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Title 15. Of the embezzlement of t mber float- [] Title 4. Of accumulations of personal proper-
ing, 697.
ty, and of expectant estates in such proper-
ty, 773.

Title 16. Of the preservation of deer, and cer-
tain game and animals, 701.

Title 17. Of dogs, 703.

Title 18. Of the destruction of wolves and
other noxious animals, 706.

Title 19. Of brokerage, stock-jobbing and
pawnbrokers; Containing three Articles.
Art. 1. Regulations concerning brokers, 709.
Art. 2. Of stock-jobbing, 710.

Art. 3. Of pawnbrokers, 710.

Title 20. Of unauthorised banking, and the
circulation of certain notes or evidences of
debt issued by banks, 711.

Title 21. Of insurances on property in this
state, made in foreign countries, and by in-
dividuals and associations unauthorised by
law, 714.

The SECOND PART of the Revised Sta-
tutes is entitled "An Act concerning the Ac-
quisition, the Enjoyment and the Transmis-
sion of real and personal Property, the Domes-
tic Relations, and other Matters connected
with Private Rights;" and consists of EIGHT
CHAPTERS.

CHAP. I. OF REAL PROPERTY, AND OF THE
NATURE, QUALITIES AND ALIENATION OF
ESTATES THEREIN: Containing five Titles.
Title 1. Of the tenure of real property, and
the persons capable of holding and convey-
ing estates therein: Containing two Articles.
Art. 1. Of the tenure of real property, 718.
Art. 2. Of the persons capable of holding and
conveying lands, 719.

Title 2. Of the nature and qualities of estates
in real property, and the alienation thereof:
Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. Of the creation and division of es-
tates, 721.

Art. 2. Of uses and trusts, 727.

Art. 3. Of powers, 731.

Art. 4. Of alienation by deed, 733.
Title 3. Of estates in dower, 740.

Title 4. Of estates for years and at will; and the
rights and duties of landlords and tenants,
743.

Title 5. Miscellaneous provisions of a general
nature, 748.

CHAP. II. OF TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY BY
DESCENT, 750.

CHAP. III. OF THE PROOF AND RECORDING
OF CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE, AND
THE CANCELLING OF MORTGAGES, 755.
CHAP. IV. OF TITLE TO PERSONAL PRO-
PERTY IN CERTAIN CASES: Containing four
Titles.

Title 1. Of limited partnerships, 763.

Title 2. Of promissory notes and bills of ex-
change, 767.

Title 3. Of the interest of money, 771.

CHAP. V. OF TITLE TO PROPERTY, REAL AND
PERSONAL, TRANSMITTED OR ACQUIRED BY
SPECIAL PROVISIONS OF LAW: Containing
two Titles.

Title 1. Of the assignment of the estates of
non-resident, absconding, insolvent or im-
prisoned debtors: Containing eight Articles.
Art. 1. Of attachments against absconding,
concealed and non-resident debtors.

Art. 2. Of attachments against debtors con-
fined for crimes.

Art. 3. Of voluntary assignments, made pur-
suant to the application of an insolvent and
his creditors.

Art. 4. Of proceedings by creditors, to com-
pel assignments by debtors imprisoned on
execution in civil causes.

Art. 5. Of voluntary assignments by an insol-
vent, for the purpose of exonerating his per-
son from imprisonment,

Art. 6. Of voluntary assignments by a debtor
imprisoned on execution in civil causes.
Art. 7. General provisions applicable to pro-
ceedings under the several preceding Ar-
ticles, or some of them.

Art. 8. Of the powers, duties and obligations

of trustees and assignees under this Title.
Title 2. Of the custody and disposition of the
estates of idiots, lunatics, persons of unsound
mind, and drunkards.

CHAP. VI. OF WILLS AND TESTAMENTS; OF

THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ESTATES OF IN-
TESTATES; AND OF THE RIGHTS, POWERS
AND DUTIES OF EXECUTORS AND ADMINIS-

TRATORS: Containing six Titles.

Title 1. Of wills and testaments of real and
personal property, and the proof of them:
Containing three Articles.

Art. 1. Of wills of real property, and the proof
of them.

Art. 2. Of wills of personal property, and the
probate of them.

