"style aforesaid.
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House of Representatives in General As-
sembly convened. That Arnold Fenner,
Erastus Lester, William A. Lester, Isaac K.
Cutler,Jerimiah S. Webb, Ira Hyde, Nathan-
iel Frinck, Allen Harris, Abel Kenedy, Wil-
liam P. Darbe, Daniel VVheeler, Daniel
Wheeler, Jr. Joseph S. Gladding, VVilliam
Storrs, George Kenyon, John Dunlap, Morey
Burgess, Sanford Boyden, Lyman Spalding.
Cardner Rouse, Henry Douglass, Samuel
Humes, John \Vheeler, Jesse H. Medbury
and William Dyer, be, and they are hereby
incorporated by the name and style of the
Plainfield Savings Bank, and that they and
such others as shall be duly elected members
ofsaid corporation, shall be and remain a
body politic and corporate, by the name and
f;’:«-''-‘. ” . §3,,;.;:-.-.
Sec. 2d. Said corporation shall he capa-
ble of receiving from any person or persons
any deposite or deposites of money not ex- _
ceeding two hundred dollars, either directly
or indirectly, from any individual in any one
year, and to use and improve the same at
their discretion, as hereinafter provided. _
Sec. 3d. All deposites of money receiyed
by said corporation, shall be used and im-
proved to the best advantage, by loaning the
same, by order or consent of a majority of
the Directors, on mortgage of real estate or
other undoiibted_security, and in a manner
not inconsistent with the laws of this State;
and the funds of said corporation may be
vested by purchase in Bank stock in any
Bank inithis State or in the State of Rhoda
Island, or any other public stock or any State,
or ofthe United States; and s rid society may
dispose of the same, from time to time, to
such an amount as will meet the demand for
deposites; and the income or profits thereof.
shall be applied and divided among the per-
sons making the deposites, their executors or
administrators, in just proportions, with, such
reasonable deduction as may be chargable,
thereon, and the principal of such deposite or
deposites, may be withdrawn by the owner
or owners thereof, or by any other persons
dulyauthoized forthat purpose, on giving no-
tice of such intention in writing, and lodging
the same with the Secretary of said corpora-
tion, at least four months previous to with-
drawing such deposite or deposites. .
Sec. 4th. Said corporation shall at their
annual meeting in June, elect by ballot, any
other person or persons, to be members of
said society, in case of any vacancy, so that
the members shall not be reduced below
twelve in number.
Sec. 5th. Said corporation may have a
common seal, and all deeds, grants, covenants
and agreements, made by any person by
their authority and direction, according to the
bye-laws of said society, shall be good and
valid ; and said corporation may sue and be
sued, may defend, and shall be held to an-
swer by said corporate name.
Sec. 6th. Aineeting of the members of
said society shall be held at said Plainfield,
in the month ofJune annually, and such oth-
er times as they shall judge expedient, and
any seven members of said corporation, the
President, a vice President, 'l‘reasurer or
Secretary being one, shall be a qnoium.——
And said corporation at their annual meeting,
shall elect a President, Vice» President, five
Directors, and all other such ofiicers as to
them shall appear necessary, which ofiicers
shall continue in oflie one year, and until
others’ are chosen in their room.
Sec. 7th. No President, Vice President
or Trustee of said corporation, shall be enti-
tled to, or receive any compensation for his
services. and no member thereof shall bcthe
hirer borrower, (of the funds of said cor-
poration) or any part thereof.
Sec. 8th. Said corporation shall have
the power of making bye-laws for the more
orderly managing of the business of said
corporation, provided the same are not rcpng-I
nant to the Constitution and laws of this
State.
Sec. 9th. Arnold Fcnner, Esq’. is hereby
utliorizedto call the first meeting of suit
corporation, by causing personal notice to be
given to the members thereof, of the time
and place of holding said meeting, in the
month of June, I839.
Sec. 10th. It shall be the duty of the
President and Directors of said corporation,
to make annual report of the deposites and
dividends declared and made: Provided, al-
ways, that this Act, or any part thereof, may
be altered, amended or repealed, at the pleas-
ure of the General Assembly.
Approved, June 1st, 1839.
An Act in addtioin to an Act entitled “ An
Act for forming and conducting the Milita-
ry Force.”
Sec. lst. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General assem-
bly convened, That the Quarter Master Gen.
cause, to be returned to the arsenal, all arms
distributed under the distribution Act of 1837,
which have-not been accepted by any coin-
pany or companies entitled to the same, or
which are not in use by said company or
companies.
