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~"l‘HE NORVVALIC GAZETTE,
‘IS PUBLISHED EVERY WEDl/IESDAY MORI/1lVlG,
OVER iroir'r"s STORE. on THE nocx
I/Vest side the Bridge.
Tnitttis.-—Two dollars per annum. Payable in
ud~vancee$2 25 at the end of the year. _
To subscribers who live out of the Carrier’s
district and call at the Office for their papers.
$1 50 ‘per year, zfpaicl in advance--otliepvise
$52 will be charged. Mail subscribers $3170?
aunum, payable in advance. l\'oothers attend-
ed to, and no subscription receivrd for less than
one year. To companies of 821- OF H10?!‘-e T0-
ceiving their papers by mail, $1 50, 11761,’/4151*’-’ all
‘ together, in actvatzce. . - . _
Executor’s and Adininistrator’s Notices, 3 in-
ge;-iinng, $1—Commissiotier’s notices, $1 25.
Yearly advertisers, one square, $10 per annum,
payable quarterly lt1.Zttl_V2l.nCe. The privilege
of yearly advertisers is liriiited to their owi_i im-
mediate business—all extra advertisements will
be charged at the usual rates. All other adver-
tisemeutsat the rate of $1 per square for 3 inser-
tions,and 25 cents for each subsequent insertion.
%' All casual advertisementssent to this Of-
fice, should be accompanied by the cash. No
others wilt be inserted.
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WILL be sold, and possession given immedi-
atelv, one of the most valuable farms in
the town of New Canaan, iii the coiinty.of Fair-
field, and situate near the centre of said town.
Said fairiri contains between forty and fifty
acres of meadow, plough, and woodland, with 3
good orchard, and an elegant dwelling houS0-
with out buildings. and is one of the most ele-
gant locations in New Canaan. Said farm and
buildings are in first rate repair, and will be sold
at agrcat bargain. Any person wislitiig to pur-
chase will call on the subscriber. llvtng iicar the
premises, by whom an indisputable title will be
given, WILLIAM DRUMMOND.
New Canaan, April 22,1839. tf 111
IIILITARYBLACKING.
LASTIC \Vnte.r proof Military Blackiiig,
for Boots Slices, or Harness, cqtialled by
none. Also.
The American Corn Cure, an infallible reinc-
dy for curing Corns without pain or soreness.
Prepared by A. A. Cooley. For sale by
R. CAMERON.
Also, on hand, a genuine assortment of Toys,
I Curls. Conibs. Razors, Soap, Candies, the
genuine Couklin Salve, dcc. érc.
Bridgeport. April 15,1839. lfll'7
IVOOD A1‘-TD JWEADO I/V L.-1N.f9.
OR SALE. 21 piece of nieatlow land, on
Beldeifs Hill, in \Valnut meadow, so call-
‘etl, containing between 4 anti 5 acres.
Also, i)I'3t\V(“(‘ll' two and three acres of wood-
land, lying at Fitt-li‘s \Vootls in \Vilton. Said
property is part of the estate of Aaron Keeler,
ilecezisi-d. tlistiibutr--d to the llf!ll'i5 of Nalltilll
i Keclcir, decen.-eil. For lt"rtll$, Ase. apply to
Train. '1‘. Mi:im‘ii\'.
1 Norwalk, June -1. 1839. tl'117
% SACi'\'S'salt, large size; 60 bug< hay
stilt; Mess pork by the luirrcl; S£tlZll"cl'
(us by the quantity. or at retail; tubs, pails,
ivitidow glass and nails, for sale. by
Josizpii S. Mi-ziaiti-zit.
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i\I:iy 25, 1839
‘R, Ot«‘t«‘A'1"I‘ S V1~;'u'i«."t'.-\i5r.i«; Lii~‘i-2
._ v' PILLS AND PUENIX l3l'l"l‘l§ RS.
