Litchfield enquirer., 1856-08-07

SED. 3. If any town in this state has failed at it's last annual meeting to appoint registrar according to the provisions of said act it shall be the duty of the seiectmen of said town, or majority Of them without unnecessary delay, to appoint registrar for such town who shall hold his office until the first Monday of January, 1857, and until another is ap-
 inted in his stead and failure thereof said se- lectmen shall forfeit and pay fine of twenty dollars one half thereof to the of him who shall prose- cite to effect and the other half to the use of said town.
 SEC. I. Whenever in any town any birth or death may happen. concerning which no certificate shall be returned to the registrar of said town according to the provisions of said act of the of 1854 in addition thereto in such case it shall be the duty of such registrar to obtain the information required by law respecting such birth death for which service he shall be entitled to the compensation given to physicians, midwves and other persons. by the act relating to the registration of births marriages and deaths. approved June 1st 1855
 SEC. ,. The act in addition to an act entitled An Act relating to the Registration of Births Mar ridges and Deaths ? approved June 27th. 1855, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith hereby repealed
 SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from it's pass age.
 Approved July 2, 1856.
 CHAPTER LXXyI1
 An act regarding publication of Registry Llsts.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives in General Assembly convened:
 SEC l. That it shall be the duty of the town clerks of the several towns in this state which en- brace any incorporated city within their respecsive limits. to cause to be published in some daily paper published in such city if any there be- at least two weeks before the day of any election list as far as completed, of the electors in said towns and cities and that such lists be published in said papers, at feast three alternate days and if there be no such da1 fben ball To IL least twice in some weekly paper published in such city. And such town clerks are hereby authorized to draw an order on the treasurer of such town re- spectvely, to defray the expense incident to such publication.
 Approved, July 2, 1s5e
 CHAPTER LxXv1fI. An Act in addition to an Act entitled " An Act re-
 Iating to Salaries and Fees" approved June 18th
 lS55
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened
 SEC. l. That both of the clerks of the Commis- sioner of the School Fund shall be equally entitled to the benefit of the act to which this is an addition
 SEC 7. That this act be and the same hereby is in its operation retro active, for the pelod of year.
 Approved June r, 1856.
 CHAPTER LXXIX. An Act concerning the doings of School Society and School District Meetings
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rcpresen- tatives in General Assembly convened
 SEC l. All meetings of school societies CT school districts which have been held in any of the scho,a societies school districts in this state since the 23th day of May A. b. 1855, which were informal and illegal hy reason of the neglect of the school society school district committee to leave dupli- cate of the warnings calling any such school society or school district meeting with the clerk of such school society school district or when the clerk of such school society school district shall not have been sworn according to law, shall, notwithstanding such neglect or omission, be and they hereby de- clarcd to be valid and legal meetings and all votes which have been passed at any such meeting, in other respects conformae to law be and are hereby declared to be leg, and val provided this act shall not affect any suit now pending in any of the courts of this state.
 SEC. ,. This act shall take effect from the day of its passage.
 Approved June 10th, 1858. CHATTER IXXx.
 An Act in alteration of Act to establish the State Reform School.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represeu- tatises in General Assembly convened:
 SEC l. Tbere shall be taxed quarterly in each year, in the months of January. April July and Oc- tober, by the comptroller of public accounts the of one dollar for each week $ board (as well as for the clothing and fue of each person committed to the State Reform School and the superintendent shall make his bill therefor, and present the same to the comptroller. who shall t,,x and allow the same upon his finding it just and correct; and the comp troller shall draw order n favor uf said supern- tentent for the amount 80 taxed upon the treasury o this state and the treasurer shall Day said order out of said treasury
 SEC. 7. 1he,ainouIt of expenses incurred hy the trustees, and each of them in the discharge of the duties of their office, shall be examined and allow ed by the comptroller of public accounts and paid from the treasury of the state in tho manner us pro- vided in the first section If this act.
 SEC. 5. The thirteenth and so much of the clev- enth section If the act of which this act is an altera. tion as is inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed
 Approved July l. 1856. CHAPTER I.XXX1.
 An Act for the protection of Sheep Culture WHEREAS, The encouragement of Sheen Culture is
 of great interest to the people of this St,te and
 tisentitlcd to legislative procctions and encour- asement,-and whereas, vast numbers of useless
 dogs go at large destroying the sheep of the far
 mer, until in some sections u the st,te sheep cul- turc has boon almost entirely abandoned Now therefore.
 | Be 1t cn,c;ed by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened: sGu. l. That the owner owners of any dog or dogs three months old and upwards within the linn. It's oi ta's state le and they hereby required on or be'rc the first day uf September in each year, to cause all dogs aforesaid to be registered and numbered tn the office ot the town clerk uf the town where sach person .r persons reside, and whose duty it shall he to register and number the same and for which duty he shall receive such compensation as shall bc determined by the board of selcctmcn of s"cm town. ana u case any such person or persons shall refuse or neglect to register and number any such dog or dogs aforesaid it shall be right and aawiul Ter any eison persons to kill any such dog or dogs going at large, and it shall be the duty of any sheriff deputy sleri or constable residing in such town to cause to hc destroyed such dog dogs,