Sec. 2d. It shall be the duty of any and
all persons, who have in violation of law,
loaned any portion of the public arms, to re-
turn the same to the arsenal, on or before the
20th of July, 1839, in as good condition as
when taken therefrom, ordinary wear only
excepted.
Sec. 3d. The Quarter Master General is
hereby authorized to furnish arms to such
Light ‘Infantry and Rifle company or
companies, as have not received the same
under said distribution Act, in such pro-'
portion to each company, as he may deem
just and proper; provided the same are for-
nished from such arms as may hereafter be
returned to the arsenel, ifa sufficient number
should be returned; and provided bonds, such
as he shall approve, are given for the safe
keeping and return .01 said arms, when re.
quired, and in as good condition as when ta-
ken, ordinary wear only excepted. -
Sec. 4th. The Comptroller of the State,
is hereby authorized and empowered to draw
an order on the Treasurer annuallv, for the
sum of three dollars, for the storage of any
Field Piece, in the hands of any Artillery
Company, on a certificate of a majority of the
selectnien of t.fie,towr,i, where such Pieces is
located, that the panic has been kept for the
year preceding, in a building or enclosure
devoted exclusively to that purpose, and that
Sec. 5tli. _ Tfiaf the furnishing of Harness
for Artillery Companies, be hereafter dispens-
ed with, and the Commanding Officers of
said Companies, be authorized and empower-
ed to hire harnesses for the use of said Coni-
panies, on days of exercise and review, the
expense of whiclr shall be paid by an order
on the Treasurer, provided, in each case, an
account of such expense be approved by a
majority of the sclectmen as aforesaid, and
be presented at the time of presenting said
storage account. .
Sec. 6th. It shall be the duty of the
Commanding Officers of artillery Co nipaniep,
on days of exercise or review, to cause their
Pieces to be returned to their respective gun-
houses with all convenient dispatch, after said
Company shall have been dismissed; and im-
mediately thereupon to cause the same to be
thoroughly cleansed; and it shall be the du-
ty ofaiiy Justice of the Peace or Grand Ju-
ror, to report‘ to the Quarter Master, General,
all violations of this Act.
sec, 711-;_ No field piece in the hands of
any Artillery Company, shallbe used, except
for company exercise or review, unless. by
written permission of some General or_Field
officer, living in the county in which said field
piece is located, or by written permission of
the majority of the town in which the same
is kept, provided, that when such permission
is given by said selectinen, the town in which
they reside, shall be liable for the return of
the same, in as good condition as when taken,
and when such permission is given by a Gen.
or Field officer, such officer shall incur the
satire liability. Said field pieces shall re-
main in the respective towns in which they
are now located. A '
Sec '8th. In all cases where an Artille-
ry Company is furnished with two field
pieces, and but one is used, either for compa-
ny or exercise or review, or when but one is
needed, the Quarter Master General is an-
thorized and empowered to cause one of said
pieces, to be returned to the arsenal.
Approved,June 7th, 1839
An Act in addition to “ An Act to incorporate
the city of Bridgeport."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
preseniaives in General Assembly convened,
Thai whenever the Court of Common Council.
of said city, Sll21ll_|Utlgell(‘0DdUClVel0 ilie health
of the inliabitaiiis. to open and establish drains
in said city, said Court of Common Council,
may designate the places where such drains shall
be opened, and ilie depth and widili and mati-
nerofbuilding thereof. And such drains may be
opened through lands of individual proprietors,
also ihrongli public liighways, and said Court of
Common Council may employ stiiiable persons
in open such drains and from time to time.
cleanse and repair the same, and may adjust
and liquidate the expense thereof, and apportion
and assess the same, upon the several proprie-
tors of lat.-rls, through which drains are made,
and also upon the proprietors ofsuch grounds as
are drained iliereby, and such assessnienis shall
be collected in the same manner and form as is
prescribed in ilie forty-sixili Section of the Act,
to which this is an addition; and the same
powers are hereby granted, and the same duties
enjoined. Provided always, That if any per-
son shall he aggrieved by the doings of the Com-
mon Council under this Act, he or they shall
have the privilege of preferring ilieir complaint
to the next Couiiiy Court in the Couiiiy of Fair-
field ngaiiisi said city, by leaving a copy ofsuch
coniplaint with the city clerk. at least twelve
days before the sitting of said Court, and if said
Court, oti hearing such complaint, shall be of
opinion that any part of such expense so incur
red. ought to be borne by said City. said Court
shall order that said complainant be relieved
from the payment of such part, or the whole of
such expense. as to Iliem may appear just and
equitable; and ifit should appearthat such com-
plainant hath actually paid any sum or sums of
money. which ought to be refunded. said Court
may grant execution in favor ofsuch complain-
,am against said city.