Tiie universal esiiination in whit-h thc celebrat-
cii Lye 1’t'/ts and P/icn2'.i.' Bitters are llt'.‘ltl. is
satisfactorily demonstrated by the iiirrreasing tle~
niand for them in every state and section of the
t_Union, and b_v the voluntary testimonials to their
,rci:iiarltab'lc efficacy which are every where offer-
.(’(I. It is not less front a tlrt-ply gratifyiiig cori-
gfiileiice that they are the means ofexteiisivc and
fifl(‘SlIll'lZ.ll)l(‘, good ainoiig his ulllictetl fcllow crea-
iturcs, th:-in fro-it interested cousiderzitions, that
the proprietor of these preeiiiiiieiitly sticr:csst'nl
metlicities is tlL’..~l-"tttl.\‘ oflit~.epi.-lg lllL‘lll t:o:i.~_-'.'aiitlv
ti:-fore the public eye. The sale of every adult-
t.i~i:ial box and brittle is a guarantee that smut.-
persons will be relieved from a greats-ror lttss
do-_z'cc. of $l.fIt‘l‘ltlg, aiidlie iinprovetl in general
health; for in rio case of suéi -ring from ilisease
can they be taken in vain. The proprietor has
in-ver knowii or been iiiforinctl of an ltl.~‘l:lll('(? in
' which they have f:iilctl toilo good. In the most
obstiiiatv (2:-1~‘f‘S nl'«:lirutitt: '.ltS8{}SC. such as chronic
tlvspiips-iii. tiirpizl liver, l'llt'llllli'.lllSt'n, tisthina,
in-rvoiis :-:nrl bilions lieutlachc. Ctis'tl\'Cit(*,Ss. piles.
,',{t:‘lt(.‘l'EJl debility, scrofulous swclliiigs and ulcers,
scurvy. salt rheiiiii and all chronic affections of
the organs and ttlCfl‘Il)l'€‘lfl(‘S, they t]fIi?(‘l cures
with a riipitlity atizl pcr:n:iiit-tit-y whioli few per-
sons wool-l tli;~‘.o.rc:ical|v l)cllc\'t'. bit! in which
tliouszititls ltE‘\'C tcsfifictl from hiippy experience.
In r:oltls and cuirglis, which, if in-glcctr-tl, super-
induce the llt')sl fatal tiisi.-ascs of the lungs, and
inileet.’ the vicera in general, tlicse metlicincs, if
t.-ikcii but for three or four days. never fail.—
'l‘zikt=n at night. thcy so promote the iusensible
pcrspiriitioti. and so relieve the systciri of fcbrilc
action and feculcnt obstructions, as to produce a
most tleligl-.!l'til sense of convalescorice in the
inorniiig: and though the usuafsyuiptoms ofa
cold shtiiiltl partially return during the day, the
repetition ofa suitable dose at the next lioui of
bed time will nlinost invariably effect perina-
iierit relief, without further riitl. Their effect
upon fevers of a more acute and violent kind is
not less sure and speedy iftaken in propoiiion:i-
ble quantity; and persons retiring to bed with
inflammatory syinpioiiis of the most alarming
kind, will awake with the gratifying conscious-
ness that the fierce enemy has been overthrown,
and can easily be subdtied. In the same way,
visceral furgesence, though long established, and
visceral inflammalions, however critical, will
yield-—tl'ie formerto small and the latter to large
doses of the Life Pills; and so also hysterical
afléctions, hypocontlriocism, restlessness, and
very many other varieties of the Ncurotical class
of diseases, yield to the efficacy of the Phenix
Bitters. Full directions for the use of these
medicines. and showing their distinctive appli-
cability to different complaints, accompany
them; and they can be obtained, wholesale and
retail, at 375 Broadway, where numerous certi-
ficates of their unparalleled success are always
.open to inspection. _
For additional particulars of the above medi-
cines, see MofIat’s ‘ Good Samaritan,’ a copy of
which accompanies the medicines; a copy can
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also be obtained of the different Agents whoy
have the medicines for sale.
French, German and Spanish directions can
be obtained on application at the office, 375
Broadway. _ _ _ .
All post paid letters will receive immediate
attention. _
Prepared and sold_ by W'illzam B. Moflizt.
A liberal deduc-
375 Broadway. New Y0Yk- _
tion made to those who purchase to sell again.
Agents.—Thc Life Medicines may also be
had bf the principal druggists in every town
throughout the Unittd States and the Canadas.
"Ask for MofIat’s Life Pills and Phenix Bitters ;
and be’ sure that a fac simile of John Moffat's
‘signature is .u poo thelabcl of each bottle of bit-
_,tcrs or box‘ of pills.
JOHN A WEED, Agent for Norwalk.
if 117‘
Two DOLLARS PER .ANNUM,]
“noN"r civi: UP
THE sriiii.”
[PA YA BLEI IN AD VANCE.
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IVANTED IIIZIIIEDIA TEL Y
IX first rate Journeyirzc-ri Cabinet Makers.
to whom steady employment and good
wages will be given. Also, a good chair maker
will find a situation that will be for his interest,
by applying sooti to the subscriber.
VVM. A. BARLOW.
