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1829 Laws of Indiana

Part of the Historic Indiana Law Project.

Laws of the State of Indiana, Passed and Published at the Thirteenth Session of the General Assembly. Indianapolis : Smith and Bolton, 1829. Google Books

 

APPROPRIATIONS.

Chap. 1. An act making general appropriations for the year 1829.

Chap. 2. An act making specific appropriations for the year 1829.

Chap. 3. An act making appropriations for the payment of the commissioners and other persons employed in surveying and marking a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis.

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

Chap. 4. An act to provide for the incorporation of agricultural societies.

APPORTIONMENT.

Chap 5. An act for the apportionment of senators and representatives in the counties and territory therein named.

ATTACHMENTS DOMESTIC.

Chap. 6. An act to amend an act, entitled “an act authorizing domestic attachments, and to regulate the proceedings thereon,” approved January 2, 1824.

CANALS.

Chap. 7. An act concerning the Wabash and Miami canal.

COUNTY BOUNDARIES.

Chap. 8. An act to amend an act, entitled “an act attaching certain territory to the counties therein named, “approved January 16, 1828.

Chap. 9. An act to authorize the surveying and marking the boundary line between the counties of Washington and Clark.

Chap. 10. An act authorizing the surveying and marking the boundary line between the counties of Clark and Scott.

COUNTY BUSINESS.

Chap. 11. An act authorizing the board of justices doing county business in the county of Lawrence, to assess a poll tax for county purposes.

Chap. 12. An act authorizing Samuel Conner to build a ware house on part of Water street in the town of Rome.

Chap. 13. An act regulating the mode of doing county business in the counties of Allen, Hendricks and Madison.

Chap. 14. An act to authorize the board of justices of Bartholomew county to levy an additional tax.

Chap. 15. An act legalizing the proceedings of the board of commissioners for the county of Vigo.

Chap. 16. An act to change the mode of doing county business in the counties of Decatur and Tippecanoe.

Chap. 17. An act to change the mode of doing county business in the counties of Wayne, Jefferson, Ripley and Fountain.

Chap. 18. An act to authorize the board of justices of Scott county, to sell a part of the public square in the town of Lexington, and for other purposes.

COUNTIES NEW.

Chap. 19. An act for the formation of the county of Cass.

Chap. 20. An act supplemental to the act, entitled “an act for the formation of the county of Cass,” passed at the present session of this general assembly.

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

Chap. 21. An act to amend an act, entitled “an act for the formation of congressional districts, and for the election of senators and representatives to congress,” approved January 30, 1824.

COURTS CIRCUIT.

Chap. 22. An act to authorize the judges of the Montgomery circuit court to hold a special session.

Chap. 23. An act supplementary to an act, entitled “an act to authorize the judges of the Montgomery circuit court to hold a special session,” approved Dec. 17, 1828.

Chap. 24. An act supplemental to an act, entitled “an act to amend the act to regulate the judicial circuits, and fixing the times of holding courts therein,” approved, February 12, 1825.

Chap. 25. An act to amend the several acts regulating the judicial circuits, and fixing the times of holding courts therein.

COURTS PROBATE.

Chap. 26. An act to organize probate courts, and defining the powers and duties of executors and administrators.

Chap. 27. An act to amend an act, entitled “an act amendatory of the law and for the better advancement of justice,” approved January 20, 1826.

Chap. 28. An act to authorize William Richards, administrator of the estate of Gabriel Richards, deceased, to act as guardian of the minor heirs of said Gabriel Richards, deceased.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

Chap. 29. An act to amend an act, entitled “an act relative to crime and punishment.”

DEBTORS INSOLVENT.

Chap. 30. An act supplementary to “an act for the relief of insolvent debtors,” approved January 28, 1824.

ELECTION PRESIDENTAL.

Chap. 31. An act to amend the act, entitled “an act to provide for the election of electors of president and vice president of the United States,” approved January 14, 1824.

EXECUTION.

Chap. 32. An act to amend the act, entitled “an act subjecting real and personal estate to execution,” approved January 30, 1824.

INCORPORATIONS.

Chap. 33. An act to incorporate the townships, in Shelby county.

Chap. 34. An act amending the several acts to incorporate the town of Madison.

Chap. 35. An act to incorporate the town of Washington in the county of Daviess.

Chap. 36. An act concerning the town of Fort Wayne.

INSPECTION.

Chap. 37. An act to provide for the inspection of salt, beef, and flour.

Chap. 38. An act to repeal part of the act entitled “an act regulating the inspection of tobacco, approved December 27, 1816.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Chap. 39. An act amendatory to an act, entitled “an act regulating the jurisdiction and duties of justices of the peace,” approved January 20, 1824.

LIBRARIES COUNTY.

Chap. 40. An act in addition to an act, entitled “an act for the incorporation of county libraries,” approved January 28, 1824.

Chap. 41. An act supplemental to an act, entitled “an act to incorporate county libraries,” approved January 28, 1824.

MILITIA.

Chap. 42. An act supplementary to the act, regulating the militia in the state of Indiana.

MILLS.

Chap. 43. An act to amend the law regulating grist mills.

NAMES.

Chap. 44. An act to change the name of John Smith to John Lucius Smith.

NAVIGATION.

Chap. 45. An act for the improvement of the navigation of Eel river, and for other purposes.

Chap. 46. An act supplemental to an act declaring Busseron creek a public highway, approved January 21, 1826.

Chap. 47. An act relative to navigable streams declared highways, by the ordinance of congress of 1787.

Chap. 48. An act supplemental to act entitled “an act declaring certain streams therein named public highways,” approved January 26, 1824.

PRINTING.

Chap. 49. An act to provide for the printing and distributing the laws and journals of the present session.

RECORDERS OF GIBSON AND MONROE.

Chap. 50. An act making provision for compensation to the recorders of Gibson and Monroe counties.

RECORDS OF DEEDS.

Chap. 51. An act providing for the more certain preservation of the evidence of the title to real estate.

RELIEF.

Chap. 52. An act for the relief of George Henry, James Borand and Ellis Stone.

Chap. 53. An act to revive the act, entitled “an act to amend the act entitled, an act for the benefit of those persons, who have or are likely to suffer by the destruction of the records of Dearborn county, which were consumed by fire in the court house at Lawrenceburgh, on the morning of the sixth of March 1826,” approved January 11, 1827.

Chap. 54. An act for the relief of the securities of Samuel Stanley, deceased, collector of the county of Jackson.

