Y. 268. 3 Ark. 451. A bill may be sealed by the judge after the record has been removed, and even after the expiration of his term. 1 Iowa, 364. See 4 Pick. Mass. 228 ; 7 Mo. 250.
5. Formal proceedings. The bill must be signed by the judge or a majority of the judges who tried the cause, 8 Cow. N. Y. 746 ; 2 Harr. & J. Md. 345 ; 3 Hen. & M. Va. 219 ; 4 J. J. Marsh. Ky. 543 ; 2 Me. 336 ; 2 Ala. 269 ; Wright, Ohio, 73 ; 29 Vt. 187 ; 22 Ga. 168 ; upon notice of time and place when and where it is to be done. Buller, Nisi P. 316 ; 3 Cow. N. Y. 32 ; 8 id. 766 ; 1 Ind. 389 ; 2 Ga. 211, 262. As to the course to be pursued in case of the death of the judge before authen tication, see 7. Dowl. & 'L. 252 ; 2 Du. N. Y. 607.
Facts not appearing on the bill are not pre sumed. 11 Ala. 29 ; 4 Monr. Ky. 126 ; 5 Rand. Va. 666; 3 Rawle, Penn. 101; 1 Pick. Mass. 37; 2 Miss. 315; 5 Fla. 457 ; 7 Cranch, 270. For decisions as to the requisite statements of fact and law, see 1 Aik. Vt. 210 ; 2 id. 26 ; 3 Jones, No. C. 407 ; 2 Harr. & J. Md. 376 ; 7 id. 279; 2 Leigh, Va. 340 ; 4 Hen. & M. Va. 170; 5 Ala. 71; 29 Ala. N. s. 322 ; 4 Ohio, 79; 7 Ohio St. 22 ; 20 Ga. 135 ; 4 Mich. 478;
4 Iowa, 349 ; 17 Ill. 234 ; 22 Mo. 321; 2 Pet. 15; 7 Cranch, 270 ; 9 Wheat. 651; 4 How. 4.
6. Effect of: The bill when sealed is con clusive evidence as to the facts therein stated as between the parties, 3 Burr. 1765; 3 Dall. Penn. 38; 6 Wend. N. Y. 276, in the suit to which it relates, but no further, 23 Miss. 156 ; see 1 T. B. Monr. Ky. 6; and all objections not appearing by the bill are excluded. `8 East, 280; 2 Binn. Penn. 168 ; 7 Hoist. N. J. 10; 1 Pick. Mass, 87; 7 id. 136; 14 id. 1 Wend. N. Y. 418 ; 10 id. 254 ; 2 Me. 337 ; 25 id. 79 ; 1 Leigh, Va. 86 ; 10 Conn. 146 ; 11 id. 159 ; 6 Watts & S. Penn. 343 ; 8 Miss. 671 ; 10 id. 510 ; 12 Gill & J. Md. 64 ; 10 Vt. 255 ; 7 Mo. 288; 11 Wheat. 199; 3 How. 553. And see 17 Ala. 689 ; 18 id. 716 ; 2 Ark. 506 ; 10 Yerg. Tenn. 499; 30 Vt. 233. But see 4 Hen. & H. Va. :100.
It draws in question only the points to which the exception is taken. 5 Johns. N. Y. 467 ; 8 id. 495 ; 1 Green, N. J. 216 ; 10 Conn. 75, 146. It does not of itself operate a stay of proceedings. 18 Wend. N. Y. 509 ; 19 Ga. 588. See 5 Hill, N. Y. 510.