CRIMES AND OFFENCES- Continued.

fugitives from punishment of, proceedings to arrest and deliver back, 567–569.
effect of repeal by revised statutes of acts constituting or concerning, when
committed before repeal, 633.

of acts constituting or concerning, upon
prosecutions commenced for, when of-
fence committed before repeal, 634.

See the several crimes by name, and Proceedings in Courts in Criminal Cases.
CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS. See Proceedings in Courts in Criminal Cases.
CRIME AGAINST NATURE, how punished, 544.

assault with intent to commit, how punished, 531.

CROPS of dower lands may be bequeathed by widow, 506.

CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, how punished, and power of justices of peace to fine or
bind over in case of, according to circumstances, 545, 546, 554.

CULVERTS over ditches in highways, by whom built, &c., 127.

CURRENCY, notes, bills, checks, except of incorporated banks, not to be circulated
as, 289.

CURTESY, tenancy by, not affected by married woman's act, or by will of wife, 317,

357.

not affected by canons of descent, 373.

CUSTODIAN may be appointed by court of probate, of property of deceased person,
when, and for how long, 349.

bond, with or without surety, may be required of, 349.

of will, duty of to deliver, and penalty for neglect of duty, 359.

DAM, wilful destruction or burning of, how punished, 534.

DAMAGES, how to be assessed in supreme court or court of common pleas, if judg-
ment be rendered upon default, discontinuance, submission to judgment or
demurrer, 449.

for detention of dower, recoverable by widow in action of dower, but not in
court of probate, 504, 506.

witness not appearing upon due summons, liable to aggrieved party for, 451.
upon penal bond, covenant, contract or agreement, how to be assessed, 457,

458.

set-off of judgments for, and judgments, verdicts, awards and reports of audi-
tors and masters for, when to draw interest, 458, 459.

recovery of, to amount of one hundred dollars in court of common pleas, neces-
sary to appeal to supreme court, when, 461, 462.

double amount of waste done, to be recovered in actions of waste, 512.

to be recovered for cutting down, destroying or carrying away trees, tim-
ber, wood and underwood growing or lying on land of another, without
leave, 514, 515.

in replevin, 520, 521.

for laying out highways, &c., by town councils, how settled, recovered and paid,
118, 119.

in case of animals damage feasant, how recovered, 225, 226, 227.

for flowage caused by mill-dams, how ascertained, 216, 217. See Water-mills.
by dogs to sheep or cattle, how recovered, 207.

DAMS of water-mills may be kept up by owners, 216.

remedy for flowage caused by, and damages how ascertained, 216, 217. See
Water-mills.

DEAD BODY of debtor not to be attached or seized on any writ, execution or pro-
cess whatsoever, and penalty for, 474.

disinterring and removing from place of sepulture, or knowingly concealing
when so removed, how punished, 545.

DEAF AND DUMB. State appropriation for support and education of indigent
deaf and dumb, at the American asylum at Hartford, 158.

governor to select state beneficiaries and fix amount to be appropriated to each,

and draw upon general treasurer for same, 158.

DEATH of tenant for life presumed from seven years' absence, unless due proof of his
being alive, 334, 335.

of principal, when discharge of bail, 479.

DEATHS to be recorded and returned, 189–192.

record of, what to contain, 190.

certificate of physician as to, what to contain and how to be left, 191.

duty of undertakers, &c., as to return concerning, 191.

fee of undertaker, &c., for each full report of death, 192.

penalty on undertaker, physician, &c., neglecting to make return, &c., as to, 192.
letters of administration, &c., not to be granted until record of, 192.

record of and copy from, proof of, 192.

of parties to action, when extends time of limitation to, 430.

DEBT, limitation of actions of, on contracts not founded on specialty, or brought for
arrearages of rents, 429.

limitation of other actions of, 429.

DEBTORS. See Poor Debtors, Joint Debtors.

DEBTS, not satisfied by the commitment or discharge from imprisonment of debtor,
487.

mutual between insolvent and his creditor to be set off, 495. And see the
several titles.

DEBTS AND LEGACIES, when bond for payment of may be given by executor,

363.

mortgaged lands to be sold for payment of, 367.

unclaimed from executor, &c., for five years, to be paid over to town treasurer
for owner, 377.

estates of deceased persons chargeable with debts, expenses, &c., and in what
order, 378.

debts due from deceased persons when due, when and within what time, and
how to be sued and recovered, 379, 380.

of actions against heirs and devisees for such debts, and proceedings therein, 380,

381.

on bond of executor or administrator for, and proceedings in same,
383-386.