Chap. 55. An act allowing additional compensation, to Austin Bishop and Robert Culbertson, for extra work done upon the Governor’s house.

Chap. 56. An act for the benefit of Samuel M’George.

Chap. 57. An act for the relief of the infant heirs of Westley Harrison deceased.

Chap. 58. An act for the relief of the purchasers of out-lots adjoining the town of Indianapolis, under the acts approved January 31, 1826, and February 12, 1825.

REVENUE.

Chap. 59. An act to amend the act, entitled “an act for assessing and collecting revenue, approved January 30, 1824.

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

Chap. 60. An act to amend an act, entitled “an act for opening and repairing public roads and highways,” approved January 24, 1828.

Chap. 61. An act to amend an act, entitled “an act providing the mode of opening and repairing public roads and highways in certain counties therein named,” approved January 21, 1826.

Chap. 62. An act to revive an act, entitled “an act for opening and repairing public roads and highways, in certain counties therein named, approved January 21, 1826.

Chap. 63. An act supplementary to an act, entitled “an act to establish a levee, to preserve the road leading from Vincennes, through the lower prairie, near the Wabash river,” approved January 5, 1828.

Chap. 64. An act concerning the town of Utica.

Chap. 65. An act to establish a clay turnpike road from the town of Levenworth in Crawford county, twenty miles or more in the direction of Indianapolis.

ROADS STATE.

Chap. 66. An act in addition to an act, entitled “an act authorizing the laying off certain state roads, and appropriating one hundred thousand dollars of the three per cent fund, for opening the same,” and the several acts amendatory thereto.

Chap. 67. An act to establish a state road from Rushville in Rush county, to Lawrenceburgh in Dearborn county.

Chap. 68. An act to locate a state road from Newcastle to Crawfordsville.

Chap. 69. An act to locate a state road from Indianapolis to Lafayette in the county of Tippecanoe, and for other purposes.

Chap. 70. An act to change part of the state road from Rockport to Bloomington.

Chap. 71. An act for viewing and laying out a state road from Bono, via Bedford to Terre Haute.

Chap. 72. An act to cause the state road leading from New Albany, in Floyd county, through Corydon and Fredonia, to Pinceton, to be opened.

Chap. 73. An act to locate a state road from the Ohio line, by Abington and Waterloo to Connersville.

Chap. 74. An act to establish a state road, commencing at or near Abraham Markle’s in Martin county, and running thence, through Mount Pleasant, thence to intersect the state road leading from New Albany to Vincennes, at or near the farm of John C. Clark.

Chap. 75. An act to establish a state road, from Mount Vernon, to the Wabash river at Collin’s ferry, in a direction to Vandalia, in the state of Illinois.

Chap. 76. An act to establish a state road from Madison to the county of Jefferson, to Lawrenceburgh in the county of Dearborn.

Chap. 77. An act to establish a state road from or near Brownsville, by the way of Waterloo and Milton, to intersect the state road leading from Centreville to Indianapolis.

Chap. 78. An act to change a part of the Bethlehem state road.

Chap. 79. An act establishing a state road from Grandison Thomas’s farm in Daviess county, to intersect the state road, at or near Richard Weaver’s in said county.

Chap. 80. An act providing for the opening of a state road in the county of Allen.

Chap. 81. An act to relocate that part of the state road, leading from the Ohio line to Winchester, thence to Indianapolis, which lies between the 30th, and 35th mile post.

Chap. 82. An act to establish a state road from Shelbyville, by the way of Marion in the county of Shelby, Greenfield in the county of Hancock, to Anderstontown in the county of Madison and for other purposes.

Chap. 83. An act to establish a state road, from a point on the line dividing the states of Indiana, and Illinois, by the way of the points therein named, to Greensburgh in Decatur county.

SCHOOLS.

Chap. 84. An act to authorize the sale of school lands and for other purposes.

SCHOOLS, MEETING HOUSES &c.

Chap. 85. An act authorizing the trustees of the first Presbyterian church in the town of New Albany, to sell and convey the real estate of said church.

SEATS OF JUSTICE.

Chap. 86. An act supplemental to an act, entitled “an act appointing commissioners to relocate the seat of justice of Lawrence county,” approved, February 9, 1825.

Chap. 87. An act to provide for the relocation of the seat of justice of Warren county.

Chap. 88. An act appointing commissioners to relocate the seat of justice of Dubois county.

SEMINARIES.

Chap. 89. An act to incorporate the Eel river seminary society.

Chap. 90. An act to incorporate Hanover academy.

SEMINARY FUNDS.

Chap. 91. An act to amend the act, entitled “an act respecting a county seminary, and the seminary funds of Switzerland county.”

Chap. 92. An act supplemental to an act entitled “an act to authorize the loaning of the seminary funds,” approved January 24, 1828.

Chap. 93. An act authorizing further sales, of the reserved townships of land in Gibson and Monroe counties.

SURVEYORS COUNTY.

Chap. 94. An act to authorize the county surveyors, to obtain copies of the field notes of the original corners of land, in their respective counties.

TOLL BRIDGES.

Chap. 95. An act to authorize William Youze, to build a toll bridge across the east fork of White Water river.

TOWNS.

Chap. 96. An act to vacate the town of Owenville.

VENUE.

Chap. 97. An act to authorize the circuit court of the county of Perry, to change the venue in a certain case therein named.

WOLVES.

Chap. 98. An act to amend an act, entitled “an act to encourage the killing of wolves,” approved January 27, 1827.

 

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Chap. 99. A joint resolution, to prolong the time allowed the board of commissioners of the Wabash and Miami canal, to make their report.

Chap. 100. A joint resolution, relative to the reserved lands of the United States on the margin of and contiguous to the contemplated canal, to unite the waters of Lake Erie and the Wabash river.

Chap. 101. A joint resolution appointing a commissioner to adjust the terms upon which the lands granted to this state, by the act of congress of the 2d March 1827, shall be conveyed to the state of Ohio.

Chap. 102. A joint resolution, relative to a portion of the three per cent fund.

Chap. 103. A joint resolution, relative to the three per cent fund.

Chap. 104. A joint resolution to increase the salary of the agent of the three per cent fund.

Chap. 105. A joint resolution.

Chap. 106. A joint resolution relative to the purchasers of public lands.

Chap. 107. A joint resolution, concerning the mail route, through the seats of government of Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.

Chap. 108. A joint resolution relative to the laws of congress remaining in the office of the secretary of state.