Norwalk, April 8, 1839. tf109
At a Court if Probate held at Daizbury, within
rmdfor the District of _Dt‘£nb'ury, on the 1-itli
day of June, 1839:
E PON the Pct.ir.ion of Ebenezer Hoyt. Of
Ridgcficld, Fairfield County qnd State of
Connecticut, guardian of Rufus Ix. rloyt, Ed-
wa rd 8, Hoyt, Ezekiel B. Hoyt, Zalmoii Hoyt,
Margarctt Hoyt. Sarah Hoyt. and Ellz?-‘ H")’ta
all of Sennet, Cottnty of Cayuga and 5”’-‘-9 Of
New-York, and all minors, under the age of
twenty-one years, sliewing to this Court that
said minors own in fee an undivided part of _a
certain piece of land situate in said Ridgefield, it
being all the _real estate which they inherited
from Samuel Hoyt, late of said Ridgeficld, dc-
ceased with the dwelling-house and one-third
part; of the barn thereon standing, containing‘
about thirty-seven acres, more or less—bounded
north by the petitioner’s land and Russel
Keelcr’s land ; east by Ebenezer Jones’ land in
part, and in part by Jesse E Kceler’s land, atid
in part by the petitionc-r’s land and highway ;
south in part by Jesse E. Keeler's land,
and by petitioner’s l-arid. liigliway, and Rus-
sel B. Keelei’s land ; west by petitioner’s
land, liigliwtiy, and Russel B. Keeler’s land
—and praying this Court to order the sale
thereof for reasons in said petition stated, as per
saitl petition on file dated the leltli day of June,
1839, may appear. It is ordered that the 26th
day of August, 1839, at 10 o'clock in the fore-
iioon be assigned for the liearingofsaid petition.
at the Probate Office in said Danbury, whereof
said petitioner _is _dii-cctcd to givepublic notice
thereof’ by publisliinga copy‘ of tnis order in a
newspaper printed in the bounty ‘of Fairficld,
three weeks sncccsstvcly, atleast six weeks be-
fore said 26th day of August. 1839.
[119] EDWARD TAYLOIM -IUd.‘£€-
ATTENTION THE IVIIOLE.
LL those indebted to the subscriber on
Ll.-E. book or note. must call and settle their ac-
counts without dclriy. By so doing they will
save cost. The books, and also notes, have
been assigned over to .Ir:mm_V Jzimes. and can
be found iii. the shoe store fortncrly occupied by
the 51llJ.<Cl'll)t"!‘. GEORGE JAMES.-
\Vilton. June 11, 1839. 3t119
?'_E;-‘Ix [IE subsbrihér llt1Sjl1Si.l‘CCt?lVC‘(l a superior
I nssortiiient ofalldcscriptioris ofPerfuinery,
which h.- off'crs forsale cheap.
T. STEVENS.
June 18. .
SYTI-IES. '
OVVING SYTl-'ll£S of the first quality.
TR... and warranted, for sale by the dozen or
Single. CHAX‘.L1‘S Iszmcs.
June 17.
PUBLIC STATUTE LAVVS,
Of Conncclz'cut,12assett 1Ja3/ session, 1839.
AM ACT C01/lCEPil/lll/16 COMM0l/l SCHOOLS.
Sec. 1st. Be it cnactird by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assem-
blv convened, That each school society shall
li ive power to establish and mziintaitfcommott
schools of different grades, to, build and re-
paii‘ school houses, to lay taxes, and make
all lawful agrceinciits and by-laws to secure
the free, equal and useful in,=.truction of all
the youth thereof.
Sec. 2. No school district shall hereafter
be formed out of any existing district or dis-
tricts with less than forty children between
the ages of four and sixteen, nor shall any
cxistiiig district, by the formation of a new
one, be reduced below the same number.
Sec. 3. \Vhenevei' any school district shall
be formed or altered in any school society, it
shall be the duty of the committee ofthe so-
ciety to fix and describe the boundary lines of
such district, and cause the same to be enter-
ed on the records of the society ; and in any
case where such boundary lines are not now
fixed and described, it shall be the duty of
said committee, on application ofthe district,
to designate and define the same, as above
specified.
Soc. 4. Every legally constituted school
district shall be a body corporzite, so far as to
beable to purchase, receive, hold and convey
any estate real or personal for the support of
schooling in the same, to prosecute and de-
'fend in all actions relating to the property and
a’ff-airs of the district, and to make all lawful
agreements and rcgiilations for the manage-
ment of schools within said district.
Sec. 5. There shall be a meeting in each
school district annually on the last Tuesday
of August, at the school house of such dis-
trict, or if there be no school house, at such
other place as the district coininittee may de-
signate; and notice thereof shall be given at
least five days previous, by the district com-
mittee, in one or more newspapers published
therein, or by putting the same on the school
house, or on the sign post, or on such other
places, or in such other mode as the district
may designate for this purpose.
