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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PRELIMINARY MATTER.
Declaration of Independence..
Articles of Confederation...
Constitution of the United States....
THE REVISED CODE OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
PART I.
OF THE INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT.
TITLE I.-Of the jurisdiction of Congress; of statutes and rules
of decision.
TITLE V.
CHAPTER 10. Of that part of Washington county which lies outside the corpo-
rate limits of Washington City and Georgetown..
TITLE VI.
CHAPTER 11. Of Washington City and Georgetown.
TITLE VII.-Vessels.
CHAPTER 12. Of ballast-masters and port-wardens; of burying the dead from
vessels; and of landing there from sick seamen and passengers
without maintenance....
CHAPTER 13. Of seamen who desert their vessels....
TITLE VIII.-The militia.
CHAPTER 14. Of the militia....
CHAPTER 15. Of volunteer companies....
TITLE IX.
CHAPTER 16. Of enclosures and certain trespasses..
TITLE X.-Of mills, mill dams, and ferries.
CHAPTER 17. Of mills and mill dams....
CHAPTER 18. Of ferries....
TITLE XI.-Of religion, church property, and benevolent asso-
ciations.
CHAPTER 19. Of religious freedom....
CHAPTER 20. Of church property and benevolent associations....
TITLE XII.
CHAPTER 21. Boundaries of land, and vacant lands..
TITLE XIII.—Of the regulation of trade in certain cases.
CHAPTER 22. Of certain liens on personal property..
CHAPTER 23. Of unclaimed property---
CHAPTER 24. Of certain consignments..
CHAPTER 25. Of weights and measures.
CHAPTER 26. Of bills of exchange and promissory notes, and certain assign-
ments
CHAPTER 27. Of money and interest..
CHAPTER 28. Of limited partnership...
CHAPTER 29. Of factors and agents.....
CHAPTER 30. Of hotel and tavern keepers...
TITLE XIV. Of incorporated companies.
CHAPTER 31. Of agencies of foreign insurance companies..
CHAPTER 32. Of turnpike, railroad, and canal corporations..
CHAPTER 33. General provisions respecting incorporated companies...
TITLE XV. Of the internal police of this District.
CHAPTER 34. Of paupers....
CHAPTER 35. Of the "Government hospital for the insane," and care of in-
sane persons..
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CHAPTER 36. Of the maintenance of bastard children
CHAPTER 37. Of the observance of Sunday.-----
CHAPTER 38. Of gaming.....
CHAPTER 39. Of the law of the road....
CHAPTER 40. Of the restraint and destruction of dangerous and noxious ani-
mals----
CHAPTER 41. Of estrays, and vessels or boats found adrift.
TITLE XVI.-Slaves and negroes.
CHAPTER 42. Of the importation of slaves.....
CHAPTER 43. Of the manumission of slaves....
CHAPTER 44. Of petitions for freedom...
CHAPTER 45. Of dealing with slaves, harboring the and suffering them to go
at large......
CHAPTER 46. Of runaway slaves.-----.
CHAPTER 47. General provisions respecting slaves and negroes-----
PART II.
OF THE ACQUISITION, THE ENJOYMENT, AND TRANSMISSION OF PROP-
ERTY, REAL AND PERSONAL; THE DOMESTIC RELATIONS,
OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH PRIVATE RIGHTS.
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TITLE I.-Of real and personal property, and the alienation
thereof.
CHAPTER 48. Of alienation by deed, and of the legal formalties, the construc-
tion and operation of deeds for the conveyance of property,
and general provisions concerning real estate...
CHAPTER 49. Of estates in dower and by the curtesy...
CHAPTER 50. Estates at will and for years; and the rights and duties of land-
lords and tenants; also respecting easements.
TITLE II.
CHAPTER 51. Of title to real property by descent...
TITLE III.-Title by devise and bequest.
CHAPTER 52. Of wills of real and personal estate...