Chap. 109. A joint resolution, on the subject of the right which the state of Indiana has to the unappropriated lands within her boundaries.

Chap. 110. A joint resolution relative to monies due the state by the securities of William H. Moore, late collector of revenue of Clark county, and against the estate of Reuben W. Nelson of said county deceased.

Chap. 111. A joint resolution of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, relative to the American colonization society.

Chap. 112. A joint resolution of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, authorizing the printing of the act relating to the school lands.

 

MEMORIALS.

Chap. 113. A memorial of the general assembly of the state of Indiana, on the subject of the continuation of the Cumberland road, and the removal of the timber out of the same.

Chap. 114. A memorial to the congress of the United States, relative ot the French Lick township of land.

Chap. 115. A memorial of the general assembly on the subject of the extinguishment of the Indian title to lands within this state.

 

 

1828 Laws of Indiana

Part of the Historic Indiana Law Project.

Laws of the State of Indiana, Passed and Published at the Twelfth Session of the General Assembly. Indianapolis : Smith and Bolton, 1828. Viewed at Allen County (Indiana) Public Library. Digital copies of specific laws available by request.

 

APPRENTICES.

Chap. 1 – An act to amend an act entitled an act respecting apprentices.

APPROPRIATIONS.

Chap. 2 – An act making an appropriation for the completion of the House for the Executive of state, and for other purposes.

Chap. 3 – An act making specific appropriations for the year 1828.

Chap. 4 – An act making specific appropriations for the year 1828.

ATTORNEYS, &c.

Chap. 5 – An act supplemental to an act, entitled an act regulating the admission and practice of Attorneys and Counsellors at law.

Chap. 6 – An act to amend the act concerning the Auditor of Public Accounts and Treasurer of State.

CANAL.

Chap. 7 – An act to establish a Canal to connect the navigable waters of the Wabash river, with the navigable waters of the Miami of Lake Erie.

COUNTY BOUNDARIES.

Chap. 8 – An act to attach a portion of vacant territory, lying adjoining to the county of Floyd, to said county.

Chap. 9 – An act establishing the boundary line of Decatur county.

Chap. 10 – An act to attach certain territory to the counties therein named.

Chap. 11 – An act to attach certain territory to the counties therein named.

Chap. 12 – An act to provide for the relocation of the seat of justice of Martin county, and extending the boundaries thereof.

COUNTY BUSINESS.

Chap. 13 – An act supplemental to an act, entitled an act changing the mode of doing county business in certain counties therein named, approved, January 26, 1827.

COUNTIES NEW.

Chap. 14 – An act supplemental to an act to provide for carrying the laws into effect in new counties.

Chap. 15 – An act to organize the county of Hancock.

Chap. 16 – An act for the formation of the county of Carroll.

CONVENTION.

Chap. 17 – An act to authorize the qualified voters of this state to vote for or against a convention for a revision of the constitution of this state.

COURTS CIRCUIT.

Chap. 18 – An act to amend the several acts regulating the judicial circuits, and fixing the times of holding courts therein.

DIVORCES.

Chap. 19 – An act to divorce Sarah Pettingell from her husband James Pettingell.

Chap. 20 – An act to divorce Nancy Maddox from her husband David T. Maddox.

Chap. 21 – An act to dissolve the banns of matrimony between John C. Brown and Polly Brown his wife.

Chap. 22 – An act to divorce Elizabeth and Reuben Stout.

Chap. 23 – An act to divorce certain persons therein named.

ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT, &c.

Chap. 24 – An act to amend an act, entitled an act to provide for the election of electors, of President and Vice President of the United States.

Chap. 25 – An act supplemental to an act, entitled an act, to amend an act, entitled an act to provide for the election of electors of President and Vice President of the United States, approved, January 27, 1828.

ESTRAYS, &c.

Chap. 26 – An act to extend an act, entitled an act to provide for recording brands, ear marks, and for posting estrays, in the counties therein named, and for other purposes; approved, January 24, 1827.

HABEAS CORPUS.

Chap. 27 – An act respecting the mode of suing out and prosecuting writs of habeus corpus.

INCORPORATION.

Chap. 28 – An act to incorporate the town of Corydon, in Harrison county.

Chap. 29 – An act to incorporate the Franklin Cotton Manufacturing Company, and the White Water Manufacturing Company.

Chap. 30 – An act to amend the act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Charlestown, in the county of Clark.

Chap. 31 – An act to incorporate the Montezuma Agricultural and Domestic Manufacturing Association.

Chap. 32 – An act to incorporate the Indianapolis Steam Mill Company.

Chap. 33 – An act to amend the act entitled an act providing for the incorporation of towns; approved, January 30, 1824.

Chap. 34 – An act authorizing the inhabitants of Congressional township numbered eleven, north range numbered nine, west, to incorporate themselves according to the provisions of the act of 1824.

Chap. 35 – An act supplementary to an act entitled an act providing for the incorporation of towns, approved, January 30, 1824, in aid of the trustees and corporation of the town of New Albany.

Chap. 36 – An act to incorporate the Indianapolis and White Water Turnpike Company.

LEGALIZING PROVISION.

Chap. 37 – An act legalizing the proceedings of the board of county commissioners of Shelby county.

LIBRARIES.

Chap. 38 – An act to dissolve the Connersville Library Association.

Chap. 39 – An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish a state Library, approved, February 11, 1825.

MILITIA.

Chap. 40 – An act to amend an act entitled an act to regulate the Militia of the state of Indiana, approved, January 20, 1824.

MILLS AND MILLERS.

Chap. 41 – An act to amend the law regulating grist mills and millers.

NAVIGATION.

Chap. 42 – An act supplemental to an act declaring Blue river a public highway.

Chap. 43 – An act to improve the navigation of certain rivers in this state.

PARTITION.

Chap. 44 – An act to amend an act entitled an act to provide for the partition of real estate, approved, January 2, 1824.

PARTNERSHIP.

Chap. 45 – An act relative to limited partnerships.

POOR.

Chap. 46 – An act amendatory for the act for the relief of the poor, approved, January 30, 1824.

Chap. 47 – An act relative to the Knox county Poor House.

PROBATE.

Chap. 48 – An act to amend an act entitled an act amendatory of the law, and for the better advancement of justice, approved January 20, 1826.

PRINTING.

Chap. 49 – An act to provide for printing and distributing the laws and journals of the present session.

