[236]. Ibid., 1873, chap. 1947.

[237]. Acts of La., 1869, p. 57. See also Acts of La., 1870, p. 57.

[238]. Ibid., 1873, pp. 156–57.

[239]. Acts of Ark., 1873, pp. 15–19.

[240]. Laws of Tenn., 1875, pp. 216–17.

[241]. 9 Baxter, 584.

[242]. Laws of N. C., 1876–77, pp. 589–90.

[243]. Laws of Tenn., 1885, pp. 124–25.

[244]. Revision, 1902, sec. 1164; Pub. Acts of Conn., 1905, p. 323.

[245]. Annotated Code, 1897, sec. 5008.