EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS—Continued. Executors and administrators shall give security before receiv- Not required to plead specially, but may give any mattter in evi- Not to be held to bail, when sued as such, For what causes they may be required to give further securi- In such case, court may order first securities to be discharged For what causes they may be removed by the court, 181 181-2 450 95 184 50 177, 178 178 179 178 178 183 180 ib. ib. ib. May have actions of account against each other in certain cases, Court may authorize crop to be disposed of at private sale, May be attached for failing to appear and settle their accounts Debtor appointed executor, no extinguishment of the debt, No citizen shall be exiled, . EXTORTION. Penalty for taking unlawful fees, or fees when no services have Assessor and collector, receiving more than due, to forfeit FACTS-See" Charges to Juries," "Trials," and "Evidence." FAIRS. Sales at fairs excepted from the laws against hawkers and ped- FALSE SAMPLE OF COTTON-See "Frauds." FEE-SIMPLE. 413-414 409 (note.) All grants, conveyances, and devises, to be deemed of estates in FEES-See "Costs." Of arbitrators and referees, Of clerks in cases of arbitration, and by whom paid, Of jurors, 298 451, 452 257 190 ib. ib. 191, 193 191 ib. ib. Of talesmen detained more than one day on the same issue, Officer claiming fees shall render an account in writing, Clerks may issue executions for fees with the bill thereof No commissions allowed on the collection of fees, ib. But one copy of any matter, and one attorney's fee to be 190 Parties, for copies of their own papers, shall not be allowed to ib. FELONS AT LARGE-See "Fugitives." FEMES COVERT-See "Conveyances," and "Dower." Partition fences to be maintained at the mutual charge of per- Remedy where either party refuses to assist in repairing, . Penalty for throwing down or destroying fences, gate, &c. County court may impose penalties for violating privilege of 194 How established when applicant owns land on both sides of the river, ib. FERRIES-Continued. Not to be established within less than two miles by water of a ferry already established, unless within two miles of a town, 363-4. think proper, 364 Owners of ferries how made liable for breach of bond, detention ib. Penalty for establishing a ferry without license, ib. 365 367 Court may establish ferries to be kept during high water only, FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT. No money to be drawn from the treasury but in consequence Warrants not to be issued until after provision made, 194 196 195, 196 Accounts how audited and kept, and warrants how issued by . Treasurer not to pay warrants unless issued agreeably to law, Defaulters' salaries and commissions to be retained and credited Shall annually furnish clerks of county courts, and tax-collec- Comptroller's and treasurer's office shall be examined annually, 195 ib. 196 ib. ib. ib. ib. ib. ib. ib. 197-8-9 115 199 to 201 200 (and note) 199 ib. ib. Annual reports of comptroller and treasurer to be made up to On plea of guilty, jury to be empannelled to assess fine, Clerks shall issue executions for fines unpaid at the rising of the Clerks shall account for taxes due on law process by the first Shall furnish treasure Circuit court empowered to give judgment against defaulters, 230 199 200 424 200 ib. FINES-Continued. 200-1 Sheriff, &c. not liable for fines, unless he has received them, or 366 Fines for not working on roads, to be paid to the overseer to 361 Where the law does not direct the appropriation of a penalty, it 273-4 Governor may remit fines, and grant pardons, and reprieves, 201, 219 Fines under the militia laws-See " Militia.' FIRE-HUNTING. Penalties for, Slave convicted of, how punished, 212 201 ib. Captains shall cause the law against fire-hunting to be read to 202 FISH. Inspectors of, may be appointed in Mobile, 332 FISH-DAMS. Persons erecting fish-dams on watercourses reported navigable 442 FLOUR. Mayor and aldermen of Mobile, may appoint inspectors of, 332 Entries to be peaceable, and only in cases where they are given 202 What shall constitute a forcible entry and detainer, 203 What a forcible detainer, Tenant refusing possession on demand, guilty of an unlawful de- Purchasers of university lands, making default of payment, may Forcible entry and detainer, and forcible detainer, cognizable by Venire and summons, Defendant may plead not guilty or three years' possession; and Penalty on sheriff for neglecting to execute or return process, FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER-Continued. No writ of restitution to be issued for the plaintiff until twenty FORGERY. Punishment of, 66 Fines," and "Penalties." In relation to the acknowledgment, &c. of deeds, how punished, FORNICATION. Penalty for living in, . FORTHCOMING BONDS-See "Executions and Bonds." To be void against those whose debts or interests may be affect- Conveyances not founded on a valuable consideration, to be When brought into the state, deed to be recorded in twelve Deeds of trust void against subsequent creditors and purchasers ib. ib. 108--9 93 409 129 108 Right of property how tried, in supposed fraudulent convey- ib. ance, 167 Deeds valid and operative from the dates of their registration, Their privileges in suits at law-See "Bail," and "Venue." 395 396-7 296 297 FREE PERSONS OF COLOR-See "Slaves," &c. and Crimes 396 Not to be licensed to retail, Penalty for retailing, and for a repetition of the offence, 407 396 |