Chap. 50 – An act to provide for the purchase of stationary for the use of the General Assembly, and for the public printing.

RELIEF.

Chap. 51 – An act for the benefit of Peter Charley, Elijah Hurst and John Watkins, late trustees for congressional township numbered three, south, and range numbered four, east, in the Jeffersonville district.

Chap. 52 – An act for the benefit of Henry Markle.

Chap. 53 – An act for the relief of Caleb Harrison.

Chap. 54 – An act for the relief of Joseph Campbell.

Chap. 55 – An act for the relief of Robert Martin.

Chap. 56 – An act for the relief of Thomas Wyatt.

Chap. 57 – An act for the relief of William Williams and Jesse Gifford.

Chap. 58 – An act for the relief of purchasers of lots in the town of Indianapolis, which have become forfeited to the state.

Chap. 59 – An act for the relief of John Spencer, collector of Dearborn county, and for other purposes.

Chap. 60 – An act for the benefit of the devisees of Thomas Watts deceased.

Chap. 61 – An act to revive an act, entitled an act for the relief of such persons as have suffered, or may hereafter suffer by the destruction of the records of the county of Knox, which were consumed by fire at Vincennes, in the year 1814, passed 7th September, 1814.

Chap. 62 – An act to amend an act, entitled an act for the benefit of persons who have, or are likely to suffer by the destruction of records of Dearborn county, which were consumed by fire in the court house at Lawrenceburgh, on the morning of the 6th of March, 1826; approved, January 11, 1827.

RETAILING.

Chap. 63 – An act to authorize persons to retail spirituous liquors without the requisitions of a tavern keeper.

REVENUE.

Chap. 64 – An act to amend the several acts now in force in this state relative to assessing and collecting the revenue.

Chap. 65 – An act respecting the state and county revenue of the county of Clay, for the year 1826.

Chap. 66 – An act providing for the repayment of certain moneys to the county of Delaware.

ROADS.

Chap. 67. An act to establish a state road from Carlisle, in Sullivan county, to Spencer, on Owen county.

Chap. 68. An act to establish a state road from Shelbyville, to intersect the Madison state road in the county of Jennings.

Chap. 69. An act to establish a state road from New Castle in Henry county, to Lafayette in Tippecanoe county.

Chap. 70. An act to provide for surveying and marking a road from Lake Michigan to Indianapolis.

Chap. 71. An act to establish a state road from Levenworth, via Bono, to Indianapolis, and for other purposes.

Chap. 72. An act to amend an act, entitled an act to establish a state road from Terre Haute to Fort Wayne.

Chap. 73. An act for locating and opening a state road from the Ohio river, opposite the Yellow Banks, in Kentucky to Princeton.

Chap. 74. An act to establish a state road from Indianapolis, via Danville and Rockville to Montezuma.

Chap. 75. An act to establish a levee, to preserve the road leading from Vincennes, through the lower prairie, near to the Wabash river.

Chap. 76. An act to locate and open a state road from Crawfordsville, in Montgomery county, to Indianapolis.

Chap. 77. An act for opening and repairing public roads and highways.

SALINES.

Chap. 78. An act authorizing the leasing of Royce’s Lick and Rock Lick reserves, in the county of Washington.

SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL SECTIONS.

Chap. 79. An act supplemental to the act entitled an act, to establish a Board of Trustees for the promotion of schools in Clark’s grant.

Chap. 80. An act to enable the inhabitants of the Congressional townships in the several counties in this state, to express their assent or dissent to the sale of the sixteenth section in their respective townships.

Chap. 81. An act to authorize the leasing of section sixteen, in township numbered 15, North of Range numbered 7 East, in Hancock county, and for other purposes.

SEMINARIES AND SEMINARY FUNDS.

Chap. 82. An act to establish a College in the State of Indiana.

Chap. 83. An act for the benefit of the Gibson county Seminary.

Chap. 84. An act to provide for the government of the Seminary of Knox county.

Chap. 85. An act making further provision for the sale of the Seminary townships of land in the counties of Gibson and Monroe, and for other purposes.

Chap. 86. An act respecting a county Seminary, and the Seminary funds of the county of Switzerland.

Chap. 87. An act to authorize the loaning of the Seminary funds.

Chap. 88. An act to amend an act entitled an act to establish county seminaries in the several counties therein named, approved, January 26, 1827.

SURVEYORS.

Chap. 89. An act supplementary to an act entitled an act for the appointment of county Surveyors and their deputies.

TOWNS.

Chap. 90. An act vacating the town of Greenfield, in the county of Vigo.

Chap. 91. An act to authorize the board of justices of Wayne county, to sell a part of the public square in the town of Centreville.

JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

Chap. 92. A joint resolution requiring certain duties to be performed by the Agent of state for the town of Indianapolis.

Chap. 93. A joint resolution respecting certain lots in the town of Indianapolis.

Chap. 94. A joint resolution of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, authorizing the Treasurer of state to purchase a book, and make certain records therein.

Chap. 95. A joint resolution to provide the Wabash and Miami canal commissioners with a copy of Strickland’s reports.

Chap. 96. A joint resolution of the General Assembly, relative to the western mail route, from Louisville in Kentucky, to St. Louis in Missouri.

Chap. 97. A joint resolution relative to the northern boundary of the state of Indiana.

Chap. 98. A joint resolution and communication of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, to the General Assembly of the state of Ohio, on the subject of connecting the waters of the Wabash river, with those of Lake Erie.

Chap. 99. A joint resolution of the General Assembly, (requiring part of the Potawatamie treaty, and certain acts of Congress to be printed.)

Chap. 100. A joint resolution respecting the office of the Clerk of the district court of the United States, for the district of Indiana.

Chap. 101. A joint resolution of the General Assembly, relative to purchasers of public lands.

Chap. 102. A joint resolution relative to the procuring of a complete set of the journals of Congress, and other public documents.

Chap. 103. A joint resolution of the General Assembly of the state of Indiana, on the subject of internal improvement and domestic manufactures.

Chap. 104. A joint resolution relative to the navigation of the Wabash river.

Chap. 105. A memorial and joint resolution on the subject of the National Road.

 

 

1838 Revised Statutes of Indiana

Part of the Historic Indiana Law Project.

The Revised Statutes of the State of Indiana, Adopted and Enacted by the General Assembly at their Twenty-Second Session. Indianapolis : Douglass & Noel, 1838. Google Books

 

AD QUOD DAMNUM.

