[288] Laws of Vermont, 1843, p. 11.

[289] Ibid., 1850, p. 9.

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

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

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

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

[294] Laws of Ohio, 1857, p. 170.

[295] Laws of Ohio, 1858, p. 10.

[296] Laws of Michigan, 1855, p. 415.

[297] Lalor, III. 162.