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Witness the Honorable ________, judge of said district court, at ________ in said county, this _____ day of ________, A.D. 18_____.

________ Clerk.

INDICTMENT.

State of _______,} County of ______}ss

District Court, Judicial District.

The State of ________ against ________, accused by the grand jury of the county of ________, in the state of ________, by this indictment of the crime of ________, committed as follows:

The said ________, on the _____ day of ________, A.D. 18_____, at the city of ________, in the county of ________, and state of ________, did, without the authority of law, and with malice aforethought, ________, contrary to the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace and dignity of the state of ________.

Dated at the city of ________, in the county of ________, and state of ________, this _____ day of ________, A.D. 18_____.

A.L.H., Foreman of the Grand Jury.

Names of witnesses examined before the grand jury: B.F.H., R.D.H., A.F.B., E.S., H.P.C., L.H.

NATURALIZATION PAPERS.

(_First Paper_.)

State of _______,} County of ______}ss

I, ________, do solemnly declare on oath to ________, clerk of the district court of the county of ________, and state of ________, that it is bona fide my intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to renounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty whatever, and particularly to the sovereign of ________, whereof I was heretofore a citizen or subject.

(Signed.)

Subscribed and sworn to before me this _____ day of _______, A.D. 18__.

Clerk of said Court.

State of _______,} County of ______}ss

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original declaration of _______, this day filed in my office.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the district court aforesaid, at _______, this ____ day of _______, A.D. 18__.

Clerk.

(Second Paper.)

State of _______,} County of ______}ss

District Court, Judicial District.

Be it remembered, that on this ____ day of _______, 18__, _______ appeared in the district court of the _____ judicial district of the State of _______, and for the county aforesaid, the said court being a court of record, having a common law jurisdiction and a clerk and seal, and applied to said court to be admitted to become a citizen of the United States of America, pursuant to the several acts of congress of the United States of America for that purpose made and provided; and the said applicant having thereupon produced to the court such evidence, declaration and renunciation, and having taken such oaths as are by the said acts required: Thereupon it was ordered by the said court that the said applicant be admitted, and he was accordingly admitted by the said court to be a citizen of the United States of America.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed the seal of the court aforesaid, this ____ day of _______, A.D. 18__.

Clerk of said Court.

SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT.

State of _______,} County of ______}ss

District Court, Judicial District.

(_t.i.tle of Cause._)

The judgment in the above ent.i.tled action, rendered in _______ county, _______, on the ____ day of _______, A.D. 18__, and duly docketed in the office of the clerk of the district court of said county, on the ____ day of _______, A.D. 18__, for $____ in favor of _______ against _______, is paid and satisfied in full; and the clerk of said court is hereby authorized to discharge said judgment of record.

In testimony whereof, _______ has hereunto set _____ hand and seal this ____ day of _______, A.D. 18__.

Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of _______

[Seal.] [Seal.] [Seal.]

State of _______,} County of ______}ss

On this ____ day of _______, A.D. 18__, before me, the subscriber, a _______ in and for said county, personally appeared _______ to me known to be the person described in, and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as _______ free act and deed.

APPENDIX B.--TABLES.

COMPARATIVE LEGISLATIVE TABLE OF THE STATES.

+====+================+=============================+================+ | |State |Legislature |Senate | | | +--------------+--------------+-------+-----+--| | | |Name |Houses |Number |Term/Age| +====+================+==============+==============+=======+===+====+ |1 |Alabama |Leg. |S. & R.[2] |33 |4 |27 | |2 |Arkansas |" |S. & R. |32 |4 |25 | |3 |California |" |S. & A. |40 |4 |21 | |4 |Colorado |" |S. & R. |26 |4 |25 | |5 |Connecticut |Gen. A. [d] |" |24 |2 |21 | |6 |Delaware |Leg. |" |9 |4 |27 | |7 |Florida |" |S. & A. |32 |4 |21 | |8 |Georgia |Gen. A. |S. & R. |44 |4 |25 | |9 |Idaho |Leg. |" |48 |2 |21 | |10 |Illinois |" |" |51 |4 |25 | |11 |Indiana |" |" |50 |4 |25 | |12 |Iowa |Gen. A. |" |50 |4 |25 | |13 |Kansas |Leg. |" |40 |4 |21 | |14 |Kentucky |" |" |38 |4 |30 | |15 |Louisiana |Gen. A. |" |35 |4 |25 | |16 |Maine |Leg. |" |31 |2 |25 | |17 |Maryland |Gen. A. |S. & D.[e] |26 |4 |25 | |18 |Ma.s.sachusetts |Gen. Ct. [f] |S. & R. |40 |1 |21 | |19 |Michigan |Leg. |" |32 |2 |21 | |20 |Minnesota |" |" |63 |4 |21 | |21 |Mississippi |" |" |40 |4 |25 | |22 |Missouri |Gen. A. |" |34 |4 |30 | |23 |Montana |Leg. A. |" |16 |4 |24 | |24 |Nebraska |Leg. |" |33 |2 |21 | |25 |Nevada |" |S. & a.s.s. |20 |4 |21 | |26 |New Hampshire |Gen. Ct. |S. & R. |24 |2 |30 | |27 |New Jersey |Leg. |S. & Gen. A. |21 |3 |30 | |28 |New York |" |S. & a.s.s. |50 |2 |21 | |29 |North Carolina |Gen. A. |S. & R. |50 |2 |25 | |30 |North Dakota |Leg. A. |" |50[3] |4 |25 | |31 |Ohio |Gen. A. |" |37 |2 |30 | |32 |Oregon |Leg. A. |" |30 |4 |21 | |33 |Pennsylvania |Gen. A. |" |50 |4 |25 | |34 |Rhode Island |" |" |36 |1 |21 | |35 |South Carolina |" |" |35[h] |4 |25 | |36 |South Dakota |Leg. |" |45[3] |2 |25 | |37 |Tennessee |Gen. A. |" |33 |2 |30 | |38 |Texas |Leg. |" |31 |4 |26 | |39 |Utah |" |" |18 |4 |25 | |40 |Vermont |Gen. A. |" |30 |2 |30 | |41 |Virginia |" |S. & D.[e] |40 |4 |21 | |42 |Washington |Leg. |S. & R. |35 |4 |21 | |43 |West Virginia |" |S. & D. |24 |4 |21 | |44 |Wisconsin |" |S. & a.s.s. |33 |4 |21 | |45 |Wyoming |" |S. & R. |16 |4 |25 | |46 |Territories |" |Leg. C. & R. |12 |2 |21 | +====+================+==============+==============+=======+===+====+