Chapter 1. An act allowing and regulating the Writ of Ad Quod Damnum.

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

Chapter 2. An act for the incorporation of Agricultural Societies.

ALIENS.

Chapter 3. An act authorizing Aliens and Foreigners to hold Real Estate within the state of Indiana.

APPRENTICES.

Chapter 4. An act respecting Apprentices.

ARBITRATIONS.

Chapter 5. An act authorizing and regulating Arbitrations.

ATTACHMENT, DOMESTIC.

Chapter 6. An act authorizing domestic attachments, and regulating the proceedings thereon.

ATTACHMENT, FOREIGN.

Chapter 7. An act relative to Foreign Attachments.

ATTORNEYS.

Chapter 8. An act regulating the admission and practice of Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.

ATTORNEYS, PROSECUTING.

Chapter 9. An act to provide for the appointment of a Circuit Prosecutor, and defining his duties.

AUDITOR AND TREASURER.

Chapter 10. An act concerning the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Treasurer of State.

BANK STATE.

Chapter 11. An act establishing a State Bank.

BILLS, BONDS, AND NOTES.

Chapter 12. An act making Promissory Notes, Bonds, and Inland Bills of Exchange, negotiable and assignable.

Chapter 13. An act regulating damages on protested Bills of Exchange.

BOATS, SIEZURE OF.

Chapter 14. An act authorizing the seizure of Boats and other Vessels for Debt.

BONDS.

Chapter 15. An act requiring certain public officers to give additional security.

CANALS.

Chapter 16. An act for the protection of Bridges.

Chapter 17. An act for the protection of the Canals belonging to the State, the collection of tolls thereon, and for other purposes.

CLERKS.

Chapter 17 [sic]. An act concerning Clerks.

COLLEGE FUNDS.

Chapter 18. An act to authorize the loaning of the College Funds.

CONSTABLES.

Chapter 19. An act authorizing the appointment of Constables, and defining their duties.

CORPORATIONS.

Chapter 20. An act concerning Corporations.

COUNTY BUSINESS.

Chapter 21. An act to regulate the mode of doing county business in the several counties in this state.

COUNTY TREASURER.

Chapter 22. An act establishing a County Treasurer.

COURTS, CIRCUIT.

Chapter 23. An act organizing Circuit Courts, and defining their powers and duties.

COURTS, PROBATE.

Chapter 24. An act to organize Probate Courts, and defining the powers and duties of Executors, Administrators, and Guardians.

COURTS, SUPREME.

Chapter 25. An act organizing the Supreme Court, and defining its powers and duties.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

Chapter 26. An act relative to Crime and Punishment.

DEBTORS, INSOLVENT.

Chapter 27. An act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors.

DEBTORS AND SECURITIES.

Chapter 28. An act concerning Debtors and their Securities.

DESCENTS, DISTRIBUTION AND DOWER.

Chapter 29. An act regulating Descents, Distribution and Dower.

DISSEISIN.

Chapter 30. An act to authorize the action of Disseisin.

DIVORCE.

Chapter 31. An act regulating Divorces.

ELECTIONS, GENERAL.

Chapter 32. An act to regulate General Elections.

ELECTION, PRESIDENTIAL.

Chapter 33. An act to provide for the Election of Electors of President and Vice President of the United States.

ELECTIONS, COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP.

Chapter 34. An act to provide for electing county and township officers.

ELECTION, U.S. SENATOR, &c.

Chapter 35. An act providing for the election of United States Senator, and other officers by a viva voce vote of the Legislature.

EJECTMENT.

Chapter 36. An act concerning proceedings in Ejectment, and for the relief of occupying claimants of land.

ENCLOSURES AND TRESPASSING ANIMALS.

Chapter 37. An act concerning Enclosures and Trespassing Animals.

ESTRAYS.

Chapter 37 [sic]. An act regulating the taking up of Animals going astray, and Water Crafts, and other articles of value adrift.

EVIDENCE.

Chapter 38. An act relative to Evidence.

EXECUTION.

Chapter 39. An act subjecting Real and Personal Estate to Execution.

FEES AND SALARIES.

Chapter 40. An act regulating the Fees and Salaries of the several Officers and Persons therein named.

FERRIES.

Chapter 41. An act to establish and regulate Ferries.

FIRE COMPANIES.

Chapter 42. An act authorizing the establishment of Fire Companies.

FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER.

Chapter 43. An act against Forcible Entry and Detainer.

FRAUDS AND PERJURIES.

Chapter 44. An act for the prevention of Frauds and Perjuries.

FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.

Chapter 45. An act authorizing the arresting and securing Fugitives from Justice.

FUGITIVES FROM LABOR.

Chapter 46. An act relative to Fugitives from Labor.

GAMING, UNLAWFUL.

Chapter 47. An act to prevent Gaming.

GAMBLING, PROFESSIONAL.

Chapter 48. An act to suppress professional Gambling.

HABEAS CORPUS.

Chapter 49. An act directing the mode of suing out and prosecuting writs of Habeas Corpus.

HORSES AND CATTLE.

Chapter 50. An act to improve the breed of Cattle and Horses.

ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.

Chapter 51. An act providing for the support of Illegitimate Children.

INSANE PERSONS.

Chapter 52. An act concerning Insane Persons.

INSPECTION.

Chapter 53. An act to provide for the Inspection of Salt, Beef, Flour, Pork and Tobacco.

INTEREST OF MONEY.

Chapter 54. An act regulating the Interest of Money in the State of Indiana.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT.

Chapter 55. An act to provide for a general system of Internal Improvements.

JOINT RIGHTS, &c.

Chapter 56. An act concerning Joint Rights and Obligations.

JURORS.

Chapter 57. An act to regulate the mode of summoning and empannelling Grand and Petit Jurors.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Chapter 58. An act regulating the Jurisdiction and Duties of Justices of the Peace.

LANDS, CANAL AND SCHOOL.

Chapter 59. An act to provide for making partial payments on canal and school lands.

LAWS.

Chapter 60. An act declaring what laws shall be in force.

LAWS IN NEW COUNTIES.

Chapter 61. An act to provide for carrying the laws into effect in new counties.

LEGISLATURE.

Chapter 62. An act to facilitate the business of the legislature.

LIBRARIES, COUNTY.

Chapter 63. An act for the Incorporation of County Libraries.

LIBRARIES, PUBLIC.

Chapter 64. An act for the incorporation of public libraries.

LIBRARY, STATE.

Chapter 65. An act concerning the State Library.