Approved, May 29, 1839.
‘An Act in alteration ofAii Actcntitletl “An Act
fix: the fulfillment of the obligations of this
E State, imposed byilic constitution ofthe Uni-
. icd States, in regard to persons held to service
or labor in one state escaping into another, and
to secure ilie right oftrial by jury, in the cases
liereiti mentioned," (enacted in 1838.)
See. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, That whenever any person shall have
been arrested in any county in this State, on a
wilt of Habeas Corpus, agreeable to ilie first
section of the act of v. hich iliis is an alteration;
on return ofthe writ with the body of the person
so arrested, it shall be the duty of the Court or
Judge before whom the some is returnable, to
hear ilie allegations and proofs ofthe parties, or
ifrcquired, to allow reasonable time to produce
further necessary proof, an.d in such case, to com-
init the pcrsouso claimed and arrested as a fugi-
tive. to the custody of ilie Slierifi'ol' said county
for safe keeping; or to take a bond with sulfi-
cient sureiies, in such penalty as the Judge or
Court s_liall deem sufficient, conditioned that he
shall appear before such Judge or Court. at the
time and place ilierein specified. to abide the or-
der and decision of ilie Court or Judge having
cognizance theret f, in relation to such claim.
See. 2. Be it furilier cnactctl, That the third
section ofthe act of which this is an alteration,
be, and ilie same is hereby repealed.
Approved, May 20, 1839.
An Act to constitute the town of Redding a Pro-
bate District.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives in General Assembly convened,
That the town of Rcdding be, and the same is
hereby constituted a Probate District. by the
name ofihedistrictof Redding: Provided, how-
ever, iliaiall matters and business. begun or en-
tered in the Court of Probate for,ilie district of
Danbury, shall be conipleled therein in the some
manner as though this act had not been passed.
Approved, May 24, 1839.
An Act in, addition to an Act, entitled “An Act
to regulate ilie inspection of Provisions and
other articles of coitimerco.”
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, Tliat every owner. miller, or manufac-
turer of flour, which is put up for sale, within
this state, shall cause the initial letters of his
rlirisiiaii name and his surnatne. at length. to be
branded or marked on one head of every barrel
and half barrel, in which such flour is put up. in
permanent and legible characters, and the quanti-
HCS marked in figures. .’
360- 2- That no owner, miller. or manufac-
ture: of flour, shall put up such flour, or cause
the same to be put up for sale. in any barrel or
hplt barr.cl.,either head of which has been pre-
V,!_0.l,1Sly branded or marked, and used as the head
°.l 3 l’*1".8.l Or half barrel of flour. destined to
m3|'k°_'. unless such brands or niarks shall have
bcen first erased from such heads.
no injury ha_s,arisen to such Fieid Piece, by-
rcasoii pf the _impropci' storage of the sjainc.
Sec. 3. Every person who shall Violate llit‘
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this Act, shall forfeit and pay. the sum of twenty-
five dollars; one half to any person who shall
prosecute the same to effect, and the other hall
to the 'I‘r'easnrer of the town in which such of-
fence is committed. ‘ *
Approved, May 25. 1839.
An Act declaring valid the doings of a Town
Meeting therein named.
\Vhei-eas the town of Harwinion haili heretofore
designated and determined oiheriplaces ‘than
the sign posts, at which notifications of 'l0WD
Meeting in said town, shall be set up‘; and
whereas, there was an omission io_set up no-
tices of the annual town meetings in Ihefalls
of 1835, 1836. 1837, and 1838. upon the several
school houses in ilie said town, and also upon
one of the sign posts in said towti. but "°"fi'
cation was in all other respects given accord-
ing to law ; Therefore.
Be it enacted by ilie Senate and House of Re-
presenlatives in General Assembly L‘0nV8fl€ds
That none ofilie doings ofilie said Town Meet-
ings, in either ofsaid years. either in the appoint-
ment ofiown oflicers, the granting of taxes. 0|
the transaction of any other business, shall be
deemed invalid by reason ofthe omission afore-
said : but such doings, if in other respects con-
formable to law, are hereby declared to be
valid.
Approved, June 1, 1839. g
An Act in addition to an Act. entitled “An Act
for ilie regulation of Civil Aciions.”.
Be it enaciedby the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives in General Assembly convened.
