A part or section of a statute, pleading, affidavit, etc., which contains one article, the sense of which is complete. McClellan v. Hein, 56 Neb. GOO, 77 N. W. 120; Hill v. Fairhaven & W. R. Co., 75 Conn. 177, 52 Atl. 725; Marine v. Pack- ham, 52 Fed. 579, 3 C. C. A. 210; Railey v. Mosher, 63 Fed. 488, 11 C. C. A. 304.