Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-03-05
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ADSA
V7oTED, that if any owner of any horse, cat
' tie or mules shall suffer the same to go
at large out of his or her enclosure, after the
first of April next, such owner shall forfeit
and pay to any person who shall take up and
impound the same the sum of twenty five
cents for each head of cattle, for each horse
and for each mule, for each time they shall
be so found at large out of the owners enclo-
sure and taken up: that it shall be the duty
of the haywards in the several districts, and
it shall be lawful for any freeholder, to i'm.
pound any horses, cattle or mules, so found
out of the enclosure ofthe owner and at large,
who, together with the pound-keeper, shall
regulate the proceedings, receive the same
compensation, and have the same powers as
are granted in the statute law of this state
Entitled Pounds" provided that no penal.
~ incurred under this bylaw shall exceed
the sum OF three dollars; and the owner of
such horses, cattle or mules so impounded
shall not receive the same from the pound
until he shall have paid to the person i'm
pounding the same the amount of the forfeit
ure, and to the pound keeper his fees and ex.
penses for keeping said creatures as in other
cases of creatures impounded. Provided, ho,o-
erer, the selectmen are authorised to give Ii
berty to any poor persons inhabitants of this
town. (who they may deem worthy,) to let
one cow run at large on the highways, and
not incur the aforesaid penalty.
Voted, That the aforesaid Bylaw be pub
lished in the Litchfeld Enquirer.
The foregoing is q true copy, as appears Of
record, in the town clerks office in Sharon,
ofthe votes Mt legally warned meeting hold
en- in said Sharon on Monday, 9th January,
1910. GEO. KING, Register.
Sharon, Feb. 5. 1910. 4t37
At a Court of Probate holden at WASHINGTON,
IN the District Of Washington, on the llth dav
Of February. ls4O:
Present, Daniel Il. Brinsmade, ESQ. JUDGE.
TTPON the petition of Anne w. Ford, pa.
~ rent and natural guardian of Edgar A.
Ford and John M. Ford, both minors under
the age of 81 years, residing in said district,
stating to this court that they are the owners
of two.sixtas of one-fourth of about twenty
acres of land. lying in said Washington, in
two pieces, lying in common and undivided
with the heirs of Samuel Ford, late of Wash.
ington, deceased: the first piece is bounded
north on highway, east on Ford's land and
Mitchell's land, south on Mitchell's land and
wdst on Baldwin and Ford's land the other
piece is bounded south on highway, all other
sides on VIM. Ford's land-said land is sub.
ject to the use and improvement of Lazarus
Ford during his natural life; praying This
court to OF der sale of said minors interest in
said land agreeable to the statute in such case
made and provided, as per petition on file:
II is ordered by Lhis court, that said guardian
give notice of said application by causing the
same to be published in one of the newspa.
pers printed in Litchfield, in the county of
Litchfield, three weeks successfully, at least
six weeks before the hearing; and that said
petition will be heard at the probate office in
said district on the 18th day of April, ls4O,
at o'clock P. M. Certified from Record.
80 DANIEL B. BRMsMADE, Judge.