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SOULE'S LEGAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. 7 many of the laws which fill up our " Revised Statutes " are of purely local application, and have no interest for citizens of other States. With the condensations and omissions which these facts render possible, and by the use of ingenious ex- pedients in type and citation, the author has brought into moderate compass a statement of all those laws which affect or interest citizens of other States. As to the second doubt, it is surprising to find how few changes are made in substantive law by the annual or biennial legislatures. It has taken a year to pass this volume through the press, and yet the addenda rendered necessary by the new session-laws published during that period cover only two octavo pages. There will, of course, be a few material changes every year ; and these the author will endeavor to cover by a biennial supplement; the present volume taking the place as to the whole country now held by the last revision or edition of General Statutes in every State. In addition to the general interest of this work to the student of jurisprudence, it will have AN INTENSELY PRACTICAL VALUE TO AMER- ICAN LAWYERS IN THREE WAYS : — I. It will enable them to advise clients, on a moment's notice, as to the law in other States, — a knowledge to be had hitherto only by taking time to go to some large law library containing the statutes of all the States. II. It is often necessary, in estimating the value or application of a case decided in anotlier State, to know on what statutory provisions it was based. This volume will show at once the statute in question, and enable the lawyer to compare it with that of his own State, and use or discard the case accordingly. In the wide range of citation taken by our text-books, and their meagre state- ment of facts in the cases cited, this use will be a constant one to such lawyers as have to investigate important questions of law. III. In one State or another, nearly all the common law has been cast into a statute. Hence the reader will find in this book the codified law for almost any subject of legal consideration, and for almost any state of fact.<^, A pamphlet containing 15 specimen pages will be sent ivithout charge, if desired. LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS. 643 3. When the business of the partnership can be carried on only at a permanent loss : Cal. 7452 ; Dak. Civ. C. 1435. Art. 534. Limited Partnerships. For partnerships with limited liability, see iu Part III. § 5340. Purposes. Limited partnerships may, in tlie several states, be formed by two or more (in the District of Columbia, the special partners cannot be more than six in number) persons (1) for any mercantile business: N.H. 118,1; Me. 33,1 ; Vt. 3689 ; E.I. 135,1 ; N.Y. 2,4,1,1 ; N.J. Partnership, 1 ; Pa. Limited Part- nership, 1 ; 0. 3141 ; 111. 8 ; Mich. 2341 ; Wis. 1703 ; Minn. 30,1 ; Kan. 74,1 ; Neb. 1,65,1 ; Md. 33,1 ; 1880,482 ; Deb 64,1 ; Va. 142,1 ; W.Va. 145,1 ; N.C. 3088 ; Ky. 82,1 ; Tenn. 2399 ; Mo. 3401 ; Ark. 4822 ; Tex. 3442 ; Ore. 43,1 ; Nev. 468 ; Wash. 2370 ; Mon. G. L. 943 ; Uta. 1884,16,1 ; S.C. 1303 ; Ga. 1920 ; Ala. 2063 ; Miss. 1005 ; Fla. 159,1 ; D.O. 488-490. (2) For any mechanical business : Me., Vt., R.I., N.Y., N.J., Pa., 0., Mich., Wis., Minn., Kan., Neb., Md., Del., Va., W.Va., N.C, Ky., Tenn., Mo., Ark., Te.x., Ore., Nev., Wash., Mon., Uta., S.C, Ga., Ala., Fla., D.C (3) For any manufacturing business : Me., Vt., R.I., N.Y., N.J., Pa., 