INDEX.

TOLL.

Rates of toll to be put up at bridges, ferries, and turnpike gates,

or not demandable

Page

401

Not to be exacted of persons attending musters, courts martial, &c. 336
Toll at grist-mills, one-eighth of the grain

TOWNS.

339

References to the acts respecting particular toll bridges

417

Town commissioners may in certain cases enforce the quarantine
laws

192

579

References to local acts respecting each town

TREASON.

Definition and punishment of treason against this state, in the
first and second degree

346, 330

555

417

176

His duty relative to tax collectors and receivers (See Taxes.)
TRESPASS.

Limitations of actions of trespass

In trespass Quare cl. fr. disclaimer of title, and tender of
amends, a bar

317, 319

317

Killing a trespasser shall be murder, manslaughter, or justifiable
homicide, according to the circumstances of the case

Trial for escapes from the penitentiary to be in Baldwin county 379
Indictments stand for trial at the first term, but may be continu-

of the traverse of a garnishee's answer in justices' courts 245

Punishment for destroying or injuiring turnpike gates, &c.

TURPENTINE,

How to be shipped

317,318

369, 370, 380

471

U

Loan of 5000 dollars to that institution by the government
Land authorized to be sold

Controversies respecting the titles of lands sold, may be settled

by arbitration or otherwise

UNIVERSITY.

The state to advance the instalments on bank stock on a pledge
of the securities for the land sold -

Page

- 426, 427
The annual dividends only, and not the principal of the sum
vested in bank stock, applicable to the expenses of the in-
stitution

-

Loan of $10,000 from the state

Deeds to be made to the Shoal Creek tract of land

Deeds signed by President Brown declared valid

Property of the university never to be alienated without the

consent of the general assembly

Property of the university exempted from taxation

426

427

428

429

422, 426, 427

423

ib.

422

422,425

All officers of the university to be of the Christian religion
Senatus academicus how constituted

To meet annually

Their general powers in the superintendence of educa-
tion

Board of trustees, how formed

423, 424

422, 428, 427, 428

Filling of vacancies at that board, and appointment of

officers

ib. ib. ib. ib.

Shall recommend necessary measures to the legislature
To report annually to the senatus academicus, the state
of the institution and of its funds

Board of visiters, how formed

424

425

422, 425

422

ib.

427

Statutes and ordinances of the university to be laid before the
general assembly -

Offices of secretary and treasurer united in the same person,
who shall be compensated, and shall reside at the university 425
Students of all religious denominations equally admissible
Course of studies to be regulated, and salaries fixed by the
trustees

Examination and degrees, how conducted and conferred
All public schools to be parts of the university
UNWHOLESOME PROVISIONS.

All declarations or assignments of trusts, except those implied
by law, must be in writing

561

Real estate liable for the debts of him for whom it is held in
trust, and shall be assets in the hands of his representatives ib.

USURY.
Lawful interest 8 per cent.-Usurious contracts void
Any person receiving by any shift or contrivance, above 8 per
cent. shall forfeit treble the principal

199

199, 200

VACANCIES.

V

Persons appointed to fill vacancies shall hold the office no longer
than to complete the term of his predecessor

VAGRANTS AND VAGABONDS.

Who shall be deemed rogues and vagabonds, and how punished

558

367, 380

INDEX.

VAGRANTS AND VAGABONDS.

Page

Criminals fleeing from other states, what to be done with them 510
All able-bodied idle strollers shall give security for their good
behaviour, or be committed and indicted

VARIANCE.

367

No formal variance between the allegation and proof shall work
a nonsuit, if the cause of action is substantially set forth 228, 229
VENDUE MASTERS. (See Auctions.)

To be appointed by corporations if any, otherwise by inferior

courts

VERDICTS

May be appealed from as matter of right
Verdicts in cases of divorce

122

212

126, 127

In cases not sounding in damages, if the verdict is less than 30
dollars, the defendant shall be liable only for justices' costs 221

VESSELS. (See Shipping and Pilotage.)

Plundering or stealing from wrecks or distressed vessels
Burning or sinking boats or vessels, how punished
VOLUNTEERS.

353, 380
370, 380

Not more than each eleventh man to be enrolled as volunteers
from districts where there are no more than a complement 328
But one company of horse, artillery, or riflemen (from 40 to 100
privates) allowed to a regiment

337

As to the troops in Liberty, Jefferson, Wilkes, and Laurens 338, 339
Not excused from duty in the line until equipped

Their uniform

Other regulations respecting enrolment and withdrawal-Their

duties and liabilities

May hold their own courts martial, and of inquiry

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

W

474, 475
Punishment for selling by false weights and measures 368, 380, 513
Proprietors of warehouses to provide scales and weights
Those of Savannah and Augusta to be the standard until regula-
ted by Congress

513

Justices of the inferior courts to procure standards for each

ib.

county

Weights and measures to be marked by the clerk of the inferior

ib.

court

WEIGHING.