Sec. 6. A special meeting shall be held in
each district whenever called by the district
committee, in the manner specified in the case
of annual meetings; and it shall be the duty
of said committee, or any member thereof, or
in case of failure or refusal of the same, ofthe
clerk of said district. to call a meeting on the
written application of any five residents there-
in who pay taxes; and every notice ofa dis-
trict meeting, shall state the purpose for
which said meeting is called.
Sec. 7. At the annual meeting of any dis-
trict the legal. voters thereof shall elect, in
addition to the officers now required. 3 00m-
mittee to consist of not more than 3 residents
of the district ; and said committee shall dis-
charge all the duties no\v,1'equired ofthe dis-
trict committees appointed by the school so
ciety ; shall employ unless otherwise direct-
ed by the district one‘ or more qualified
teaclicrs.; provide suitable s:.hool rooms ;
visit the schools by one or more of their
number, twice at least, duringeach season of
schooling; see that the scholars are properly
supplied with books, and in case they are not,
and the par-cuts, guardirins, or lT‘.:!Sl€l‘S have
been iiotificd thereof by the teacher, to pro-
vidc the same at the cxpense of the district,
and add the price tliereof to the next school
tax or rate of such parents, guardians, or
masters; suspend during pleasure or expel
for the current season from school, all pupils
fottnd gttilty on full hearing of inco-rrigibly
bad conduct: and give such information and
assistance to the school committees and visi-
tors of the society, as they may require, and
perform all other lawful acts as may from
time to time be required of them by the dis-
trict, or which may be necessary to ciirry into
full effect the powers and duties of school
districts.
Sec. 8. Each school district shall have
power at the animal, or any lawful meeting,
to build, or otherwise provide suitable school
rooms; to employ one or more teachers ; to
fix the tlit'fci‘ent pcriorls of the year at which
the school shall be taught ; to nppropriiite
such portions of the public monies accriiing
to such district for the use of schools, to such
parts of the year, as the convenience of the
district may require; provided that no school
district shall after the first clay of January
next be entitled to any portion of the public
money, unless the school or schools of such
district have been kept by a teacher or
teachers duly qualified, for at least four
months in the year——-and until the district
committee shall certify that the public money
received by such district, for the year pre-
viotis, has beenfaithfully applied and expend-
ed in paying the wages of such teacher or
teachers, and for no other purpose whatever.
Sec. 9. The inhabitants of school districts
in lawful meeting asscrnbled, shall have
power to lay taxes on all the real cstatc‘situ-
atetl in their respective districts, and upon
the polls and other ratcable estate, except
real estate situated without the limits of such
district, of those persons who are residents
therein, at the time of laying such tax. and
said real cstate shall not be taxed by any
school district besides the one in which the
same is sitiiatetl ; and said tax shall be made
out and signed by the district committee from
the assessment list of said town or towns, to
which said district belongs, last completed or
next. to be com pleted, as said district may di-
rect, and be collected by the collector of the
district in the same manner as town taxes.
Sec. 10. VVlienever real estate situatcrl in
one school district, is so assessed and entered
in 1 ‘grand list in common with other es-
tate situatcd out of said district, tl]-‘.1lI there is
no distinct or separate value put by the as-
sc-ssors u on the part lying in said district,
then sai' district ‘wishing to lay a tax as
aforesaid, may call upon the assessors for the
time being ofthe town in which said district
is situated, to assess, and they are hereby au-
thorized and directed on such application to
assess, the value of that part of said estate
which lies in said district, and to return the
same to the clerk of -said town ; and notice
thereof, shall be given by the district commit-
tee in the same way and manner as school
meetings are warned; and at the end of fif-
tccn days after said assessment has been
lodged as aforesaid. said assessors and socie-
ty’s comrnittc-_e shall meet in such place in
said district as said committee shall designate
in their notice, and shall have the same power
in relation to such list as the board of relief
have in relation to lists of towns. IVhen
such list shall be equalized and adjusted by
said assessors and society’s committee the
sznne shall be lodged with the town clerk,
and said assessments shall be theruleoftaxa-
tion -for said estate by said district, for the
year ensuing; and said assessors shall be
paid by said district, :1 reasonable compensa-
tion for their services.