LYCEUMS.

Chapter 66. An act to authorize the incorporation of Lyceums.

MANDAMUS AND QUO WARRANTO.

Chapter 67. An act in relation to proceedings upon writs of mandamus and informations in the nature of quo warranto.

MARRIAGES.

Chapter 68. An act to regulate marriages.

MECHANICS’ LIEN ON BUILDINGS.

Chapter 69. An act giving to mechanics a lien upon buildings.

MEDICAL SOCIETIES.

Chapter 70. An act regulating medical societies.

MILLS AND MILLERS.

Chapter 71. An act regulating grist mills and millers.

NE EXEAT.

Chapter 72. An act to authorize writs of ne exeat.

NEGROES AND MULATTOES.

Chapter 73. An act concerning free negroes and mulattoes, servants and slaves.

NOTARY PUBLIC.

Chapter 74. An act establishing the office and defining the duties of notary public.

REPAIRS.

Chapter 75. An act subjecting certain articles to sale for repairs after a certain period.

BANK NOTES.

Chapter 75 [sic]. An act to prohibit the circulation of bank notes of a denomination less than five dollars.

OFFICERS AND THEIR SECURITIES.

Chapter 76. An act requiring certain public officers to give additional security.

PARTITION OF REAL ESTATE.

Chapter 77. An act to provide for the partition of real estate.

PARTNERSHIPS.

Chapter 78. An act relative to limited partnerships.

POOR.

Chapter 79. An act for the relief of the poor.

PRACTICE IN CHANCERY.

Chapter 80. An act regulating the practice in chancery.

PRACTICE AT LAW.

Chapter 81. An act regulating the practice in suits at law.

PRISONERS—SAFE KEEPING OF.

Chapter 82. 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.

PRISON AND PRISON BOUNDS.

Chapter 83. An act regulating prison and prison bounds.

PRIVILEGES.

Chapter 84. An act definding and regulating Privileges.

RECORDERS.

Chapter 85. An act defining the duties of Recorders.

RECORDS &c. AUTHENTICATED.

Chapter 86. 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.

RENT AND DISTRESS.

Chapter 87. An act regulating distress for rent.

REPLEVIN.

Chapter 88. An act regulating the action of replevin.

REVENUE SURPLUS.

Chapter 89. An act to provide for distributing so much of the surplus revenue of the United States, as the state of Indiana may be entitled to and receive by virtue of an act of congress, approved 23d June, 1836.

RIGHT OF PROPERTY.

Chapter 90. An act regulating trials of the right of property.

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

Chapter 91. An act relating to public roads and highways.

SALINE RESERVATIONS.

Chapter 92. An act in relation to the moneys arising from the leases of saline reservations, and for other purposes.

SEATS OF JUSTICE.

Chapter 93. An act to establish seats of justice in new counties.

SCHOOLS, CONGRESSIONAL.

Chapter 94. An act incorporating congressional townships and providing for public schools therein.

SCHOOLS COMMON.

Chapter 95. An act to provide a Fund to encourage Common Schools.

SCHOOLS, MEETING HOUSES, &c.

Chapter 97 [sic]. An act for the appointment of trustees to receive deeds for lots or land given or purchased for the use of schools, meeting houses or masonic lodges.

SECRETARY OF STATE.

Chapter 97. An act concerning the secretary of state.

SEMINARIES, COUNTY.

Chapter 98. An act relating to County Seminaries.

SHERIFFS AND CORONERS.

Chapter 99. An act to provide for the commissioning of Sheriffs and Coroners, and to regulate their duties.

STAGES.

Chapter 100. An act to provide for the safety of stage passengers.

STALLIONS AND JACKS.

Chapter 101. An act regulating the mode of keeping Stallions and Jacks.

STATE PRISON.

Chapter 102. An act for the regulation of the State Prison.

SURVEYOR.

Chapter 103. An act for the appointment of County Surveyors and their Deputies.

SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS.

Chapter 104. An act relating to the office of school commissioner in certain counties.

TAVERNS AND GROCERIES.

Chapter 105. An act to license and regulate Taverns and Groceries.

TENANTS.

Chapter 106. An act concerning tenants holding over.

THREE PER CENT FUND.

Chapter 107. An act for the equal distribution of the three per cent fund.

TOWNS, INCORPORATION.

Chapter 108. An act providing for the Incorporation of towns.

TOWNS VACATED.

Chapter 109. An act to authorize the Vacation of Towns.

TOWN PLATS.

Chapter 110. An act for recording Town Plats.

TOWNSHIP BUSINESS.

Chapter 111. An act providing for a more uniform mode of doing township business in the several counties therein named.

VAGRANTS.

Chapter 112. An act concerning Vagrants.

VENUE.

Chapter 113. An act providing the mode of changing the Venue.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Chapter 114. An act regulating weights and measures.

WOLF SCALPS.

Chapter 115. An act repealing all laws and parts of laws now in force granting premiums for wolf scalps.

 

 

 

1831 Revised Laws of Indiana

Part of the Historic Indiana Law Project.

The Revised Laws of Indiana, in which are comprised all such acts of a general nature as are in force in said state; adopted and enacted by the General Assembly at their Fifteenth Session. Indianapolis : Douglass and Maguire, 1831. Internet Archive

 

AD QUOD DAMNUM.

Chapter 1. An act allowing and regulating the Writ of Ad Quod Damnum. (Approved 20 December 1823.)

AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

Chapter 2. An act for the incorporation of Agricultural Societies. (Approved 22 January 1829.)

ALIENS.

Chapter 3. An act authorizing Aliens and Foreigners to hold Real Estate within the state of Indiana. (Approved 14 January 1818.)

APPRENTICES.

Chapter 4. An act respecting Apprentices. (Approved 7 January 1831.)

ARBITRATIONS.

Chapter 5. An act authorizing and regulating Arbitrations. (Approved 29 January 1818.)

ATTACHMENT, DOMESTIC.

Chapter 6. An act authorizing domestic attachments, and regulating the proceedings thereon. (Approved 19 January 1831.)

ATTACHMENT, FOREIGN.

Chapter 7. An act relative to Foreign Attachments. (Approved 20 January 1831.)

ATTORNIES.

Chapter 8. An act regulating the admission and practice of Attornies and Counsellors at Law. (Approved 31 January 1824.)

Chapter 9. An act supplemental to the act, entitled an act regulating the admission and practice of Attornies and Counsellors at Law; approved Jan. 31, 1824. (Approved 28 December 1827.)

