liver to each other proper instruments of conveyance of the same, which shall be valid and effectual in law: and that the judge of said county court for the time being, whenever upon due enquiry he shall deem it for the best interest of the said Ezekiel M. Cooper, be and he hereby is authorized and empowered to appoint some suitable person to sell said real estate so to be received by the said Ezekiel M. from the said Esther in exchange as aforesaid, and upon such sale, to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser, or purchasers of said lands, a deed or deeds thereof, which shall be valid and effectual in law:-also to invest the avails of the estate so sold in a vessel, for the use of the said Ezekiel M. upon such conditions, and under such restrictions as shall, in the opinion of such judge be for the best interest of the said Ezekiel M. Cooper. Provided always, That before the sale of such real estate, the agent so appointed as aforesaid, to sell the same, shall give bond with surety to the acceptance of said county court, for the faithful performance of his duties.

AUTHORIZING SALE OF LANDS BELONGING TO WILLIAM CROSBY AND OTHER MOHEGAN INDIANS.

Upon the petition of William Crosby, Clark Samson, Sophrona Thompson, Elizabeth Wiggins, Emelia Smith, A. J. Samson, Avis Samson, Melissa Kuish, A. L. Samson, Nelson Paul and George W. Samson, members of the Mohegan tribe of Indians, praying for power to sell their interest in the lands descended to them as heirs at law of Samson Occum, deceased, formerly a member of said tribe, together with the interest which they have in the undivided lands of said tribe :

Resolved by this Assembly, That Andrew C. Lippitt of the city of New London, be, and he hereby is authorized and

fully empowered to sell, quit-claim and convey, in behalf of the petitioners, by proper deed or deeds for that purpose, all right and title which the petitioners have to lands formerly the property and particular estate of Samson Occum, deceased, together with all title and interest which they have or may have in and to the undivided lands of said Mohegan tribe; provided, that the interest of the petitioners in the undivided lands of said tribe shall not be sold or conveyed otherwise than to the tribe or a member of said tribe, and any member of said tribe for himself and the overseer thereof in behalf of and for the benefit of the tribe is hereby fully authorized and empowered to purchase and take a conveyance of the same, and thereupon said grantee or grantees shall succeed to all the rights which the grantor or grantors, or their descendants, have, or otherwise may or might have had, in and to said lands as members of said tribe.

SEC. 2. The interest which Nelson Paul and George W. Samson, the petitioners last named, have in and to said lands shall not be sold or conveyed by the said Lippitt, except upon request in writing hereafter to be made.

AUTHORIZING THE OVERSEER OF RUBY

MANSFIELD AND OTHER

GOLDEN HILL INDIANS, TO SELL LANDS.

Upon the petition of Smith Tweedy, overseer of Ruby Mansfield and Nancy Sharp, of Bridgeport, surviving heirs of the Golden Hill tribe of Indians, and Charles B. Hubbel, Nichols Northrop and Joseph B. French, selectmen of the town of Bridgeport in Fairfield county, and State of Connecticut, shewing that said Smith Tweedy, heretofore purchased for the use and benefit of said Ruby Mansfield and Nancy Sharp, with certain funds belonging to them, under and by virtue of certain resolutions heretofore passed by the General Assembly, and now

holds in trust for their use and benefit, a certain tract of land situated in the town of Trumbull in said Fairfield county, and bounded and described as follows,—westerly on Wells Hollow turnpike, northeasterly on Samuel Edwards land, easterly on land of Nathaniel Beach in part, and partly on land of J. Peet and F. P. Ambler, and southerly on land of Samuel Edwards, containing thirty acres more or less, it being the same land purchased by said Smith Tweedy under and by virtue of the resolutions aforesaid; and showing further that said Ruby Mansfield is old and infirm, and now resides in the town of Oxford, in New Haven county, with her husband, a colored man; and showing further that the said Nancy Sharp, who lately occupied said land, is under arrest for the crime of arson, and that a barn has been recently burned upon said premises, probably by one of said Indians, and that they are wasting said property and diminishing its value by cutting off the timber and wood, and that the house upon said premises is in danger of being destroyed, and asking for the passage of a resolution authorizing the overseer of said Indians, for the time being, at his discretion to sell said property, and invest the avails thereof for the benefit of said Ruby Mansfield and Nancy Sharp:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the overseer of said Ruby Mansfield and Nancy Sharp and of said Golden Hill Indians be and he is hereby authorized and empowered, at his discretion, to sell said land with the buildings thereon, and upon said sale to execute, acknowledge and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers of said real estate a deed or deeds thereof, which shall be valid and effectual in law; also to invest the avails of the estate so sold for the use and benefit of said Indians, upon the same conditions and under the same restrictions as other funds of said Indians are invested, and as the same were invested before they were used for the purchase of said land. Provided always, that before the

sale of such real estate, the overseer making said sale shall give bond with surety to the acceptance of the judge of probate for the district of Bridgeport, for the faithful performance of his duties.

INCORPORATING THE BROAD BROOK COMPANY.

Upon the petition of George Beach and others, praying for a grant of certain corporate rights, as per petition on file, dated May , A. D., 1849;-this Assembly having inquired into the allegations contained in said petition do find the same to be true; therefore,

SEC. 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That George Beach, Lawson C. Ives, Austin Dunham, Bryan E. Hooker, George Beach, Jr., Erastus Smith, with all others who now are or hereafter may be associated with them, and their successors and assigns, be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the name of the "Broad Brook Company," to be located in the town of East Windsor, in Hartford county, for manufacturing purposes, and by that name they and their assigns and successors shall be, and hereby are authorized and empowered to purchase, take, hold, occupy, possess and enjoy, to them and their successors, any goods, lands, tenements or hereditaments, chattels and effects of whatever kind they may be which shall be necessary for the views and purposes of said corporation, and the same to sell and dispose of at pleasure; also, to sue and be sued, defend and be defended, answer and be answered unto, in any court of record or elsewhere, and said corporation may have and use a common seal and may alter the same at their pleasure.

SEC. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall be two hundred thousand dollars, with liberty to increase the same from time to time to an amount not exceeding in the

whole three hundred thousand dollars, and no additional stock shall be created except by a vote of the stockholders at an annual meeting, or at a meeting specially warned for that purpose. The shares of said capital stock shall be twenty-five dollars each, and shall be deemed and considered personal estate, and be transferable only on the books of said company, in such form as the by-laws thereof shall prescribe; and said company shall at all times have a lien on all the stock and property of the members thereof invested therein, for all debts due from them to said company.

SEC. 3. The stock, property and affairs of said corporation shall be managed by not less than three nor more than twelve directors, who shall be chosen annually by the stockholders at such time and place as shall be prescribed by the by-laws of said company, which directors shall be stockholders, and shall hold their offices for one year, and until others shall be chosen in their stead.

SEC. 4. A majority of the directors shall on all occasions, when met, constitute a board for the transaction of business, and a majority of the stockholders present at any legal meeting shall be capable of transacting the business of such meeting, each share entitling the owner thereof to one vote, and such vote may be given personally or by proxy.

SEC. 5. The directors, or a major part of them, shall have power to fill any vacancies in their board, which may happen by death or otherwise, for the current year, and to appoint and employ from time to time, a secretary, treasurer and such other officers, mechanics and laborers as they may think proper, in the prosecution of their business, and, as often as the business of the company will admit, may declare a dividend of the profits on each share, which shall be paid by the treasurer of said company; and the stockholders may from time to time make and establish such bylaws, rules and regulations as they may deem expedient, and the same may alter and repeal, provided, the same be not inconsistent with the laws of this state or the United States.