0., Mich., Wis., Minn., Kan., Neb., Md., Del., Va., W.Va., N.C, Ky., Tenn., Mo., Ark., Tex., Ore., Nev., Wash., Mon., Uta., S.C, Ga., Ala., Miss., Fla., D.C (4) For any commercial business: Ark. 4348; Ga. ; jMiss. ; Fla. (5) For the business of mining : Pa., 0., Ky., Tenn., Mo., Nev., Mon., Uta., Ga. (6) Or of transportation : Mo., S.C. So, of coal only : Pa. So, of navigation : Ark. (7) For any agricultural business: Pa., Ky., Teuu , Mo., Ga., Fla. (8) Or in "any work of improvement: " Miss. (9) For insuring: Ark. (10) For the construction of roads, railways, canals, etc. : Ark. (II) For the banking business : Md. (12) Or for any lawful trade or business: N.H. ; Mass. 75,1; Ct. 18,8,1 ; N.Y. ; Ind. 6033; 11184,1; lo. 2147 ; Tex.; Cal. 7477 ; Col. 2514 ; Dak. Civ. C. 1449 ; Ida. 1885, p. 148, § 1 ; Wy. 1878, p. 84, §1 ; S.C; Ga. Except, limited partnerships may not be formed (1) for carrying on a hanking business : N.H., Me , Vt., R.I., Ct., N.Y., N.J., Pa., O., Mich., Wis., Minn., Kan., Neb., Del., Va., W.Va., N.C, Ky., Tenn., Mo., Ark., Tex., Cal., Nev., Dak., Ida., Mon., Wy., Uta., S.C, Ga., Ala., Fla. (2) Nor for the brokerage business : Va., W.Va., Ky., Mo. (3) Nor for making insurance : N.H., Mass., Me., Vt., R.I., Ct., N.Y., N.J., Pa., 0., Ind., Mich., Wis., Minn., Kan., Neb., Md., Del, Va., W.Va., N.C, Ky., Tenn., Mo., Tex., Cal., Nev., Dak., Ida., Mon., Wy., Uta., S.C, Ga., Ala., Fla. (4) Nor for railroad or canal business : Fla. § 5341. Special Partners. Such partnersliips consist of one or more (iu Washington, two or more) persons, called general partners, who are jointly and severally responsible as general partners now are by law ; and of one or more (in Washington, two or more ; and in Maryland and District of Columbia, the num- ber can never exceed six) persons, who shall contribute capital to the common stock, who shall be called special partners : N.H. 118,2 ; Mass. 75,2 ; Me. 33,1 ; Vt. 3690 ; E.I. 135,2 ; Ct. 18,8,2 ; N.Y. 2,4,1,2 ; X.J. Partnership, 2 ; Pa. Limited Partnership, 2 ; 0. 3142 ; Ind. 6034 ; 111. 84,2 ; Mich. 2342 ; Wis. 1704 ; lo. 2148 ; Minn. 30,2 ; Kan. 74,2 ; Neb. 1,65,2 ; Md. 33,2 ; Del. 04,2 ; Va. 142,2 ; W.Va. 145,2 ; N.C. 3089 ; Ky. 82,2 ; Mo. 3402 ; Ark. 4823 ; Tex. 3443 ; CaL 7478,7500-1 ; Ore. 43,2 ; Nev. 469 ; CoL 2515; Wash. 2371 ; Dak. Civ. C. 1450, Specimen Page of Text. The following opinions from Judges of the Supreme Court of the United States have just been received. The first is from Mr. Justice Bradley and the second from Mr. Justice Matthews : — " Mr. Stimson's bool<, ' American Statute Law,' will be of great service, not only to the profession, but to legislators desirous of knowing the enactments of other States on special subjects. It will also e.thibit to the student of general jurisprudence the consensus of American thought on the subjects of modern legis- lation. In this regard it has a permanent value. The comparison of laws has the effect of evolving the general principles that underlie varied forms of legislation on the same subjects, and to produce an ultimate uniformity. It tends to bring about that great desideratum, — a uniformity ot American law." Mr. Justice Matthews writes : — " The idea is as useful as it is novel, and has been executed in a manner that has excited my admiration and surprise. The compactness with which the immense mass and variety of details have been so intelligently classified is indeed remarkable. I expect to find it a most useful book of reference for examination into the statute law of the several States and Territories, and am sure it will be of great aid to all who have occasion to use it."