ment not exceeding two years, or to both, in the discretion of the court.

What is the penalty for printing, publishing, &c., notices of illegal lotteries ?

A fine not exceeding one hundred and fifty dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding three calendar months. What is the penalty for profane cursing and swearing?

One dollar for each offence.

If the fine is not paid, what shall be done?

The offender shall be committed to the county jail.
What is the penalty for disturbing a religious meeting?
A sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

Is it lawful to labor on Sunday?

It is not, except in cases of absolute necessity.

Is it lawful to sell any goods, merchandize, fruits, &c., on Sunday? It is not, except meats, milk, and fish, which may be sold at any time before nine o'clock in the morning.

When two boats meet on the Hudson river, or any other waters within the jurisdiction of this State, on which side shall they pass? Each shall keep to the right.

REVISED STATUTES

OF THE

STATE OF NEW YORK.

PART SECOND.

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CHAPTER I.

Of what does Chapter First of Part Second of the Revised Statutes treat?

Of the title by which we hold real estate, and the persons legally capable of holding and conveying such estate. Who are deemed the original possessors of the property of this State?

The people.

When a person dies without heirs, to whom does his property belong?

To the people of the State.

When real estate descends to persons under twenty-one years of age, who are to be the guardians of such infants?

1. The father of the infant.

2. If there be no father, the mother.

3. If there be no father or mother, the nearest and eldest relative of full age, not being under any legal incapacity.

In regard to relatives of the same degree of consanguinity, which is to be preferred, the male or the female ?

The male.

When the property descends to the infant by a will, who is to be the guardian?

The person appointed in the will.

Who is capable of holding real estate, or of taking the same by descent, devise, or purchase, within this State?

Every citizen of the United States.

Who are capable of selling or aliening lands?

All persons capable of holding lands (except idiots, persons of unsound mind, and infants).

What are those persons called who were born in another country, and who are residing within the United States without having taken the oath of allegiance ?

Aliens.

Can an alien hold real estate ?

He cannot, unless he makes oath in writing before some officer authorized to take the proof of deeds to be recorded, "that he is a resident of, and intends always to reside in the United States, and to become a citizen thereof as soon as he can be naturalized.”

Of what shall widows be endowed?

Of the third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage.

When shall dower be forfeited?

In case of divorce, dissolving the marriage contract for the misconduct of the wife.

If the husband convey by deed or otherwise any real estate to another, without the consent of the wife, is the wife at the death of her husband entitled to dower in that estate?

She is.

CHAPTER II.

DESCENT OF PROPERTY.

If a person die without devising his property by will, how shall it descend?

1. To his lineal descendants.

2. To his father.

3. To his mother.

4. To his collateral relatives.

How do the lineal descendants, being of equal degrees of consanguinity, inherit ?

In equal portions.

If part of the children of the intestate (or person dying without a will) be living, and a part be dead, leaving children, how shall the estate be divided?

Each child living shall inherit the same proportion of the estate as if all the children had been living, and the descendants of each child who shall be dead shall inherit the share which their parents would have received if living.

In case the intestate die without lawful descendants?

The estate goes to the father, unless the inheritance came to the intestate on the part of the mother.

If the mother be dead, the inheritance descending on her part shall go to whom?

To the father for life, and the reversion to the brothers and sisters of the intestate and their descendants.

If the intestate die without descendants, leaving no father, or leaving a father not entitled to take the inheritance, and leaving a mother and a brother or sister, to whom shall the inheritance descend?

To the mother during her life, and at her death to the brothers and sisters.

If neither father nor mother nor children be living, to whom shall the inheritance descend?

To the brothers and sisters of the intestate.

If neither father, mother, children, brothers, nor sisters be living, to whom shall the inheritance descend?

If the inheritance came on the part of the mother, it shall descend to her brothers and sisters, if on the part of the father, to his brothers and sisters.

If the inheritance did not come on either the part of the father or the mother, how shall it descend?

To the brothers and sisters of each, in equal shares.

How shall relatives of the half blood inherit ?

Equally with those of the whole blood in the same degree.

If the inheritance came to the intestate by descent, devise, or gift of some one of his ancestors, who shall be excluded?

All who are not of the blood of such ancestor.

CHAPTER III.

CONVEYANCES OF REAL ESTATE.

Where must every conveyance of real estate be recorded?
In the county clerk's office where the estate is situated.

What must be done before it is recorded?

It must be acknowledged by the party or parties executing the same.

What acknowledgment must be made by the wife, separate and apart from her husband?

She must acknowledge, on a private examination apart from her husband, that she executed such conveyance freely, and without any fear or compulsion of her husband.