Uniforms and clothing furn ished by individ nities, to be paid for, at actual value, or cost. under the provisions of this act, the town treasurer of the town where such wife or child resides, shall, on the written statement, under oath, of the individual, or of the majority of the selectmen of such town, or the mayor of any city, or the committee of any association of individuals, reimburse such town, city, individual, or individuals, for the money so expended, to an amount not exceeding the sum received for such wife and child or children. SEC. 5. Whenever individuals or communities have heretofore furnished uniforms and clothing to the voluals or commu- unteer militia who have been already enlisted and accepted into the service of this state, and said uniforms and clothing have been accepted by the quartermaster general, the bills for the same shall be audited and paid in the manner provided in the fifth section of the act to which this is in addition: provided, that in no case the sum hereby authorized to be paid, shall exceed the actual cost, nor the actual value, of said uniforms and clothing. Brigade and regi SEC. 6. The commander-in-chief may, at his dismental surgeons. cretion, appoint for the militia of this state in the service of the United States, a surgeon for each brigade, and a surgeon and one or two assistant surgeons for each regiment, who shall be subject to the regulations prescribed for surgeons in the army of the United States, and entitled to the same compensation; and in case any surgeon so appointed shall not be paid by the To be paid by the United States, he shall be paid from the treasury of this state, at such times and in such manner as the commander-in-chief shall direct. state, when. Medical board, for examination SEC. 7. The commander-in-chief is hereby authorof surgeons, how ized to appoint a medical board, consisting of not less. constituted, &c. than three physicians, whose duty it shall be to examine into the qualifications of all applicants for the office of surgeon or assistant surgeon; and no person shall be appointed to either of said offices, except upon the recommendation of said medical board, or a majority of them. Chaplains. SEC. 8. The commander-in-chief may appoint one chaplain for each regiment now in the service of the United States, from this state, and may, at his discretion, appoint one additional chaplain, who shall be subject to the regulations prescribed for chaplains in the army of the United States, and entitled to the same compensation; and in case any chaplain so appointed shall not be paid by the United States, he shall be paid from the treasury of this state, in such manner and at such times as the commander-in-chief shall direct. SEC. 9. In all cases where an adjutant has been Adjutants. appointed in any of the volunteer regiments from this state in the service of the United States, who is not a lieutenant in any company in said regiment, the commander-in-chief may issue a commission to such adjutant, who shall be entitled to the compensation and allowance of adjutants; and in case any such adjutant shall not be paid by the United States, he shall be paid from the treasury of this state, at such times, and in such manner, as the commander-in-chief may direct. paymaster-gen SEC. 10. The compensation of the paymaster-gen- Compensation of eral for all moneys paid out by him under the provis- eral. ions of this act, the act to which this is in addition, and all other acts which may hereafter be passed in addition thereto, or in alteration thereof, shall be a commission of one-half of one per cent. on the amount of money so paid by him as aforesaid : provided, such commission shall not in the aggregate exceed the sum of seven hundred dollars in any one year. adjutant-gen general, and SEC. 11. The adjutant-general shall receive for his Compensation of compensation for the year ending March 31st, A. D. eral. 1862, and in lieu of all other compensation, the sum of one thousand dollars, and shall also be allowed the necessary expenses connected with the duties of his office. The compensation of the quartermaster-gen- compensation of eral for the same year, shall be one thousand dollars, quartermasterin lieu of all other compensation; and [he] shall also commissary-genbe allowed all necessary expenses relating to his official duties. The commissary-general shall receive for his compensation, at the rate of eighty-five dollars per month, in lieu of all other compensation, for the time actually spent in the discharge of his official duties; and shall also be allowed all necessary expenses relating to the duties of his office. eral. SEC. 12. The forces which may have been, and Three months' which may hereafter be accepted for any time exceed- regiments. ing three months, and the first three regiments accepted by the commander-in-chief for three months, shall be taken and considered as part of the force of ten thousand men, authorized by the act to which this is in addition, and the extra pay and other expenses herein authorized shall be paid from the appropriation made in said act. SEC. 13. This act shall take effect on the day of its passage. Approved, June 27th, 1861. County commis lish abstract of er's account. CHAPTER XXXVII. An Act relating to County Commissioners. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SEC. 1. It shall be the duty of the county commissioners to pub- sioners in each county in this state, annually, on or county treasur- before the twentieth day of April, to make out, on oath, and publish in one or more weekly newspapers published in their respective counties, a full and true abstract of the annual account of the county treasurer, for the year ending March 31st, as audited and approved by them; showing the amount of moneys received, and from what sources; the expenditures made, and for what purposes; the balance, if any, remaining in the treasury, or the indebtedness of the county, if any, at the close of such year. SEC. 2. Until said abstract shall have been published as provided in the first section of this act, the county commissioners shall not receive, or be entitled to receive, any compensation for their services as commissioners. Approved, July 1st, 1861. CHAPTER XXXVIII. An Act in addition to An Act relating to Courts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: may appoint con sons having legal SEC. 1. The courts of probate within this state shall Courts of probate have power to appoint conservators for persons having servators for pertheir legal domicil within their respective districts, upon domicil in the such petition and in the same manner as is now by law district. provided in relation to actual residents in such district. of probate. SEC. 2. In case of application for the appointment Notice, to be preof a conservator under this act, for any person not scribed by court actually residing within the district, the court shall prescribe the manner in which notice of such application shall be served upon such person. Approved, July 1st, 1861. CHAPTER XXXIX. An Act relating to Commissioners on Turnpike Roads. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: missioners on any SEC. 1. That in any case where the senate deem it Senate may apexpedient, they are hereby empowered, instead of the point three comnumber now required by law, to appoint three commis- turnpike road. sioners on any turnpike road in this state, a majority of whom shall have the same powers now vested by law in commissioners of turnpike roads. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. Proprietors of common fields may annex adjoining lands on application of the owners. CHAPTER XL. An Act in addition to "An Act concerning Fences and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened : SEC. 1. That the proprietors of land in any field that now is, or that may be hereafter, established and used as a common field, at a meeting legally warned for that purpose, may, by a two-third vote of such meeting, alter the bounds of said field, by annexing to said field, upon such conditions as said proprietors shall specify, such land or lands adjoining thereto, as the owner or owners thereof shall apply to said proprietors in writing, to have so annexed; and when so annexed, the owners of said lands shall be entitled to all the benefits, and liable to all the duties and responsibilities of proprietors of said common field, except as may be otherwise provided in the conditions upon which such lands are annexed Bounds between as aforesaid: provided, that the bounds or divisional line between any two common fields, shall not be altered without consent SO as to embrace in one field any lands which belong to the proprietors. the other field, without the consent of the proprietors of such field, expressed by a two-third vote of a meeting legally warned for that purpose, at which meeting no person shall vote whose lands are proposed to be set off. common fields not to be altered of two-thirds of Adjoining common fields may be three fourths vote of the proprietors. SEC. 2. Whenever two or more common fields lay consolidated, by adjoining each other, and the proprietors of each of said fields, at meetings legally warned for that purpose, shall, by a three-fourth vote of each of said meetings, agree that it would be for the interest of the proprietors to consolidate said adjoining fields as one common field, said meetings may proceed, by a committee or otherwise, to agree upon the terms and conditions upon which said fields shall be consolidated as one field, including the name by which said consolidated field shall be known and called, and the time and place at which the first meeting of said consolidated field shall be held for the choice of officers, and to do any business which might be done at an annual meeting; and whenever said conditions shall be agreed upon by a like three |