The owner shall place at the disposal of the searcher all his goods, sealed as well as unsealed; if he refuse, he shall be liable in double the value of the property, if it shall prove to be in his possession.

If the owner be absent, the searcher may counter-seal the property which is under seal, and place watchers.

If the owner remain absent more than five days, the searcher shall take the magistrates, and open the sealed property, and seal it up again in their presence.

The recovery of goods disputed, except in the case of lands and houses, (about which there can be no dispute in our state), is to be barred by time.

The public and unimpeached use of anything for a year in the city, or for five years in the country, or the private possession and domestic use for three years in the city, or for ten years in the country, is to give a right of ownership.