ATTORNIES, PROSECUTING.

Chapter 10. An act to provide for the appointment of a Circuit Prosecutor, and defining his duties. (Approved 20 January 1831.)

AUDITOR AND TREASURER.

Chapter 11. An act concerning the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Treasurer of State. (Approved 7 January 1831.)

BILLS, BONDS, AND NOTES.

Chapter 12. An act making Promissory Notes, Bonds, and Inland Bills of Exchange, negotiable and assignable. (Approved 29 January 1818.)

BILLS OF EXCHANGE.

Chapter 13. An act regulating damages on protested Bills of Exchange. (Approved 11 January 1820.)

BOATS, SEIZURE OF.

Chapter 14. An act authorizing the Seizure of Boats and other Vessels for Debt. (Approved 22 January 1824.)

CLERKS.

Chapter 15. An act concerning Clerks. (Approved 20 January 1831.)

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.

Chapter 16. An act for the formation of Congressional Districts, and for the election of Senators and Representatives in Congress. (Approved 7 January 1831.)

CONSTABLES.

Chapter 17. An act authorizing the appointment of Constables, and defining their duties. (Approved 17 January 1831.)

CORPORATIONS.

Chapter 18. An act concerning Corporations. (Approved 31 January 1824.)

COUNTY BOUNDARIES.

Chapter 19. An act relative to County Boundaries. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

COUNTY BUSINESS.

Chapter 20. An act to regulate the mode of doing County Business in the several Counties in this State. (Approved 19 January 1831.)

COUNTY TREASURER.

Chapter 21. An act establishing a County Treasurer. (Approved 8 January 1831.)

COURTS CIRCUIT, ORGANIZATION OF.

Chapter 22. An act organizing Circuit Courts, and defining their powers and duties. (Approved 24 January 1831.)

COURTS CIRCUIT, TERMS OF.

Chapter 23. An act dividing the state into Judicial Circuits, and fixing the times of holding courts therein, and for other purposes. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

COURTS SUPREME.

Chapter 24. An act organizing the Supreme Court, and defining its powers and duties. (Approved 17 January 1831.)

COURTS PROBATE.

Chapter 25. An act to organize Probate Courts, and defining the powers and duties of Executors, Administrators and Guardians. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT.

Chapter 26. An act relative to Crime and Punishment. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

DEBTORS, INSOLVENT.

Chapter 27. An act for the relief of Insolvent Debtors. (Approved 9 February 1831.)

DEBTORS AND SECURITIES.

Chapter 28. An act concerning Debtors and their Securities. (Approved 30 January 1824.)

DESCENTS, DISTRIBUTION, AND DOWER.

Chapter 29. An act to regulate Descents, Distribution, and Dower. (Approved 29 January 1831.)

DISSEISIN.

Chapter 30. An act authorizing the Action of Disseisin. (Approved 26 January 1824.)

DIVORCES.

Chapter 31. An act regulating Divorces. (Approved 17 January 1831.)

ELECTIONS, GENERAL.

Chapter 32. An act to regulate General Elections. (Approved 30 January 1831.)

ELECTIONS, TOWNSHIP AND COUNTY.

Chapter 33. An act to provide for electing County and Township Officers. (Approved 30 January 1831.)

ENCLOSURES, AND TRESPASSING ANIMALS.

Chapter 34. An act concerning Enclosures and Trespassing Animals. (Approved 7 February 1831.)

ESTRAYS.

Chapter 35. An act regulating the taking up of Animals going astray, and Water Craft and other articles of value adrift. (Approved 9 February 1831.)

EXECUTION.

Chapter 36. An act subjecting Real and Personal estate to Execution. (Approved 4 February 1831.)

FEES AND SALARIES.

Chapter 37. An act regulating the Fees and Salaries of the several Officers and Persons therein named. (Approved 7 February 1831.)

FERRIES.

Chapter 38. An act to establish and regulate Ferries. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

FIRE COMPANIES.

Chapter 39. An act authorizing the establishment of Fire Companies. (Approved 5 January 1821.)

FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER.

Chapter 40. An act against Forcible Entry and Detainer. (Approved 21 January 1818.)

FRAUDS AND PERJURIES.

Chapter 41. An act for the prevention of Frauds and perjuries. (Approved 24 January 1831.)

FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE.

Chapter 42. An act authorizing the arresting and securing Fugitives from Justice. (Approved 22 January 1824.)

FUGITIVES FROM LABOUR.

Chapter 43. An act relative to Fugitives from Labour. (Approved 22 January 1824.)

FUGITIVES FROM LABOUR AND JUSTICE.

Chapter 44. Act of Congress. An act respecting Fugitives from Justice, and persons escaping from the Service of their Masters. (Approved 12 February 1793.)

GAMING.

Chapter 45. An act to prevent unlawful Gaming.

HABEAS CORPUS.

Chapter 46. An act directing the mode of suing out, and prosecuting writs of Habeas Corpus.

HORSES.

Chapter 47. An act to improve the Breed of Horses. (Approved 31 December 1817.)

ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN.

Chapter 48. An act providing for the support of Illegitimate Children. (Approved 22 January 1818.)

INSANE PERSONS.

Chapter 49. An act concerning Insane Persons. (Approved 22 January 1818.)

INSPECTION.

Chapter 50. An act to provide for the Inspection of Salt, Beef and Flour (Approved 24 January 1829.)

INTEREST OF MONEY.

Chapter 51. An act regulating the Interest of Money in the State of Indiana. (Approved 1 February 1831.)

JOINT RIGHTS.

Chapter 52. An act concerning Joint Rights and Obligations.

JURORS.

Chapter 53. An act to regulate the mode of summoning and empannelling Grand and Petit Jurors. (Approved 29 January 1831.)

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Chapter 54. An act regulating the Jurisdiction and Duties of Justices of the Peace. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

LAWS RE-PRINTED.

Chapter 55. An act declaring what Laws shall be in Force. (Approved 2 January 1818.)

Chapter 56. An act authorizing the re-printing of sundry Acts, and for other purposes. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

LAWS IN NEW COUNTIES.

Chapter 57. An act to provide for carrying the Laws into Effect in New Counties. (Approved 2 January 1818.)

Chapter 58. An act supplemental to an act to provide for carrying the Laws into effect in New Counties. (Approved 28 December 1827.)

LIBRARIES COUNTY.

