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Revised Laws of Indiana, Adopted and Enacted by the General Assembly at their Eighth Session. Corydon, Indiana : Carpenter and Douglass, 1824. Google Books
ACTION OF DISSEISIN.
Chap. 1. An act authorizing the action of disseisin. (Approved 26 January 1824.)
ALIENS.
Chap. 2. An act authorizing aliens and Foreigners to hold Real Estate within the state of Indiana. (Approved 14 January 1818.)
APPRENTICES.
Chap. 3. An act respecting apprentices. (Approved 7 January 1818.)
ARBITRATIONS.
Chap. 4. An act authorizing and regulating arbitrations. (Approved 29 January 1818.)
ATTACHMENTS DOMESTIC.
Chap. 5. An act authorizing domestic attachments, and to regulate the proceedings thereon. (Approved 2 January 1824.)
ATTACHMENTS FOREIGN.
Chap. 6. An act relative to foreign attachments. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
Chap. 7. An act establishing the office of Attorney General, and providing for the appointment of such officer. (Approved 31 December 1821.)
ATTORNEYS.
Chap. 8. An act regulating the admission and practice of attorneys and Counselors at Law. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
AUDITOR AND TREASURER.
Chap. 9. An act concerning the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Treasurer of the State. (Approved 11 December 1816.)
CLERKS.
Chap. 10. An act concerning Clerks. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
CONCEALED WEAPONS.
Chapter 11. An act to prohibit the wearing of Concealed Weapons. (Approved 14 January 1820.)
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
Chap. 12. An act for the formation of Congressional Districts, and for the election of Senators and Representatives to Congress. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
CONSTABLES.
Chap. 13. An act for the appointment of Constables, and defining their duties. (Approved 22 January 1824.)
CORPORATIONS.
Chap. 14. An act concerning Corporations. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
COUNTY BUSINESS.
Chap. 15. An act to regulate the mode of doing County Business. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
Chap. 16. An act to establish a Board of County Commissioners. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
COUNTY BOUNDARIES.
Chap. 17. An act relative to County Boundaries. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
Chap. 18. An act for the formation of a New County out of the counties of Randolph and Delaware. (Approved 17 December 1823.)
Chap. 19. An act for the formation of the County of Hendricks. (Approved 20 December 1823.)
Chap. 20. An act for the formation of a New County out of the counties of Parke and Wabash. (Approved 2 January 1824.)
Chap. 21. An act to attach part of the County of Gibson to the County of Pike, and for other purposes. (Approved 26 January 1824.)
COUNTY SEMINARIES.
Chap 22. An act regulating County Seminaries.
COUNTY TREASURER.
Chap. 23. An act establishing a County Treasurer. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
COURTS CIRCUIT.
Chap. 24. An act organizing Circuit Courts and defining their Powers and Duties. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
COURTS SUPREME.
Chap. 25. An act organizing the Supreme Court and defining its Powers and Duties. (Approved 2 January 1824.)
COURTS, WHEN HOLDEN.
Chap. 26. An act to regulate the Judicial Circuits, and fixing the times of holding Courts. (Approved 14 January 1824.)
Chap. 27. An act supplemental to “An act to regulate the Judicial Courts, and fixing the times of holding Court,” passed at the present session. (Approved 14 January 1824.)
Chap. 28. An act supplemental to the act, entitled “An act to regulate the Judicial Circuits, and fixing the times of holding Courts, approved January 14th, 1824.” (Approved 20 January 1824.)
CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
Chap. 29. An act relative to Crime and Punishment. (Approved 20 January 1824.)
DEBTS DUE THE STATE.
Chap. 30. An act for the collection of certain Debts due the State. (Approved 1 January 1817.)
DESCENTS.
Chap. 31. An act to regulate Descents. (Approved 2 January 1817.)
DIVORCES.
Chap. 32. An act regulating Divorces. (Approved 22 January 1824.)
DOWER.
Chap. 33. An act for the assignment of Dower. (Approved 7 January 1824.)
EJECTMENT, DISTRESS FOR RENT.
Chap. 34. An act concerning proceedings in Ejectment, distress for Rent and tenants at will holding over. (Approved 2 January 1824.)
ELECTIONS.
Chap. 35. An act to regulate General Elections. (Approved 7 January 1818.)
Chap. 36. An act to provide for electing County and Township Officers. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
Chap. 37. An act to provide for the election of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States. (Approved 14 January 1824.)
ENCLOSURES.
Chap. 38. An act regulating Enclosures. (Approved 27 January 1818.)
ESTRAYS.
Chap. 39. An act regulating the taking up of Animals going astray, and Water craft and other articles of value adrift. (Approved 7 January 1824.)
EXECUTION.
Chap. 40. An act subjecting Real and Personal Estate to Execution. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
FEES.
Chap. 41. An act regulating the Fees of several officers and persons therein named. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
FERRIES.