Art. 3. General provisions applicable to wills
of real and personal property.
Title 2. Of granting letters testamentary and
of administration: Containing three Articles.
Art. 1. Of granting letters testamentary.
Art. 2. Of granting letters of administration
with the will annexed, and in cases of intes-
tacy.

Art. 3. General provisions relating to letters
testamentary and of administration; mis-
cellaneous provisions respecting the duties
of surrogates, and the recording of wills
and letters.

Title 3. Of the duties of executors and admi-

nistrators, in taking and returning invento-
ries, in the payment of debts and legacies,
in accounting, and in making distribution to
next of kin: Containing three Articles.
Art. 1. Of their duties in taking and return-
ing inventories.

Art. 2. Of the duties of executors and admi-
nistrators, in the payment of debts and le-
gacies.

*The remaining Chapters of the Second Part, and the whole of the Third and Fourth Parts,
will be found in Vol. II.

seven Articles.

Art. 1. Of the constitution of the court; and
of its officers, and their duties.

Art. 3. Of the duties of executors and admi- || Title 2. Of the court of chancery: Containing
nistrators, in rendering an account, and in
making distribution to the next of kin.
Title 4. Of the powers and duties of executors
and administrators, in relation to the sale
and disposition of the real estate of their tes-
tator or intestate.

Title 5. Of the rights and liabilities of execu-
tors and administrators.

Title 6. Of public administrators: Containing
tiro Articles.

Art. 1. Of the public administrator in the city
of New-York.

Art. 2. Of public administrators in the seve-
ral counties of this state, other than the
county of New-York.

CHAP. VII. OF FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCES
AND CONTRACTS RELATIVE TO REAL AND

PERSONAL PROPERTY: Containing three Ti-
tles.

Title 1. Of fraudulent conveyances and con-
tracts relative to lands.

Title 2 Of fraudulent conveyances and con-
tracts relative to goods, chattels and things
in action.

Title 3. General provisions.

CHAP. VIII. OF THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS:

Containing four Titles.

Art. 2. Of the general powers, duties and ju-
risdiction of the court.

Art. 3. Of the terms of the court, and the
mode of proceeding therein.

Art. 4. Of proceedings against absent, con-
cealed and non-resident defendants.

Art. 5. Of the granting of injunctions to stay
proceedings at law.

Art. 6. Of the powers and proceedings of the
court, upon bills for the foreclosure or sa-
tisfaction of mortgages.

Art. 7. Of proceedings in relation to the con-
veyance of lands by infants, and the sale
and disposition of their estates.

Title 3. Of the supreme court.

Title 4. Of the circuit courts, sittings and
courts of oyer and terminer.

Title 5. Of the courts of common pleas and
general sessions of the peace, in the several
counties of this state.

Title 6. Of mayors' courts in cities.

CHAP. II. OF COURTS OF PECULIAR AND
SPECIAL JURISDICTION: Containing four Ti-
tles.

Title 1. Of husband and wife: Containing five Title 1. Of surrogates' courts.
Articles.

Art. 1. Of marriage, and of the solemnization
and proof thereof.

Art. 2. Of divorces, on the ground of the nul-
lity of the marriage contract.

Art. 3. Of divorces dissolving the marriage
contract.

Art. 4. Of separations, or limited divorces.
Art. 5. General provisions applicable to the
two last Articles.

Title 2. Of parents and children.
Title 3. Of guardians and wards.
Title 4. Of masters, apprentices and ser-
vants: Containing three Articles.

Art. 1. Of apprentices and servants bound by
indentures.

Art. 2. Of persons held in service,
Art. 3. General provisions.

The THIRD PART of the Revised Statutes
is entitled "An act concerning courts and
ministers of justice, and proceedings in civil
cases;" and consists of TEN CHAPTERS.

CHAP. I. OF THE COURTS OF GENERAL OR
LIMITED JURISDICTION: Containing six Ti-
tles.

Title 1. Of the court for the trial of impeach-
ments and the correction of errors: Con-
taining three Articles.

Art. 1. Of the constitution of the court and
its officers.

Art. 2. Of impeachments, and the mode of
conducting them.

Art. 3. Of its powers as a court for the cor-
rection of errors.

Title 2. Of the courts of special sessions of

the peace.

