in which are explained the terms of the principal sciences that are necessary for the information of an officer

accurately printed from the last original editions

with the accompanying documents : read, in the Senate, January 4, 1828

Digest of the Laws and judicial decisions of Pennsylvania, touching the authority and duties of justices of the peace: including all the required forms of process, docket entries, and fee bills; with familiar illustrations of the practice in the office, and directions as to service of process; correct endorsements for the constable, & c. ; the whole law in relation to landlord and tenant; insolvent debtors; elections; and fees: the general enactments of the inspection laws; militia laws; and many other laws: with an infinite variety of law forms, arranged, so as to be easy of access to those who may wish to consult them: will also be found in this volume

in force, December 7, 1840; also, the statutes of a general nature, passed by the general assembly at their thirty-ninth session, commencing December 7, 1840

with an alphabetical analysis; the declaration of independence; the prominent political acts of George Washington; electoral votes for all the presidents and vice-presidents; the high authorities and civil officers of government, from March 4, 1789, to March 3, 1847; chronological narrative of the several states; and other interesting matter; with a descriptive account of the state papers, public documents, and other sources of political and statistical information at the seat of government

in force at the end of the second session of the general assembly of the state, on the sixth day of January, 1847 : digested and arranged under and in pursuance of an act of the genaral assembly, approved December 10, 1845

to which are prefixed the declaration of independence, the constitution of the United States, and the constitution of the State of Connecticut