Thai whenever either of the obligors. 0!‘ lhe SUT-
viving obligor in an administration bond, shall be
the Judge of Probate, in and for the district
where said bond was given. and be the successor
of the Judge to whom said bond was given. it
shall be lawful for any person or persons inter-
ested in said bond. and who have a right of ac-
tion thereon, to bring their said action in the
name of the Judge of an adjoining Probate Dis-
tricl, and said Judge of said adjoining District.
shall have the same powers. and perform the
same dtiiies in the premises. and ilie parties in in-
terest shall have the same rights under him, as
he or they would have, ifsaid Judge of said ad-
joining disirici was the successor ofthe Judge to
whom the said bond was given.
Approved, May 29, 1839.
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An Act in addition to an Act entitled “An Act
securing to Mechanics a Lien or: land and
‘ biiildiiigs.” and the act in addition thereto.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly conven-
ed, That the lien upon land and buildings, creat-
ed by ilie acts to which iliis is in addition, he
and ilie same hereby is extended to the claiinsof
sub-contractors for the performance of labor
alone, or for such labor, together with the furnish-
ing of materials, upon any dwelling house, or
oilier building or edifice, hereafter erected or re-
paired whenever the amount of such claim or
claims due any one person or firm, shall equal
the sum of fifty dollars. which said lien shall re-
main and he proceeded with in the man-
ner provided in said acts. Provided, that
no such claim, shall be a lien on such
building, except as hereinafter provided, no-
less the agreement made by the sub-c-ontrac-
tors with the original contractors, shall be in
writing. nor unless the proprietor, or the person
originally contracting for the erection or repair-
ing of any such building or edifice, shall assent
in writing to said agreement.
Sec. 2. The lieti created by this act shall not
remain on the land and building to which the
same shall attach. for a longer period than sixty
days after such building is finished or such con
tract ierininaied,-unless ilie person claiming the
same. shall lodge wiili the town clerk of ilie
town in which said building is situated. 8 notice
or certificate in writing, describing the premises
and ilie amount claimed as a lien on the same,
which notice when left, shall be recorded by the
town clerk with deeds oflaud.
Sec. 3. No lien shall attach any land and
buildings in favor of any sub-contractor, or any
sub-contractors as aforesaid. to a greater amount
in the whole, than the amount due to the origi-
nal coiiiractor. And when there are several
sub-coiitractors and the amount due to them
from the original contractor or contractors, ex-
ceeds the amount due tosaid original contractor
the lieu of said sub-coiitractors who shall have
complied with the provisions of iliis Act, shall
be in proportion to the amount of the debts re-
speciively due to them by the original contrac-
l0l'.
Sec. 4. Wlieiievcr any contractors for the
erection of any building shall become insolvent,
the amount due to such contractor for the same,
after notice in writing to the person or persons
from whom said amount is due. of the insol-
vency of said contractors, shall be retained as a
fund‘in the hand ofsuch person or persons, sub-
ject to ilie payment of the claims of all persons,
entitled to alien by the provisions of this act,
and the Superior or County Courts in the county
in which such building shall be erected or re-
paired, shall have power, on application of any
person interested, to direct to the manner in
which said claim shall be paid.
__Sec. The Superior and County Courts shall
have full power as courts of chancery, to deter-
mine all questions arising under this act, and the
acts to which iliis is an addition.
Approved, June 7, 1839.
An Act in addition to an Act. entitled ‘(An Act
relating to sheriffs.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives in General Assembly convened.
That ilie Sheriffof the county of Fairfield -may
appoint for said county, any number of deputy
sheriffs, not exceeding eleven ; and so mucti of
the act to which this/is an addition, as is incon-
sisient herewith, be, and the some hereby is re-
pealed.
Approved, J one 5. 1839.
An Act in addition to an Act, entitled “ An Act
providing for the support of State Paupers,”
and to repeal an Act therein mentioned.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, That whenever ilze Selectmen in any
town in this state, shall receive iioiice that any
person who is a state pauper, and whom it is the
duty of the state by law to support, is reduced
by sickness, or other cause to uecessitous cir-
cumstances, it shall be the duty ofsuch select-
men to furnish such pauper with the necessary
support after such notice, and such town shall not
be liable for the previous support ofsuch pauper ;
and if such selectmen shall immediately after
such notice shall have come to their actual
knowledge, give notice by mail, or otherwise, to
the Comptroller of Public Accountsysuch town
shall be entitled to reimbursement from the state.
in the manner, and to the extent provided in the
Act to which this is an addition, for the expense
which they shall have incurred, after notice to
said selectmen as aforesaid.
