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the parlsljcs wlicro the parties reside. The act of so- 

 lemnization niav be 1)V the minister of any society of 

 Christians, >vho shall have been previously licensed for 

 this purpose by the court of the county. Quakers and 

 Menonists, however, are exempted from all these con- 

 ditions, and marriage among them is to be solemnized 

 by the society itself. 



A foreigner of any nation, not in open war with us, 

 becomes naturalized by removing to the state to reside, 

 and taking an oath of fidelity; and tiiereupon acquires 

 every right of a native (ntizen : and citizens may divest 

 themselves of that character, by declaring, by solemn 

 deed, or in open coiirt, that they mean to expatriate 

 themselves, and no longer to be citizens of this state. 



Conveyances of land must be registered in the court 

 of the county wherein they lie, or in the general court, 

 or they are void, as to creditors, and subsequent pur- 

 chasers. Slaves pass by descent and dower as lands 

 do. Where the descent is from a parent, the heir ia 

 bound to pay an equal share of their value in money to 

 each of his brothers and sisters. 



Slaves, as well as lands, were entailable during the 

 monarchy : but, by an act of tlie first republican as- 

 Fembly, all donees in tail, present and future, were vested 

 with the absolute dominion of the entailed subject. 



JJills of exchange, being protested, carry 10 per cent, 

 interest from their date. 



No person is allowed, in any other case, to take more 

 than five per cent, per annum simple interest for the 

 loan of moneys. 



Gaming debts are made void, and moneys actually 

 paid to discharge such debts (if they exceed 40 shillings) 

 may be recovered by the payer within three months, or 

 by any other 7)erson afterwards. 



Tobacco, flour, beef, jiork, tar, pitch, and tury)entine, 

 must be inspected by persons publicly appointed, before 

 they can be exported. 



The erecting iron works and mills is encouraged by 

 many privileges; with necessary cautions however to 



