canvass the votes, and the person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared duly elected, and the governor shall forthwith transmit to him a certificate of his election as aforesaid. Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That the sheriffs shall be paid from the state treasury for their aforesaid services, at the rate of eight cents for ed each mile's travel to and from the seat of government, and six dollars for making proclamation of the election. Sheriffs how compensat Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the Special pro several sheriffs within the third and sixth congres- vision sional districts, for services rendered and returns made of special elections held within said districts, on the twentieth day of April, and the fourth day of May last, shall receive the same compensation as is provided in the preceding section of this act. JOHN POLLOCK, Speaker of the house of representatives! OTHNIEL LOOKER, Speaker of the senate, December 27, 1813. INDEX. { Page: An act to incorporate the original surveyed townships making provision for carrying into effect the act t for the punishment of certain offences therein to prevent injury by dogs to provide for the appointment of a paymaster- 9 10 29 41 58 54 56 58 61 63 70 72 for the better security of toll bridges within this 75 for the relief of securities in certain cases concerning the three per cent. fund for the prevention of gaming; declaring offices vacant in certain cases, and to allowing and regulating writs of replevin state authorising the secretary, treasurer and auditor to amend an act, entitled 'An act authorising the 77 Page. secretary, treasurer and auditor to contract with a printer or printers, and for the distribution of An act defining the duties of justices of the peace and regulating the practice of physic and surgery - to prevent destroying timber 80 82 113 117 to raise a revenue from banks and to prohibit the 122 124 to amend an act regulating the mode of petition- to perpetuate evidence of the original field notes to provide for the safe keeping of lunatics, and ib. 129 132 135 151 155 for the inspection of certain articles therein enu- 156 165 to amend the act, entitled An act for the in- 185 authorising aliens to hold lands in this state, by purchase or otherwise 187 to regulate black and mulatto persons 188 to amend the act, entitled An act regulating black and mulatto persons' 191 regulating the fees of civil officers, in civil and criminal cases 193 DD d An act relating to dower for the assignment of bail bonds fixing the rate of interest, and for preventing usury providing for the execution and acknowledg. fixing the rate of toll for grinding defining the duties of sheriffs and coroners in certain cases regulating prison bounds for the maintenance and support of illegitimate concerning divorce and alimony securing certain persons from arrest in certain cases authorising the governor to fill vacancies in cer- tain cases to prevent destroying publications to prevent firing woods and prairies to provide for the recording of town plats defining and regulating the duties of the secre- for the relief of insolvent debtors for ascertaining the boundaries of counties defining a lawful fence, and providing against authorising and regulating arbitrations establishing seats of justice regulating the mode of taking the enumeration providing that the repealing an act shall not re- vive a former act to restrict the entailment of real estate to provide for notification of the time of election Page. 208 213 214 215 219 221 226 227 231 233 236 237 238 239- 241 242 244 249 251 253 256 251 262 263 ip. Page. of electors of president and vice-president of to be chosen An act to regulate elections 266 267 to prevent stoned horses from running at large 281 concerning apprentices and servants for the confinement of prisoners under the autho 283 rity of the United States, in the jails of this state 285 to prevent private lotteries regulating enclosures requiring owners and occupiers of salt works and wells to enclose the same for the relief of bail in certain cases against forcible entry and detainer 287 289 291 292 293 directing the mode of proceeding against collec- 297 to provide for the election of electors of the pre- for regulating measures 302 306 312 securing the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus 307 providing for the election of sheriffs and coroners |