(R.S. Sec. 4296.) CODIFICATION R.S. Sec. 4296 derived from acts Mar. 3, 1819, ch. 77, Sec. 4, 3 Stat. 513; Jan. 30, 1823, ch. 7, 3 Stat. 721; Aug. 5, 1861, ch. 48, Sec. 1, 12 Stat. 314.