Sec. 2. That all parts ofthe Act to which this
is in addition, and all other acts inconsistent
herewith, be, and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved, June '7, 1839._ '
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An Act in addition to an Act, entitled -“ An Act
for regulating salaries and fees.-"
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in G,e,n_e.r_al Assembly
,l’.l'(’\'l5i°"5 all €lll.!.0f.0.f 1.11.0 foregoing .5CCllOll6 of convened, That the fees of Clerks ofthe County
and Superior Courts, forientering each action.
which atthe first term of the Court shall be dis-.
continued or withdrawn. Sbiill be firleen ‘-‘°m5-
Sec. 2. Thai so muchof said'Act, and all
other Acts, as is inconsistent herewith, be, and
the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, J one 7, 1839.
An Act in addition to, and alteration of an Act.
entitled “An Act to regulate the election of
Senators, and divide the State into Senatorial
Districts for that purpose."
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened. That at Ilie meeting of the Electors of
the town of East Lyme. on ilie first Monday of
April, A. D. 1840. and annually thereafter. im-
mediaiely after the choice of a Representative
in said town, those €l(‘C|0l‘S of said town, quali-
fied to voiein ilie choice ofsuch Representative
living within. ilie seventh Senatorial District-
shall be called upon by the presiding officer in
each of such meetings, to bring in their ballots
for a Senator in the General Assembly of this
state, next ensuing said election. whoai the time
of holding such meeting shall belong to and re-
side in said seventh Senatorial District; and
each elector present at such ni'eeiiii,<__v, belonging
within the limits of said District, and qualified
as aforesaid, may thereupon bring in his ballot
for such person as he may choose, to be a Sena-
tor for said seventh Senatorial District. with his
name fairly written or printed on a piece of pa-
per: Immediately thereafter, ilie presiding offi-
cer as aforesaid, shall call upon the electors of
said town of East Lyme, living within the ninth
Senatorial District, and qualified as aforesaid, to
bring in their ballots for_ a Senator in the General
Assembly of this state. next ensuing said elec-
lion, who at the time of holding such meeting,
shallbelong to and reside in the said ninth Sena-
torial Districl. and each elector present at such
meeting and belonging within the limits of said
District, and qualified as aforesaid, may iliere_-
upon bring in his ballot for such person as he
shall choose, to be a Senator for said ninth Sena-
torial Disirict, with his name fairly written or
printed on a piece of paper; and the votes so
given in, shall be separately received, counted,
canvassed and declared, in the same manner as
now provided by law for the choice of Senators.
Sec. 2. The presiding officer in the meetings,
ofthe Electors ofsaid town of East Lyme, shall
make out the certificate of the votes for Senator
follows,viz :
At a meeting of the electors of the seventh
Senatorial District. in the town of East Lyme,
legally warned and held, on the first Monday of
April, A. D. the following persons received
the number of votes annexed to their respective
names, for a senator for the seventh Senatorial
Dlslrlclo
Names" plumber of votes in words at
ulllengih.
Also at a meeting ofthe electors of the ninth
Senatorial District, in the town of East Lyme,
legally warned and held as aforesaid, the follow-
ing persons received the number of votes an-
nexed to their respective names, for a Senator of
the ninth Senatorial district.
Number of votes in words at
full length.
Duplicate list of votes for Senator of the
seventh and ninth Senatorial Districts.
Certified by A. A. Presicing Officer.
Sec. 3 The presiding officer, in makitig out
said certificate, to be returned to ilie Secretary
of State, shall insert the number ofvoles in words
at full length.
Sec. 4. The superscripiion of said certificate
to be returned to the Secretary of State, shall be
as follows :
To the Secretary of State-
Votes ofthe electorsofllic iowii ofEast Lyme.
for Senators ofthe seventh and ninth Senatorial
Districts. taken and sealed up by A. B. Presid-
ing Oflicer.
‘Sec. 5. The votes thus reiurn'ed, shall have
been heretofore entitled to under ilie provisions
ofthe act to which this is an addition, any laws
to the contrary notwithstanding. ‘
Approved, June 5. 1839.
Names.