See. 1 1. The visitors or Overseers appoint-
ed by any School Society, may prescribe
rules and regulations for the management,
studies, books, and discipline of the schools
in said society, and may appoint two persons,
one or both of whom shall he a committee to
examine into the qualifications of all candi-
dates who may apply for employment as
teachers in the common schools of such so-
ciety, and shall give to such persons, with
the evidence of whose moral character, and
literary attainments they are satisfied, a cer-
tificate setting forth the branches he or she
is found capable ofteaching, provided that no
certificate shall be given to any person not
found qualified to teach reading, writing and
arithmetic, thoi'ouglily—zind the rudiments
at least, ofgraminar, geography and history;
to visit each of the district schools in said so-
ciety, during the first two weeks after the
opening of such schools, and also during the
two weeks preceding the close of the same,
at which visits the committee may examine
the recorder register of the teacher and all
othei'.mattei‘s touching the literature, disci-
pline, mode ofteacliing, and improvement of
the school ; and stibject to the rules and re-
gulations of the school visitors, may exercise
all powers, and discharge all the duties of
said visitors‘, and such committee shall re-
ceive one dollar each per‘ day for the time
actually employed in discharging the duties
of their office, and such other compensation
as said society may allow, to be paid out of
the income of the town deposite fund accru-
ing to said society, or in any other way
which said society may provide.
Sec 12. No teacher shall be employed in
any school supported by any portion of the
public money, until he or she has received a
certificate of examination and approbation,
signed by a majority ofyisitors of the school
society, or by the committee by them appoint-
ed, nor shall any teacher be entitled to draw
any portion of his or her wages, so far as the
same is paid out of any public money appro-
priated by law to schools, unless he or she
can produce such certificate, dated previous
to the opening of his or her school—p1'ovidcd
that no new certificate shall be necessary,
\VllCl'll.l1€- teacher is continued in the same
3'}. 737?‘:-if)
01‘ Overseers shall t’ctptit‘e it.
Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of every
:i‘3i1C_llel‘ in any common district school, to en-
uteI' In a book or register to be provided by
the district clerk, the names ofall the scholars
attending school, their ag: s, the date when
they conimciiced, the length of time they cori-
tinttc, and their daily attendance togctlicr
with the day of the month on which such
school was visited by the school visitors of
tliesociety or committee by them appointed,
which book, or register, shall be open at all
times for the inspection of all persons inter-
csted, and be delivered over by the teacher at
the close of:‘ic term. to the district clerk, to-
gether with a certified abstract showing the
wliole 1lt]l‘t)l“Jl‘ of pupils enrolled, the num-
ber of males and females, and the average
daily attc.nd:mce—and it shall be unlawful to
pay any teacher more than two-thirds the
amount due for any term of tuition, until
said hook and abstract shall be placed in the
hands of the district clerk, as aforesaid, and
certified to under oath.
Sec. 14. Any school society, in lawful
meeting, mttyautliorize the committee of the
society to draw an order on the society trea-
surer, in favor of such districts or parts of
districts as have kept their schools in all rc-
spccts according to law, for their proportion
ofall the public money appropi'iated to the use
of schools, in the hands of’ said ti'easui‘cr
either according to the number of persons be-
tween the ages/of 4 and 16 in such districts
or parts of districts, or according as the
amount of attendance for a period of six
months sclioolitigin such districts or putts of
districts, shall bear to the whole amount of
i1llIt‘.l](lt1l‘lCt3 in all the districts for the same
period.
Sec. 15. VVhenevcr the expenses of keep-
ing a common school by a teacher or teach-
ers duly qualified, shall cxcesd the amount
of all the monies appropriritcd by law to de-
fray thc expense of stich school, the commit-
tee in such district for the time being, may
examine," adjust, and allow all,bills of ex-
pense incurred for the support of said school,
and assess the same upon the parents, guar-
dizins, and masters of such children as attend
ed the same, according to the number and
time sent by each.
Sec. 16. \Vhenevei' the contingent experi-
scs of any school district, arising from re-
pairs ofschool house or its appendages, books,
costs, damages, or any other source, shall not
exceed the sum of twenty dollars in one year,
the same may be included in the above trix
or assessment.
Sec. 17. Any school district, in lawful
inc:-ting \‘.'t‘.'.'t1‘.‘Cl for this purpose, is lit-‘.1'Cl)y
authorized to lay a tax, not exceeding tliii‘t_v
dollars the first year, or ten any subsequent
year, on the district, for the purpose of cs-
tablisliing and maintaining a common school
library and apparatus forthe use ofthe child-
ren of such district, under such rules and
regulations as said district may adopt ; and
any sum of money thus raised, shall be as-
sessed and collected in the same manner as
other district taxes.
Sec. 18. Any two or moi‘c adjoining
school districts, may associate togetlier and
form a union district with power to maintain
a union school, to be kept for the benefit of
older and more advanced children of such
associated districts, ifthe. inhabitants of each
of such districts, shall at legal meetings call-
ed for that purpose, agree to form such union
by a vote of two-thirds of the legal voters
present.
