STATUTES AT LARGE

Reback

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK,

COMPRISING THE

REVISED STATUTES, AS THEY EXISTED ON THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, 1862,

AND ALL THE

ex.
GENERAL PUBLIC STATUTES THEN IN FORCE WITH REFERENCES TO JUDICIAL DECISIONS, AND THE

MATERIAL NOTES OF THE REVISERS IN THEIR REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE.

EDITED BY

JOHN W. EDMONDS.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOLUME IV.

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CONTAINING CHAPTER XX, OF PART FIRST, OF THE POLICE; PART SECOND, OF RIGHTS OF
PROPERTY AND PERSONS ; AND ALL OF PART THIRD, OF ADMINISTRATION

OF CIVIL JUSTICE," EXCEPT THE CODE OF PROCEDURE.

PUBLISHED PY.
WEATE C. LITTLE, LAW BOOKSELLER,
: : 525 DROADWA7, ALBANY,

1863.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-thrce,

BY JOHN W. EDMONDS, in the Clerk's office of the district court of the Northern district of New York. The copyright extending

only to introduction, index, notes, order and arrangement.

WEED, PARSONS & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS,

PRINTERS AND STEREOTYPERS,

ALBANY, N. Y.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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VOL. I. Revised Statutes.

Introduction,

Table of References,

Analysis of Revised Statutes,

Index to U. S. Constitution,..

Constitution of the United States, ..

Index to State Constitution,..

Constitution of the State,..

Acts relative to the Statutes,..

General Repealing Act,..

Revised Statutes,

PART I. Internal Administration,..

PART II. Rights of Person and Property, four chapters,..

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29

37

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75

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VOL. II. Revised Statutes.

Analysis of Revised Statutes,..

Residue of Revised Statutes, viz.:

Remaining chapters of Part II,

PART III. Civil Justice,

PART IV. Criminal Justice,

Index to Revised Statutes,.

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675

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VOL. III. General Statutes.

Introduction,...

Analysis of General Statutes,..

PART I. Internal Administration, XIX chapters,

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VOL. IV. General Statutes.

Analysis of General Statutes,

Residue of Part I,...

PART II. Rights of Person and Property,

PART III. Civil Justice,

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VOL. V. General Statutes.

Analysis of General Statutes,

Introduction to Code of Practice,

Analysis of the Code,

The Code of Practice,

Statutes relating to Code,.

PART IV. Criminal Justice, ..

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xxxis

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Appendix, containing

Articles of Confederation,

Former Constitutions of the State,

Local Description of Counties,

A N A L YSIS

OF THE

PUBLIC STATUTES

CONTAINED IN THESE VOLUMES

AND NOT INCLUDED IN THE

REVISED STATUTES.

Vol. Page.

III, 3

PART FIRST. Internal Administration,

PART SECOND. Rights of Property and of Persons,

IV, 427

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CHAP. I. State Territorial Jurisdiction,..

Laws of 1834. Chap. 8. Boundary with New Jersey, .

1853. Chap. 586. Cession from Massachusetts,

III,

III,

III,

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5

CHAP. II. Civil Divisions,

Laws of 1847. Chap. 241. Judicial Districts,...

1857. Chap. 337. Apportionment of Assembly,..

Chap. 339. Senate Districts,...

1862. Chap. 454. Congressional Districts,

III, 6

III, 6

III, 6

III, 8

III, 10