An Act in alteration of an Act incorporating the
Borough of Worihingiou—passed May ses-
sion, 1834.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Re-
presentatives in General Assembly convened,
That the Borough of Worthington be reduced
to the following limits, and that the same shall
hereafter be ilie limits of said Borough, any law
to the contrary notwithstanding, viz: Beginning
at a.point in Capt. Normand Peck’s Barn lot,
bearing south, five degrees west fifteen rods and
thirteen links from the southwest corner of said
Peck’s barn,’ running east to the northwest cor-
net of Alfred Edwards’ house lot, on the east
side of the Hartford and New Haven turnpike
road ; thence along the north line of said Ed-
wards’ lot, continuing the course to a point in a
lo: of Col. Frederick Dunham, deceased,
seventy-one and one half rods from the Hartford
and New Haven turnpike road; thence souther-
ly, in the southeast. corner of Col. William
Bulkley’s house lot; thence westerly to the
southeast corner of Zenas Richardson's garden,
on the west side of said turnpike road; thence
continuing the same course westerly. forty rods
from said road; thence northerly, to the first
mentioned point.
Be it further enacted, That so much of the said
act of which this is an alteration, as is inconsis-
tent herewilh, be, and the same is hereby re-
pealed.
Approved, May 25, 1839.
An Act to constitute the town of Groton, a Pro-
*’~ bale District. ‘
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRe-
presenfatives in General Assembly convened,
That the town ofGroton, be, and is hereby con
siiiuied a Probate District, by the name of the
District of Groton. Provided, however, that all
matters and business begun or entered in the
Court ofl’ robate forthe district ofSionington.sliall
be completed therein, in the same manner as if
this act had not been passed.
Approved, May 25, 1839.
An Act to amend the charter of the City ofNew
— Haven.
Be itenacted by the Senate and House of Re-
presentatives in General Assembly convened,
That it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the
city of New Haven. to cause all the bye-laws of
said city. hereafter enacted, to be published, as
is by law provided ; and to make entries attest-
ed by him. of such publication. and of the pres
ent bye-laws of said city, upon ilie recordsihere-
o[‘; and a certified copy by ilie clerk of said city,
ofauy such entry, shall be evidence ofsuch pub-
licaiion.
Approved, May 30, 1839.
An Act in relation to the partition oflands.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by ihe'Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, Tliat whenever the same persons, either
as joint tenants. tenants in common or copar-
cecers. shall be the owners ofdifferent parcels of
real estate, held by them, under different titles,
partition of such real estate may be made be
tween such joint owners, by writ of‘pariiiion or
-nherwise. in the same manner as though the
whole of said real estate were held by them un-
-.ler one and the same title.
See. 2. Wlienever_differ_ent parcels of real es-
of the seventh and ninth Senatorial Districts as .
tat: shall have descended to the same persons.
as the helm at law of different intestates. or
shall have been devised to the same deviseeso by
different leslators, the Court of Probate, to which
the settlement of all Ilie several estates of such
deceased persons shall apperiain and belong,
may cause such real estate to be distributed to
and among such joint owners, by distributors for
that purpose appointed. in the same manner as
though the whole of such real estate were held
under one and thepsamc title; and such distri-
bution so made. and accepted by said Court of
Probate, shall be good ‘and effectual in the law,
as if the said parcels of real estate had been
separately aparied.
Sec. 3d._ The Superior Court may and shall
have auihorilv as a Court of Equity, to cause
partition to be made of any real estate. held by
any persons as joint tenants. tenants in common
or coparceners ; which partition shall be record-
ed in the records of the town or towns in which
said lands may be situated.
Approved, May 29, 1839.
An Act izialieration of an Act, entitled “ An Act
to establish the Stamford Bank ;" passed May,
1834-. >
See. I. Be itenacted by ilie Senate and House
of Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, That the debts of said corporation,
whether by bond, bill or note. shall not at any
time exceed fifty per cent. over and beyond the
total amotint of the capital stock actually paid
in, and of Ilie monies. deposited in said Bank
for safe keeping; and that so much ofthe eighth
section of said act, as provides that such debts
shall not exceed the amount of such capital stock
and deposites; be, and the samexhereby is re-
pealed.
Sec. 2. If on the failure of said corporation.
the debts thereof, by bond. bill or note as afore-
said, shall exceed fifty per cent. overand be-
yond the total amount of the stock ofsaid Batik
actually paid in, and ofthe moneys deposited in
said Bank for safe keeping at the time when
such excess of indebtedness was contracted, then
the President, Directors and Cashier of said cor-
poration, who have caused or assented to such
excess, shall be liable asjoint and several debtors,
to pay the notes and hills of said corporation of
the denomination of one hundred dollars and un-
der; and that the 12th section of said act, of
which this is an. alteration. except the two pro-
visos, be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved June 1, 1839.
lNl©l}i7’.\MALll€ GAZETTE.
