As to the general construction of such statutes: Partington v. Attorney General[26]; Brown’s Leg. Max.[27] Sedgwick on Statutes and Constitutional Law[28]; Maxwell on Statutes[29]; Newton v. Cowie[30]; Brooks v. Cock[31]; Cooley, Constitutional Limitations[32]; People v. Allen[33]; Dwarris on Statutes[34]; Newell v.
Basten v. Butter[2]; King v. Boston[3]; Allen v. Cameron[4]; Thornton v. Place[5]; Poulton v. Lattimore[6]; Lucy v. Moufet[7]; Grimoldby v. Wells[8]; Benjamin on Sales[9]. [...] [28] 2 Allen, 331. [29] 1 Allen, 47. [30] 15 Johns., 431. [31] 7 Term R., 455.