[296] Rev. Stat. and Codes of Porto Rico (1902), 860.

[297] Rev. Stat. of Fla. (1892), 820.

[298] Act of March 18: Acts of the Assembly (1847-48), 165, 166.

[299] Code of Va. (1887), 561.

[300] Code of W. Va. (1900), 662; Acts (1882), chap. 60.

[301] Act of Oct. 20, 1891: Acts (1890-91), 235.

[302] Ky. Stat. (1894), 769, 770; Digest of Ark. (1894), 681. Cf. Wright, Report, 80.

[303] Code of Ala. (1887), 525; ibid. (1897), 493.

[304] Act of June 15, 1822: Code of Miss. (1848), 495.

[305] Rev. Code (1857), 335.