DECLARATION, to be contained at length in justices' writ, 431.

when and where to be filed in supreme court and court of common pleas, 446.
to be filed in special courts of common pleas, 397.

in action against officers of manufacturing corporations, what to state, 299.
DEED, of married woman, how to be made and acknowledged, 314, 316, 317.
to joint-grantees creates tenancy in common unless expressly or clearly intended
to create joint-tenancy, 334.

how to be acknowledged by tenant in tail, to convey estate in fee, and bar heirs
in tail, &c., 334.

to transfer possession, without livery of seizin or other ceremony, 335.

to convey estate in lands and tenements for longer term than one year, to be in
writing, signed, sealed, delivered, acknowledged and recorded, 335.
conveyances by, for longer than one year, of lands, &c., and deeds of trust and
mortgage, void except as between parties, unless acknowledged and recorded,

335.

town clerk to minute day, hour and minute on, when received for record, 335,
336.

remedy against grantor who refuses to acknowledge, 336.

how proved, if grantor dies or removes before acknowledging, 336.

DEED-Continued.

executed out of state, and within United States, before whom acknowledged,
336.

how to be executed without the United States, 336, 337.

widow's dower saved, 337.

made by debtor imprisoned, to be void, when, 482.

form of sheriff's deed, and time of attachment to be inserted in, 475, 476.
DEDICATION, of lands to highway and other public uses, 121.

DEDUCTION FROM TAX, for punctual payment, 116.

DEMURRERS, to be tried in supreme court by a quorum of two justices, 390.
decisions of court of common pleas on, where no appeal, how to be taken to
supreme court, and proceedings in case thereupon, 465, 466.
DEODANDS, abolished, 564.

DEPOSIT FUND, commissioners of, and their duties, 52.

loan and investment of, how to be made, 52.

bond to be given in case of loan of, to a town, 52.
income of, how to be applied, 53.

DEPOSITS IN BANK, liability of banks refusing to pay, 289.
DEPOSITIONS, who may take, 452.

adverse party when entitled to notice of taking of, 452.

notification to adverse party of taking, how to be issued, directed and served,

452.

how to be taken, 452.

returned, and obligation to give, how to be enforced, 452, 453.

when to be used, 453.

copies of, when may be used, 453.

of witnesses induced to go out of state not to be used, 453.

taken out of the state, how to be taken, 453.

commissioners to take, and when necessary, 453.

taken in state to be used out of state, how may be taken, 453.
mode of proof in equity causes, unless specially ordered, 454.
may be used in bastardy cases, 147, 148, 454.

fees of, not taxed in costs unless noted on, 461.

may be used in criminal cases, in supreme court and court of common pleas,
and in what cases, and when, and by whom, and how to be taken for such
use, and fees of, 562, 563.

in perpetuam rei memoriam, who may take, and when may be used, 453, 454.
such depositions how taken, sealed up, directed, recorded and delivered, and
necessity of record of, unless opened in court, 454.

fees for taking, 590.

of deponents, 592.

DEPUTY-INSPECTORS, of beef and pork. See Inspectors of Beef and Pork.
of lime. See Inspectors of Lime.

DEPUTY-SHERIFFS. See Sheriffs and Deputy-Sheriffs.

DEPUTY-SURVEYORS OF LUMBER. See Surveyor of Lumber.
DESCENT, of estate of woman married to an alien and residing abroad, 318.
course of, 372, 373.

capacity to take as heirs at intestate's death, when necessary to, 373.

rule of, by moieties to paternal and maternal kindred explained, 373.

descendants of deceased heir, what to take by, 373.

of ancestral estate, 373.

to bastards, 373.

dower and curtesy saved from, 373.

DETINUE, limitation of actions of, 429.

DEVISE. See Wills.

DEVISEES, when liable for debts of testator, and of proceedings against for, 380,

381.

limitation of actions against for debts of devisor, 430.

DIES, for bank-bills and coins. See Plates and Dies.

DIRECTORS OF BANKS. See Bank Directors.

DIRECTORS OF MANUFACTURING CORPORATIONS. See Manufacturing
Corporations.

DISCHARGE, HONORABLE, of officers and privates, when and how given, and
effect of, 619, 620. See Militia.

DISCLAIMER, of title, in actions for trespass to lands, necessary to right to tender
amends, 447.

DISCONTINUANCE, right of plaintiff or appellant to enter in supreme court, how
limited, 449.

