Del. Laws, 1871–73, pp. 686–87. Footnote 231: _Ibid._, 1875–77, chap. 194. Footnote 232: Laws of Kan., 1874, chap. 49, sec. 1. Footnote 233: N. Y. Stat. L., IX, pp. 583–84. Footnote 234: Laws of N. Y., 1881, I, p. 541. Footnote 235: Laws of Fla., 1865, p. 25. Footnote 236: _Ibid._, 1873, chap. 1947. Footnote 237: Acts of La., 1869, p. 57. See also Acts of La., 1870, p. 57. Footnote 238: _Ibid._, 1873, pp. 156–57. Footnote 239: Acts of Ark., 1873, pp. 15–19. Footnote 240: Laws of Tenn., 1875, pp. 216–17. Footnote 241: 9 Baxter, 584. Footnote 242: Laws of N. C., 1876–77, pp. 589–90. Footnote 243: Laws of Tenn., 1885, pp. 124–25. Footnote 244: Revision, 1902, sec. 1164; Pub. Acts of Conn., 1905, p. 323. Footnote 245: Annotated Code, 1897, sec. 5008. Footnote 246: General Stat., 1709–1895, I, p. 804. Footnote 247: Laws of O., 1884, pp. 15–16; 1894, pp. 17–18; Bates’s Annotated Stat. (Everett’s 6th Ed.) II, p. 2469. Footnote 248: Revised Stat., 1908, secs. 609–10; Laws of Colo., 1895, pp. 139–40. Footnote 249: Laws of Ill., 1885, pp. 64–65; Jones and Addington’s Supplement, 1902, IV, p. 395. Footnote 250: Burns’s Annotated Stat., 1908, II, secs. 3863–65. Footnote 251: Acts and Resolves of Mass., 1885, p. 774; 1893, p. 1320; 1895, p. 519. Footnote 252: Compiled Laws, 1897, III, sec. 11,759, p. 3495. Footnote 253: Laws of Minn., 1897, p. 616; 1899, chap. 41; Revised Laws, 1905, sec. 2812. Footnote 254: Compiled Stat., 1907, secs. 1932–33, p. 501. Footnote 255: Laws of R. I., 1884–85, p. 171; General Laws of R. I., 1896, p. 978. Footnote 256: Laws of N. Y., 1893, II, p. 1720; 1899, II, p. 1556; Consolidated Laws of N. Y., 1909, I, pp. 626–27. Footnote 257: Laws of Pa., 1887, pp. 130–31. Footnote 258: Cotton and Ballinger’s Annotated Codes and Stat., II, secs. 7069–70, p. 1953. Footnote 259: Stat., 1898, II, pp. 2676–77, sec. 4398 c. Footnote 260: Civil Code, 1906, pp. 29–30. Footnote 261: General Stat., 1905, secs. 2507–08. Footnote 262: U. S. v. Newcomer, 1876, Fed. Case No. 15,868. Footnote 263: Russ’s Application, 1898, 20 Pa. Co. Ct. Rep. 510. Footnote 264: Furchey v. Eagleson, 1896, 43 N. E. 146. Footnote 265: Acts and Resolves of Mass., 1896, pp. 659–60. Footnote 266: Alsberg v. Lucerne Hotel Co., 1905, 46 Misc. Rep. (N. Y.) 617. Footnote 267: Lewis v. Hitchcock, 1882, 10 Fed. 4. Footnote 268: Ferguson v. Gies, 1890, 82 Mich. 358; 46 N. W. 718. Footnote 269: Bryan v. Adler, 1897, 72 N. W. 368. Footnote 270: De Veaux v. Clemmons, 1898, 17 O. Cir. Ct. Rep. 33. Footnote 271: Humburd v. Crawford, 1905, 105 N. W. 330. Footnote 272: Messenger v. State, 1889, 25 Neb. 674. Footnote 273: Faulkner v. Salozzi, 1907, 79 Conn. 541. Footnote 274: Burks v. Basso, 1905, 73 N. E. 58. Footnote 275: Com. v. Sylvester, 1866, 95 Mass. (13 Allen) 247. Footnote 276: