T\Vill leave New York from the Pier east. side:
AZE '1vr*
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404-NEW"
NUMBER
Se11eek’s Line.
\Vcst side the Bridge.
TUE Sloop Mary
A. Sellcck, Capt. Gru-
, man, will commence _; .
—.......- her \Veekly Trips for .. ';
New York on Tuesday the 16th of March, and
the Domestic, Capt. Merrill. on_ the Saturday
folluyving N.
Norwalk, March 9, 1847.
For New York.
RICGULAR TRIPS FOR THE SEASON.
_ —\ T HE Sloop MARY \VlLL.lS,
‘ Capt. \Villis J. Merritt, hav-
. *. . , _
_'. mg commenced her regular ft‘1]S
‘and New York every Saturday.
Any one having business with the Packet
Ofiice during the absence of t.he vessel. may.
fapply at the Cabinet Shop of \Vaterbury £'\‘
‘Qtiintaiml, on the Dock.
\VlLLlS J. MERRlTT.
Norwalk, March 29. 18-17. 13 .
.,__,,,,, for the Season, will leave Norwall-', ,
.l*last side the Bridge. every Tuesday lfivening, T
Published Every “fed
,_,-¥,—._ /\‘ ,-. ,.-. _,-__, sf-,1 - \.,-.’\_r\» \-/‘\r‘
SE ms.
PASSED HAY SESSION, 1817.
No. 43. An Act velating to Notaries Public.
Be it enacted, That an Act "entitled an Act
relatingto Notaries Public,” passed May Ses-
sion, 11-346, prohibiting the appointment of the
President. Cashier or Clerk ofany Bank in this
State to the office of Notary Public, or the cx—
’cr'cise by said officers of the duties of Not:11'y'
Public, be, and the same is hereby rcpealed.
LA l~“.ar1-;'r'r1-: S. l“os'rr;r.,
Speaker of the I'lo'11;<c of Rep1'csentntives
’l‘l.l().\lAS C. PERKINS,
Prcsidcnt oftl.-e Senate pio tom.
Approved, June 5, 18147.
- _ CLAIll{ BISSELL.
No. 44. An_ Act to amend the Acteutitlc1l“An
Act for 1'cg1_:lati11g Salaries a:1d Fees.”
SEC. 1" '13:’ if r7.'_1'1/('.’(-‘r/. aye. The s.'1l:1ry oftlte
Secretary ofthis State shall he, a11d hereby is
cstablisltcd at the sum one thousand dollars
per anmim, and no otl1t:i“con1g1ensation or e1nol-
mnent by foes or otl1e1"w",-ise shall he allowed to
him.
SEC. ‘.2. Thcre shall boallowcd to the clerk
For New York 1
Tllli sloop J ULlA has com- 1
menced her regular trips and will »
leave the Landing 'at‘- Five Mile’
liver on Tuesday evening, 30th of’
1VIa1cl1, and New York on Saturday, April 2d, l
and will continue to sail on Tuesdays and Sat- F
urdays of t.he scason. l3‘rcigl1t':1n1'l produce will
be conveyed as usttal on the most farorablcterms. 1
For freight or pztsszige apply to the captain on i
heard or at the store on the landing. ’
\V. C. SARI-MIS. .
Five Mile Rivcr, March 29th, 18-17
.gg
(1 E
..,__‘_
sP:~:1.\ro: ARl3.&NGEZli1E.l;J_fF,”_
Commencing Suturzhy, ./llarc/1 bt/1, 1847.
PORT CHESTER, ROCKY NICCK,
S ' ‘ARIFORD 1 ND NQIER W’.-&LEi.
‘ - .
The -.\'ew and Splendid Steatnboat
3.\'H‘A LEN E,
‘apt. Curtis Peck, 311-.‘
Catharine zllarket Slip, as above evcry after-,
noon, at two o’clock,' Sundays exceptcd. Re-i
turning will leave Norwalk at seven o'clo ;k,
Stainford at 8, Rocky Neck at halfpast 8, and '
Port: Clicster at quarter before 9.
Stages will be in readiness at the Landing to
convey passengers to \Vestport', Southport, Fair-
tield, Bridgeport. Danbury, Ridgetield, New-
Canaan and \Vilton.
§-7s‘”All persons are forbid trusting any indi-
vidual on account. of this boat. or her owners.
New York, March 6th, 11'-447’.
Protection Insuraisice Con1:p:u11y
in the Secretary's office :1 stun not cxceedittg
t:\vo dollars pc.1'1la_v while necessarily cmploycd.
Size. 3. Tim Si-.c1'ctary shall receive the fees
which by t.l1e existing laws are allowed to him
for copies and otherofficialservices, except those
fees and cmolunients t.l111t are payable from the
state treasury, and shall keep an ac.count: there-
of, and pay the same, senii-annually, i11t.0 the
trcasury.
Size. -1. This act shall take effect, and be i11
force from and after the first. \Vodncsday in May.
1848. And all acts inconsistetit with the pro-
visions of this actare liorcby repealozl.
L .-1 l"Ar1-:'1"1"r: S. l<‘os'r1-:a.
Speakcr of thc llonsc of llopresentat’ives.
Tnouas C. l’x~:a1i1.\'s,
l.’reside-at; of the Senate, pro tcm.
Approved, June ‘:24, 16-17. ‘
- Cl_..A;f{'l{ l5lSSELL.
No. 45.-An Act i1l‘t1‘(lllll'l()l_l-l0 an Act entitled
“An Act 1'espccti'11g Sales of Personal Prop-
01'! y attached.”
L’t:- 2'1 I"/I(£(.‘."C1‘/, 182:.
in the Act passs-d May S
~ That the several provisions
cssiou, A. D. 1828, to:
sale of,
nesalay ltiorniug, by JAIYIE
' xx '\rx- \.-\.r\»~.,»-./\/ x-’\/‘«.I'\_/‘~.,.
CT. “TED
NORVVALK,
No. 4.‘). An Act in ad-;lition to an Act. entitled
“A 11 Act for the Asscssxncnt of 'l'axc.s.”
B1: if 1-.~1ac.’cr/. 1.87:. That the real estate he-
longing to any bank, insurance company or other
private corporation, over and above what may be
required and used by suchbank, lliS1l‘1'illlC0 com-
pany or other private corporation for the trans-
action of its appropriate business, shall be liable
to be assessed and set in the list: to such corpo-
ration in the tow11 or other coimminity wht-re
such real estate is situated, and shall be lial;lc'to
taxation to the saute extent as if owned by an in-
dividual.
l..\ l“.u'1-".'1'r1=: S. Fosrnn,
Spcalicr of the House of Representatives.‘
Cit -n1.1»:s J. McCUnnv, Pl'€>'l(l(,'lll. oftlcniilc.
Approved Jain: ‘.2-1, 1347. C1..1u1c l51ssi:1.1..
No. 50. A11 Act in zidditiotrto an Act entitled
“An Act for the assesstnent. of 'l.‘a’xes.”._
Be it cn(zc1‘cc.’., LS7‘, That wl1e11cvc1'a11y city in
this State has issucd bonds or other 'secu1'i~ties,-T
which by the existing laws ofthe State are‘ lia-
ble to taxation and to be sct: in thc list. of -_t-.l1‘o'_
holders thorcof, such city may at.‘ any legal
mccting tlicrcof, warned and hold for'the'p_m:-
pose, cxempt,sucl1 bonds or otl1et"ser:1t1'it'_i-(is
frotn taxation on any tax that may be laid by"
such city upon the citizens thereof.
'.\'o. 51. An Act: 1'el:tting to the ‘proposed A-
‘ ntcndntent to the Constitution of this State.
\Vl1ccras at 11 General Assembly of the State
of Connecticut, holden at New Haven .in said
State, on the 1st \Ve1lnesday of‘ May. in the,
year of our Lord one thousand eight.- liundrcd 5
and forl.y-si.\', the House of llepresentatives_did
pass a resolutioti, therein and thereby proposing
a certain amendment to the constitution of this
‘state, which said amendment was by order of
-said l-louse continued to the prcscnt. session of
manucr prescribed by the eleventh article of
session of said Asscttibly. two-thirds of each
house tl1c1‘oof,l1:1ve approved of said proposed.
amcn-.,l1ncnt. in the tnanncr p1'esc1'il)c1l and spec“-'
ified in said article; which said a1nc11d1'i'1ci1t is
in the words following to wit: ‘A .
“At 11 (_leneral Assembly ofthe State of Con—;
necticut holden at New Maven, on tl1e'fi1_'st_
\Vcdnesday of May, in the year of our Lord
0111: tlioiisand oiglit. ll‘Lll1LlI'l.'.(l and fln'1’_y'-six—-1.l_15-
solved by the House of Representatives,tliat
the following be proposed as an a,1ne_1-'1(l‘1'.11etit -to
the (.'r1-neral Asse111bly,11nd publislicd in the '
said constitution; _and whereas, at this preseitt "
which this is an addition, relative to the I _ _ _ _ _ _ _
personal property t:11kc11 by attacliment on civil ,lll0 ‘'~‘’ll-‘'l-ll“l'‘“l_ 01 lllffi -‘*'l31l0a_ 33 31 Sl1‘_b-'>'1-ll-Ull'C5 fill:
process issued 11; o11 any claim founded upon ‘The Second section of ‘the sixth ‘_a1_‘t_1Cl<-‘a tllltl 01
debt or contract, he and the same are hereby fl-he 1”-'l0”d"‘°‘“'5 “l 5‘”d 3°C°l“-l'-5°"‘»“””-;_- \‘v‘l11_1_,-ll.
extended to like pcrsonal property attached on ' l’l'0l?"5“'d “"“”‘d”'l9”t “'ll‘3“ ”-l’l"'°V0d “”d_‘l‘l.‘_’ll:'
process issued upon any claim founded in tort or “ill 1“ the “l‘”_m0l' l’l'C5c'°‘l"3d ll)’.-the ‘-'°“5l-””“°“-
my 1 p,.0c,,(,d-,,,,_, in cj,,,,,c_,.,.y “.1”,-_.c p,.OI,,,,.,y - shall be to all intents and p111-[)o_sgcs a part thereof
may be attached. N l*“l0 “'13: _ _. “ _ _ _
LA 1*‘.-1n:'1~-n.-, S_ IFOSTER, “Every 1n11le citizen of the [_l111ted--:.._t‘.1t.‘eS.'
sI,e,,k0,. of the,[10us,, of Rep,-e5,,m,,,rjve_-.-_ E who shall have attained the age of t\ve11ty-"o_f1e"
C:MRL,,,S_ J_ McCU,,m., 1>,.e5,,]e,,t of _~*_:,,,,,-,te_ years, who shall have 'l'Csl(lC(l lll.‘l’lT'lS state fbr :1
Approved, yum, 15, 1,547, gterm of one year 11c:<t. pt-ece1.l111<v.‘ and 111 the"
CL‘-_\_R]{ BIsS}gLL_ :town in which he may offer lmnsclt to be ad-
,mitted to lll(l.1)l'l_{l.l.t‘;:_'_‘(‘..\‘ of an elcctror’ at least
\
I
s 1:-is
,\,-.,.-\ -\_ -\/\_/\_/-C-\,-\ n_.- r. , \_..._»‘»,/.J\,‘_/.\,,_,.\_.-\,\
NE SDAY. AUGUST
11,
I And the Secretary of this State shall, on or be-
fore the first Monday of Scptcinber, 1847,
, t.1ans1nit blank forms for the return of votes to
l be given pursua11t to this act, to the town clerks
; of the various towns in this State, for the use of
i said towns.
Sx~:C. 6. The votes so returned to the Secre-
,tary. shall he comitcd by the 'l‘rcnsurer, Secre-
1, tary and Comptroller, on or before the first Mon-
ay in l\'ovcmber 1847, who, on or before the
llftcetitll day of said November, shall _transmit a
certificate under their lmnds of the number of
votes so returned, in favor of approving and
adopting said amendincnts, and also, of the
nu mbcr of votes so returned, disapproving of the
adoption of the $211111’-‘. to the person adininistering
i the govc.r1n11ent of this state, who, within twenty
days after the receipt of said certificate, shall
issue his proclamation reciting such certificate
and it shall appear thcrefroni, that; a majority'
I-_o_f..s\t1i._<l votes is in favor of approving and adopting
fsaitl ai11cs'_i(_l11ie1i‘t‘s,.l1e shall so declare i11 such
-.].l>.l_'ii1'f'7fl'rfiili1i,:'i':_ '0 ‘H’ -a_.t»a inajority of the electors
.‘_‘,1_>_1-.e:_;,'_e‘111.:t_t;s-‘1.1«t _ ‘T “ -1'9_rosai(l, has appro-E
€‘v_eid ’sa'i_1_l, p_1=opL)$e _(ri&f‘:1'[n_d that the same
are‘ ‘,:“=t‘o;z1ll.i'1ft‘i£1it§~{i13i§1‘f 7-p_i;ifpbsesf:1s a. part.
1_.of tli_c -(:ot1st.i‘tu“fJ'dt[1' -jif-"tl’fi‘s';'s,!.t;t,-é';'._ ':i mt‘ ff’ sit" sha ll
lappear fro'1-u~sa'id‘: 31'lif'tZ~.i1,t'1-.',-~»tl1:1t. :1 tnajorit-y of,
(1.fSt_l'l(ljV(~)f(‘S is;*.;p_()l_,., .111-._,; fia'.<.)'.t'-501' 1'1pp1'o\'i11g-Jlntlf
adopting said i11_i::e1.1d_fi11i11t,‘;'b'ut is opposed _to the '~
sa'1ne,_l1e shall so de<f_lt1‘re,?;it1 said proclan‘1at;ion.
and that 11 tn:1jority'.of the electors present at
such u1eeti1igs,.-l1a've not approved said amend-
meat, a11d___s_ui_d ',p1'l_1“c‘lz1't1i-,1t.iot1 shall be published
in all 1.1~1t_a~..'1i‘1‘-;»'\::,.-_,.»‘.. pers_l printed inpthis state, and-
bc 1'eco1'd'c‘d itrtlie public r’cco1'ds thereof. -3“.-
" ‘ l..\ F.1v1:1'r1: S. FosT}~:R. _
Spealter ofithc [louse of llcprcscntalivcs._
_ CpAti.1L1»;s.'.l_.. 1\lcCt'aov.l’res1(le11t of E.'c11atc'-_.
‘ :\P1l{-J\"t!' :J‘111ie:-.23,'l8—17- CLARK Bxss1:Li..
-s.-
.A.: .a_
-u
5 .
. ~ _ 'l‘AXA'l‘lON. ‘ ' ~
. -W'c pttblisli below, the bill on Taxation which’
ftvas 1'51':fc_r1-ccl by the Gcncir-.11 Assembly to the
committee on the revision-of the Public Laws of
Ltliis-State. . . . ,' ' __
An Ac,-t in addition toancl i-n alt.crati,on of an-‘Act
entitled an “Act. for tlte_as-sf.-ss'n1c_nt of'jl:z1xes.’i
‘ Sec. 1 Be 1't.eI2.r1clcd, 8,'c., That all t_l1c.rc':1l
._e_.-state slltlitte within this state, and all personal
estate belonging to_ persons r_csi1lct1t within this
state, not expressly cxcmp;t_c_d by l=.1\v,_sl1all be.
subject to tax-.1t.'iox1 in the 11121111181‘pl‘O\'l(lC{.l_:ll_)’
this act. . _ __
.‘«':'é:_2' l’i31'son:1l 0:-talc, shall for t.l1c.‘?purposf5s
of 'l‘axation be co11:-,trur_>d to include-‘_all goods,
cltattcl.-r, mottics and effects \vl1alsoe\-"er they may
be, all sliip.~> and vcsscls, wl1cthcr_at_ home or
abroad, all mone'_vs at interest and other debts
due the persons to be taxed, and all public. stocks
_-and sccuritics, stocks in turnpikcs, 'railroads,
brid'gcs and 1'.-r1'ics, and all moneyed corporations
whether within or without this state. ‘
- Scc.-3. The real and personal estate of corpo-
fratfons whose capital stock is by the pro ’isions
1 T
t‘of'tl1is act, liable to be _asscsscd and set in the
lists of such r_:o1'po1°-.1~t-io11s. -
Sec. -1. 'l‘hc SL.‘lt-.Clfl‘l_Gl),“0f‘ each town in the
state shall _w‘.1rn a town meeting, to be held on,
or before the first l\lond:1y in Oclobcrin each
No. 4(‘. An act in addition to an Act entitled i 53 ‘“‘’}"l'5 “_“'?.‘5t'l-""‘,i3“‘3‘lll‘-E‘; ll"? “me he "lily 30
‘offer himself, and '-sl1:1ll’sust:-1m a good moral.
_vcar, at which nicctitig one or more judicious
clectors, not cxccctling’ tivc, shall be chosen as-
, j ._ .,i of tl1
“An Act concerning Common Schools.”
1 scssors, and a number of judicious clcctors not
Of HARTFORD, Coxx.
Caipital $200,000—-witli privilege to
increase to Hal f a Million.
‘V, ILLIAM J. .'TRl<IET, Agent. offers to
' insure Houses, Stores, Mills, Factories,
Barns and the contents of each, together with
every other species of property,
flgriinst Loss or Damage by Fire.
The rates of premium offered, are as low as
those ofany other similar Institution, and every
man has 110w :1n opportunity. for a trifling sum,
to protect: himself against this dest.ruct.ive ele-
ment, which often in a single hour, sweeps
away the earnings of so many years.
It is incumbent on all persons applying for a
renewal or policy on buildings, to inform the
agent of all changes in and about the p1'e111iscs,
that increase the hazard; or on machinery ren-
dered unproductive by new inventions, or use-
less by changes in business, as no insurance
office is bound by their policy. to pay any more
than the cash value ofproperty, at the time of
its destruction.
Norwalk. April 1st, 184
-4
to
15
At the People’s Store
ONSTANTL Y on hand a beautiful assort-
ment of Dress ‘Goods, such as Printed
Muslins, Embroidered Lawns, French, Ameri-
can a11d Scotch Ginghams, French and English
.l’rints, De Laines and almost every style of
Dress Goods usually called for iii a Retail Store.
P 111-chasers can rest assured that all the goods
offered at t.l1e People's Store, are of the best_
quality and styles, and what is more desirable, ,
e1f.ircl.;/ -new---having no old stock of several '
years standing to work off, we can take for our‘
motto “Small profits and quick sales.”
Btsstzu. dz: Moonv. 1
1
ULL‘S Double, Single, and Children’:
Trusses, for sale by J. A. \Vr.r.11.
. 1 1
Dry (‘woods l 3
TH E subscriber has justreturncd from New
_ York with an entire new stock ofseason-
able goods suitable for the Spring trade, em-
bracing as complete and desirable assortment as
ever brought into Fairfield County. 1
Iain receiving daily from my agent in N. Y.
the most desirable goods in the market, bought;
at auction and ofthe i1npo1'te1's, which will be
sold on the most favorable terms for cash. 1
i
Please call and judge for yourselves.
\V-M. J. FINCH. ?
.\Vestport, March 29th, 1847. '
New Books. i
"VASlllNG'l‘ON and his Generals, by J.
T. H eadley; Taylor and his Generals,
cheap edition; Biographies for Children, com-‘
prising Life of Gen. Taylor, Scott, \V0rtl1,l
Brown. Bonaparte, \Vollington, \Vashington,l
Putnam, La Fayette, Franklin, VV11rren, &c. ‘
handsomely bound and illustrated Just:-ec’d
by J. A. WEED. !
AN.'l‘El), A Lad to run of errands and
to be generally useful. Apply to I
Ciutnmzs SCRIBNER.
\Vest.port, July 6, 1847.
’ R. IIILL will be happy to see his
friends, and respond to all their calls in the '
way of his profession.
.H:u-(ford Mutual Insurance (30.
JAMES REED, Acts-T.
At the office of the Norwalk Gazette.
NO I S]! A D.
(Sc 2 from Connecticut River, at.
S. E. Omisrt:/in’s.
Be it snarrlcrf, That wlienever any school i
society-in this state shall impose a tax, the sumo '
shall be levied o11 all the real
therein, and upon the polls and other rateablc:
estate, except real estate situate without the!
limits of such school society. of those personsl
who are resident thercin, at the time of laying
such tax; and said rcal estate shall not be taxed
by any school S0i.'l(‘f._\_" except the one 111 whichl
the same is s tuated; and said tax shall be made
out and sigtted by the cotitmittce of the society,
from the asscsstiicnt. list of the town or towns,
to which said society belongs, last coinplcted, or_
next to be conipleterl, as said society may ‘dircct,
-—and whenever real estate situate in any socie-,
ty, is so entered and assessed in the grand -list
in common with other estate situated out of s’d
society, that there is no distinct and soparatei
value put by the assessors upon the part. lying in
said society; said society shall proceed in the
manner provided for school districts in similar
cases, by the tl1irt.y ninth section of the Act to
which this is an addition, passed i11 1841.
LA 1“.-‘.1’!-‘.'1"1‘l-I S. Fos'rt-:11, ._
Speaker of the House of Representatives. '
CHARLES J. .\'IcCt.'nnv, l’residc.nt of Senate.‘
Approved, June 0, 1847.
CLARK BISSELL. !
No. 47. An Actin addition to a11 Act relating
to Religious Societics a11d Congregations.
Be it cncrclczl, That all societies and con-
gregations iiistittitetl for public religious wor-
ship, which have been or may be legally formed,
shall have power to provide for the support of
public worship in whole or iii part: by an assess-
ment on the pews or slips‘ of their respective
c.hurchc.s or houses of public worship; said as-
scssnicnts to be made by the societies’ commit-
tceor such other persons us may be appointed
by vote of the society. And the payment of
such assessment. may be enforced by the sale of
the use ofsuch slip or pew for such time as may
be necessary 011 giving twenty-one days’ notice
i11a paper printed in the town where s’d church
is situated, and if no paper is printed in said
town, then by posting a notice on the door of
said church or house of public worship, :1 copy
_of which notice shall also be lt-.11’. with the owner
of said pew or slip, or at his usual place of
abode, if within this State, at least twenty one
days before said sale; but no other estate shall
be liable to be taken or forfeited for the pay-
ment of such assessment. I’1'o2:izlccI, that no
such assessment shall be made upon any such
pew or slip that is not occupied by its owner, or
by some person claiming under such owner, at
the stated public religious services in said house,
and also provided that no such sale shall be made
unless the owner of such pew or slip shall re-
fuse-to sell the same to the society at the price ,
which such society originally received therefor.
LAF‘AYF.’l"1‘1-J S. FOS'I‘1~3R,
Speaker of the House of Ptcpresentatives.
Tno’s C. PERKINS, Pres. of Senate pro tem.
Approved Ju11e 23, 1847. CLARK 1i1ss1~:1.L.
No. 48. An Act in addition to an Act entitled
“An Act prescribing a summary process, to
enable the owners of lands, h_onsos a11d other
buildings, to recover possession.”
27 Be it enacted, «ye. That the Selectmen of any
{town in this State shall have power to proceed
under said act to obtain possession of any land,
dwelling. house or other building belonging to the
town of which they are Selectmen, held under
a lease, in writing or by parol, in the same man ‘
ner as is Provided for other lessors or owners of
land, dwelling houses or other buildings; to be
brought: and tried before a justice of the peace
and a jury of freeholders of an adjoining t0WI1-
LA FAY!-:’l'TE S. Fosnzny
Speaker of the House of Repretitatives.
CHAn1.Es J. l\lcCu11nv, President of Senate.
Approved June 12, 1847. CLARK B1ssr:1_.:..
estate situated
‘on the first. Monday in October next at nine
lding officer, in which choice the to\v11 clerk, or
g meeting said proposed amendment to said consti-
character, shall on taking such oath as may be
prescribed ;1sy- law, be an clcctor; x - l
New therefore to provide for the consideration
ofsaid amendment by the inhabitants of this
state at town meeting to be warried and held for
that purpose pursuant to the requirements of
the said_'eleventh article -of the__ constitution of
this -stat'o. . -, , ..
SEC. 1. Be it cmzc/.a/, 13-.7. That: the consta
bles of the several towns in_tl1js state shall warn
theclcctors in their 1't‘S,Y!nI,'l€l\'l3"ll)\\'llS to_ meet
o‘cloc|t, ‘on the morning ofsaid day. for the pur
pose ofsignifying, in the nianncr hcrca ftcr pro-
vided, their approbation or 1‘isztpprobation of said
proposed amendment, which meeting shall be
held at the usual places of holding 'clecto1"s
nieetings in said towns respectively. '
SEC. The town clerk -and sclcctmcn in
the several towns are liereby authorized, if they
deem it expedient. to dosigtiate the person who
shall preside at such meetings of the electors:
but in case no presiding officer is designated by
said board the electors shall choose the presi-
in his abseticc, the oldest sclccttnan present shall
prcsidc.
Sr.c. 3. It shall he the duty ofthc. town clerks
in the respective towns immediately after the
organization of said meeting. to present to said
tutiou, according to the requirements of said
eleventh article thereof, and after due considera-
tion thcreof, the electors present at said meet-
ing shall be called upon by the presiding officer
of said meeting to bring into him, their respec-
tive votes or suffrages, which shall he by ballot;
those in favor of approving and adopting said
an1e11d1nc11t shall give in a ballot with the word
“Yes,” written thereon and those who disap-
prove of said amendments, shall give iii a ballot
with the word “No,” written thereon; which
said ballots shall be examined, sorted, and conti-
ted by the presiding of*.icer assisted by the town
clerk and selectmen, and the number of each
declared in open meeting by said presiding
officer.
! SEC. 4. The presiding officers in said several
town meetings shall under their hand respectively
make duplicate certificates of the number of
votes so given in a11d ascertained as aforesaid in
favor of approving and adopting said amendment
and also of those disapproving of their adoption,
in words at full length, one of which shall be
deposited in the office of the town clerk of the
town in which such meeting shall be held and
t‘ other, within ten days after the day of
110 ding said meeting, shall be (l('l.lVt‘-l'Ct1, scaled
up to the Secretary of this State, or to the
sheriff of the couut.y to which said town shall
belomr ; and the sheriff receiving said votes
shall deliver, or cause them to he delivered, to
the Secretary of this State, within fifteen days
next after the day of holding said meeting;
which certificates shall be in the form following
to wit:
“At a meetinglof the electors of the town of
legally warned and held on the first
Monday of October, 1847, for the purpose of
receiving the votes of the electors of said town
upon the subject of the proposed amendment
to the constitution of this state, there were given
in favor of adopting said proposed amendment;
votes; and against the adoption of
the same votes;
Certified _by
A. B. presiding officer."
SEC. 5. The snpersc1'ipt.ion on each of said
certificates to be returned to the Secretary of
this State shall be as follows, to wit :
“To the Secretary of this State—-Votes of
the electors of the to\vn of IIPOI1
the proposed amendment to the‘ Constitution,
taken and sealed up by
exceeding five shall be elected a board of relief.
Src. lt shall be the duty of the assessors in
each town, aiinually, in the month of October or
Novctnbcr, to prepare an assessment list which
shall (‘.(Jl1l’“.1ll1 the names of persons liable to pay
taxes in such town, arranged in alphabetical or-
der, and opposite to the 11a1nc of each person the
qttantity and value of the real estate by him own-
.cd in such town, and the estimated value of all
th'e‘pcrsonal property belonging to such person
(tlflCl'(lt.'(l11Cl2ltlg‘ the amount of his indebtcdncss
thcrcfrom) on the first day of said October, toge-
ther with the amount required by law to be as-
scsscd upon his poll. The estate of non-rcsi-
dents, liable to taxation by virtue of this act shall
be designated iii the same assessment list, and in
the same manner as the estates of residents, but
in a part of said list scpat-ate from the other as-
sessments. And all property so assessed and set
in the list as at'orcsaid,sl1all be liable to taxation
upon 3 per cent‘. of the assessed value thcrcof.
Said assessment list shall be completed and lodg-
ed in the town clerk's otiicc of the town i11 which
the same is made by the first day of December
in each year; and the town clerk shall exhibit
the same to any person liable to pay taxes when
thereto requested.
Soc. 6. The board of relief‘ of each town shall
meet on or before the first Monday in January,
in cach year, liavitig given ten days notice at
least, of the time and place of such meetings by
posting tl1c same on the public sign post in such
town or by puhlisliing a notice in some public
newspaper, printed in the town to which the
said board shall belong; and shall bear and de-
termine all appeals to l.ll1'.'llllll1l.(1C from the doings
of the assessor-s,n.1ul shall equalize and adjust the
valuations and assessments of their respective
towns, wltctherappcals are made or not from the
doings of said assessors; and said board of relief,
in equalizing and .adjusting the valuations and
assessments albrcsziid, may increase or reduce
the assessment of any person; but before they
proceed to increase the assessment list of any
person they shall notify him or leave a written
notice at his last place of' abode, two days at
least before increasing his assessment, to appear
and show cause, if any he have, why his assess-
ment should not be increased. And the town
clerk of each town shall after said assessments
have been examined and cor1'ec.tted, by the board
of relief‘, transmit by mail or otherwise, an ab-
stract from said assessment list to the Comptrol-
ler, by the first (lay of March in each year; which
abstract shall be made out agreeably to a form to
be furnished by the Comptroller. to the several
town clerks. And the Comptroller is hereby re-
quired to furnish blank forms to the several town
clerks, on or before the first day of January in
each year, of the returiis required of the town
clerks to be made to him as aforesaid. And if
any town clerk shall neglect to transmit an ab-
stract of said assessment list to the Comptroller,
by the time aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay to
the t.reasurcr of this state the sun1 of .,'*-5'15. to be
; recovered before any Court, proper to try the
same.
Sec. 7. It shall be lawful for any person whose
property has been assessed and set in the assess-
ment list., on or before the 15th day of January
next after such assessment is made, to appeal to
the board of relief of the town in which such as-
sessment is made, and show to such board by his
own oath or atlirrnation, and other proper evi-
dence, that said assessment is above the just
value of all his real and personal property sub-
ject to taxation, after deducting the amount of
his indebtedness; and if said board shall upon
such evidence find that the person so appealing
is aggrieved by the doings of the assessors in re-
lation to said assessment, they shall deduct from
the amount of said assessment so much thereof
as they shall find it exceeds the true and just
value of the estate of such person after deduct-
mv 1is indebtedness therefrom. And if any per-
son, in giving testimony before said board shall
be guilty of wilful false swearing, he shall upon
conviction tnereof, suffer the penalty by law pre-
scribed for the crime of pcrjur_v. When the as-
sessors shall omit to assess and set in the list,
the taxable estate of any person, by the.first day
of Deccmber,and such estate shall be afterwards
discovered, then the board of relief shall value
A. B. presiding officer."
and set the same in the assessment list.
ED, at Two Dollars Per Annum In- Advance.
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VOLUME 3o—NUMBEu.&;
1847.
-“.F\I
} Soc. 8. The following property slinil be ex-
empted from taxation, namely: The houses and
lands with the appurtenances thereof‘ belon_=_»;ing
to the United States or this State, the houses and
building with the appttitcnanccs lll(3l'(‘0f belong-
ing to any county, town, city or borough, the
buildings occupied as colleges, academies, school
houses, church or infirmaries, all funds belong-
ing to any religious society or any school society,
and all funds created for benevolent purposes,
the personal and real estate of any person of co-'
lor in this State, the stock of such corporations
as by their cliarters is exempted from taxation,
and all property not liable to be taken by war-
rant or executicn.
For 0. The first, sscond, third, t‘ourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and ninth sections of an act enti-
tled “A 11 Act for the Assessment of 'l‘axcs;” the
act entitled, “An Act in addition to an Act enti-
tled ‘_An Act to provide for the assessment and
collection of Taxi.-s,’ ” passed in 1822, the Act
entitled “An Act in addition to an Act for the
assessment of Taxes,” passed in 182-1,tl1e act
entitled “An Act in addition to and in alteration
of an Act entitled ‘An Act for the asscssiiierit of
Taxcs,”’ passed in 1836, the Act passed May,
1837, entitled “An Act in addition to and iii ex-
planation of an Act entitled ‘An Act for the as-
st-:ssn1e11_t of Taxes,’ ” passed May Session, 183 ‘,
t_h'e_At:t entitled “An Act in addition to and in
allteralion ,-of an Act entitled ‘An Act for the as-
-sessment‘o1'~"1‘axcs,’ ” passed i11 18-11), the Act cu-
titlcd “’Ajq’-Act in addition to an Act entitled ‘An
A'c1_;'l for, the pssessmeiit of T-axcs,”’ passed in
15-12, atighall ()ll1(::l_' a.cts.and parts of acts incon-
s-istcnt \v'r‘tl1't_l1c provisions of this act are hereby
1‘cpealed.:-f .- .
:,(_3'onn11pt_—r“o1ler?s Report.
. ,‘_. - ' 9--" ' _
.‘ State of C'onnect1cut,- ss.
_ e Scc’_v_of State,.luly 1st, 1347.
‘ - 'l7he-following extracts from the Report ofthe
Comptg1‘~1_;ll'cr of Public Accounts, exhibited to the
tleiicrjyl, Assembly at their late session, comprise
such parts of said report as are required by law
- to l_1e:'p’11blisl1ed in the several newspapers in this
State, lifitlte Sect-etary of State.
1:‘ .,I10,-l'fN- ‘13.‘ROllERTSON, Scc’_1/ of State.
FT/(:_c";'tate.of Connecticut in General flccozrut
-_.‘_';}_f',"_I?ccéi[;ts and Empevzditurcs of Fuvuls ap-
propriated for current arpenses of Govern-
- ,_1‘23c_r_z‘t, Du.
-..,lj’or a-i'nount of payments from the trea-
sury from 31st of March, 1846, to
1st of April, 1847, for current ex-
_._ pcnses of Government, under the
‘ following heads, viz:
Debcnture and contingent ex-
penses of Gen. Assembly. $23,840 90
Account of' salaries, exec-
utive and judicial 12, 596 50
Contingent expenses of'Go-
vernment 15,034 20
Judicial do. do. 34,761 34
Expense ofsupportiugstale *
Paupcrs 1,500 06
Salary of Directors of the
State Prison 300 O0
Expense of supcrintcnding
Connnon Schools 528 -'34
Expense of‘ managing the
School Fund 432 54
Account, of Public Build-
ings and Institutions 12,111 75
Advances made to theQua-
tcr Master General 60-1 96 '
——————'——s;1o~2,o19 35
Marclt 31, 18-17-For payment. made
by the Treasurer from 31st ofMarcb,
15'-16,to 1st April, 1847, in audition
to payment on Comptroller’s orders,
as per Auditor’s Report, viz:
For amount pai1PPh(nnix
Bank on exchange ofstock
to equalize the p'd_\‘1l'lCl1f. of
the September dividend
011 166 shares, with the
rest of the stock owned by
the State
For amount paid Plncuix
Bank on exclnnigc as :1-
bove of3l shares of stock
For amount paid ditto on
exchange as above of 66
shares of stock
For do. do. for subscription
for 330 shares of stock
For amount paid llartford
Bank for subscription for
166 shares of stock
For do. for abalcments on
State Tax, LE1 of 1845,
and for collecting fees and
travel
176 00
-12 50
127 60
33,000 00
16,600 00
6,800 23
---—- -56,755 83
1-39 37-1 65'
For amount paid Commis-
sioner of School Fund, for
interest on money borrow-
cd of the Fund by the
Slate during the past year 8-17 66
$_3lt30,‘2‘2:2 3-1
April l——By balance in the Treasury Ca.
this day as per Comptroller’s Report
to the General Assembly of 18-16
By payments into the Treasury from
31st March 1846, to 1st April, 18-17,
viz :
$1-1,70-1 73
From forfeited bonds, &c., 1,114 71)
“ avails of Courts 1,0110‘ 3'.)
“ State Prison 4,000 00
“ licenses to ueddlcrs, Sac. -183 ‘J6
From sale of Bank Stock:
'ly cash received of
sales of 144 shares
Hartford Bank Stock 16,708 75
By do. do. 296 shares
Phoenix Bank Stock 32,001 00
By amount of interest
on the last two sums
‘deposited 259 13
40,861 85
From Taxes: - _ _
By cash received for
State Tax of'1 centon
the dollar, of List for
18-15,—gross amount 41,437 06
By cash rec’d for Tax
of§ of 1 pr, ct. on Bk.
stock, Insurance, &.c.
owned by non-1-esid’s 3,519 0.’)
By do. do. for Tax due
201211 Feb. 18-16, ofthc
towns of Chester and
Hampton 23:3 31 -
-————- 45,191 42
From div. on Bk. Stock owed by State:
1846.
May—By div. on 49sl1ares
Farmers Si. Mechanics Bk.
stock at 3§ per cent. 17.’) 50
Ju11c—By do. 1,589 do.
Hartford do. at 3;‘; do. 5,561 50
Ju1y—By do. 274 N Ha-
ven do. at 4 do. 2,192 00
“ By 593 Middletown
do. at 3% do. 2,075 50
Sept.-—By do. 1,150’ Pl1ae- _
tnx do at 4 do. 4:600 30
“ By (extra) do. 1.553
Hartford do at 4 do. 3:105 00
Nov.—By do. 49 Farm. &.
Mechanics do. at 31; do 175 50
Dec.—By do l,484Hnr1ford _
do_ at 35 do_ 5,194 00
1847:
Jan —-By do. Middletown
do. at do. 2,075 50
F 33‘
“ By do. 2'7-1 N. Haven
do at -1 do 2,192 00‘
Mai-.—By do. 1,220 Plun-
nix do. at -1 do. 4,3530 00 ‘
——- 32,219 00
148,656"
18-l'T—Max-ch 31. By amount borrow- A ' 3" "
cd of Com’r of School Fund dur- _ _
ing the past year 11,555 33
$160,222 34
Permanent Fund. _ _
The permanent l"und.ot' the State, on fl1‘é’l'sf
day of April, 18-17, consists of‘ Bank stock,n61.’_
trnnsfcrrable—or subscriptions to the capifahof
sundry Banks, which may be witlidrawn on giv-
ing six months notice-—nar,nel_v:
Hartford Bank, 1650 shares at $100 $165,000
Phoenix “ 12-20 100 122.000‘
lVew Haven “ 27-1 “ 200 5'4l5_0.,0{'
Middletown “ 593 “ 100 59,
Farm. &. Mechanics -19 “ 100 4,900
Shares 3,768 Dollars 406,000‘
mi
IN'r1:1.I.1Gr:.'sc1-: raon Mnxico.-—TIze Pros-
pect.——The \Vasl1ington Correspondent of tho
Courier and _Enqnirer writes :
At the moment when the VVar Billipizfsisi-'
el, in May, 1846, a democratic Senator re-
mark ed that the war would be a very short-
one—that it would not last longer than‘ is
month. Mr. Calhoun replied-—-“it vcri‘11I"asr
three years and cost us a hundred million."
I have reason to know that Mr. Cal-
houn’s opinion is unchanged——tl1nt be con-
siders the war as merely begun, and the’
lengthening train of its evils as having‘
been scarcly yet manifested.
The views bf the Administration and its
friends have undergone a great change, in
consequence of the obstinate refusal of
the tllcxicans to ma‘.e peace. The seve.
ral members of the Administration do not»
like, it is said, to speak of the subject.
They have been as ignorant as any man in
the whole country, and still_are so as to
all that respects the chances of the‘ termi-
nation of the war. During the late and
long continued cry of “peace, peace,”....
the members of the Administration did not’-
unite in the effort to delude the public.-‘
They were at a loss what to think of the‘
prospect of peace, and were more inclined
to ask the opinions of others, than’_to give‘
any of their own, on the subject. ,
A le'ter in the Picayune, dated Mexico,
29111 June, from Lieut. Barber, who was
taken prisoner last February, while coming.‘
with an escort to a train which‘ was cut in‘
pieces and be supposed to be murdered,-
says, that the provision for the exchange"
of Major Gaines and others, was not exten-
ded to himself, not to Quarter Master
Santa Anna had no idea of releasing any of
them, but wishes to send them all to Aca’-'
puleo, on the Pacific.
land, from Brazos to the 15th, it is rumor-‘
ed that Gen’ Urrea is about to attack Rey’-'
nosa with 3000 troops. Preparations for
defence were making, and several detach-‘
ments has been seen near the River, and
the object of Uri-ea was believed to be an-
attack upon the depots and wagon trains
between camargo and Montcrey. These
rumors about Urrea are not confirmed by’
the Matamoras Flag of the 10th, which has‘
similar accounts relative to the Cn1'ri'bnja"l'
gang of desperadoes. - The Mexicans and
others discovered near Brazos, were taken-
prisoners or dispersed, and a macho t'l'1‘e’y'
frequented burnt to the ground. _
- The Tenth Regiment from New York
and New Jersey are quartered at Matamo-~
ms, where they will remain until relieved,-
which will be several vteeks perhaps.
-..
Horrible Cannz'balz'.m.—A company of.
emigrants which started for California in
May last, suffered the most incredible
hardships from cold and hunger early last
Spring, as appears by the account in the‘
St. Louis Republican ofthe 20th ult. The‘
party started with Col. Russell, with 23.3
wagons. Five of the women and two of
.the men, arrived at Capt. Johnson’s, the‘
-first house of the California settlements,
entirely naked, and their feet frost bitten.‘
They stated that their company had arriv-‘
ed at Truckey’s Lake, on the cast of the‘
mountains, and found the snow so deep‘
thatthey could not travel. Fearing star-
vation, sixteen of the strongest (eleven‘
males and five females) agreed to start for
the settlement on foot. After wandering.
about a number of days, bewildered, their
provisions gave out. Long hunger made
it necessary to cast lots to see who should
be sacrificed to make food for the rest,
but at this time the weaker began to die,
which rendered the taking of life unneces-
sary. As they died, the company went
into camp and made meat of the dead bod--'
ies of their companions.
Nine of the men died, and seven were
eaten. One of the men was carried‘ to
Jolmson’s on the back of an Indian. From
this statement, it would seem that the
women endured the hardships better than
the men, asnone of them‘ died. The com-
pany left behind numbered sixty souls, ten
of them men, the others women and chil-
dren. The were i11 camp about one hun-
dred mlies from Johnson's. Revolting at
it may seem, it is stated that one of the
women was obliged to eat part of the dead
bodies of her father and brother, and
another saw her husband's heart cooked!
It ought to be a very fine country, to jus-
tify an exposure to such suffering and hot-
ror.
Why is\a sharp nosed woman like the
great wall of China? Because if crosegd,
you are apt to find a Tartar.
Smith and Midshipman Rogers, and that‘.
By letters received per the Mary Kings-'.
Norwalk Chronicler