Sec. 19. Any union district thus formed
shall have all the corporate powers of school
districts, and shall hold its first lTlt‘€’.i.lll_g' on
such notice, and at such time and place as
may be agreed upon by the associated dis-
tricts respectively by a vote of the same at
the time of forming the utiion.
Sec. 20. The annual meeting of such
union district shall be held at such time and
place, and upon such notice as the district
may at its first meeting prcscribc—and no-'
tice of all special or adjourned meetings
shall be given as provided for in the case of
school districts. .
Sec. 21. The legal voters of such union
district shall have power to designate, and
purchase or lease, the site fora school house
for the union school, and to build, hire, or
purchase a building for such school house,
and to keep in repair and furnish the same with
fuel, furniture and other necessary articles
for the use of said school—and to assess and
collect a tax for the above purpose, in the
isanie manner as prescribed by law for other
school districts—-and in case the district shall
not be able unanimously to agree on the lo-
cation of the itnion school house, the school
society committee shall on application deter-
mine the same.
Sec. 22. The committee of the respective
districts fortningtlie union district, shall con-
stitute thc school committee of said district,
with power to appoint their own clerk_, trea-
surer, and collector—and said officers shall
have all the powers, and discharge all the
duties in reference to such district, as the
same oflicers have in case of school districts.
Sec. 23. The committee aforesaid shall
also determine the age and qualifications of
the children of the associated district, who
may attend the union school, and make all
rules and regulations for the studies, books
anf discipline of the school, subject to the ap-
probation ofthe. visitors ofthe school society
in which said union district is located, and to
any votes that may be passed in any legal
meeting of said district.
Sec. 24. Such union school shall receive
such proportion of all money accruing to the
use of each of the associated districts, as the
children between the ages of 4and 16 attend
ing the union school from each of said dis-
tricts, bear to the number attending the dis-
trict schools in each—and the expense of sus-
taining the school beyond the amount thus
received shall be borne. by the union; district,
i"é)‘£53S.3-‘.i;"-til. JEIEJY 39 RSS9.
school more than it year, unless the visitors I
fitliiii. 19-1.
111 SW11 lmltmvl‘ as the legal voters of the
same shall prcscribc ; and a tax or rate for
this purpose shall be assessed and collected
in the same manner as in the case of any
other school district. ”
St-c. The visitors or ovcrsccrs of
schools shall have the. Stlllle power‘ and per-
form the sonic tlutits in relation to such
union schools, as are prts.-i'ib-ctl to them in
relation to other district tscliools.
Sec. 26. No cliiltlslzzill be excluded from
any school supported in all or in pttll. out of
any money ttpf.-l'0p‘.‘l:ttt“Ll or ruisctl by law for
this purpose, in the district to 2.vliich such
child belongs, on riccoimt of the iiiiibilitv of
the parent, guiirdi-.iii, or miister of the sdinc
to pay his or her tax or assessment for any
school purpose \\7llt1lL‘\’f.'l'; and the school
coiiiniitttie. of such district, and the select men,
or a majority of the Sttmt‘-, of the town or
towns in whicli such clistrictshall be locatcd,
shall constitute a Board with power to abate
tlic taxes or assessments of such persons, as
are unable to pay the same in all or in part,
and said sclcctmcn shall draw on "order for
the Z‘tttlOUni.‘0fSl‘lCl1fil)t1l"m(‘iIiS upon the trea-
surci‘ of the town in wliicli such persons rc-
sidc, in favor of said district
Soc. 2", All the liool ofiiccrs, both ofthe
school society and school districts shall hold
their i'espt_-c-_ivc. oliiccs until the annual meet-
ing of such society and district next follow-
ing the time of thcir appoiritnient, and until
others shall be duly elected in their places.
. cc. 28. In case any district shall fail or
neglect to appoint any or all of the officers
ziutliorizcd and directed to be appointed by
this Act at the annual inccting, or any vacati-
cy shall occur by death, retrieval from the
district, or Gl;l]i‘:t‘\\‘lSt’, it shall be the duty of
the coruinittce ofthe school society in which
such districts may be lOC.t'ilL"Cl, to inaltc such
appointment, and to fill such vacancy, on re-
ceiving written noticc. thereof from any three
ineinbcrs of the district, and lodge thc.name
or names of such officers so uppfioiritcd, with
the district clerk.
Sec. 29. The Governor is ll0l‘(,'l,)V au-
thorized to fill any vncniicy in the Boiird of
Cornmissioncrs of Common Schools, occa-
sioned by death, i'csignation,'oi‘ 0lll€l'\\‘lSL’.
Sec. 30. All acts or parts of acts l‘t‘li'1ll1lg
to school societies or schools, iriconsisteiit
with the. provisions of this act, are licrcbv
repealed. WM. w. iio.ii-iDMAN, '
Speaker of the House of Rcprcseiitzitivcs.
