Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-02


 shall be under ths same regulations as such animals are in such town. Sec. 3. The general provisions of chap ter seventh. on the internal police of towns l relating to the mode of procedure with ani- l mals impounded, the collection of poandage under the general act relating to commani- ties and corporations, shall apply to this act.
 Approved June 5th, 1885. cHaprSR Lxv.
 An Act in alteration of an Act entitled .An
 Act for the Protection of Indians, and the
 preservation of their property.'
 Be 1t enacted 5y fhe Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly come ned:
 Sec. 1. That an overseer shall be annu- ally appointed to each tribe 0f Indians liv- ing within the limits of this State, by the ocuntycourt in the countyin which snch tribe resides, which overseer shall have the care and management of their lands and the mo- hey belonging to such tribe, and shall see that such lands are husbanded, and such money used for the best interest of the In- dians, and that the rents, profits and inter ests of all such estate are applied to their use and benefit.
 Sec. 3. Every overseer of tribe ot In- dians. before entering on the duties of his office. shall execute bond with good and sufficient surety, in a sum one-third more than the amount of the estate of such tribe; conditioned, that he will faithfully account, according to law, for the funds of fsuch tribe which shall, at any time, be in his hands, and the interest of such fund. And said bond shall be payable to the treasurer of the State.
 Sec. B. The overseer of each tribe of In- dians, shall annually state and settle his account of the concerns of such tribe. with the county court in the county in which such irihe resides, and shall report to such county court the amount and condition of the fund of such tribe, his estimate of the value of their lands, tho amount of rents, profits and interest of the entire estate of such trihe annually received by him. Also. the amount which such overseer shall annually appropriate and expend for the use and benz eft of such tribe. specifying the items furn- ished and received, and also the number and condition of such tribe so far as can be as- certained. And such report, or duplicate thereof, shall be required by said court, to be lodged on file in the office of the clerk of such court.
 Sec 4. All conveyances of any land, by any Indian or Indians, belonging to or which have belonged to the estate of such tribe, whether by deed or otherwise, shall be void.
 Sec. ,. No judgment shall be rendered against an Indian, for any debt or on any contract, except for the rent of land hired and occupied by such Indian.
 Sec. 6. In any suit brought by an Indian or Indians, for the recovery of lands by ln- dians for themselves, or sequestered for their use by the General Assembly, or by any town, agreeably to law, the defendant shall not be permitted to avail himself of pos- session for fifteen years, or more. to make out title.
 Sec. '. Every person who shall take or draw any wood from the land of any tribe of Indians, or from the land of any Indian or Indians bclongidg to any tribe in this State, without permission of the overseer of said tribe, shall forfeit the sum of five dollars for every load of wood so taken or drawn from said land. of whatever quantity the same may consist, to be recovered by the over- seer of said tribe, by an action of debt on this statute, in the name of such overseer, for the use and benefit of said trihe; and the team, cart, wagon and other implements that shall be used in taking or moving said wood, shall be liable to be attached in said action. and held to respond to the judgment therein, in the same manner as if said team, cart. wagon and other implements were the property of the person or persons. guilty of a violation of this section
 Sec. s. That all acts and parts of acts in- consistent herewith, be, and the same arc hereby repealed.
 Approved June 12, 1855.
 CHAPTER LxvI. An Act relating to the Ledyard Pequot 1n-
 dians, and the preservation of their pro-
 periy.
 De t enacted Jy the Senate and House of Representatives. in General Assembly come. ned:
 Sec. I. That the county conrt for the county of New London, at its June Term, 1855, be, and is hereby authorized and di- rected to appoint committee of thiee Judi- cious and disinterested persons, to sell and convey the lands reserved by the State for the use of the Pequot Indians in Ledyard, in said county, excepting such lands as said committee shall, in their opinion, deem to be of use and benefit to said tribe, for their personal use and occupation. not exceeding two hundred acres in the whole so reserved.
 Sec. ?. Said committee shall cause said lands to be surveyed, according b the origi- nal survey and plan of the same, and shall cause permanent bounds to be erected, in accordance with said survey. Said survey shall be recorded in said town of Ledyard. And after thr same have been so surveyed, they shall sell said lands at public auction, to the highest bidder therefor, except such lands as they shall reserve for the use of said tribe, as herein before provided.
 Said lands shall be divided for sale, into such lots or portions as in the opinion of said committee will he most beneficial for that purpose and before any sale shall be made, public notice shall be given of the time and place thereof, at least three weeks before said sale, by notice published in the several newspapers published in the county of New London. And said committee are authorized to execute to the purchaser or nurchasers thereof. suitable deeds of con.