COMPARATIVE LEGISLATIVE TABLE OF THE STATES.

[Transcriber's Note: Right-hand page, continuing previous table]

+===+===============+===============+======+========================+ | |House. |Meeting. | Salary | +---+------+----+---+-----+---------+------+------------------------+ | |Number|Term|Age|Freq |Duration |Begins| Same for each House, | | | | | | | | | presiding Officer | | | | | | | | | usually double. | +===+==========/===/=====+=========+=====/=========================+ |1 |100 |2 |21 |B. |50 |Nov. |$4 and 10c. mileage.[1] | |2 |92 |2 |21 |B. |60 |Jan. |$6 a day. | |3 |80 |2 |21 |B. |60 |" |$8 and 10c. mileage, | | | | | | | | |and $25. | |4 |49 |2 |25 |B. |90 |" |$7 and 15.c mileage. | |5 |249[a] |2 |21 |B. |.....[b] |" |$300 and mileage. | |6 |20 |2 |24 |B. |..... |" |$3 and mileage. | |7 |76 |2 |21 |B. |60 |" |$6 and 10c. mileage. | |8 |175 |2 |21 |A. |50[c] |Oct. |$4 and mileage. | |9 |36 |2 |21 |B. |60 |Jan. |$5 and 10c. mileage. | |10 |153 |2 |21 |B. |..... |" |$5 and 10c. mileage, | | | | | | | | |and $50. | |11 |100 |2 |21 |B. |60 |" |$6 and 20c. mileage. | |12 |100 |2 |21 |B. |..... |" |$500 per term and 10c. | | | | | | | | |mileage. | |13 |125 |2 |21 |B. |50 |" |$3 and 15c. mileage.[1] | |14 |100 |2 |24 |B. |60[c] |Dec. |$5 and 15c. mileage. | |15 |98 |4 |21 |B. |60 |May. |$4 and mileage. | |16 |151 |2 |21 |B. |..... |Jan. |$150 a year and 20c. | | | | | | | | |mileage. | |17 |91 |2 |21 |B. |90 |" |$5 and mileage.[1] | |18 |240 |1 |21 |A. |..... |" |$170 a year and 20c. | | | | | | | | |mileage. | |19 |100 |2 |21 |B. |..... |" |$3 and 10c. mileage.[1] | |20 |119 |2 |21 |B. |90 |" |$5 and 15c. mileage. | |21 |120 |4 |21 |Q.[j] |..... |" |$400 per reg. sess. and | | | | | | | | |10c. mileage. | |22 |140 |2 |24 |B. |70 |" |$5 and mileage, and $30. | |23 |55 |2 |21 |B. |60 |" |$6 and 20c. mileage.[1] | |24 |100 |2 |21 |B. |90 |" |$5 and 10c. mileage.[1] | |25 |40 |2 |21 |B. |60 |" |$7 and 40c. mileage. | |26 |321 |2 |21 |B. |..... |" |$200 per term. | |27 |60 |1 |21 |A. |..... |" |$500 a year.[1] | |28 |150 |1 |21 |A. |..... |" |$1500 and 10c. | | | | | | | | |mileage.[1] | |29 |120 |2 |21 |B. |60 |" |$4 and 10c. mileage.[1] | |30 |140[3] |2 |21 |B. |60 |" |$5 and 10c. mileage.[1] | |31 |110 |2 |25 |B. |..... |" |$600 and 10c. mileage. | |32 |60 |2 |21 |B. |40 |" |$3 and 15c. mileage.[1] | |33 |201 |2 |21 |B. |..... |" |$1500 and 5c. mileage, | | | | | | | | |and $100. | |34 |72[a] |1 |21 |A.[g] |..... |May. |$1 and 8c. mileage.[1] | |35 |123 |2 |22 |A. |..... |Jan. |$4 and 10c. mileage. | |36 |135[3] |2 |25 |B. |..... |" |$5 and 10c. mileage.[1] | |37 |99 |2 |21 |B. |75 |" |$4 and 16c. mileage.[1] | |38 |106 |2 |21 |B. |90 |" |$5 and 20c. mileage.[1] | |39 |45 |2 |25 |B. |60 |" |$4 and 10c. mileage. | |40 |240 |2 |21 |B. |..... |Oct. |$3 a day. | |41 |100 |2 |21 |B. |90[c] |Dec. |$540 a year. | |42 |70 |2 |21 |B. |60 |Jan. |$5 and 10c. mileage.[1] | |43 |65 |2 |21 |B. |45[c] |" |$4 and 10c. mileage.[1] | |44 |100 |2 |21 |B. |..... |" |$500 and 10c. mileage.[1]| |45 |33 |2 |21 |B. |40 |" |$5 and 15c. mileage. | |46 |24 |2 |21 |B. |60 |"[i] |$4 and 20c. mileage. | +===+=======+==+===+======+=========+=====+=========================+

[Footnote a: "One from each town."]

[Footnote b: No limitation.]