Chapter 59. An act for the Incorporation of County Libraries. (Approved 9 February 1831.)

LIBRARIES PUBLIC.

Chapter 60. An act for the Incorporation of Public Libraries. (Approved 17 December 1816.)

LIBRARY STATE.

Chapter 61. An act to establish a State Library. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

MANDAMUS AND QUO WARRANTO.

Chapter 62. An act to render the proceedings upon writs of Mandamus and Informations, in the nurture of Quo Warranto, more speedy and effectual. (Approved 21 January 1820.)

MARRIAGES.

Chapter 63. An act to regulate Marriages. (Approved 4 February 1831.)

MEDICAL SOCIETIES.

Chapter 64. An act regulating Medical Societies. (Approved 30 January 1830.)

MILLS AND MILLERS.

Chapter 65. An act regulating Grist Mills and Millers. (Approved 16 February 1831.)

NEGROES AND MULATTOES.

Chapter 66. An act concerning Free Negroes and Mulattoes, Servants and Slaves. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

NOTARY PUBLIC.

Chapter 67. An act establishing the office and defining the duties of Notary Public. (Approved 26 January 1824.)

OCCUPYING CLAIMANTS AND EJECTMENT.

Chapter 68. An act concerning proceedings in Ejectment and for the relief of Occupying Claimants of Land. (Approved 13 January 1831.)

POOR.

Chapter 69. An act for the relief of the Poor. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

PARTITION.

Chapter 70. An act to provide for the Partition of Real Estate. (Approved 1 February 1831.)

PARTNERSHIPS LIMITED.

Chapter 71. An act relative to Limited Partnerships. (Approved 21 January 1828.)

PRACTICE IN CHANCERY.

Chapter 72. An act regulating the Practice in Chancery. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

PRACTICE AT LAW.

Chapter 73. An act regulating the Practice in Suits at Law. (Approved 29 January 1831.)

PRISONERS, SAFE KEEPING OF.

Chapter 74. 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.)

PRISONS AND PRISON BOUNDS.

Chapter 75. An act regulating Prisons and Prison Bounds. (Approved 22 December 1823.)

PRIVILEGES.

Chapter 76. An act defining and regulating Privileges in certain cases. (Approved 31 December 1817.)

RECORDERS.

Chapter 77. An act defining the Duties of Recorders. (Approved 19 January 1831.)

RECORDS AUTHENTICATED.

Chapter 78. 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.)

RENT AND DISTRESS.

Chapter 79. An act regulating Distress for Rent. (Approved 1 February 1831.)

REPLEVIN.

Chapter 80. An act regulating the Action of Replevin. (Approved 20 January 1831.)

REVENUE.

Chapter 81. An act for Assessing and Collecting the Revenue. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.

Chapter 82. An act for Opening and Repairing Public Roads and Highways. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

SALINES AND SALINE RESERVES.

Chapter 83. An act respecting Salines and Saline Reserves. (Approved 4 February 1831.)

SEAL AND PRESS.

Chapter 84. An act providing for a Public Seal and Press. (Approved 13 December 1816.)

SEATS OF JUSTICE.

Chapter 85. An act to establish Seats of Justice in New Counties. (Approved 14 January 1824.)

SCHOOLS, CONGRESSIONAL.

Chapter 86. An act Incorporating Congressional Townships, and providing for Public Schools therein. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

SCHOOLS, MEETING HOUSES, &c.

Chapter 87. 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 10 February 1831.)

SCHOOLS IN CLARK’S GRANT.

Chapter 88. An act to establish a Board of Trustees for the promotion of Schools and Education in Clark’s Grant. (Approved 28 January 1824.)

SECRETARY OF STATE.

Chapter 89. An act concerning the Secretary of State. (Approved 19 January 1831.)

SEMINARIES, COUNTY.

Chapter 90. An act relating to County Seminaries. (Approved 4 February 1831.)

SEMINARY FUNDS.

Chapter 91. An act to authorize the Loaning of the Seminary Funds. (Approved 24 January 1828.)

Chapter 92. An act supplemental to an act, entitled “An act to authorize the Loaning of the Seminary Funds,” approved January 24, 1828. (Approved 23 January 1829.)

Chapter 93. A joint resolution of the General Assembly, authorizing the treasurer of state to purchase a book, and make certain records therein. (Approved 24 January 1828.)

Chapter 94. An act making provision for Compensation to the Recorders of Gibson and Monroe Counties. (Approved 19 January 1829.)

RELIGION AND LEARNING.

Chapter 95. An act for the encouragement of Religion and Learning. (Approved 31 December 1818.)

SENATORIAL &c. DISTRICTS.

Chapter 96. An act for the Appropriation of Senators and Representatives in the General Assembly of this State. (Approved 30 January 1831.)

SHERIFFS AND CORONERS.

Chapter 97. An act to provide for the commissioning of Sheriffs and Coroners, and to regulate their duties. (Approved 7 January 1824.)

STATE LINE.

Chapter 98. An act providing for running and marking the Line dividing the States of Indiana and Illinois. (Approved 8 January 1821.)

Chapter 99. A joint resolution confirming the Line between the States of Indiana and Illinois. (Approved 11 December 1821.)

Chapter 100. A joint resolution relative to the northern boundary of the State of Indiana. (Approved 17 January 1828.)

STATE PRISON.

Chapter 101. An act for the regulation of the State Prison. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

SURVEYORS.

Chapter 102. An act for the appointment of County Surveyors and their Deputies. (Approved 4 February 1831.)

TENANTS HOLDING OVER.

Chapter 103. An act concerning Tenants holding over. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

TESTIMONY PERPETUATED.

Chapter 104. An act to Perpetuate Testimony. (Approved 26 January 1824.)

TOWNS INCORPORATED.

Chapter 105. An act providing for the Incorporation of Towns. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

TOWNS VACATED.

Chapter 106. An act to authorize the Vacation of Towns. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

TOWN PLATS.

Chapter 107. An act for Recording Town Plats. (Approved 21 January 1818.)

VAGRANTS.

Chapter 108. An act concerning Vagrants. (Approved 22 January 1818.)

VENUE.

Chapter 109. An act prescribing the mode of Changing the Venue. (Approved 28 January 1824.)

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

Chapter 110. An act regulating Weights and Measures. (Approved 21 January 1818.)

WOLVES.

Chapter 111. An act to encourage the Killing of Wolves. (Approved 10 February 1831.)

 

 

1824 Revised Laws of Indiana

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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.)