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NUMBER l97--NEW SERIES.
NQRWALK GAZETTE.
A. H. BYINGTON
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='1'in.. Gainer. & Shea
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Omoeover the Store f C. J. Griunan,
_ . NORWALK,ONN.
A,.H_ii'.i.. ' CHARLES Fi-rcn.
attorney and .Con _
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on Ware
l Depot, and
_ New York Central Railroad, and 10.miles east
at Law,
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-Norwalk, Co
H. c. RANDIJ
-—D!-IALER IN-—
..~H§t8s 03P9r".'M°n'9 B°Y'“ -
KSTRAW GOODS, c.,
I.-a¢lles.~!.'uni, Gents Glov , Canes,
’-‘qnnbrellaa, 0-;
No. 2 Skiddv’s Bulk.
C. J . G R U M5; N ,
- Dealer in Foreign and Doiestic
-DRY GOODS, CARIETINGS
Carriage Trimmings, Cllhs. OM35‘
mares, Satinetts,‘ Vestingsgnd Tail-
or’s Trimmings. by tki Yard.
Piece or Package
jakssrmos, suiariiies. JEANS, Bus AND WABp
‘ A «“ the lowest possible price.
_NO'RWALK. GONN-
0.’ - &= E. «K. LOCKWOQ), 84. C0.
NORWALK. CONN.1,
nxsurac-runsnsgor
Tin, Shoat Iron & Coppeilllares,
also DEALERS IN -,
Stoves, Ranges, » Furnaces, V utleryfn
Britannia Porcelain and V den
Ware, and Kitchen Furri re
in general, Pumps, Shae
Lead 4- Lead Pipe,
Crockery, Glass
and China.
Ware.
1‘. II. NASH,
WHOLESALE AND Rs-rm. DEALER i .
S T O V E S ,
MANUFACTURER OF
-',1',in,Sheet Iron&CopperW es,
Has constantly on hand a large ort-
ment of general House-keep g
Furniture, at So. Norwal
Conn. i
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RMOS HUNT,
General Pension & Patentd nt
And Prosecutor of Claims be e
A ‘._r,1ie,several‘ Departments anal
the i.a’.»,‘zr/3'11,-"f,_C' lwim8-
\Vasliingtor_i_,__l)._C_-____i_;
""":i>”.'nTTi’oo-r-rs.
Attorney & Counsellor at Ilaw,
6I WALL STREET: i
NEW YORK.
Vvholes-ale
.p&PER nrsirnmj
.u_aRsaAu. BROTHERS,
58 Courtlaridt Sercct, N. Y.,
(Between Washington and Greenwich-ste.)
Rom-zar T. MARSHALL.
1124 BI-JNJ. L. Mansiscu
lien-gar: and consignments respectfully so-
Hinford Scott, ls,
Importer and Wholesale Dealer in j
_-Brandies, Gms. Wines, Ciga‘s,
&c., No. 17 James Slip,
One doolifrom Scull;-st... b New Yo k_~
All or ers y mai or ot erwi 1
nttendfll to. / 3? prom” y
. N.-B..—-Imported liquors of all kinds for. e.
..diciual—purposes, kept constaiit-by on 1,3
which will be warranted pure. -‘
BIRDING 1VlA'.l'BRIAI._ .
Presged and Common Bricl
lime, Cement, calcined Pia‘ -
, tar, Hair, and Marble Dus .
THE Subscriber having dissolved his coh-
'_ iiection with W. C. STREET, Esq. in the
0000!. Ind will keep a good assortment of
the pbove named articlescoustantly on hand,
whlch_wlll be sold cheap for Cash.
CHAS. T. LEONARD.
Olcs removed to Sellick's Packet Olllce,
subscriber on the premises. '
Attorneys at Law. Real Estate
Estate of all kinds bought and sold on Com-
mission. Money invested.
non-residents. Money loaned on unencumber-
ed Real Estate security.