Title 3. Of special justices' courts in the seve-
ral cities of this state.

Title 4. Of courts held by justices of the
peace: Containing thirteen Articles.

Art. 1. Of the jurisdiction of justices' courts.
Art. 2. Of the commencement of suits, and
the service and return of process.
Art. 3. Of the appearance of parties.
Art. 4. Of pleadings and of set-offs.
Art. 5. Of adjournments.

Art. 6. Of compelling the attendance of wit-

nesses.

Art. 7. Of the trial of issues of fact, and the
incidents thereto.

Art. 8. Of judgments, and filing transcripts
thereof.

Art. 9. Of executions, of sales thereon; and
of imprisonment.

Art. 10. Of the removal of causes to the court
of common pleas by certiorari.

Art. 11. Of appeals to the courts of common
pleas.

Art. 12. Of the fees of officers, and of wit-
nesses and jurors, for services under this
Title.

Art. 13. General provisions concerning jus-
tices' courts, and proceedings therein.

CHAP. III. GENERAL PROVISIONS CONCERN-
ING COURTS OF JUSTICE, AND THE POWERS
AND DUTIES OF CERTAIN JUDICIAL OFFI-

CERS: Containing two Titles.

Title 1. General provisions concerning the
courts of justice specified in the two preced-
ing Chapters.

Title 2. General provisiors concerning courts of record, and the powers and duties of certain judicial officers: Containing four Arti

cles.

Art. 1. Provisions concerning courts of record, their process and proceedings. Art. 2. Of the powers and duties of certain judicial officers.

Art. 3. Of the officers of courts of record, their duties, privileges and liabilities. Art. 4. Miscellaneous provisions concerning courts of record.

CHAP. IV. OF ACTIONS, AND THE TIMES OF COMMENCING THEM: Containing two Titles. Title 1. Of actions, and their general divisions. Title 2. Of the time of commencing actions: Containing six Articles.

Art. 1. Of the time of commencing actions relating to real property.

Art. 2. Of the time of commencing actions for the recovery of any debt or demand, or for damages only.

Art. 3. Of the time of commencing actions for penalties and forfeitures.

Art. 4. General provisions concerning the commencement of suits, and the persons and cases excepted from the operation of the preceding Articles of this Title. Art. 5. Of the presumption of payment arising from the lapse of time.

Art. 6. Of the time of commencing suits in courts of equity.

CHAP. V. OF SUITS RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY: Containing eight Titles.

Title 1. Of the action of ejectment. Title 2. Proceedings to compel the determination of claims to real property, in certain

cases.

Title 3. Of the partition of lands owned by several persons.

Title 4. Of the writ of nuisance.

Title 5. Of waste.

Title 6. Of trespass on lands.

Title 7. General provisions concerning actions relating to real property.

Title 8. Proceedings to discover the death of persons upon whose lives any particular estate may depend.

CHAP. VI. OF PROCEEDINGS IN PERSONAL ACTIONS, BROUGHT FOR THE RECOVERY OF ANY DEBT, OR FOR DAMAGES ONLY: Containing six Titles.

Title 1. Of the commencement of suits, and the proceedings therein, until the forming of an issue of fact.

Title 2. Of pleadings and set-offs.

Title 3. Of the assessment of damages upon

default.

Title 4. Of judgments: Containing two Articles.

Art. 1. General provisions concerning judgments.

Art. 2. Of docketing judgments, their priority, and the mode of cancelling and discharging them.

Title 5. Of executions, and the duties of officers thereon: Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. General provisions.

Art. 2. Of executions against property. Art. 3. Of remedies for failure of title to real estate sold by execution, and to enforce contribution between several owners of lands subject to the same judgment. Art. 4. Executions against the person. Title 6. Provisions concerning certain proceedings in the progress of an action at law: Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. Of proceedings against joint debtors. Art. 2. Of proceedings on bonds for the performance of covenants.

Art. 3. Of bail, and proceedings to charge and exonerate them.

Art. 4. Of consolidating and referring causes. CHAP. VII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

OF A GENERAL NATURE, APPLICABLE TO PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CAUSES: Containing six Titles.

