Note 28 — Chapter IX
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The Supreme Court of the United States say:
"The intention of the instrument must prevail: this intention must be collected from its words."—Ogden vs. Saunders,—12 Wheaton, 332.
"The intention of the legislature is to be searched for in the words which the legislature has employed to convey it."—Schr. Paulina's Cargo vs. United States,—7 Cranch, 60.