habits as aforesaid, to inculcate habits of sobriety and industry in his ward; and he may bind his ward, or the children of such ward out to labour, or employ them in the work-house; provided, that every contract made by the guardian in such case shall be in writing and express the term which the person so bound out or employed is to serve, which shall not exceed one year at a time, but may be renewed as there shall be occasion." FORM NO. I. Form of a request by the overseers of the poor to a judge of probate, to appoint a guardian to an idiot or distracted person. To the honorable J. H. Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. in and for the county of Rockingham. THE undersigned, overseers of the poor for the town of Derry, represent that G. H. of said Derry, and an inhabitant thereof, is a distracted person and incapable of taking care of himself: they therefore request that inquisition thereof may be made, and a guardian be appointed for said G. H. as the law in such cases directs. Dated at Derry this day of A. D. 1828. W. H. L. M. O. P. FORM NO. II. Form of a complaint by the selectmen to a judge of probate against a person who wastes his estate by excessive drinking, &c. To the honorable J. H. Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. within and for the county of Rockingham. The undersigned, selectmen of the town of Chester, in said county, represent that G. H. of said Ches ter, and an inhabitant thereof, by excessive drinking, idleness and vicious habits, is so wasting, spending and lessening his estate, as thereby to expose himself and his family to want, and the said town to the charge and expense of maintaining him and his family: wherefore they request that a guardian may be appointed for the said G. H. as the law in such cases directs. Form of a return of an inquisition by selectmen. To the honorable J. H. Judge of Probate of Wills, &o. within and for the county of Rockingham. The undersigned, the selectmen of the town of Chester, in the county of Rockingham, in obedience to the within order, having gone to the within named G. H. in our own persons and circumspectly examined him touching his condition by such ways and means as we might be best informed, and having diligently enquired whether he the said G. H. were non compos mentis or not, do find that the said G. H. is non compos mentis, and incapable of taking care of himself. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands this A. B. C. D. E. F. CHAP. XXV. OF THE DUTIES OF SELECTMEN WITH RE- The statute of January 3, 1829, enacts, "that every officer, non-commissioned officer and private, shall tonstantly keep himself furnished and provided with the arms and equipments required by law, except such private of infantry as shall not be able to provide for himself and every parent, master or guardian shall furnish such minors liable to do military duty, as are under their care respectively, with the arms and equipments aforesaid, unless such parent, master or guardian shall be unable to furnish the same; and no private shall be consid ered unable to provide himself, nor any parent, master or guardian unable to furnish any minor under his care, with such arms and equipments, unless he shall produce, after the first day of April and before the first day of May annually, to the commanding officer of the company to which he belongs, a certificate of such inability from the overseers of the poor of the town where he resides; and the commanding officer of such company shall forthwith lay such certificate before the selectmen of the town where such private or minor resides and it shall be the duty of such selectmen forthwith, and at the expense of their respective towns, to provide for every such person the arms and equipments aforesaid, and they shall deposit the same in some safe and convenient place,and shall permit the commanding officer of the company to which such person belongs, to deliver such arms and equipments to such private or minor, whenever his company shall be ordered out for military duty and the said commanding officer shall be responsible for the safe return of such arms and equipments to the place of deposit." "That the selectmen of every town and place shall pay to each officer, non-commissioned officer and private, within their respective towns or places, on each regimental, brigade or division muster, who shall be on duty, thirty one cents, to be paid on the parade where such musters are; and the commanding officer of each company shall give notice of the time and place, with the number of men under their command who are liable to do (military) duty, to the selectmen of the town or place where they belong, at least six days previous to the day of muster. And if the selectmen of any town or place after having been so notified shall neglect or refuse to pay to each non-commissioned officer or private the above sum, they shall forfeit and pay the sum of fifty cents to each non-commissioned officer and private whom they shall neglect to pay, to be recovered by the commanding officer of the company which shall be so neglected, in any court or before any justice proper to try the same, to be paid over to the non-commissioned officers and privates who shall have been neglected to be paid as aforesaid." CHAP. XXVI. OF THE LAWS RELATING TO COMMON The statute of January 3, 1792, entitled "an act to prevent common nuisances," enacts, "that where any slaughter house is already erected for killing of beasts in the compact part of any populous town in this state, the owner or occupier thereof shall at least three times in every week, from the last day of March to the last day of October, annually, remove and carry away, or cause to be removed and carried away from such slaughter house or out house or houses, or the appendages thereof, to some remote part of the town, all the entrails, gar bage, filth and offals of such beasts as may have been kílled there, and as often as need be, sufficiently wash and cleanse their said house or houses, used for killing of beasts, so as more effectually to prevent the stench and effluvia thereof from disturbing the peace and endangering the health of any of the citizens of this state, on penalty of forfeiting the sum of thirty shillings for each week's neglect, to be recovered before any justice of the peace in the county where the offence may be commit ted; one moiety thereof to the person who shall complain or sue for the same, and the other moiety shall be for the benefit of the poor of the town where the offence is committed and the proof of any dead beasts hanging up in any out house, or the laying in or carrying out the entrails, garbage or blood of any beasts shall be sufficient proof in law that such house is used for a slaughter house within the intent of this law." : "That from and after the passing this act, no person shall erect or occupy in the compact part of any large and populous town in this state, any slaughter house, or house for trying of tallow, or for currying of leather, except such as are already used for such purposes, without leave, first had and obtained from the selectmen of such town, together with the approbation of two justices of the peace for said county, on penalty of forfeiting forty shillings a month for occupying any building in the aforesaid trades or mysteries, except as before excepted, with out leave first had and obtained in writing, under their hands for said purposes." "That in case the regulations aforesaid, respecting the cleansing and preventing dangerous stench and effluvias arising from the use of the slaughter houses or other out houses that now are or that have been used in any populous town or towns in this state should be found inef fectual to prevent the inconveniences thereof, on suffi cient proof of which, it shall and may be lawful for the justices of the superior court of this state to take cogniz ance thereof, and issue order to the owner and occupier of any or all such slaughter houses or other buildings used for killing of beasts as aforesaid, and thereby forever prohibit such use thereof; and if such owner or occupier refuse to obey such order, and persist in killing |