“ DON”l‘ GIVE UP THE SHIP.”
VVEDNESDAY, JUNE ‘.26, 1839.
FOURTH or Ju1.v——Ruml Cclcln-alian.—
Our great National Anniversary is just at
hand, and as yet we know of no arrange-
ments in progress for its appropriate celebra-
tion~in this village. It may be too late al-
ready to make suitable preparations for the
customary observance of the day—but we
can certainly assemble and listen to the Dec-
laration of Independence; and what Orution
‘can be more instructive, or better adapted to
the occasion than Washington’s Farewell
Address?
We are very much pleased with the man-
ner of celebrating the 4th of July at North-
ampton, and publish the following from the
Courier of that place, in the hope that our
ladies may be disposed to get up a similar
celebration. "What more delightful spot can
be found for such a rural festival than the.
ainphi-theatre on the north side of the River,
opposite the Cotton factory?
Rural Celebrations on the Fourth of July
should commend themselves to the considera-
tion of the people of every village in the
country. Orations are somewhat stale. The
subject grows musty, and needs time for re-
pose and resuscitation. "Rural celebrations
are beautiful and appropriate. They are di-
vested of all political acrimony and are social
in their influences and elevating in their
character. But the charm is in having the
society of the ladies, who give zest and sweet-
ness and vivacity to every purpose they ad.
vocate or thing they choose to touch.
Public dinners are merely seasons of ani-
mal indulgence and selfish pleasure. VVhile
husbands and brothers and fathers are eating
to repletion, and perhaps drinking to excess,
the better part of creation are left alone, to
seek some dull enjoyment or beguile time
by domestic occupations. They are debar-
. red from these festivities and have no part or
lot in celebrating this great anniversary. Not
so with the Rural Celebrations which for
years have been held in this town.
Some beautiful lawn or grove is selected
by the Managers, who are chosen at-a meet-
ing of the ladies. Eight gentlemen selected
by the lady managers, come in to their aid,
and previous to the 4th, beautiful tables are
laid and arches of wreaths and evergreens
and flowers are gaily thrown over them.-
Before this, the Lady managers extend their
invitations generally through the village, and
it is expected, that every family which ac-
cepts, will send on the anniversary morning,
contributions of Cake and flowers." This
pretty rivalship brings upon the tables most
exquisite things for the eye, for the taste and
or the senses. About three o’clock
the guests begin to assemble. The gen-
tlemen introduce the company to the lady
managers, who are always gracious and
beautiful and gaily decked as ‘ Flora’s daugh-
ters.’ The afternoon is passed in social in-
tercourse, interspersed with uiusic, cooling
refreshments and a rural dance on the green.
A more beautiful sight cannot be imagined.
A more rational and delightful way of pass-
ing this anniversary, cannot be conceived.—
VVe commend it to the people of every town
and village in this vast country, thus to keep
the spirit of patriotism alive, by associating
it with domestic pleasure and rural hilarity.
-The Crops.—Our Southern and IVestern
papers say that grain never promised a more
abundant harvest. Good news for new Eng-
land, and indeed for those who lean upon “ the
staff of life”__i_n all sections of our country.
.4 Write Def¢mlter.—The Government
recently charged the Receiver of the Land
Office at Edwardsville, Illinois, Dr. B. F.
Edwards, a staunch Wilig, with being a de-
'faultcr, and turned him out of office. Dr,
E. stood Uncle Sam atrial before an Ad‘-
ministration Court—the U. S. District Count
of Illinois-and the result, was, that Vncll!
Sam was found to be the defaulter instead of
Dr. E., who had a large unliquidated ac»-
count against the Government. As the Ex-
press very pertinently remarks—if there’s to
be any running off to Texas in this case, the
Administration must do the running—not
Dr. E. V
S-3"‘ See advertisement of Steamboat Citi-
’ .
zen s Fourth of J uly Excursion to N. Haven.
i Vi7.é'5nia.—The prospects in this State are
altogether more flattgrinig than the first re-
turns of the election promised_ We ham
from the Richmond Whig that Mr. Marshall,
who lost his election in Marshall by six roles,
will contest the seat of Mr. Scott, the return-
ed Van Buren Member. The Whig candi.
dates in Hampshire and Hanover will also
claim their seats; and there is very little
doubt but that all of them will succeed in Obi‘.
taining them. It is said that no ‘lVhig has
ever contended for a seat in the Virginia Le-
gislature, without getting it, even from.
an Administration inajority—so palpame are.
the frauds of the Loco-Focos. -
Even the venerable Ritchie, the “ 71011.9-
1-ei-rons” of the Richmontl Enquirer, admits
that the game is in the hands of the Whigs
and Conservatives; and his recent shouts of
triumph have sunk into the most dismal‘
lamentations.
