Excerpt from The Statutes of the State of Missouri, Vol. 1: To Which Are Prefixed the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Missouri, With Notes, References and an Index, Containing the Acts of 1870The arrangement has been entirely altered, and the alphabetical order of subjects, as used in prior editions, restored. This arrange ment is deemed the most convenient in practice. It is the mode adopted in our best Abridgments, and prevails in the approved works on Nisi Fri/us, and is unquestionably the best for facilitating references, when applied to statutory law.The source whence matter whether or the Session Acts, is indicated at the beginning of each section, so that at a glance it will be seen where the original may be found.I had no authority to alter the text in any manner, but verbal inaccuracies have occasionally been corrected.Notes to the decisions of the Supreme Court have been appended, but it was not attempted to collate or append all the decisions - such an undertaking would be impracticable. In making the selections, I have endeavored to cite such cases as are actual adjudications on the statute, or plainly illustrate some principle of law directly connected therewith.With all the imperfections necessarily attending a compilation, the work is submitted to the public as representing the actual statutory law of the State.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.