Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-20

Sucn person cr persons QWplng such dogs, and all dogs shall be presumed to he owned by the owner or occupant of the premises where such dog is kept.
 Sec. ?. The owner or owners of all dogs afore- said. shall pay an annual tax into the treasury fthe town where such dogs are kept, to be col lected with and m the same manner as the ordi- nary town taxes, of one dollar per head for eve Y male dog, and of two dollars per head. for ev- cry female dog or slut; ]; and in case such tax is not paid within the time limited for the cOllec- tion of taxes of such town, the collector of tax es of such town shall proceed to collect the same in the same manner as the town, county, or State taxes are now collected, and he shall have the same powers for collecting the afarer said tax upon dogs as is now provided for the collection of all ordinary taxes, by section 8th chapter 2d, of the Act for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes.
 Sec. 3. If any collector of taxes in any town shall be negligent in the collection of the afore- said tax upon dogs it shall be the duty of the selectmen of such town to proceed to col lect the same from such negligent collector, in the same manner as is now by law provided for tbe collection of arrearages due from collec- tors of the ordinary town, county, or State tax, and the seleotmen of no town in this State shall have power to abate any legal tax on dogs, except upon satisfactory proof that such dog has been killed.
 Sec. 4. Nothing in this act shall be SO con- strued as to prevent the killing of dogs not registered according to the terms of the act to which this is in addition.
 Sec. 5. Wherever the selectmen of any town shall have drawn an order as provided in sec tion fifth of the act entitled An Act for the protection of Sheep Culture" passed May Ses- sion 1856, it shall be the duty of said select men to institute an inquiry into the ownership of such dog or dogs and to commence suit against the owner or owners of the same, resi- ding in any town in this State and if said owner or owners shall not be residents of the town in which the damage was done for which said order shall have been drawn as aforesaid, then suit shall be instituted against the towns in which such owner or owners shall reside, unless such owner or owners, or towns, shall, on aotice, promptly pay to the treasurer of the town where such sheep were killed or maimed, the amount of such order, and all reasonable expenses attending the same; and if any town shall be obliged to pay the amount of snch or der and reasonable expenses as aforesaid, said town shall have legal demand on said owner or owners for the amount of the same. and power to sue therefor.
 Vs with this act shall be kept as separate fund to be entitled the Dog Fund; and the select men of each town shall meet, on or before the first day of October in each year, todistribute such fund to the owners of sheep which have been killed by dogs in each town, during the year and if the receipts from said fund dq- ring the year shall not be equal to the damage sustained by the owners of sheep, then the se- lectmen shall distribute the avails of such fund to each of such sheep owners, proportion ably to the amount of loss sustained by them propided, that no person shall receive, under this act, a larger amount than that assessed to him by the board of selsctmen from damages received.
 Sec. [. All acts and parts of acts inconais- tent herewith, are herewith repealed,
 Approved July 10, 1863.
 CHAPTER Lyn.
 An Act authorizing the further issue of State
 Bonds.
 Be tt enacted by Me SentHe and House of Representatives iD General AssembL oon- ueaed:
 Sec. |. That the sum of two million of dol lars, or SO much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to defray the expenditures authorized by the act entitled "An Act relating to the Nilitia," passed at this session of the General Assembly, and by the ( Act to provide for the Organization and Equipment of Volunteer Militia, and to nro- vide for the Public Defence," passed at the May Session, 1861, also of the several addi- tions and amendments to said act passed at the October Session 1861, and at the May and Special Sessions, since 1861 and the tpeasu- Ter is hereby authorized to borrow, from time to time. such sums of money as may be neces- sary to defray the expenditures herein aqthori, zed.
 Sec. 2. That to enable the treasurer to bor- row said sum of two millions of dollars, appro- priated and authorized to be borrowed under the first section of this act, or SO much ofsaid necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the aforesaid section, bonds of this Stare may be issued for the amountto be borrowed, bear ing interest at the rate of five per cent per an- nun, with semi.annual interest coupons attach ed, payable on the first days of January and July in each year, the principal payable twenty years from date, at the treasnrer's office in Hartford, in this State. The interost coupons shall be payable ct said treasurers office in the city of Hartford aforesaid.
 Sec. 3. Tue bonds hereby authorized to be is- sued shall he procured. executed. advertised and disposed of, and in all respects proceeded with, pursuant to the provisions of the act en- titled < An Act authorizing the Treasurer to borrow money for the Equipment and Pay- ment of the Volunteer Militia, and to issue State Bonds, ]" approved June 18th, 1861. AL so pursuant to the provisions of a An Act to authorize the issuing of State Bonds, appro- yed December 24th, 1862.
 Sec. 4. That there be, and there hereby is, appropriated, from the am0uat that has been or may hereafter be reimbursed by the govern ment of the United States, tan account of the expenses of this State in the equipment of . military force,) the snm of fonr hundred thou sand dollars which sua,, with the interest so- crued thereon, is hereby pledged for the re- demption of the bonds of this State aathorized to De issued under this act and said sam of four hundred thousand dollars, with the accru.l ing interest, shall from time to time, De in-. vested by the treasurer of this State in the scrip, bonds, or stocks of the United States, l or the bonds of this State and on the maturi- l ty of the bonds of this State herpby authori zed to be issued, the tressurer, with the appro- lhation of the governor of this State, shall sell l or dispose of 90 much of the scrip, bonds, or stocks, then held by him, q herein provided, a f Trl sue