THE undersigned would respectfully an--
erally that he has removed to No. 3 Phoenix
HE subscribers have established a NEW
COAL Yam) at Norwalk, on the east side
of the Bridge, on Smith’s Dock below the Pot-
tery, where they intend to keep constantly on
hand and are now delivering "a very superior
article of Goal, of the difi‘erent sizes required
for family use, such as for the furnace, parlor
and kitchen stoves. Our stock is all fresh and
pains have been taken to secure the best kimls
known in the market, such as Spring Mount-
ain'Lehigh, and the Locust. Mountain White
Ash; acknowledged by good judges to have
no superior. We have also the Pittston vari-
ety, all of which kinds we will sell at fair re-
munerating prices. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited. _
We also keep the above varieties at our
Yard in Winnipauk.
f35 GEO. H. RANDLE do BROTHER.
LUMBER ! LUMBER !
HILL dz HUBBELL have recently com
menced the Lumber Business at the old
stand lately occupied by Mr. Charles Thomas,
and intend to keep on sale
Timber, Lath and Lime,
together with every variety of Lumber sold in
this market. We shall be happy to accommo-
date customers with any thing in our line at
liberal prices. M. ,
15 J, C. HUBBELL,
A First Rate Farm For Sale.
HE Subscriber desires to sell the whole. or
a portion of his farm, situated in the town
of Fairporl, Monroe County, N. Y., on the
of Rochester. The land is in a high state of
cultivation, and specially adapted for a wheat
growing farm. It is so apportioned with tim-
ber, grazing, meadow and grain land, as to be
particularly well adapted for division. and the
owner would dispose of a portion if the pur-
chaser should desire. It contains about 130
acres, well fenced, good house and outbuild-
ings, and .very pleasantly located, as to situa-
tion and access to Churches, Schools and Mar-
kets, being within two miles of the Depot of
the N. Y. Central Railroad. and the N. Y. and
Erie‘ Canal. If applied for soon, will be sold
cheap. For further particulars, enquire of the
ROBERT BRAITHWAITE.
Fairport, N. Y., Nov. 28th, 1856. tf-19
WM. ALLEN. WM. T. CLARK.
ALLEN &. CLARK,
Brokers and General Land Agents,
DAVENPORT , IOWA.
AND Warrants bought, sold and located-
Farms Houses and Lots leased. Real’
Taxes paid for
tl2S
Removal.
nounce to his patrons and the public gen-
Block, where he has fitted up a beautiful store
which is now opened with a new and splendid
assortment of Cloths, Cassimeres, and Vest-
ings for the Summer of 1856. Garments
made and trimmed in the ueatest and most
fashionable sl.y‘_le. A complete assortment of
Men and Boys’ Clothing ready made.
Grateful for long and continued favors at
my old stand, I shall endeavor with renewed
exertion to merit their continuation.
N. B.—Goods bought of me will be cut gra-
tis if desired. 27 THOMAS RILEY.
Cheaper than Ever
Jt the South ./Vorwallc
GROCERY STORE.
THE Subscriberhason hand by l'ar the lar.
gest and best selection of Family Groce-
ries and Provisions, to be found in South
Norwalk, which he offers to his customers
and the public, at greatly reduced prices.
His facilities are such that he will be cons-
tantly receiving new and fresh supplies of‘
goods, as the wants of his Customers may.
require, which will‘ always be of the best
quality and sold at the very lowest possible
price, and he would respectfully solicit an
examinationand trial of the same.
GEO. W. SMITH.
Q Land For Sale.
ABOUT eight acres of good Land, near
Main-st., one mile north of the Bridge,is of-
fered for sale upon very reasonable terms.
It is admirably adapted for building lots,
or for gardening purposes, having a quick
and rich soil, and a large bed of vegetable
mould or compost manure, thereon ; or it is
well calculated for alirst rate meadow. Itis
wellfenced, and in a very eligible location.
gar further particulars enquire at this Of-
ce.
