ACTIONS, &c., defined, and how | Bailer and bailee, their liabilities commenced, 86; within what time to be commenced, 98-100. Banks, nature and use of, 119-122. Adjournment of suits, how and Betting and gaming, penalties and when granted, 87, 88. forfeitures, in cases of, 136. Adjutant-general, appointinent and Bigamy, definition and punishment duties of, 83. of, 130.
Administrators, (see Executors and Administrators)
Affray, definition and punishment of, 133.
Aliens, or Foreigners, their disquali- fications, 35; how naturalized, 160, 161.
Ambassadors, their appointment, powers, and duties, 163, 164. Amendments to Cons. U. S., how made, 166.
Appeals of causes from Justices' Courts, how made, 93 Apprentices, (see Masters and Ap- prentices.)
Aristocracy, defined, 20. Army, what, and under whose su- perintendence, 151.
Arrest and examination of offend- ers, 135.
Assault and battery, definition and penalty, 132.
Assessor of township, his powers and duties, 58, 62, 63. Assignments of property, when deemed fraudulent, 107, 108. Attachment, collection of debts by, 91, 93.
Attainder of treason, (see Corrup- tion of Blood.) Attorney-general of United States, his duties and salary, 152. Auctioneers, regulations concern- ing, 80.
Auditor of county, his election and duties, 51, 52, 64. Auditor of state, his appointment, 43; duties and salary, 50. Bail, when and how taken of offend- ers, 135.
Bailment, definition of, 112
Bill, defined, and how passed, 44, 45. Bill of exchange, form and nature of, 117, 118.
Bills of credit, states may not emit, 166.
Bribery, defined, and how punished, 133
Burglary, defined, and how punish- ed, 129.
Canal fund, how and when estab- lished, 66.
Canal fund commissioners, appoint-
ment and duties of, 67, 68. Canal tolls, the collection of, 68. Capital, defined, as relating to crime, 123.
Capitation tax, defined, and in what
cases not to be laid, 165. Carriers of goods, &c., their respon- sibilities, 115.
Certiorari, removal of causes by, 92, 93.
Chancery, courts of, their objects and powers, 95.
Chargés des affaires, their business, 163, 164.
Clerk of township, powers and du- ties of, 56, 57.
Civil government, defined, its ob- jects, &c, 13, 14, 15. Commencement of actions, or suits, (see Actions)
Commission, definition of, 47. Commissioners of county, their election, duties, &c., 51 Committees, legislative objects and business of, 43-45.
Common school fund and schools, 63-72.
Common pleas, court of, how consti
tuted, its jurisdiction, &c., 93, 94
Conveyances, (see Deeds and Mort gages.)
Copy-rights, (see Patents and Copy. rights.)
Coroners, how chosen, 51; their powers and duties, 54, 55. Corporation, or body politic, defined, 60, 61.
Corruption of blood, prohibited and defined, 165.
County officers, their election, pow- ers, and duties, 51-56. Courts of justice of the State of Ohio, 84-97
Courts of the United States, organi- zation and jurisdiction of, 154, 155. Cursing and swearing prohibited,
Dower, right of by wife, 106. Duelling, what, and how punished, 131.
Duties, definition of, 25, 26, 156; specific and ad valorem, 159, 160.
Election, general, when held, 34; how conducted, &c., 34-37. Election of township officers, when held, &c, 56.
Electors of president and vice president, how chosen, 148, 149. Embezzlement, what, and how pun- ished, 132.
Envoy, his powers and business, 153, 164.
Equity, courts of, (see Chancery.) Escape of prisoners, aiding of, pen- alty for, 131, 133.
Escheated lands, what, 102.. Excise, definition of, 156. Execution, collection of judgments by, 90, 91.
Executive department of Ohio, 46; of U. S, 147-150. Executors and administrators, ap- pointment and duties of, 103, 104. Ex post facto law, detined and pro- hibited, 164.
False imprisonment, defined, and penalty for, 132.
False pretences, obtaining goods by, punishable, 132.
Federal, definition of, 170. Fees and salaries, difference be tween, 52, 53.
Fences, regulations concerning, 75. Foreigners, naturalization of, &c., 160, 161.
Forgery and counterfeiting, defined, and how punished, 130. Freeholder, definition of, 30. Funds, revenue, and property of the state, 65-75.
Government, defined, 13, 15; differ ent forins of, 18-21. Government of the United States, nature of, described, 142-145. Governor, élection, and powers and duties of, 46-18. Guardian and ward, 125.
Habeas corpus, privilege of writ of, secured, 141.
