and confumed, &c. as to him it was lawful to do; and this he is ready to verify. Therefore he prays judgment, whether the faid A. ought to have or maintain his action aforefaid against him.

IN REPLEVIN.

Avowry.

AND the faid J. L. by T. H. his attorney, comes and defends the force and injury and all that which he ought to defend when and where the court fhall award, and well avows the taking of the faid cattle in the faid place, where the taking of the faid cattle is above supposed to be done, and justly, because he faith, That the faid place, called the orchard, in which the taking of the faid cattle is above fuppofed to be done, at the faid time in which the faid taking of the faid cattle is above fuppofed to be done, did, and now doth contain by estimation, one acre of land in the parifh of C. aforefaid, and then was, and now is the foil and freehold of the fai J. L. and becaufe the faid cattle, at the faid time in which the faid taking of the faid cattle is above fuppofed to be done, were in the faid place in which they were taken, eating the grafs and doing damage there, the faid J L.. well avows the taking of them there in the name of a diftrefs for that damage, and that justly; and this he is ready to verify. Wherefore he prays judgment, and return of these cattle, together with his damages and cofts in this refpect, to be adjudged to him.

REPLICATION.

General Form.

AND the faid A. B. faith, That for any thing by the faid C. before in pleading alleged, he ought not to be barred or precluded from having his action aforefaid against the faid C. because he fays, &c. And this he prays may be inquired of by the country.

Lue, Sc.

And the faid C. likewife. Replication to the above "Plea of Payment in full of all Demands."

And the aforefaid A. faith, That notwithstanding any thing by the aforefaid C. above pleading in bar, he the faid A ought not to be precluded from having or maintaining his action thereupon against the faid C. because he faith,

That the faid C. did not pay to the faid A. twenty dollars in the plea aforefaid mentioned, in full fatisfaction of all debts and demands whatfoever in manner and form as the faid C. hath above in pleading alleged; and this he prays may be inquired into by the country.

Ifue.

And the faid C. likewife.

PLEA, REPLICATION and REJOINDER.

Of Infra Etatem, that Defendant is within Age.

Plea.

AND the aforefaid C. by, &c. his guardian, comes and defends the force and injury, &c. and faith, That the faid A. ought not to have or maintain his action aforefaid against him, because he fays that he the faid C. at the time of the making of the feveral promifes and affumptions aforefaid was within the age of one and twenty years, to wit, at, &c. aforefaid; and this he is ready to aver. Wherefore he prays judgment if the faid A. ought to have or maintain his action aforefaid against him.

Replication.

And the afore faid A. faith that he for any thing by the faid C. above in pleading alleged, ought not to be precluded from having his action aforefaid against him, because he faith, That the aforefaid C. at the faid time of the making of the feveral promises and affumptions aforefaid was of the full age of one and twenty years, to wit, at, &c. aforefaid without, that, the faid C at the time of making these promises and affumptions, was within the age of one and twenty years as the aforefaid C. hath above in pleading alleged; and this he is ready to aver. Whereupon he prays judgment and his damages by the occafion of the not performing of the feveral promises and affumptions aforefaid, to be adjudged to him.

Rejoinder.

And the aforefaid C. as before, faith, That he the faid C. at the faid time of the making of thofe feveral promises and affumptions, was within the age of one and twenty years, to wit, at, &c. aforefaid, as the faid C. hath above in plead ing alleged; and of this he puts himself upon the country. Ifxe. And the aforefaid A. likewife.

X

A general DEMURRER to a DECLARATION, and JOINDER

therein.

Demurrer.

AND the faid C. by J. his attorney, comes and defends the force and injury when and where, &c. and faith, That the declaration aforefaid, and the matter therein contained, are infufficient in law, for the faid A. to maintain his faid action against the faid C. to which declaration the faid C. is under no neceffity, nor is he in any wife bound by the law of the land to anfwer; and this he is ready to aver: Whereupon for want of a fufficient declaration in this cafe, the faid C. prays judgment of the faid declaration, and that the fame may be quafhed. Or, for default of fufficient matter in the declaration fpecified, the faid C. prays judgment, and that the faid A. may be precluded from having his action aforefaid against the faid C.

