2438 INDEX TO THE
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solemn affirmation in the same manner that quaken have hereto-
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fore been allowed to affirm, which affirmation shall be of the same
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avail as an path, to all intents and purposes whatever — Bill of
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Rights.
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The court to be satisfied of their being sucb5 &c. — Id.
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The declaration of rights and constitution contrary to this act repealed
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Id.
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AGE.
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Voters, and persons elected as delegates, sheriffs, to be above twenty-
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one — Const. art. 2, 42.
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Male apprentices to be bound till the age of twenty-one, and females
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till the age of eighteen — 1793, ch. 45, sec. 2, 4, 6,
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295
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Females may be bound until the age of eighteen — 1818, ch. 189,
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697
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The contract to specify the age — 1793, ch. 45, ... 295.
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296
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Clerks appointed to enter the votes at elections to be above the age of
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twenty-one — 1805, ch. 97, .
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517
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No person to be summoned as a juror under the age of twenty-five —
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1797, oh. 87, sec. 5, .........
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349
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Letters testamentary, or of administration, shall not be granted to a per-
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son under eighteen — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 4, sec. 1, p. 381 ; sub
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ch. 5, sec. 1, ..........
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322
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How questions respecting such age shall be determined — 1798, ch. 101,
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sub ch. 4, sec. 2, 6, sub ch. 5, sec. 1, .
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381
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The bond of an executor under the age of twenty-one shall be bind-
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ing — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 4, sec. 7, ......
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381
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Guardians to be appointed to male orphans under twenty-one, and
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females under sixteen, to continue until their arrival at those ages
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respectively, or (if a female,) till marriage — 1798, ch. 101, sub
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ch. 12, sec. 1, ..........
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403
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Persons to be capable of making wills of lands, &. c. must be twenty-
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one if males, and eighteen if females — 1798, ch. 101, sub ch. 1,
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sec. 3, . . . . . .
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370
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Right of election — See Descents.
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Right of voting — See Elections.
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When subject to militia duty — See Militia.
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Age of jurors — See Jurors.
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The provisions of the act of 1785, ch. 72, as to sales or real estate
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extended to minors — 1818, ch. 193, ......
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700
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See Minors.
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AGENTS AND FACTORS.
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Persons entrusted for the purpose of consignment or sale, with any
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goods, &.c. and who shall ship or consign the same in their own
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names, and persons in whose name goods, &c. shall be shipped or
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consigned by any other person ; to be .deemed the true owner
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thereof, so far as to entitle the consignee, to a lien on such goods,
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&c. for advances made thereon, on certain conditions — 1825, ch.
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182, sec. 1, ......
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851
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Persons entrusted with or in possession of bills of lading, store keepers
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or inspector's certificate, or order for the delivery of goods, &c.
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