Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-16
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An Act csncerning the dolugs of School Society and School District Meetings.

Society and School Dlstfict Meeungs. '
 Be u enaesed by ihe Senafe and House cf R, rseseniatires Tn General Assembly conce- ned se sss s7ss4s
 Sec. I. All meetings of school societies or school districts, which have been held m any of the school societies or school dis fricts of this State, since the fourth day of July, A D. 1858, which were informal and illegal. by reason of the neglectot the school society or school district committee to leave a duplicate of the warnings that have been posted in any such school society or school district, calling any such school society or school district meeting, with the clerk ot such school society or school district. shall, such neglect an,l omission, be, and they are hereby declared to be valid and legal meetings, and allvotes which have heen passed at any such meeting, that were in other respects conformable to law, be and they are hereby declared to be legal anu valid. M .e
 Sec. 3. This act shall not affect any suit now pending in any of the courts of this State, and shall take effect from the day of its passage.
 Approved May a5, 1855.
 CHATTER CSIs
 An Act relating to Sheep Culture.
 H'hcrcas, the encouragement of sheep cul-
 ture is of great interest to the people of
 this State, and is entitled to legislative
 protection and encouragement, and where
 as vast numbers of useless dogs go at
 large, destroying tue sheep of the tarner,
 until in some sections of the State, sheep
 culture has been almost entirely abandon, ;.
 ed. Now therefore,
 Be it enacted Jy the Senate and House efs in General Assembly conre- ned:
 Sec 1. That the owner or owners of any dog or dogs, three months old and upwards, within the limits of this State, be. and they are hereby required, on or before the first day of September in each year, 10 cause all dogs aforesaid, to be registered and number ed in the office of the town clerk of the town where such person or persons reside, and whose duty it shall be to register and number the same, and for which duty he shall receive such compensation as shall he determined by the board of sel.ctmen of such town; and in case any such person or persons shall refuse or neglect 10 register and number any such dog or dogs as afore- said, il shall be right and lawful for any per- son or persons to kill any such dog or dogs going al large, and it shall be the duty of any sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable, residing in such town, to cause to be, de- stroyed, snch dog or dogs, or any dogs liable by the provisions of ti,is act to be destroyed, whenever called upon so to do, and such officer shall receive compensation for such duty, to be fixed by the selectmen of the town. xs f.
 Sec. 2. All persons refusing or neglecting 10 cause to be registered and numbered such logs as aforesaid, shall pay a fine of three iotlars per dog, for such neglect or refusal, into ilie treasury of tue town where such person or persons reside, for the benefit of the special fund hereinafter provided for, to be recovered in the usual form of law by tiie treasurer of said town. sl
 Ste. Ii shall be the duty of the as- sessprs of the several towns in this State to cause all dogs three months old and up- wards, to be entered upon the assessment lists of persons ow ming such dogs, and all such dogs shall be presumed to he owned by the owner or occupirr of ilc premises where such dogs are kept, and the owner or owners of all dogs so registered and put uponthe assessment list, as aforesaid, shalt cause to be put around the neck of such an- ialaIs collar with tho registered number or the owners name distinctly marked there on, and any person killing or maiming any such dog without jnstiiabIe cause, shall be liable to damages in suit at iaw, Gin an action of trespass, &c.,) for the reasonable value of such dog.
 Sec. 1. The owner or owners of all dogs shall pay an annual tax into the treasury of the town where such dogs are kept, 10 be collected with, and in the same manner as the ordinary town taxes of one ioiydr per head for every male dog, and of i've dollars per head for every fcma,e dog or ,lni; and in case such tax is not paid xiiiin ll,e lime limited for the collection of he taxes of such town, the collector of axes of such town shall cause such dogs, whose owners have neglected or refused to ,ay sucli tax. to be destroyed by the public ,flicer, as provided in section lst of this act.
 Sec. :. All moneys collected by virtue ,f this act and paid into the treasuries of he towns aforesaid, shall be kept by the geasnrers of such towns as a separate fund Q be known as the Dag Fund, and whenev. sr any person or pers9ns residing in any own shal; suffer oss, by resssn of the mai- ming or killing of any sheep or lambs, by. log or dogs, upon good and sufficient proof ,f the same to the satisfaction of tie board ,f selectmen of said town. or of a commit- lee eff the same, of not less than three, the said board shall draw an order on the trea- ,urer of said town, payable from said dog fund, and the treasurer shall register all ,nth orders at the time ofthe presenting the 'ame, and shall pay them in the order they ire registered. whenever there are funds in aid treasury appropriated to said purpose.
 Sec. 6. Whenever the seIectmcn of any own shall have drawn an older as provided n section fifth of this act. it shall be the iuty of said selecimen to institute an inqui- v into tie ownersliip of such dog or dogs, ind to commence suit against the owner IT owners of the san,e, residing in any town n fhis S,atr. for the amount of such order ,r orders aforesaid, unless such owner or owners shall promptly pay to the treasurer 3 if inc town where such sheep were killed r maimed, the amount of such order and all easonahle expenses attending the same.-s iud inc seIprtnpn ff ffie fn,y f, where the