SECTION 1. The town clerk of every town and the city clerk of every city in this State, shall record every birth, marriage and death in his respective town or city, that shall come to his knowledge, in the manner hereinafter prescribed, stating the names of the parents of the children born, and the residence of the persons married and deceased, and the age of the deceased, if known; for which service said clerk shall receive the sum of six cents for the record of each birth, marriage or death by him recorded, to be paid by the town or city where the record is made.

SEC. 2. Every physician shall keep a record of the several births in which he shall assist professionally; also the death of all persons upon whom he shall hereafter attend in their last sickness and at the time of such death; which record shall contain the date of such birth, the sex of the child, and the names and residence of the parents; also the date of such death, the name, age, and residence of the deceased, and shall annually hereafter, in the month of April, furnish a copy of the record of such births to the clerk of the town in which the parents of such child reside; and also to the clerk of the town in which such death occurred a copy of the record of such death or deaths; and in case there shall have been no attending physician as aforesaid, every parent, person next of kin, householder, and keeper of any almshouse, poor farm or prison, shall give notice to such clerk of every birth, with the names of the parents, and death, with the name, age and residence of the deceased, which shall take place in their respective families or houses in each town or city; and for each birth or death so rendered, every physician shall receive of the clerk to whom such copy may be furnished, the sum of five cents, to be paid by the town or city where such clerk resides.

SEC. 3. Every justice, minister or clerk of the people called Friends, shall annually return to the clerk of the town or city where such marriage was solemnized, and to the clerk of the town or city where each of the persons so joined in marriage may reside, if within this State, a certified copy of his record.

SEC. 4. If any person whose duty it is to make such record and return shall neglect so to do for the space of one year after the date of such birth, marriage or death, he shall forfeit five dollars for such offence, to be recovered in an action of debt, one half for the use of the prosecutor and the other half for the use of the county in which the defendant may reside.

OF THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS AND THE PRESERVATION OF GAME.

SECTION 1. If any person shall kill any wolf or wolf's whelp within this State, and shall produce the head thereof to the selectmen of the town within which it was killed; or if there be no selectmen in such town, then to the selectmen of the nearest town having such officers; and shall prove to the satisfaction of such selectmen that such wolf or wolf's whelp was killed by himself or by some person whose agent he is; the selectmen shall cut off the ears from the head so produced, and shall otherwise so disfigure the same that it shall never again be offered for a bounty, and shall pay to such person or his order twenty dollars for every wolf and ten dollars for every wolf's whelp killed as aforesaid.

SEC. 2. If any person shall kill any bear within this State and shall proceed with the same as is directed in the first section of this chapter, he shall receive therefor the sum of two dollars.

SEC. 3. If any person shall kill any wildcat known by the name of Siberian lynx, within this State, and shall proceed with the same in the manner directed in the first section of this chapter, he shall receive therefor the sum of one dollar.

SEC. 4. The selectmen of every such town shall keep a true account of the moneys so paid, and the number of each species of animal for which bounties have been paid, and upon presentation of such account certified by a majority of such selectmen to be just and true, to the treasurer of the State in the month of June,

the same shall be paid from the state treasury, either to the representative of such town, or to the selectmen thereof or their written order.

SEC. 5. No person shall be liable by law for killing any dog which shall be found not having around his neck a collar of brass, tin or leather, with the name of the owner or owners carved or engraved thereon.

SEC. 6. Any town may make by-laws for licensing, regulating or restraining dogs as they shall deem expedient, and may affix penalties for the violation thereof not exceeding five dollars, and the sum to be paid for any license not exceeding two dollars.

SEC. 7. Any person to whom, or to whose property any damage may be occasioned by a dog not owned or kept by said person, shall be entitled to recover of the person who owns, or keeps, or has said dog in possession, in an action on the case, or other proper form of action, all damages which may be so occasioned, except in cases where the same may have been occasioned to the party suffering such damage while engaged in the commission of a trespass or other tort. (Laws of 1851, chap. 1124.)

SEC. 8. If any person shall, at any time between the thirtieth day of May and the first day of November, in any year, by shooting, trapping or otherwise, kill or destroy any beaver, mink, otter or muskrat, he shall forfeit for every mink or muskrat so killed one dollar, and for every beaver or otter so killed, five dollars, to be recovered by action of debt in the name and to the use of any person who shall sue therefor.

SECTION 1. Any person may mark in the ear or brand his sheep as he may think proper, and cause a description of such mark or brand to be recorded by the town clerk of the town in which he resides, or in which his sheep may be kept, and the town clerk shall be entitled to receive six cents for recording the same.

SEC. 2. If any other person shall wilfully alter, cut out or deface the mark or brand of any such sheep, or if any person under pretence of marking the same shall cut off the ear or ears of any

sheep, he shall forfeit five dollars for every such offence, to the use of any person who will sue for the same.

SEC. 3. If any person shall wilfully or negligently suffer any ram belonging to him or in his care, to go at large out of his enclosure between the first day of August and the first day of December, in any year, he shall forfeit for every such offence the sum of five dollars, for the use of any person who will sue for the same or who shall impound such animal.

TITLE XV.

OF THE TITLE TO, ALIENATION OF, AND LIENS UPON REAL AND PERSONAL ESTATE.

CHAPTER 135. Of estates in real property.

CHAPTER 136.

CHAPTER 137.
CHAPTER 138.

Of the conveyance of real estate.
Of mortgages of real estate.

Of mortgages of personal property.

CHAPTER 139. Of the liens of mechanics and others.

SECTION 1. Any person seized of any lands in fee tail may convey the same by deed in common form, in the same manner as estates in fee simple, and such conveyance shall bar the estate tail, and all remainders and reversions expectant thereon.

SEC. 2. Every conveyance or devise of real estate made to two or more persons, shall be construed to create an estate in common, and not in joint tenancy, unless it shall be expressed therein that

such estate is to be holden by the grantees or devisees as joint tenants, or to them and the survivor of them, or other words are used clearly expressing intention to create a joint tenancy.

SEC. 3. Joint heirs shall be deemed tenants in common.

SEC. 4. Any alien resident in this State may take, purchase, hold, convey or devise any real estate, and the same may descend in the same manner as if he was a native citizen.

SEC. 5. Any right or claim of the State to the estate of any such alien, by escheat or otherwise, is hereby discharged.

SEC. 6. A conveyance made by any person having a limited interest in any estate, purporting to convey a greater interest than he possessed or could lawfully convey, shall not work a forfeiture thereof, but shall pass to the grantee all the estate which he could lawfully convey.

SECTION 1. Conveyances of lands may be made by deed executed by any person or by his attorney, acknowledged and recorded as directed in this chapter, without any other act or ceremony whatever.

SEC. 2. Any public or private corporation authorized to hold real estate, may convey the same by an agent appointed by vote for that purpose.

SEC. 3. Every deed or other conveyance of real estate shall be signed and sealed by the party granting the same, attested by two