Chap. 42. An act to establish and regulate ferries. (Approved 14 January 1824.)
FIRE COMPANIES.
Chap. 43. An act authorizing the establishment of Fire Companies. (Approved 5 January 1821.)
FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER.
Chap. 44. An act against Forcible Entry and Detainer. (Approved 21 January 1818.)
FRAUDS AND PERJURIES.
Chap. 45. An act for the prevention of Frauds and Perjuries. (Approved 26 January 1818.)
FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.
Chap. 46. An act authorizing the arresting and securing Fugitives from Justice. (Approved 22 January 1824.)
FUGITIVES FROM LABOUR.
Chap. 47. An act relative to Fugitives from Labour. (Approved 22 January 1824.)
GAMING.
Chap. 48. An act to prevent unlawful Gaming. (Approved 2 January 1824.)
HORSES.
Chap. 49. An act to improve the breed of Horses. (Approved 31 December 1817.)
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.
Chap. 50. An act providing for the support of Illegitimate Children. (22 January 1818.)
INTERCHANGE OF STATUTES.
Chap. 51. A joint resolution for an interchange of Statute Laws with the several states in the Union. (Approved 2 January 1821.)
INTEREST OF MONEY.
Chap. 52. An act regulating the Interest of Money in the state of Indiana. (Approved 21 January 1818.)
INSANE PERSONS.
Chap. 53. An act concerning Insane Persons. (Approved 22 January 1818.)
INSOLVENT DEBTORS.
Chap. 54. An act for the relief of insolvent debtors. (Approved 28 January 1824.)
JOINT RIGHTS.
Chap. 55. An act concerning Joint Rights and Obligations. (Approved 30 December 1817.)
JURORS.
Chap. 56. An act regulating the mode of summoning and empannelling Grand and Petit Jurors. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Chap. 57. An act regulating the Jurisdiction and Duties of Justices of the Peace. (Approved 20 January 1824.)
LAWS IN FORCE.
Chap. 58. An act declaring what Laws shall be in force. (Approved January 2, 1818.)
LAWS INTO EFFECT IN NEW COUNTIES.
Chap. 59. An act to provide for carrying the Laws into effect in new Counties. (Approved 2 January 1818.)
LIBRARIES.
Chap. 60. An act for the incorporation of County Libraries. (Approved 28 January 1824.)
Chap. 61. An act for the incorporation of Public Libraries. (Approved 17 December 1816.)
MARRIAGES.
Chap. 62. An act to regulate Marriages. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
MEDICAL SOCIETIES.
Chap. 63. A joint resolution of the General Assembly relative to the State and District Medical Societies. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
MEETING HOUSES.
Chap. 64. An act for the appointment of Trustees to receive Deeds for Lots or Lands, given or purchased for the use of Schools, Meeting Houses or Masonic Lodges. (Approved 7 January 1824.)
MILLS.
Chap. 65. An act regulating Grist Mills and Millers. (Approved 22 January 1824.)
NOTARY PUBLIC.
Chap. 66. An act establishing the office and defining the duties of Notary Public. (Approved 26 January 1824.)
OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS.
Chap. 67. An act for the relief of Occupying Claimants of Land. (Approved 28 January 1818.)
OFFICERS’ HEIRS.
Chap. 68. An act for the relief of the Heirs of Civil Officers deceased. (Approved 22 January 1824.)
OFFICERS’ SECURITY.
Chap. 69. An act requiring certain Public Officers to give security. (Approved 26 January 1824.)
PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE.
Chap. 70. An act to provide for the Partition of Real Estate. (Approved 2 January 1824.)
PERPETUATE TESTIMONY.
Chap. 71. An act to Perpetuate Testimony. (Approved 26 January 1824.)
POOR.
Chap. 72. An act for the relief of the Poor. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
PRACTICE IN CHANCERY.
Chap. 73. An act regulating the Practice in Chancery. (Approved 28 January 1824.)
PRACTICE AT LAW.
Chap. 74. An act regulating the Practice in suits at Law. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
PRINTING.
Chap. 75. An act authorizing the Printing of sundry Private Acts by their titles and reprinting sundry Statutes, and for other purposes. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
PRISONS.
Chap. 76. An act for the safe keeping of prisoners, committed under the authority of the United States, into any of the jails of this state, and for other purposes. (Approved 26 January 1818.)
Chap. 77. An act regulating Prisons and Prison Bounds. (Approved 22 December 1823.)
PRIVILEGES.
Chap. 78. An act defining and regulating Privileges in certain cases. (Approved 31 December 1817.)
PROBATE.
Chap. 79. An act providing for the settlement of Decedents’ Estates, and for other purposes. (Approved 26 January 1824.)
PROMISSORY NOTES.
Chap. 80. An act making Promissory Notes, Bonds and Inland Bills of Exchange, negotiable and assignable. (Approved 29 January 1818.)
