ALIENATION. Frecholders may alien their lands at pleasure, Fines for alienation taken away, By tenants in dower, by the courtesy and for life prevented, By husband or tenant by the courtefy not to bar iflue of the wife, ALLEGIANCE, Oath of, to be taken by electors, and by perfons naturalized, and by certain legatees, ALLODIAL. Etates in lands granted by this flate to be allodial, AMERCIAMENTS. See Exchequer. APPEALS, From chancery, admiralty and court of probates, how made and Not allowed to a woman for the death of any other than her husband, 349 ibid. To be fued by the husband, father or next of kin of the woman ravished if the confents to the ravisher, ibid. Of murder when fufficient and within what time to be fued, ibid. Not barred by conviction or acquittal on indictment, ibid. To be commenced in perfon, but may be pursued by attomey, Penalty for caufing any perfon to be arrested in the name of others ASSEMBLY, To confit of feventy members, chofen annually, 342, 343 6 6,7 Number of members to be chofen by each county, Members how to be proportioned after the cenfus is taken, Privileges, and manner of proceeding, To enter objections of council of revision to bills at large in their minutes, 6 Bills objected to by the council of revifion, and pafled laft by the affembly, 17 Freedom of fpeech, debate and proceedings, not to be impeached, 290 327 ASSESSORS, To be chofen by the people, 12 And supervisors and town-clerks to be inspectors of elections, 317 ASSISE, Of what it lies, and manner of proceeding therein, Page 397, 398, 400 Certificate thereof, in what cafes to be granted and proceedings thereon, 398 Special, in what cafes to be granted, Tenants may appear in perfon, or by attorney or bailiff, Panels of jurors to be made fix days before court, Plaintiffs may abridge their plaints of a moiety, or any other part, ATTACHMENT. See Debtors. ATTAINDER. 399, 400 404 ibid. ibid. No acts of attainder to be paffed by the legiflature, except for crimes Perfons attainted of adhering to the enemies of the ftate, Of husband for treafon or felony, no bar of dower, ATTORNIES, 295 How to be appointed, licenced and regulated, May be made by all perfons of full age and found mind, except defend- ants in criminal cafes, liable to corporal punishment, 11, 356 to 359 356, 357 Their warrants how to be taken, and when to be filed, In cafe of their death, or being put out of the roll, party to be notified, 357, 358 Penalty on them for deceiving the court or party, 358 Not to commence fuits for fees until eight days after bill delivered, ibid. To put their names to procefs for arreft and executions, ibid. Not to fuffer others to profecute or defend fuits in their names, 358,359 What perfons not allowed to act as attornies,. 359 A TORNMENT, Not to be entered on fines without appearance of the party, How to liquidate accounts of Udny Hay, State agent's deputies to deliver accounts and vouchers to him on oath, 183 How to flate accounts of flate agent and his deputies. How to fettle fuch accounts where vouchers are wanting, To do the duty affigned the treasurer refpecting quit-rents, AUTHORS. To have the fole right of printing and publishing their works for a Name and title of book to be registered, 274, 275 274 275 ibid. 'To furnish the public with fufficient editions, 45 46, 183 to 186 183 183 184 184 185 460 BILLS of CREDIT. BAIL EXCESSIVE bail not to be required, Ferfons arrefted on mefne process in perfonal actions, or on indictments for trefpafs, to be let to bail, Bail bonds how to be taken, What perfons not bailable by fheriffs, Page 290 350 Juftices of the peace may bail perfons taken on fufpicion of felony, 350, 374 Of North-America incorporated, BANK, Officers or fervants thereof fraudulently converting the property or 200,000l. in bills of credit to be emitted, 50 to 52 52 240 Number and form of the bills, and by whom to be figned, 241 Oath of the printer, 241 Signer's duty and oath, 241, 242 How fuch lands to be located and granted, Treaturer to deliver certain fums to loan officers, When and how, and by whom to be deftroyed, When to be exchanged by the treasurer, To be received for duties, and by loan-officers, BISCUIT, Cafk containing it to be branded, BOOKS, Penalty for printing and publishing them without the confent of the pro- prietor, BOUNTY. Two regiments raifed on bounties of land, Lands to be forfeited if not fettled, Troops raifed to complete the line of the ftate, and the two regiments Appropriated to the ufe of the governor and fecretary, 69, 148, 149 Made felony, and punishable with death, NOT to be iffued in actions of trefpafs, ejectment, affault, and false im- prifonment, 316 CASK. For flour, how to be made, and of what fize, CENSUS, Of electors and inhabitants, when to be taken, CERTIFICATES. CERTIORARI, To remove causes to be figned by a juftice of the fupreme court, CESSAVIT, For recovery of lands where rents or fervices are with-held, CHAMBER of COMMERCE, Their former charter confirmed, CHANCE. See Lotteries. CHANCELLOR, Page 160 7,8 434 452 402, 403 ibid. 78 to 86 To hold his office during good behaviour, or until fixty years old, To hold no other office except delegate to congrefs on special occafions, ibid. ibid. To caufe a feal to be devised and made for the court, 18 And juftices of fupreme court to canvass votes for governor and fenators, 324 CHANCERY. Seal to be made for the court, 18 ibid. Process of the court to iffue under fuch feal, Proceedings therein in what cafes to be before the people of this ftate, 18, 19 CHARACTERS equivocal and fufpected. See neutrals. CHARLOTTE COUNTY, The name altered to Washington, CHARTERS, 151, 152 Not to be void for non-ufer or mif-ufer between the 19th April, 1775, and 20th April, 1777, Officers thereof how to be appointed, Of Dutch church in New-York, doubts concerning it removed, Of corporation of Trinity church altered, Of corporation for relief of widows and children of clergymen of CHURCH. Dutch church of Tappan, in Orange county, incorporated, 70 13 67 85 95 to 98 356 60 Of New-York, doubts concerning their charter removed, 67 Trinity church in New-York, charter altered, 275 95 to 98 CHURCH, TIMOTHY, Lands granted to him and others, CIRCUIT COURTS, How to be appointed, and when and where to be held, Authority of the circuit courts, Sheriffs and other officers to make returns to the court, CLARK, THOMAS, 181 The eflate conveyed to him by De Lancey and Dubois, vefted in this CLERKS. 182, 183 See chancellor. County clerks. Probates. Supreme court. Supervisors CLERKS of cities and counties. County clerks, their duty refpecting elections, To record fines, and affix a note thereof, on the door of the court- house, CLERKS of courts, To docket all judgments, COLDEN, ALEXANDER, 322, 326 381 407, 408 His executors to deliver to furveyor-general, papers and records belong- COLLECTORS, To be chofen by the people, Actions against them, to be laid where the fact was done, In what cafes to plead the general iffue, and recover double cofts, COLLEGES, To be vifited by the regents of the university, How to be incorporated, and what rights and privileges to have, 436, 437 COLUMBIA college, Former charter confirmed, Trustees named and vacancies how fupplied, Power, rights and eftate of the college, vefted in the trustees, What offices therein, not to be held by the fame perfon, COLUMBIA, county of, Courts of general feffions and common pleas, when and where to be held, Highways therein, act for regulating them amended, COMMISSIONERS of FORFEITURES, How and what number to be appointed, Their power and duty, Purchases by them void, 31, 127 34, 189 |