land of said Boardman, and partly on land of John and Henry Carter, and west on land of said Rebecca and Cornelia, being ninety-two feet on Main street and about one hundred and twenty-three feet on said Boardman, and the lines bounding said premises on the east and west, running at right angles to said Main street and further showing, that since the passing of said order, doubts have arisen as to the legality and validity of the same, and that no person is willing to purchase the same until said order is ratified by this Assembly, but that the same can be sold to great advantage, provided said order can be so ratified; and praying this Assembly to validate and confirm said order of said court of probate, and to empower the petitioner to sell and convey said premises. under the same, as per petition on file, dated the 4th day of May, 1849, will more fully and at large appear:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the said order of said court of probate authorizing the said Colt, as conservator, aforesaid, to sell and convey the above described premises, be, and the same is hereby ratified, validated and confirmed, and that said Colt be fully authorized and empowered to sell and convey said premises under said order, and to give a good and sufficient title to the same. Provided, that the share of each of said lunatics in the proceeds derived from the sale of said premises be applied, so far as may be necessary, to the payment of any debts which may be outstanding against them, and to their support and maintenance respectively, and in case of the death of either of said lunatics, such part of said deceased lunatic's share of said proceeds as remains unexpended, shall be distributed as said real estate would have been if it had remained unsold.

AUTHORIZING EDWARD A. CORNWALL TO SELL CERTAIN REAL ESTATE DEVISED BY JOHN POTTER.

Upon the petition of Lucinda Potter, of Cheshire, in New Haven county, showing to this Assembly, that John Potter late of said Cheshire, now deceased, was at the time of his decease seized as the owner thereof in fee of one undivided half of about one acre of land with a dwelling house and barn standing thereon, situated in said town of Cheshire, and bounded east on Cheshire turnpike, south on highway, and west and north on heirs of Asahel Hitchcock; also, one undivided half of about one half an acre of land with a dwelling house and shop thereon, situated in said Cheshire, and bounded north on highway, east on Azubah Tiley, and Sarila Stevens, south on heirs of Reuben Ives, and west on Lavinia Bradley; also, one other piece of land in said Cheshire, containing about two acres, with a barn thereon standing, bounded east on Benajah Beadle and burying ground, south on Bunnel lane, so called, west on heirs of Reuben Ives, and north on Azubah Tiley and Sarila Stevens ; one other piece of land in said Cheshire, containing two acres more or less, bounded east and south on highway and Fanny Hine, and west and north on Arad W. Welton; one other piece of land containing fourteen acres more or less, situated in said Cheshire, and bounded east on highway, south and west on Arad W. Welton, and north on Charles K. Brown ;-that the said John Potter made his last will and testament, dated the 18th day of November, 1842, in due form of law, and after his decease proved and approved, whereby he devised the property above described to his wife Lucinda Potter during her life, remainder to his daughter Mary Potter, and in case of her decease without children, before arriving

to the age of twenty-one, to his legal heirs, all which will more fully and at large appear by reference to the records of the court of probate for the district of Cheshire, of the said will and the distribution thereunder; that all said estate is now in the hands of the petitioner and is insufficient to support the petitioner and the said Mary Potter; that it would be greatly for the advantage of all persons interested in said estate that the same should be sold and the avails thereof invested for the purposes and uses of said will, and praying the General Assembly to authorize and empower some meet person to sell the same, as will more fully appear by said petition on file, dated 9th April, 1849. To said petition a citation in due form of law was annexed and an order of notice was made thereon, as by said citation and order of notice to said petition annexed will also appear. This Assembly doth find that said petition and citation have been duly served on the said Mary Potter, and that the order of notice thereon hath been fully complied with. And said petition having been duly returned to this General Assembly, this Assembly doth find the allegations in said petition contained to be true, that the said Lucinda Potter and Mary Potter are the only heirs at law of the said John Potter, that the said Mary Potter is a minor under the age of twenty-one years and has no child. Therefore

Resolved, That Edward A. Cornwall, of said town of Cheshire, be, and he is hereby authorized and empowered, with the consent and approbation of the court of probate for the district of Cheshire, to sell and convey all the right and interest which the said John Potter had at the time of his decease in said several described pieces of land and buildings, at such price and on such terms as to credit and security as shall seem to him most for the advantage of all the persons interested therein, and on such sale to exe

cute and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, suitable and proper deeds of any or all of such real estate conveying all the interest therein which the said John Potter had at the time of his decease, which deed or deeds shall be effectual to convey the same;-the said Edward A. Cornwall first giving bond to the acceptance of said court of probate, conditioned to invest the avails of the real estate which shall be so sold, in other estate to be by him held subject in all respects to the same limitations, conditions and uses, and to the same course of descent as such real estate would be subject to by law and said will, had the same not been sold.

AUTHORIZING EDWARD C. JOHNSON, COMMITTEE, TO SELL LANDS BELONGING TO SIDNEY SMITH, A LUNATIC.

Upon the petition of Edward C. Johnson, of the city, county and state of New York, showing to this Assembly that he is a committee, duly appointed by the laws of the said state of New York, of the person, goods, chattels and effects both real and personal, of Sidney Smith, a lunatic, now an inmate of the State Lunatic Asylum established at Utica, in said state of New York; that said Sidney Smith is owner of one undivided fourth part of a certain piece of land, situate in the town of Norwich and state of Connecticut, and that it would be for the advantage of said Sidney Smith that his interest in said realty should be sold, and the proceeds thereof otherwise invested for the benefit of said lunatic :—

Resolved by this Assembly, That Edward C. Johnson of the city, county and state of New York, committee of the person, goods, chattels and effects both real and personal, of Sidney Smith, late of the town of Hamilton, in the county of Madison, in said state of New York, and now an

inmate of the State Lunatic Asylum established at Utica in said state of New York, be, and he the said Johnson is hereby authorized and empowered by and under the direction of the court of probate for the district of Norwich, to sell and convey such real estate situated within said district of Norwich as said Sidney Smith is or may be entitled to by the last will and testament of Jonathan Hunt late of said city of New York deceased, and by operation of law, and any deed or deeds so given by said Johnson, as committee, as aforesaid, shall be good and effectual to convey said real estate. And the court of probate for the district of Norwich aforesaid is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the petition of said Johnson, as committee as aforesaid, asking leave of said court to sell such real estate, to grant said petition, first taking such bond for the due execution of the trust as said court shall deem just and reasonable, and also to direct respecting the investment of the proceeds of the sale of said real estate.

AUTHORIZING LEVI P. ROWLAND AND EUNICE H. ROWLAND TO SELL CERTAIN REAL ESTATE.

Upon the petition of Levi P. Rowland and Eunice H. Rowland, his wife, both of the town of Springfield, county of Hampden, state of Massachusetts, setting forth that Levi Perkins, late of the town of Lisbon, county of New London, state of Connecticut, deceased, in and by his last will and testament, duly executed, bearing date December 28th, A. D. 1837, devised all his estate, both real and personal, to said petitioners, for their joint lives, and to the survivor, for the life of said survivor, in trust for the children of said petitioner, to use, improve and manage the same for the use and benefit of said children, remainder to said children and their heirs, of the blood of said