No person in Savannah or Augusta to weigh certain articles
unless previously sworn, on pain of 20 dollars for each
parcel weighed

No deduction from the true weight to be exacted, on pain of

514

ib.

ib.

434

439

WESTERN TERRITORY.

Exposition of the corruptness and invalidity of the sale of part
of the western territory of this state to certain companies

515 to 522

520, 523, 552
The sale declared unconstitutional and corrupt, and ordered to
be expunged from the records

WESTERN TERRITORY.

The money paid into the treasury in pursuance thereof, never
to be deemed a part of the public funds; to be returned,
and until returned, declared to be at the risk of those who
deposited it

How to be drawn from the treasury

Page

521, 552

521, 522, 524, 525

Monopolies of land declared unconstitutional

552

The right of pre-emption of the Indian lands declared to be in

the people and government of this state
Legislature authorized to sell a certain part to the United States 552
Articles of cession to the United States, and the act of ratification
thereof

522

526

Memorial of December, 1816, to the President of the United
States, respecting the extinguishment of Indian title.
Memorial and remonstrance of December 1819, on the same
subject

529

530

WIDOWS

Entitled to a child's part of the personal estate of her husband 161
But if there be no children, a moiety

In the real estate the widow may have her dower if she prefers it
Must make her election within one year from the death of her
husband

-

Marrying again, she shall have no part of the estate of a deceased
child
Shall have no part of the estate of her child if it is the last child
If a widow, being administratrix, marries again, the letters may
be revoked, or some of the next of kin joined with her
WILLS.

Wills of real estate, how to be executed or revoked
Written wills of personalty, how revoked

Wills may be proved before two or more justices of the inferior

ib.

ib.

167

162

ib.

157

561

563

Nuncupative wills, how made and proved

562, 563

court in vacation, but not to be recorded until term time

169

Witnesses of wills bound to attend the probate

167

Persons detaining wills shall be confined as for a contempt until
it is produced

155

Fraudulent destruction of wills or other papers, how punished 356, 380
Forgery of wills, how punished

ib. ib.

WITNESSES,

To make them subject to attachment, must be subpoenaed five
days before court

-

Subpoena may be served by an officer or a private person

What shall be proof of service

-

Being duly subpoenaed, bound to attend until the trial of the

cause, or until they are discharged-and how punishable
for non-attendance

210

ib.

ib.

ib.

Witnesses to wills bound to attend the probate thereof
Witnesses residing in this state, how compelled to give testimony

167

in causes pending in other states

143

Grand jurors competent witnesses as to matters in evidence be-

fore them

146

Legatees are competent witnesses to a will, and their legacies
void

565

Creditors of the testator also competent

ib.

Persons injured are competent witnesses in prosecutions

373

If the witness is confined in the penitentiary, his deposition to

be taken

373

WITNESSES.

INDEX.

List of witnesses must be furnished to the prisoner previous to

arraignment

Witnesses' fees

Page

371

176

179, 247

112

206

Witnesses how summoned and compelled to attend justices'

courts, and how compensated

Two or more required to deeds

Witnesses free from arrest

WOOD.

Size of the cord of firewood, and penalty for selling under mea-

WOODS.

sure

472

Punishment for setting fire to woods, marshes, fences, &c. 369, 380

WORDS.

Limitation of actions for words spoken, to six months from the
speaking

Or from the removal of disabilities, the like period

In actions for words, if the damages found are under 40 shillings,
no more costs than damages

WORSHIP.

317

319

317, 318

Persons disturbing religious worship shall pay 5 pounds, or be
committed 10 days

No intoxicating liquors shall be sold within one mile of places of
public worship during divine service, on pain of 30 dollars
WOUNDING.

Limitation of the action for wounding, to two years

WRECK.

342

ib.

317, 319

Penalty for throwing wrecks or rubbish into ports or channels

201, 202, 20

Stealing from, or plundering a wreck or vessel in distress
WRIT OF POSSESSION

Shall not go against persons, who, although on the land, are
strangers to the suit, and also to the defendant's title

353, 380

In note to reference k, at the bottom of p. 568, for "2 Heath 37," read 2 HALE 37.

J. & J. Harper, Printers, New-York.