Title 1. Of the abatement of suits by death,

marriage, or otherwise, and of their revival. Title 2. Of the removal of causes before trial or judgment, from inferior courts. Title 3. Of evidence: Containing nine Ar

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Art. 3. Of the liberties of jails, and admitting || Title 10. Summary proceedings to recover prisoners thereto.

Art. 4. Of escapes, and the liabilities of sheriff's therefor.

Art. 5. Proceedings on the election or appointment of a new sheriff.

Art. 6. Of the duties of sheriffs, in the execution and return of process.

Art. 7. Proceedings in case of resistance to the execution of process.

Art. 8. Provisions concerning the duties of coroners in executing civil process, in cases where sheriffs are parties.

Art. 9. Provisions concerning persons committed under the authority of courts of the United States, to jails within this state.

CHAP. VIII. OF PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL

CASES: Containing seventeen Titles.

Title 1. Of the bringing and maintaining of | suits by poor persons.

Title 2. Proceedings by and against infants. Title 3. Of suits by and against executors and administrators: and against heirs, devisees and legatees: Containing two Articles.

Art. 1. Of suits by and against executors and administrators.

Art. 2. Of suits by and against legatees; and against next of kin, heirs and devisees; and between heirs and devisees.

Title 4. Of proceedings by and against corporations, and public bodies having certain corporate powers, and by and against officers representing them: Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. Of proceedings by and against corpo rations, in courts of law.

Art. 2. Of proceedings against corporations, in equity.

Art. 3. Of the voluntary dissolution of corpo

rations.

Art. 4. Of proceedings by and against public bodies having certain corporate powers, and by and against the officers representing them.

Title 5. Of suits against sheriffs, surrogates

and other officers, on their official bonds. Title 6. Of actions for penalties and forfeitures ; and provisions for the collection and remission of forfeited recognizances and fines imposed by courts: Containing too Articles. Art. 1. Of actions for penalties and forfeitures. Art. 2. Provisions respecting the collection

and remission of fines imposed by courts, and of forfeited recognizances.

Title 7. Of proceedings for the admeasurement of dower.

Title 8. Of proceedings for the collection of

demands against ships and vessels. Title 9. Of proceedings for the recovery of rent, and of demised premises: Containing two Articles.

Art. 1. Of distress for rent.

Art. 2. Of the recovery of possession of demised premises, for non-payment of rent, by ejectment.

the possession of land in certain cases: Containing two Articles.

Art. 1. Of forcible entries and detainers. Art. 2. Of summary proceedings to recover the possession of land in other cases. Title 11. Of distraining cattle and other chattels doing damage, and of distraining in other

cases.

Title 12. Of the action of replevin. Title 13. Of proceedings as for contempts, to enforce civil remedies, and to protect the rights of parties in civil actions.

Title 14. Of arbitrations.

Title 15. Of the foreclosure of mortgages by advertisement.

| Title 16. Of proceedings for the draining of swamps, marshes and other low lands. Title 17. General miscellaneous provisions, concerning suits and proceedings in civil

cases.

CHAP. IX. OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS COR

PUS; OF WRITS OF ERROR, APPEALS, INFORMATIONS, AND PROCEEDINGS COMMENC

ED BY ANY SPECIAL WRIT: Containing three Titles.

Title 1. Of the writs of habeas corpus and certiorari, in certain cases: Containing three

Articles.

Art. 1. Of the writ of habeas corpus, to bring up a person to testify, or to answer in certain cases.

Art. 2. Of the writs of habeas corpus and certiorari, when issued to inquire into the cause of detention.

Art. 3. General provisions.

Title 2. Of proceedings by scire facias, by in

formation in certain cases, mandamus, prohibition, and ad quod damnum: Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. Of scire facias.

Art. 2. Of informations in the nature of a quo warranto, and in certain other cases. Art. 3. Of writs of mandamus and prohibition. Art. 4. Of the writ of ad quod damnum. Title 3. Of writs of error, and appeals: Containing three Articles.

Art. 1. Of writs of error.

Art. 2. Of writs of certiorari and of error, in special cases.

Art. 3. Of appeals from the court of chancery, and surrogate's courts; and from circuit judges and courts of common pleas, in cer

tain cases.

CHAP. X. OF COSTS, AND THE FEES OF OFFICERS: Containing five Titles.