T/tc Kniclmrboclrer.——The June No. of
this most cordially welcomed Magazine‘ is
just received. VVe most sincerely ivi's-h that
we could receive it in season to give ou.r opjn-
ion of i-’. at least contemporaneously with our
brethren of the newspaper genus. ‘But if we
cannot be served with it until every one-t,-13.;
has had an opportunity to read it, and use up
all the ordinary pliraseology of r-i-pprobrition
respecting it, we must, in all liimiility, con-
tent ourselves, with expressing our tzcquics-
cence in the numerous commcndatory notices
of this excellent work, whicli met our eye
long before the subject-matter of their ap-
proval had gretted our impatient vision.--
Subscribers in this vicinity, have for months
past, received their numbers weeks earlier
than ours has come to hand—-—and ‘if the
Kiiiclrerboclfei‘ is worth sending us at of/,it
is worth sending us in sea:so7t.=: '71
"A 'l‘oi{niv or Ari-‘t:cTio.\'A'r1~: '.R1:iti:'.\i.._
rm/tncii; licmga Fztrczcell Dist-ou‘“i:.9_e ric-
Norwal/;, Co7i7t.., March 31, 1839‘. By,
Ja.’s Knox, lately llliztislcr of!/mt clmnralt.”
The above is the title of a neat little pock-
et volume, just from the press, publishtd at
the request of the Society to whom it was
addressed. We have not yet found leisure
for its perusal; but from the high opinion of
it which has been expressed by Il'l:‘lX)y’ who
heard it, we entertain no doubts of its m,t.-rits.
It is for sale by J0/in A. IVcerl; and,’ we
understand, that the profits arising from its
sale will be applied towards liquidating the
debts of the Old \Vell Society.
9;?‘ The Supreme Court of Errors. at
their late session in Litclifield, all thejudges
being present, decided in favor ofthe clectign
of the Sheriffs chosen by the people.
a
The U. S. experimental sloop of war Sul-
livan, was launched at Portsmouth, N. H. on
Thursday last. She is of the same size and
neat build of the Decatur, recently built ofthe
same class now under way. The Suliliran
is described as a superb specimen of? naval
architecture. ~
R/totle Island Whig Slttfe Co-7t1:c22fz’o2t.-—
The Rhode Island Whig Convention assem-
bled pursuant to notice at Newport, last Fri-
day, Samuel W’. King presided. Robt. B.
Cranston of Newport, and Joseph L. Tiling-
hast of Providence, were unanimously nomi-
nated as candidates to represent the State in
the Twenty-sixth Congress; and Nathaniel
Rugglcs of Newport, James F. Simmons of
Johnston, \Villiam Anthony of Cove.nt'ry,.and
Byron Dimon of Bristol, were elected Dele-
gates to the Harrisburg Conventon.—Da.ily
Whig.
Importawt Discovery.——Col. Elmore, of
South Carolina, describes a species of new.
and fine cotton, from Alabama, which comes-
foaward earlier than the ordinary kinds, and
worm. From the extreme varieties of cli--
mate and latitude in this country,,we believe
there are thousands of undiscovered treasur-
ers in the vegetable kingdom yet to be.-
brought to light by culture, transplantation,
&.c.—Sta.r. - -
________________
Another /toax—-mtlter serious.—More In-
dian Murders.—The great Seminole Chief
who matte the treaty with Gen. Macomb turns
out, it is said in the St. Augustine Herald,an.
imposter, and no chief at all, but a common:
Indian, whom the negro interpreter tempor.a~
rily invested with the imperial purple.
As a comment, we have fresh murders by
the Indians, Geo. Brockcnberry was killed.
and his house, 3’rniles -from Picolata burned."
Movement in Florida.-—The citizens of
Leon County have met in large numbers at
Tallahassee, the capital of the territory, and
retnonstrated, in strong language, agaifist
Gen. Macomb’s treaty. They aveii that the’
army has not, for a year past, killed ‘alto'ge-*
ther a dozen Seminoles; that spine of the’-
Seininoles have come back Arkansas,‘
and brought word from Micanopy and7u‘mp-
er that there is not land eiioiiglithcre assign ’
.i
/it-ercrl in the 2;] Cong rtgzzlioitril I:/iiurc/i, S
therefore has better chance to escape the‘
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