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ACTIONS TO TRY THE TITLE OF LANDS SOLD BY LICENSE. 

 Revised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 71. 



Sec. 29. No action shall be brought to recover any estate 

 sold under this chapter, nor entry made thereon, except by 

 judgment of law, with a view to avoid the sale by persons 

 claiming under the deceased, or by the ward or persons claim- 

 ing under him, unless it is done within five years after the 

 sale, or the termination of the guardianship, except that per- 

 sons out of the state, or under any legal disability at said 

 times, are limited to five years after their return to the state, 

 or the removal of the disability. 



Sec. 30. In any action brought to contest the validity of 

 any such sale, by the heir or others claiming under t he 

 deceased ; the wife, or her heirs, in case of a sale of her 

 estate by her husband ; or the ward or persons claiming 

 under him, no such sale shall be avoided on account of any 

 irregularity in the proceeding, if it appears : 



First — ^That the license was granted by a court of com- 

 petent jurisdiction, and the deed duly executed and recorded. 



Second — That the person licensed took the oath, and gave 

 the bond and notice of the time and place of sale required by 

 law. 



Third — That the premises were sold in such manner, and 

 within such time as the license authorized, and are held by 

 one who purchased them in good faith. 



Sec. 31. If the validity of such sale is contested by one 

 claiming adversely to the title of the wife, ward, or deceased 

 aforesaid, or by a title not derived through either, the sale 

 shall not be held void on account of any irregularity in the 

 proceedings, if it appears that the license was granted by a 

 court of competent jurisdiction, and the deed duly executed 

 and recorded. 



MISCHIEVOUS DOGS. 

 Revised Statutes of 1871, Chapter 30. 

 Sec. 1. Towns may pass by-laws to regulate the going at 

 large of dogs within them. When any dog does any damage 