Foinder.

And the faid A. faith, That notwithstanding any thing above alleged by the faid C. the faid declaration ought not to be quafhed, because he faith that the faid declaration and the matter therein contained, are good and fufficient in law, for him the faid A. to maintain his faid action against the faid C. which faid matter contained in the faid declaration, the faid A. is ready to aver and prove in fuch manner as this court may think fit: and because the faid C. hath made no answer thereto, nor hitherto in any manner denied the fame, the faid A. prays judgment, and that his damages occafioned by the premises, may be awarded to him.

A DEMURRER to a PLEA, and JOINDER therein.

Demurrer.

AND the faid A. faith, That he by any thing above alleged by the faid C. in his plea, ought not to be precluded from having his faid action against him, because he faith, that the faid plea in manner and form as the fame is pleaded by the faid C. and the matter therein contained, are not fufficient in law to bar him the faid A. from having his action aforefaid against the faid C: to which faid plea, the the faid A. is not under a neceflity, or in any wife bound

by the law of the land to anfwer; and this he is ready to verify: Wherefore for default of a fufficient plea in this particular, he the said A. prays judgment, and that his damages, &c. occafioned by the premises, may be awarded to him

A Joinder.

And the faid C. faith, that the plea aforefaid, by him the fáid C. in manner and form above pleaded, and the matter contained therein, are good and fufficient in the law, to preclude him the faid A. from having his action aforefaid against the faid C. which faid plea, and the matter therein contained, he the faid C. is ready to aver and prove, as the court fhall direct, &c. And because the faid A. hath not anfiered the faid plea, or in any manner denied the fame, the faid C. as before, prays judgment, and that the faid A. may be precluded from having his faid action against him.

A DEMURRER TO A REPLICATION AND JOINDER.

Demurrer.

AND the aforefaid C. faith, That the faid plea by the faid A. in manner and form aforefaid, above in his replica tion pleaded, and the matter therein contained, are infuth cient in law for him the faid A. to have his faid action to be maintained againft the faid C. to which the faid C. hath no neceffity, nor by the law of the land is bound in any manner to anfwer; and this he is ready to aver: Wherefore for default of a fufficient replication in his behalf, the faid C. asbefore prays judgment; and that the aforefald A. may be precluded from having his action-aforelld against him the faid C. thereupon.

Jainder.

And the aforefaid A. faith, That the plea aforefaid by him the faid in manner and form above in his replication pleaded, and the matter contained therein, are good and fufficient in law for the faid A. to have his action aforefaid to be maintained againt him the faid C. which faid pica, and the matter therein contained, he the faid A. is ready to aver and prove, &c. And becaufe he the faid C. hath not answered to that plea, nor the fame denied, the faid A. as before demands judgment, and his debt aforefaid, &c. to be awarded to him.

Containing the Laws of the United States respecting Naturalization, and fome additional Forms which belonged to no particular alphabetical head :—Also some useful Tables for calculating Intereft, &c.

An Act to establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and to repeal the ads heretofore paffed on that fubject.

E it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprefentatives of the United States of America, in Congrefs affembled, That any alien being a free white perfon, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, or any of them, on the following conditions, and not otherwife :

First, That he fhall have declared, on oath or affirmation before the fupreme, fuperior, district or circuit court of fome one of the states, or of the territorial diftricts of the United States, or a circuit or district court of the United States, three years at leaft, before his admiffion, that it was, bona fide, his. intention to become a citizen of the United States, and to re-nounce forever all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, ftate or fovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, ftate or fovereignty whereof fuch alien may, at the time be a citizen or fubject.

Secondly, That he fhall at the time of his application to be admitted, declare on oath or affirmation, before fome one of the courts aforefaid, that he will fupport the conftitution of the United States, and that he doth abfolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince, potentate, ftate or fovereignty whatever, and particularly, by name, the prince, potentate, ftate or fovereignty whereof he was before a citizen or fubject; which proceedings fhall be recorded by the clerk of the court.

Thirdly, That the court admitting fuch alien fhall be fatisfied that he has refided within the United States five years at least, and within the state or territory where fuch court is at the time held, one year at least ; and it shall