PROTESTED BILLS OF EXCHANGE.
Chap. 81. An act regulating damages on protested Bills of Exchange. (Approved 11 January 1820.)
RECORDERS.
Chap. 82. An act defining the Duties of Recorders, and pointing out the mode of conveying Real Estate. (Approved 21 January 1818.)
RECORDS AUTHENTICATED.
Chap. 83. An act for rendering authentic as evidence in the Courts of this State, the Public Acts, Records and Judicial Proceedings of Courts of the United States. (Approved 10 January 1818.)
RELIGION AND LEARNING.
Chap. 84. An act for the encouragement of Religion and Learning. (Approved 31 December 1818.)
REPLEVIN.
Chap. 85. An act authorizing the Writ of Replevin. (Approved 24 December 1821.)
REVENUE.
Chap. 86. An act for Assessing and Collecting the Revenue. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.
Chap. 87. An act for opening and repairing Public Roads and Highways. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
SALARIES.
Chap. 88. An act fixing the Salaries of certain Officers, and for other purposes. (Approved 28 January 1818.)
SALT SPRINGS.
Chap. 89. An act concerning lands granted for the use of Salt Springs, and to encourage the Manufacture of Salt. (Approved January 22, 1824.)
SALTPETRE CAVES.
Chap. 90. An act concerning Saltpetre Caves, and for other purposes. (Approved 8 January 1822.)
SEAL AND PRESS.
Chap. 91. An act providing for a Public Seal and Press. (Approved 13 December 1816.)
SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
Chap. 92. An act establishing the permanent Seat of Government of the state of Indiana. (Approved 20 January 1824.)
SEATS OF JUSTICE.
Chap. 93. An act to establish Seats of Justice in New Counties. (Approved 14 January 1824.)
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Chap. 94. An act concerning the Secretary of State. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
SECURITIES OF DEBTORS.
Chap. 95. An act concerning Debtors and their Securities. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
SECURITIES OF CRIMINALS.
Chap. 96. An act for the relief of Securities of persons charged with criminal offences. (Approved 6 January 1823.)
SCHOOLS PUBLIC.
Chap. 97. An act incorporating Congressional Townships, and providing for Public Schools therein. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
SCHOOLS IN CLARK’S GRANT.
Chap. 98. An act to establish a Board of Trustees for the promotion of Schools and Education in Clark’s Grant. (Approved 28 January 1824.)
SEIZURE OF BOATS FOR DEBT.
Chap. 99. An act authorizing the Seizure of Boats and other Vessels for Debt. (Approved 22 January 1824.)
SHERIFFS AND CORONERS.
Chap. 100. An act to provide for the commissioning of Sheriffs and Coroners, and to regulate their duties. (Approved 7 January 1824.)
STATE PRISON.
Chap. 101. An act for the better management of the State Prison, and for other purposes. (Approved 31 January 1824.)
STOCK.
Chap. 102. An act concerning the Stock of Non-Residents running at large in this State. (Approved 26 January 1818.)
STREAMS NAVIGABLE.
Chap. 103. An act declaring certain Streams therin named, Public Highways. (Approved 26 January 1824.)
SURVEYORS.
Chap. 104. An act for the appointment of County Surveyors and their Deputies. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
STATE LINE.
Chap. 105. An act providing for running and marking the Line dividing the States of Indiana and Illinois. (Approved 3 January 1821.)
Chap. 106. A joint resolution confirming the Line between the States of Indiana and Illinois. (Approved 11 December 1821.)
TAVERNS.
Chap. 107. An act to license and regulate Taverns. (Approved 20 January 1824.)
TIMBER.
Chap. 108. An act to prevent Trespassing by Cutting of Timber. (Approved 21 January 1818.)
TOBACCO.
Chap. 109. An act to regulate the Inspection of Tobacco. (Approved 27 December 1816.)
TOWN.
Chap. 110. An act for recording Town Plats. (Approved 21 January 1818.)
Chap. 111. An act providing for the Incorporation of Towns. (Approved 30 January 1824.)
Chap. 112. An act supplemental to the act, entitled “An act authorizing the citizens of towns to vacate said towns, or any part thereof, and for other purposes.” (Approved 30 January 1824.)
TRESPASSING ANIMALS.
Chap. 113. An act concerning Trespassing Animals. (Approved 28 January 1818.)
VAGRANTS.
Chap. 114. An act concerning Vagrants. (Approved 22 January 1818.)
VENUE.
Chap. 115. An act prescribing the mode of Changing the Venue. (Approved 28 January 1824.)
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
Chap. 116. An act regulating Weights and Measures. (Approved 21 January 1818.)
WRIT OF AD QUOD DAMNUM.
Chap. 117. An act allowing and regulating the Writ of Ad Quod Damnum. (Approved 20 December 1823.)