Judgment, what, and when render- ed, 87, 90; collection of, 90, 91. Judges, their appointment and pow- ers, (see Courts.)
Juries in justices' courts, how ob tained, 89.
Turies, grand and petit, how obtain- ed, their duties, 96, 97. Jurisdiction, definition of, 85. Justice of the peace, his election, jurisdiction, and duties, 85-83.
Larceny, grand and petit, defined, and how punished, 130. Law, defined, 14; of nature and revelation, 16, 17. *
Laws, civil and political, 22; statute and common, 101; how made, 42-16; how published, 48, 49. Lease, what, and when valid, 106, 107.
Legislature, how composed, 37-39; time of meeting, its business, &c., 40-45.
Letters testamentary and of admin- istration, 104.
Libel, defined, and liability in case of, 134, 140. Liberty, defined, 16; of conscience, 138; of speech, &c., 138, 139. Library, state, described, &c., 74. Lien, definition and effect of, 110- 112.
Lunatic asylum, management of, 74.
Perjury, defined, and how punished, 130.
Personal estate, defined, 62. Pleadings and set-offs of parties to suits, 87.
Poll, defined, 36. Polygamy, (see Bigamy.)
Poor, how and by whom provided for, 56, 57, 58. Postmaster-general, ties, &c, 152. Fost-office department, management of, 152, 153.
Powers of congress described, 156- 164.
Powers prohibited to congress and the states, 164-166.
President and vice-president, their election, duties, &c., 147-150. Principal and agent, rights and re- sponsibilities of, 110, 111. Printing, public, (see State Printer.) Process, in law, defined, 86. Prosecuting attorney, election and duties of, 55, 56.
Public works, board of, how consti- tuted, and duties of, 67.
Quorum, defined, 40, 41.
Racing horses, penalties for, 138. Recorder of county, election and business of, 51-54.
Real estate, defined, 62; title to, how acquired, 101, 102. Removal of causes, &c., (see Ap- peals and Certiorari.) Representatives, house of, (see gislature and Congress) Reprieve, what, and by whom granted, 47.
Secretary of state of Ohio, appoint- ment and duties of, 48, 49. Secretaries of navy, state, treasury, and war, (U. S.,) 150-152. Senate of Ohio, how constituted, vacancies in, how filled, 39; of U. States, how constituted, 145. Sheriff, election and duties of, 51, 54. Shows, &c. prohibited, 137. Slander and libel, defined, and lia- bility for, 140.
Stages, regulations concerning, 81. State printer, appointment and du- ties of, 50.
Stocks, state, defined, 67. Strays, regulations concerning,76,77. Subpoena, and service of, 88. Suits at law, (see Actions.) Summons, what, how served and returned, 86, 87.
Superintendents of schools, state, county, and townships, 71, 72. Superintendent of poorhouse, ap- pointment and duties of, 56. Supervisors of highways, their pow ers and duties, 58, 59. Surveyor, county, election of, 51; his duties, 55.
Swearing and cursing, forbidden, 137.
Taverns, regulations concerning, 78,
Taxation, direct and indirect, de- fined, 156.
Taxes, assessment and collection of, 62-61. Le-Teachers of schools, examination of, 72.
Republic, defined, 20. Revenue, defined, 60; national, how raised, 156, 157.
Rights, civil, natural, &c., defined, 15, 16.
Rights of person and property, de- fined, 100, 101.
Riots, what, and punishment of, 132
Road fund, how constituted, 73. Robbery, defined, and how punish- able, 129.
Sabbath-breaking, prohibited, 136. Salary, defined, 52, 53.
School fund, how constituted, 69, 70.
Tender, how made to be lawful, 165, 166.
Testator, defined, 101; his property, how disposed of, 103, 104. Tolls for grinding grain, 78. Township officers, their election, powers, and duties, 56-59. Towns, incorporation of, and their powers, 60-62
Treason, defined, (see Cons. U. S., Art. 3, Sec. 3.)
Treaties, defined, and how made, 163.
Treasurer of state, 48-50; of county, 53; of township, 58. Trustees of townships, their powere and duties, 57, 58. Trover, definition of, &c., 99.
Union of the states, nature of, 142-| Voters, qualifications of, 34-36. 145.
United States' surplus revenue, (de-
posit fund,) 70. University fund, how constituted,
Usury, definition of, &c., 118.
Venire, definition and service of, 89. Verdict, meaning of, and how ren- dered, 89, 90.
War, power of congress to declar 162.
Warrant, nature and authority of, 91. Weights and measures, regulations concerning, 77, 78.
Wills and testaments, how made, proved, &c., 103, 104. Witnesses, subpoenaing and testi- mony of, 88.
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