CIIA KLES HA\VLEY,
' President. of the Senate.
Approved, June 7th, 1839.
\V M. \V. l‘) LLS\VOR'l‘lI.
An Act in ft-'l(lill0tl to an act entitled an Act
ft)l' tilt) 1’f‘_£_}‘l.tl'.tl.l0l1 Of SI;'.l100l s()(;j(}1_jr_-3 and
for the support of schools.
Be it Ol“i:—1Clt-‘(l by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assemblv cori-
vened, That in ‘all cases, in which the
school visitors and clxrlcs of the SCVt‘.l‘ill
school societies have heretofore failed to make
returns accorcling to the provisions ofthe 3:
and 4th sections ofan Act, entitled “ An Act
to provide for the butter supervision of Coin-
inon Schools,” pzisscd May session, 1838,
the Comptroller‘ of public accounts shall not
for such cause. refuse to dratv an order on
the Treasurer, for such proportion or amount
of school money as said societies may be en-
titled, on the first (lays of October and l\lzit'cli
next respectively. Provided the rt.-turns of
said societies shall in other respects conform
to the Statute law ofiliis stzttc.
Approved, June 5th, 1839.
An Act to confirm the Doings of Towns and
the Assessors in CC]‘ittit’l cases.
Be it eiiacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened, That whenever any town in this state
may have appointed its asstssors and board
of relief at“its annual meeting in the month
of October, and at said mc-ctiiig lioltlcn by ad-
journment on a subsequent day in said rionth,
may have failed any \'t1Citl)t‘_,
said ofliccrs occzisirncrl by death, removal,
refusal or incapacity from sickness, or wlic-n-
ever the assessors in any town may have
omitted to sign or l'C1Ltl’l')_t‘il] ;:bstruct of the
assessment list ofthcir respective toiviis, O1‘ to
lodge the same in the town cli-rli’s office of
said town by the first day of December‘ in
each year, the assessment list of said toivn
shall not for such cause be acljudg-ctl void.
And all taxcswhicli have been or shall here-
after be levied and imposed according to said _
assessmcnt list, may, notwithstanding be levi-
ed & collected. Provided that no claim which
is the subject ofany suit or action now pend-
ing shr—.ll in any manner 1-.c afli.-ctcd by the
provisions of this act.
Approved,June 7th, 1839.
An Act providing for the safe keeping of the
Arms belonging to the state of Connecti-
cut.
Sec. 1'. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assem-
bly convencd,‘That it shall be the duty ofthe
commanding oficers of any company to
which the arms of this state have been dis-
tributcd, to place the some in ('.l1tll';_1‘C of an
Agent, appointed, or to be by him appotmefl.
for keeping the same, and whenever said
arms shall have been used, to cruise the
same to be immediately returned to said
Agent, who shall thereupon take charge of.
thoroughly clean and safely deposite Said
arms in some secure place ; and said agent
shall suffer said arms to be used for com pany
exercise or review only—-and for any failure
to perform the duties imposed by this act,
said commanding officer shall‘ be liable, on
satisfactory proof of such failure, to be de-
prived of his commission by the General As-
sembly ; and such agent shall be paid in the
manner provided in the fourth section of the
Act in addition to and alteration of an act, en-
titled “Ari Act to authorize the distribution
of arms belongin g to the state of Connecticut."
v in the list of
~
, Sect. 2. It shall be the duty of the select-
mcn of cachtown in which said arms are de-
posited, annually, or as often as the Quarter
Master General shall direct, to inspect the
condition of said arms, and to report to the
Quarter Master General any failure of any*
commanding officer or agent aforesaid, to
pcrforrn the duties imposed bytliis Act; and
the Quarter Master General is hereby au-
thorized and empowered, if in his opinion it
shall appear that the provisions of this act
are not complied with, to cause said arms to
be returned to the arsenal ; and it shall also
be the duty of any Justice of the Peace, or
Grand.Juror, to report to the Quarter‘ Master
General all violations of this Act. 4 .
sistent herewith, are liereby repealed.’
