. See page 8. Laws of South Carolina, 1870, sec. 24, p. 344; Revised Statutes, 1872, ch. XXXVIII, sec. 4, p. 246; General Statutes, 1881-1882, sec. 1004, p. 300. Revised Statutes, 1893, sec. 1058, Vol. I, p. 368, repeat the law. Laws of Arkansas, 1868, sec. 65, p. 184; Laws, 1875, sec. 45, p. 68; again in Acts, 1913, sec. 62, p. 410. Laws of Mississippi, 1873, ch. 1, sec. 23, p. 13.
[37] Laws of North Carolina, 1881, ch. 200, sec. 38, p. 383. Laws of Tennessee, 1873, ch. XXV, sec. 31, p. 46; Laws, 1879, ch. 187, sec. 31.