[220] Hening: Statutes at Large, Vol. VI., p. 357.

[221] Ibid., Vol. XII., p. 531.

[222] Laws of State of North Carolina. Revised Under Authority of the General Assembly, Vol. I., p. 375.

[223] Acts of General Assembly of Alabama, 1840-41, p. 125.

[224] Maxcy: Revised Laws of Maryland, Vol. II., p. 356 (1811). Dorsey: General Public Statuary Law, Vol. I., p. 112.

[225] Hutchinson: Code of Mississippi (1798 to 1848), p. 960. Revised Code of Mississippi, Authority of Legislature (1857), p. 603.

[226] Laws of State of Missouri Revised by Legislature (1825), Vol. I., p. 289.

[227] Laws of Florida, 1850-51, p. 132-3.

[228] Laws of South Carolina, 1837, p. 58.

[229] English: Digest of Statutes of Arkansas (1848) Authority of Leg. Chap. LI., p. 333.