Approved, June 7_tlJ, $839. '
An Act in addition L0 an Act relatinrr tr;
'1‘ttrnpike Roads. . D
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Reprtscritatives in Gt-ncral Assembly con-
vctietl, That whene'_Jc1' it shall so happenithat
the Judge of the County Court cannot act on
account of interest, either of the Commis-
sioners in their respective counties, may pct.‘-
form all the duties and exercise all powers
conferred on Judges of the County Court bv
the first and third sections of the act entitled
“An Act in uddition to an Act relating to
Turnpike Roarls_—cnacted in 1835. '
Approved, June ‘Tilt, 1839.‘
An Act in ndtlition to an Act relating to
Turiipike Roads.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Assembly con-
vcncd, That in all cases in which the toll for
sheep and swine is not spccificallyprcscribec‘,
by the charter or subsequent grant of any
Turnpilte Incorporation in this State, the
toll for each sheep or swine, passintr ;i‘.ji irté‘
road, at each gate at which full toll.‘is'paya,-'
blc, shall be five mills. and two and a half
mills at each gate at which half toll is paya-
blc, and no more. "
Approved-, lune 7th, 1839.
An Act in addition to and alteration of an
AC‘? '_3“l“l‘7d “ 1}“ ACtf0.1‘ forming and con-
ducting the Military Force.” '
S‘-jC- 1- B6 it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives in General Assem-
bly conve-_ned,_That on days of Regimental
or Battalion inspection or review, the com-
panies shall take rank and be drawn up in
accordance with the system of tactics publish-
cd by the department of War, under the au-
lfxlarcli, 1829, and cstablislied by law as the
,systcrn of discipline and field exercise for the
lmilitia oftliis state.
SEC. 2. That all acts which are inconsis-
tent with this act bc, and the same are here-_
by 1‘Gp€ttlH.l. ’ ' ‘
Approved, Jtine 7th, 1839.
An Act: in ' addition to an Act to secure l.l10._
City of New-Haven from Fire.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of-
Rcprcscntativcs in General .Asst=mbly con-
vr-nod, That a strip of Flats in New Haven
harbor, situated within the Canal Basin, and
rirljoining the northerly side of the Basin
‘Wliarf, one linndred feet wide, and extending
fl‘.Oll"I the cast wall at the west gate, through
said Basin W'hai'f, to the west wall at the east
gate, through said VVharf, shall be, and the
same is hereby exempted fr_om the provisions
of the act to which this is an addition. Pro-
vided, this Act shall not take effect until the
same shall have been approved by the Free-_
men of the City of New Haven, in legal
meeting assembled.
Appi‘oved, May 25th, 1839.
An Act in alteratioin of an Act entitled an Act
to incorporate the Tolland County Bank.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Rcpicseiitativcs in General Assembly con-
vencd, Tlint the last clause in the sixth sec-
tion of said Act, he so amended as to read as
follows: The debt ofthe Corporation, whe-
ther by bill, bond or note, shall not at any
time exceed fifty per cent. over and above the
capital stock actually paid in, and the monies
deposited in said Batik for safe keeping-—and
all acts or parts of acts, inconsistent herewith,
are liercby rcperilcd.
Be it further enacted, That the provision
in said act. rcqtiiring the Directors of said
Bank to give bonds, be and the same is here-
by rcpczilctl. '
Approved, May 9/llll, 15339.
An Act to aid in the constructioii ofthe Hou-
szitonic Railroad.
Scc. 1st. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Rt-prescntativcs in Gcnerzil assem-
bly convened, That there shall be annually
appointed by the General Asst-.nbly, two
Commissioners on the Housatonic Railroad-,_
whose duty it shall be, at least once in each
year, and ofterier if they shall deem neces-
sary, to cxarniiie said ‘Road, and all the books
and accounts of said Company, and reportfo,
the General Assembly annually, the amount
which they shall ascertain to have been ac-
tually expended by said Company in the con-
struction of said Road; and said Company
shall pay said Commissioners a reasoriable.
compensation’ for thcirscrvices; and if £'1lZI1€'1-'-
of said commissioners shall die or resign, or
refuse to accept of said appointment, the Va.-.«
cancv so occasioned, shall be filled by the
appointment,by the person administeringthe
office of Governor, of some person to hold
said office of Commissioner, till the rising of
the next General Assembly. 2
Sec. 2. Said company are hereby athoriz-
ed and empowered-to issue bills or notes of
the corporation, signed by the President and
countcrsigned by the Treasurer thereof, pro-
mising the payment of money to any person
or order, or bearer, which bills or notes, shall
be obligatory on the corporation, according
to the tenor thereof, and shall be assignable
according to the custom of merchants and the
laws relating to inland bills of _exchange._—-,
Provided, however, that all bills or notes 1_s-j
sued as aforesaid, shall be approved by said.
Commissioners, which approval shall appear
on said bills; and that the whole ampunt of
such bills at anv time outstanding against the.
company, shall never exceed One-_f0U1”tl’1 Of
the amounts which shall at that time haye
been actually expended by said company iij,
the construction of said Railroad.
Sec. 3. The whole stock, franchise and
Be it further i-riacted, That all laws incon.
tliority of an act of Congress ofthe second of.
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