Title 1. Of the cases in which costs may be recovered, and in which double costs may be allowed.

Title 2. Of security for the payment of costs. Title 3. Of the fees of certain officers.

Title 4. General provisions concerning the || Title 3. Of trials for offences, before courts of

fees of officers and persons, to whom any allowance is made for services. Title 5. Of the taxation of costs.

The FOURTH PART of the Revised Statutes is entitled "An act concerning crimes and punishments; proceedings in criminal cases, and prison discipline;" and consists of THREE CHAPTERS.

CHAP. I. OF CRIMES, AND THEIR PUNISH

MENT: Containing seven Titles.

Title 1. Of crimes punishable with death. Title 2. Of offences against the person, punishable by imprisonment in a state prison: Containing two Articles.

Art. 1. Of manslaughter,

Art. 2. Of rape, maiming, kidnapping and other offences against the person, not herein before enumerated.

Title 3. Of offences against property, punishable by imprisonment in a state prison: Containing five Articles.

Art. 1. Of arson.

Art. 2. Of burglary. Art. 3. Of forgery.

Art. 4. Of false personating another, and of cheats.

Art. 5. Of robbery, embezzlement and larceny.

Title 4. Of offences affecting the administra

tion of justice, punishable by imprisonment in a state prison: Containing three Articles. Art. 1. Of perjury and subornation of perjury.

Art. 2. Of bribery, and of corrupting jurors and others.

Art. 3. Of escapes from prisons and assisting therein.

Title 5. Of offences against the public peace and public morals, and other miscellaneous offences, punishable by imprisonment in a state prison: Containing three Articles. Art. 1. Of duelling and challenges to fight. Art. 2. Of unlawful marriages and of incest. Art. 3. Of offences against public decency; of malicious mischief, and of other crimes not before enumerated.

Title 6. Of offences punishable by imprison-
ment in a county jail, and by fines.
Title 7. General provisions concerning crimes
and their punishment.

CHAP. II. OF PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL
CASES: Containing eight Titles.
Title 1. Of proceedings to prevent the com-
mission of crimes.

Title 2. Of the arrest and examination of offenders, their commitment for trial, and letting them to bail.

special sessions of the peace: Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. Of trials before courts of special sessions, held in any county of this state, except the city and county of New-York. Art. 2. Of trials before courts of special sessions in the city and county of New-York. Art. 3. General' provisions concerning courts of special sessions.

Art. 4. Of certioraris to courts of special sessions.

Title 4. Of indictments, and proceedings be fore trial: Containing three Articles. Art. 1. Of the return and summoning of grand juries, their powers and duties.

Art. 2. Of indictments and proceedings there

on.

Art. 3. Of the removal of indictments before trial or judgment.

Title 5. Of trials for offences; bills of excep

tion and other proceedings incident to trial. Title 6. Of judgments, the mode of enforcing them, and of writs of error thereon: Containing two Articles.

Art. 1. Of judgments; the evidence thereof, and the mode of enforcing them.

Art. 2. Of writs of error on judgments; and certioraris in criminal cases.

Title 7. Special proceedings in criminal cases, and miscellaneous provisions respecting criminal proceedings: Containing three Articles.

Art. I. Of coroners' inquests.

Art. 2. Of the outlawry of persons convicted of treason.

Art. 3. Miscellaneous provisions respecting criminal proceedings.

Title 8. Of the fees of officers and ministers of justice in criminal cases.

CHAP. III. OF JAILS, PENITENTIARIES AND

PRISONS, AND THE GOVERNMENT AND DIS

CIPLINE THEREOF: Containing three Titles. Title 1. Of the county prisons: Containing two

Articles.

Art. 1. Designation of the several county prisons, and provisions concerning their management.

Art. 2. Of the inspection of county prisons, and the discharge and delivery of prisoners confined therein.

Title 2. Of the state prisons: Containing four Articles.

Art. 1. Of the custody and government of the state prisons; the officers connected there with, and their general powers, duties and compensation.

Art. 2. Regulations concerning the treatment and conduct of prisoners, and the discipline of the prison.

Art. 3. Miscellaneous provisions.

Art. 4. Special provisions applicable to the state prison at Auburn.

Title 3. General provisions applicable to all the prisons treated of in this Chapter.

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