DISTRAINT OF ANIMALS, at large, 223.

when and by whom animals at large may be impounded, 223.
duty of pound keeper as to animals impounded, 223.

when animals may be taken from the pound by the owner, 223.

penalties received by pound keeper for, how appropriated, 224.
when and how notice shall be given to the owner, 224.
duty of pound keeper if owner does not appear, 224.

when animals impounded may be sold, 224.

proceeds of sales, how to be applied, 224.

provisions relating to, may be extended to goats and geese, 224.
fees of pound keeper in case of, 224.

Damage feasant, 225.

damages done by such animals, how recovered, 225.

appraisal of, when and by whom to be made, 225.

notice to owner in case of, when and how to be given, 225.

how given if owner is unknown or resides more than six miles from the

pound, 225.

sale in case of, when and how to be made, 225.

notice of sale, how to be given, 226.

proceeds of sale, how to be applied, 226.

duty of pound keeper in case of, 226.

fees of pound keeper for impounding, &c., 226.

when person impounding may have his action at law for damages, 226.

replevin by owner in case of, and proceedings thereon, 226, 227.

proceedings in action for damages against owner in case of, 227.

provisions relating to, not to impair right to recover damages by cattle, &c.,

breaking through division fence, 227.

DISTRESS, warrant of. See Warrant of Distress.

DISTRIBUTION, of intestate, personal estate, course of, 373, 374.

share of, when demandable, and on what terms, 374.

unclaimed for five years, to be paid over by executor, &c., to town

treasurer and settled for by his voucher, 377.

how proceeded for on administrator's bond, 384.

DISTRIBUTIVE SHARE. See Distribution.

DISTRICT CLERKS of voting districts, when to be chosen and to be sworn, and
voting for, how long to continue, 80, 94.

pro tempore, 80.

to record proceedings of district, notify town clerk of district officers chosen, and
of place of future meetings, 80, 81.

names of candidates for, to be on one ticket with candidate for moderator, 94.
votes for, how counted and declared, and notice of election how given to town
clerk, 94, 95.

term of office of, when to commence and end, 95.

DISTRICT CLERKS Continued.

of election of, pro tempore, 95.

of new clerk, in case of death, &c., of old one, 95.

duties of, in elections, 82, 83, 84, 85.

DISTRICT SCHOOLS. See Schools.

DISTURBANCE of public worship, schools and meetings for moral, literary and sci-
entific purposes, how punished, 545.

DIVISION INSPECTOR, 605. See Militia.

DIVISION OF MILITIA, what to consist of, 604. See Militia.

DIVISION OF PROPERTY OF DECEASED PERSONS, jurisdiction of court
of probate over, 349. See Partition.

by court of probate of intestate real estate, upon what application made, 374.
of notice of proceedings for, 374.

decree for, and appointment of commissioners to make, 374.

warrant to commissioners of, 374, 375.

proceedings by commissioners for, 375.

report of commissioners, and record of same, 375.

advancement to child or grandchild, how to be ascertained and treated in, 375.
what deemed an advancement for, 375.

application for, by infant heir, how to be made and signed, and who to act for
infant, and with what effect, 375.

of real estate holden in common by devise, 375, 376.

dower lands, after widow's decease, 376.

appeal from order of, and expenses of, how levied, 376.
DIVORCE, exclusive jurisdiction of supreme court over, 388.

quorum of supreme court in cases of, 390.

cases of, a vinculis, 319.

effect of, a vinculis, when obtained by husband, in different cases, on property of

wife, and of allowance to wife out of, 319.
wife, on her property, and of allowance to
wife out of property of husband, 320.

from bed and board, and assignment of separate maintenance to petitioner, in
case of, 320.

jurisdiction of supreme court over, 320.

residence of petitioner for, 320.

petitions for, in what county filed, heard and tried, 320.

power of supreme court to make rules for process concerning, 320.

over custody, maintenance, &c., of children, 320, 321.
to change name of woman, in case of, 321.

interlocutory decrees on petitions for, and for alimony, 321.

DOGS, ordinances concerning, may be made by town councils, 206.
town councils may impose tax on owners and keepers of, 207.
owners of, liable for damages done by, 207.

may be destroyed by order of court, in what cases, 207.

causing or encouraging the fighting of, or the fighting of with other animals, or
betting or laying wagers on such fights, how punished, 549.

securities for money bet or lent for betting on such fights, void, 549.

DOWER, out of what, and what portion widow entitled to as, 503.

right of, how barred by deed of wife, 317.

power of attorney of wife to execute deed barring her dower, how to be execu-

ted and acknowledged, 317.

not affected by deed of husband, 337.

provision by husband in his will in lieu of, to be accepted within one year, 358.
not affected by canons of descent, 373.

expenses of assigning, when part of expenses of administration, 378.

how to be assigned, in entire inheritances and wood-lands, 503.