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tion for the salvage of such products, and provided for a 

 forfeiture if the owner did not claim the property and dis- 

 charge the lien within six months after the timber was taken 

 up. * Similar acts were enacted in Massachusetts, on 

 April 28, 1781, 2 in Vermont, on October 27, 1787, 3 in 

 New Hampshire, on January 4, 1792, 4 in New York, on 

 April 9, 1804, 5 in Pennsylvania, on March 20, 1812, 6 and 

 in various other states at subsequent periods. 7 There are 



1. Colonial Records of Conn., Vol. X (1751-1757) p. 101. See also Act Oct. 1771, 



Colonial Records of Conn., Vol. XIII (1768-1772), p. 514, and Act Oct. 1785, 

 Acts and Laws, State of Conn., Hartford, 1786, p. 334. 



2. Laws of Com. Mass. (1780-1807) Boston, 1807 Vol. 1, p. 53, Gen. Laws. Mass. Bos- 



ton, 1823, Vol. I, p. 44, ch. 31. See other acts, Feb. 22, 1794, (Laws 1793, 

 ch. 42), June 16, 1801, June 20, 1804, Mar. 14, 1805, Feb. 28, 1807, (Laws Com. 

 Mass., 1807, Vol. 2, p. 610; Vol. 3, pp. 25, 237, 266, 399; Gen. Laws Mass. 

 1823, Vol. 1, p. 434; Vol. 2, pp. 47, 99, 110, 170); Laws 1814, ch. 50; Feb. 16 

 1816. (Pub. & Gen. L. 1816, Vol. 4, p. 524) ; Feb. 9, 1818, Feb. 17, 1819, (Gen 

 Laws 1823, Vol. 2, pp. 430, 484) ; Rev. St. Boston 1836, pp. 38J, 8D6; Laws 1841, 

 ch. 26; Laws 1852, ch. 312 (Gen. St. Boston 1860, p. 424; act May 27, 1882, 

 S. L. Ch. 274, p. 235; act May 16, 1883, S. L. ch. 183, p. 484.) 



3. Statutes of Vermont, Bennington, Vt., 1791, p. 182; cf. Act Nov. 4, 1800, Sess. 



Laws of 1800, p. 25; Act Nov. 5, 1801, S. L. p. 28; Act Nov. 29, 1840, S. L. 

 p. 58; Act Nov. 13, 1849, S. L. No. 24; Act Nov. 25, 1858, S. L. No. 57. 



4. Laws of N. H., Portsmouth, 1797, p. 366; cf. Act Dec. 28, 1805; Laws of N. H., 



Exeter, 1815, p. 397, and Act June 10, 1808, p. 399, same volume. Cf. Act 

 Feb. 15, 1791, Laws N. H. 1797, p. 288; Laws 1815, p. 179, Laws 1830, Hop- 

 kinton, p. 81; Act July 7, 1826, Laws 1830, p. 440; Rev. St. 1843, p. 259. 



5. Laws of New York, Webster & Skinner, Vol. 3, (1802-1804) p. 640. Cf. Apr. 



7, 1806, Ch. 171 (Web. & S., Vol. 4, p. 621) ; Act June 19, 1812, Ch. 215 (Web. 

 & S. Vol. 6, p. 567); Act. Mar. 19, 1813, p. 166 (Repealed Dec. 1C, 1828, Rev. 

 St. 3d Ed. Albany, 1848, Vol. 3, p. 161). Cf. Laws of 1892, Vol. 2, p. 2254, 

 sec. 136. 



6. Session Laws of Penn., 1812, p. 136, ch. 91; Act. Apr. 20, 1853, P. L. Ch. 361, 



p. 646, sec. 8; Act May 8, 1855, P. L. No. 548, p. 529; Act Apr. 10, 1862, P. 

 L. No. 393, p 383. Cf. Act Mar. 6, 1849, Pamph. L. 1849, p. 138, ch. 119. 



7. Ala. Act Feb. 17, 1885, Laws of 1884-5, p. 165. 

 Ark. 



Calif. Act Feb. 14, 1872. (Codes & Stats., 1876, Hittell, sec. 2389-2393.) 

 Colo. Act Feb. 3, 1872, Laws of 1872, p. 134 (See Gen. Laws Colo. 1877, p. 



643). 



Dak. Act June 6, 1863, Laws 1862-63, p. 239, ch. 48. 

 Fla. Act Feb. 10, 1834, Acts of Fla. prior to 1840 (Tallahassee 1839, Duvall, 



p. 250.) Act Jan. 8, 1853, Laws 1852, p. 84. ch. 507. 

 Ga. Act Dec. 5, 1799, Laws of Ga., Vol. 1, p. 346 (See Digest Laws of Ga., 



1822, Prince, p. 483). 

 Idaho Act Feb. 5, 1885, Laws of 1885, p. 177; See also act Feb. 29, 1899, Laws 



of '99, p. 332. 



Ind. Act Mar. 11, 1901, Laws 1901, Ch. 221. 

 Kan. Laws of 1869, ch. 85; Laws 1873, ch. 127. 

 Ky. Act Mar. 22, 1873, Gen. St. Ky. 1873, p. 795. (Later acts in Gen'l 



St. Ky., Louisville. 1887, pp. 489-495). Acts Jan. 28, Mar. 11, and 



Mar. 13, 1890, Laws 1890, pp. 117, 604, and 630, respectively. * 

 La. Act 34 of Laws of 1888, and Act 104 of 1892 (Wolff's Rev. L. 1908, p. 



342). 

 Me. Act Mar. 16, 1821, Laws of Me., Brunswick, 1821, Vol. 2. p. 749. Acts 



Feb. 9, 1822. and Apr. 1, 1831, Gen. Laws 1831, Vol. 3, pp. 24 and 409; 



act Feb. 20, 1839, p. 528. 

 Md. Act Apr. 7. 1870. Laws of 1870, p. 419, ch. 229; See Act Apr. 1, 1872, 



L. of '72. p. 430, ch. 258. 



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