TO THE PURCHASER. THIS book which we now offer you is emphatically a manual for the guidance of any and every man in business transactions, in a manner prescribed by law and the usage of trade. But in addition to this, it embodies an array of practical information which makes it a most valuable referencebook to the business man; and we assume that there is no other work equal to it in point of FULLNESS and CORRECTNESS. It has been prepared by a lawyer of high character and standing, whose professional reputation is a sufficient guaranty for its accuracy, assisted by a business-man well acquainted with the wants of the community on the points which this volume is intended to supply. In presenting its claims to public favor, we do not address ourselves as is usual "to the Reader," but "to the Purchaser," for we do not expect any man to read it through, but to use it as a reference-book, not only that his business may be done in a form that shall secure his legal right, but also to ascertain what protection the laws of the states afford him in the prosecution of his business. When we ask the business-man to purchase it, we expect him to inquire, "WILL IT PAY?" We answer— IT WILL PAY THE CITY WHOLESALE MERCHANT. Your customers are scattered throughout the country, and it is important for you to know the laws of the various States for the Collection of Debts, the kinds of Property exempt from Attachment, Customhouse Regulations, Foreign Weights and Measures, Liabilities of Common Carriers, Forms of Power of Attorney and of revoking the same, Agreements, and many other things which the index will show. IT WILL PAY THE CITY RETAILER. 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IT WILL PAY EVERY MAN AND WOMAN Look at the array of forms and subjects already mentioned, also Promissory Notes, Landlord and Tenant's Agreements, Rights of Married Women, Dower, Rights of Military Bounty Land, Interest Tables, &c., together with another item giving great interest to this work, being a well-delineated MAP OF EACH STATE IN THE UNION, AND A MAP OF THE U. S., which Maps alone are worth three times what is asked for the whole work. If we have now made it plain that it will be a valuable book to you, wo ask you to buy it, not simply to promote our interests, but because we give you in return that information which every man ought to have at his command. THE PUBLISHERS. JANUARY 1, 1851. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE REVISED EDITION. THE extensive patronage bestowed on the AMERICAN LAWYER since its first publication, is the most satisfactory evidence that the publishers were right in supposing that such a work was required for the guidance of all classes of our citizens, and were successful in their efforts to fill the vacuum. Alterations were made from time to time to meet the changes in the statute laws of the several states, but no thorough revision of the work has before been undertaken. A number of the states having recently reorganized their Code, the publishers determined to revise the work, and make the Special Laws as complete and reliable as labor and experience could do it. To accomplish this purpose, the pages devoted to the different states were severally submitted to an able and distinguished practitioner resident in each state, for critical examination and careful comparison with the Revised Statutes and latest enactments of the state, who has verified or modified the law on the subjects included in the volume, to make them conform to the statutes at the present time. This has involved more or less changes in all the states, and in some of them an almost entire modification of the statutes previously published. Several of the maps have been re-engraved, and the laws and map of Minnesota are now given for the first time. This revised and enlarged edition of the LAWYER is now submitted to the public, with the full confidence that those who have tested the intrinsic merits of the old edition, will purchase the new one, and find its value greatly enhanced. THE PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK, January, 1856. Chattel Mortgages, Laws Regulating in- Check or Draft on Bank.......... 45 14 382 Collection of Debts (see Debts, Collection Common Carriers, Liabilities of......... 123 Special Laws of... Award of...... Arkansas, Map of... 24 288, 289 Special Laws of... 287 Clerk, Agreement for Hire of. 25 General Form of.. 25 Of a Debt.. 29 198, 199 200 61 61 Contracts (see Agreements). 18 40 42-44 51 Copyright, Law Regulating. 383 54 48 Creditors, Composition with.. 60 132 Corporation, Bond of.... Assignment, for Equal Benefit of.... 32 Assignment for Benefit of Preferred. 33 Customhouse Power of Attorney........ 110 Customhouse Regulations.. Fees Receivable by Law at. 123 .... 131 Day-Book, Form of... PAGE 374 | Florida, Map of.. Power of Attorney to Collect. Deeds... Forms of Warranty. Simple, without Warranty. By Executors. Of Trust..... 29 112 64 Special Laws of... Fraud, Statutes of (see Laws Regulating Fruit-Trees, Agreement for Sale of....... 18 Georgia, Map of..... Special Laws of........... 252, 253 Goods in Store, Agreement for Sale of.. 16 Horse, Agreement for Sale of. Bill of Sale of, with Warranty.. 65 66 66 67 69 71 56 Quit-Claim, by Husband and Wife.. Acknowledgment of (see State Laws). Delaware, Map of.... Iowa, Map of.............. Special Laws of............. Insurance Policy, Assignment of.. Table of, at Six per cent Table of, at Seven per cent.. 32 376 Table of Banking and Equation. 102 Judgment, Assignment of.... Judgment-Note, Form of.. 55 76 Kentucky, Map of............. 69 Special Laws of........... Exemption, Homestead (see Homestead Exemptions, Household, Laws Regula- ting, in-Maine, 161; New Hamp- Land, Agreement for Sale of.... Tenant's Agreement Short Form of. 85 91 91 81 79 a 86 Mensuration.......... 122 | Merchandise, Order for Liabilities of Common Carriers.... PAGE 123 Limitation of Actions, Laws Regulating Louisiana, Map of...... Special Laws of... Manufacturing, Agreement for.... Special Laws of........... Special Laws of..... Special Laws of... Special Laws of. Special Laws of..... Mortgages.... Mortgages, Forms of- Of Chattels (see Chattel Mortgages). 49 73 79 116 117 27 28 28 132 Maps of the States-Maine, 162; N. Hamp- Certificate, Form of... 161 Endorsement of Assignment on... lateral Security....................... Of Vessel, to be recorded.. Affidavit of one who arrived under 18 134 New Jersey, Map of.. Special Laws of.... Special Laws of... .... Negotiable by Endorsement.. 134 184 135 135 170, 171 169 214, 215 216 203 243 78 98 100 100 96 96 Negotiable without Endorsement... 100 101 On Demand with Interest, not Nego- 101 ... Renewal of, Endorsement of.. |