TITLE IV.-Title by administration, and of the settlement of the
estates of deceased persons.
CHAPTER 53. Of letters testamentary
CHAPTER 54. Of letters of administration.....
CHAPTER 55. Of letters of collection......
CHAPTER 56. Of the inventory and list of debts
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CHAPTER 57. Of sales of assets by administrators, and payment of debts of de-
ceased..
CHAPTER 58. Of accounts of administrators, payment of legacies, and distribu-
tion of estate of deceased..
CHAPTER 59. Miscellaneous provisions relative to administration....
TITLE V. Of title to real and personal property by special pro-
vision of law.
CHAPTER 60. Of the sale of real estate of deceased persons for the payment of
debts....
CHAPTER 61. Of the sale and conveyance of infants' real estate----
CHAPTER 62. Of judgment liens and title by execution...
CHAPTER 63. General provisions relative to escheats, waste, and allowances for
rents, profits, and improvements.---
TITLE VII.
CHAPTER 64. Of the custody of the person, and the management of the estate
of persons insane....
TITLE VIII.
CHAPTER 65. Of conveyances and contracts, relative to real and personal prop-
erty, fraudulent and void....
TITLE IX.--Of trusts and powers; and limitations of personal
and real property.
CHAPTER 66. Of trusts and powers-----
CHAPTER 67. Of the accumulation, suspension of ownership and joint tenan
of personal property; and limitations of real estate..
TITLE X.-Of the domestic relations.
CHAPTER 68. Of marriage and the solemnization thereof...
CHAPTER 69. Of divorce......
CHAPTER 70. General provisions concerning husband and wife.............
CHAPTER 71. Of parents and children.....
CHAPTER 72. Of guardians and wards.....
CHAPTER 73. Of masters and apprentices....
TITLE XI.
CHAPTER 74. Management of convict's estate.
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PART III.
OF COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS, AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES.
TITLE I. Of courts and certain officers of courts.
CHAPTER 75. Of the circuit court.....
CHAPTER 76. Of the clerk of the circuit court...
CHAPTER 77. Of the orphans' court, and the proceedings therein .......
CHAPTER 78. Of the register of wills......
CHAPTER 79. Of the district court of the United States for the District of Co-
lumbia...
TITLE II.—Of the proceedings in civil cases in the circuit court
of the District of Columbia.
CHAPTER 80. Of the forms of civil actions and the parties thereto.---
CHAPTER 81. Of the manner of commencing civil actions.
CHAPTER 82. Of the pleadings in civil actions.---..
CHAPTER 83. Claim and delivery of personal property.
CHAPTER 84. Of injunctions.
CHAPTER 85. Of attachments
CHAPTER 86. Of receivers and deposits in court..
CHAPTER 87. Of issues.
CHAPTER 88. Of trial by jury- - - - - -
CHAPTER 89. Of trial by the court....
CHAPTER 90. Of trial by referees
CHAPTER 91. Of exceptions---
CHAPTER 92. Of new trial..........
CHAPTER 93. Of judgment..
CHAPTER 94. Of execution.....
CHAPTER 95. Of proceedings supplementary to execution....
CHAPTER 96. Of commissioners to convey real estate..........
CHAPTER 97. Of the limitation of actions....
CHAPTER 98. Of costs......
CHAPTER 99. Of proceedings to review judgment...
CHAPTER 100. Of appeals..
TITLE III.-Of actions in particular cases.
CHAPTER 101. Of the foreclosure of mortgages.--.
CHAPTER 102. Of actions for a nuisance....
CHAPTER 103. Of actions to recover possession of real property, and to deter-
mine conflicting claims thereto...
CHAPTER 104. Of partition of real property------
CHAPTER 105. Of the enforcement of mechanics' liens on buildings. ------
CHAPTER 106. Of the enforcement of liens on boats and other water craft-----
CHAPTER 107. Of proceedings to enforce judgments against joint debtors, and
the real estate of deceased judgment defendants....
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