Litchfield enquirer., 1838-06-21

 ceTning gaols and eaolers"
 Sec. G The provisions of this act shall not be construed to affect in any manner any process issued mand existing on, or before the 4th day of July, 1857 Provided further, that this ac: shall not take effect until the first day of July next
 Approved, June l, 1888.
 An Act additional to the Act entitled An Act for
 the settlement of Estates, Testate, lntestate' and
 lnsolvent"
 Be tt enacted 6y Ee Senate and House of Represen0- iUeS, General Assembly cOnUened, That any per son shall refuse to be examined and shall be commit ted to prison by any Court of Probate, pursuant to the provisions in the sixteenth section Of the Act to which this s il in addition. the expenses occasGped ped bate and paid by the Executor or Administrator and if such Executor or Administrator shall after wards recover of such person goods or chattes oI estate of the deceaced such Executor Administra tor shall be entitled to have taxed by the Court rem dering judgment therefor, the amount of said expen ses ascertaned by the Court of Probate, part oi imprisoned shall voluntarily surrender without sult to such Executor or AdmnistratoT, any property oi the deceased by him concealed and withheld, such Executor or Administrator may institute suit tor and recover of him the amount of the expenses in- cured and ascertained as aforesaid.
 Approved, May 3l, 1898. ....
 An Act relating to the sale of Spurious Liquors.
 Section l. Ben enacted by the Senate and House et Representatives., Generu Assembly conUened, That person shall hereafter, sell, directly indirectly, any wine, or any distilled spurious liquors, foreign, domestic, in less quantity than five gallons, to be taken and carried away, at one and the same time, unless he shall previously lodge with the Town Clerk of the town in which such sale may be made, bond with surety, to the satisfaction of major part of the Selectmen of such town, in the penal sum ot three hundred dollars, payable to said town, for the due ob of this and all acts relating to the sale ot wine and spirituous liquors
 Sec. 9 No person shall sel directly or indirectly, by agent otherwise, to any person or persons, nor authorize or permit to be sod any wine or spirit our liquors mixed or unmxed, to be drunk in his or her house, shop, dstlery, or any other place or de- sold to be drunk aforesaid keep the same for sale to be drunk as aforesaid.
 Sec. 3. If any person persons shall violate the provisions of this act, such person or persons stall for of the town in which said offence was committed, for the use of such town. And where a bond shall be given as aforesaid, said penalty shall be enforced by an action of debt said bond in any court proper to try the same, and the penalty recovered Tn such suit, shall be endorsed said bond, and the penden- cy of one suit on such bond shall not prevent other suits being brought the bond for subsequent breaches of this act.
 Sec 4. On complaint being made to the selectmen ofany town, by respectable individual, of any viola ton of this act, shall be their duty to investigate the sane and lift shall appear that said complaint is true. they shall notify the Attorney for the State, in the county where such town IS situate, grand juror ot said town who shall prosecute the same; or in cases where bonds are gyen as aforesaid they shall cause
 suit to be instituted thereon, and the Attorneys o the State their several counties, and grand of the respective towns shall also prosecute any violation of this act, tisfactory evidence being furnished ot such offence, by any other person or persons than sad selectmen.
 Sec. 5. Any person keeping store or shop gener- ally reputed to be dram grog-shop who sha not have given bond with surety as aforesaid, and shall have or keep on hand any wine or spurious liquors, shall be liable to be prosecuted for breach the sec ond section of this act Provided that such person may he permitted to testify in such prosecutions when said reputation shall be given in evidence, and sai be liable to the same penalties as other witnesses, and such reputation shall be only prima ace evidence of violation of this act. And in case of the denial of his guilt by the person so prosecuted when exam ined on oath witness, the evidence of such re- putation shall therenpon be excluded, and the deen- dant shall be entitled to acquittal unless proved by other evidence to be guilty.
 Sec. 6. The civil authority and seiectmen in each town are authorized to meet on the first Monday of January, annually, and when met, the senior jus tce present shall be chairman of said meeting, unless some other person be by them appointed and 1t shall be their duty to appoint clerk of said board, and said civil authority and seectmen collectively by vote o two-thrds of those who present at such meeting may prohibit any person or persons from retailing any wine sprituous liquors within such town for the year ensuing, in quantity less than five gallons, and if any person. having notice of such prohibition shall sell any wine spirtuous liquors in such town, trary to the determination of said board, such person 
 sum of fifty dollars.
 Sec | Nor shall any thing in this act be construed to prevent the keeper of avern house, or houses of public entertainmen duly licensed for that purpose agreeably the laws of this State, from vending to he drunk within such taverns. or houses of public enter talnment any wines or spirtuous liquorss as before mentioned nor to prevent Apo,hecares from vend ing spirits for medicinal purposes Nor shall this act affect the rights of any retailer who has paid for and obtained, license for the present year.
 Sec. S. That the act entitled An act to regulate okS SNsn onhtt act in addition thereto passed 1883, be and the are hereby repealed.
 Sec. 9. The Seectmen ofthe several towns shall be I gwen as aforesaid. And said bonds sHail io in the form following, to wit-
 Know all men by these presents, That wc as principal, and as surety, are held and firmly bound unto the townof in the pc nal sum of three hundred dollars, to be paid to said town of or their certain attorney, fol which payment, to be well and truly made, we here traors, firmly, by these presents Signed and sealed
 The condition of which obligation is, that whereas the said is about to commence the bus ness of selling and retailing wines and spurious liquors in the town of Now it he, the said
 shall, during the whole time he may continue sell and retail wines and spruous liquor: as aforesaid keep and fulfil all the provisions of the act, entitled, An Ac. relating to the sale of sprtu ous Liquors, passed 1888, then the above obligation. to be void, otherwise to continue in force.
 Approved, May Sl, lS5o.
 An Act in alteration of the Act entitled An Act fol
 licensing and and regulating Taverns, andsuppres
 sing unlicensed Houses.
 Sec. l. Re tt enacted by ths Senate and House o Representatives., in General Assembly conUened, Tha the Selectmen of any in this State may, at thel discretion authorize and permit any person, sustaining
 fair moral character, to keep vctualing house. ol house of reireshment. without being licensed as tav ern keeper Provided, he shall previously lodge with the Town Clerk Of s0u bond with surety. the satisfaction of the major part of the Seectmen such town, in the penal sum of one hundred dollars payable tosaid town, conditioned that during the time he shall keep house aforesaid he will not sell ol keep hand any ale, wine, spurious liquors, and wil in all respects conform to the Seventh Section o the Act of which this is alteration; and for every breach of said Ac he shall forfeit and pay ten dol lars to be recovered in action ofdebt on said bond