[258] Acts and Resolves of Vermont, 1840, p. 13.

[259] Laws of New York, 1840, p. 174.

[260] See ante, § [27.]

[261] Laws of Massachusetts, 1843, p. 33.

[262] Acts and Resolves of Vermont, 1843, p. 11.

[263] Laws of Pennsylvania, 1847, p. 206.

[264] Acts and Resolves of Rhode Island, 1848, p. 12.

[265] Laws of Vermont, 1850, p. 9.

[266] Public Acts of Connecticut, 1854, p. 80.

[267] Laws of Rhode Island, 1854, p. 22.