Horse and 0x shoeing.
HE subscriber having taken the old stand
formerly occupied by Waterbury and
Duncan. in the rear of the old Bakery, foot of
Mill Hill, devotes his entire attention to the
careful and judicious shoeing of Horses and
llxen, for which he has unequalled facilities.
From his many years experience, devoting
himself exclusively to this branch of business,
he is confident he can give entire satisfaction
to all who may favor him with their patron-
age. Particular attention paid to shoeing
Horses with tender _and diseased feet.
JAMES D. SHEA.
Norwalk, March 27th, 1857. tl13
Cabinet -Ware Rooms at
WESTPCRT !
HE Subscriber would respectfullyiuform
hisfriends and the public generally,
that he is still located a few doors north of
the turnpike, opposite the Store of Alva
Gray, where may he found a gcneralassort-
ment of CABINET FURNITURE.
Undertakingin all its departmentsattem
(led to at the shortest notice and upon rea-
sonable terms. 13 ALLEN RENOUD.
Norwall: Emporium.
PROVISIONS. ‘ FRUITS.
Vegetables,‘ Fish of All Kinds,
Clams, Oysters, die.
As good as themarkct affords. constantly to
MEEKER do OLMSTEAD.
_fi*Goods of the above description re-
ccived daily, and for sale at wholesale and
retail on the most favorable terms.
Further Notice.
THE undersigned having extended hisbu-
siness is now not only prepared to re-
pair and re-paint Carriages and Wagons as
usual, but is also prepared to make the
same to Order. Tasteful Carriages or heavy
Wagons made in every style to suit the pur-
chaser,and at prices to suit the times.
EDSON BEERS.
At the establishment formerly occupied
by Charles Isaacs.
Watches, Jewelry and Fancy Goods
NEW SPRING STOCK!
THE Subscriber hasjust returned
from New York with a new Stock of
Fashionable Jewelry, Watches, Pla-
ted are and Fancy Goods. which he offers
to his customers very cheap.
Clocks and Watches repaired.
Accordeons tuned and repaired.
~ Collin Plates,Spoons, Rings, &c., neatly en-
graved. O. S . CLARK,
Wholesale and Retail Dealcr in Groceries
Provisions ,8;-c., No. 14 and I6 Main-st.
Hasjust received an entirely new and
extensive assortment of goods which
he will sell on as favorable terms as any in
the trade. The public are respectfully in-
vited to call.
Norwalk ,Jan. 1st,l857.
New Styles. 1
tflnlew Goods &. low prices
HARLES FIELDS has now on hand as
large and varied an assortment of Gen-
tle_men and Ladies’ Gaiters, Boots, and
Slippers, as has ever been presented to the
publiciu this market. The styles are new;
the workmanship neat and beautiful; while
the material is of the finest texture and
most durable quality. He has some very
elegant, plain and fancy colored, Ladies
Gaiters; also, Gent’s Patent Leather Boots
and Shoes, with an endless assortment of
Boys and Misses Shoes, allof which will be
sold very low for cash. The public are invi-
ted to call and examine his stock for them-
selves. 1;f21
South Norwalk Hotel.
HE Subscriber, having leased that beauti-
ful aud central location recently occupied
by Fowler Ray, Esq., on the corner, a few steps
from the New York & New Haven Railroad
Depot, is now prepared to entertain transient
or permanent guests. As a summer retreat,
few places can compare with this location.
tl‘20 JAMES LUCAS.
Oils ! Oils !
OILED and raw ‘Linseed Oil, winter
strained, bleached Lard and Polar, Lamp
and Machine Oil. Boiled Paint Oil at 75 cts
pei-gallon. pure Neats Foot Oil. The above
Oils are of the bee! quality, and for sale by
the harrcl. or retail by W. C. STREET.
Great Bargains in
LUMBER,
AT SOUTH NORWALK,BY
'1'-HOIKAS Ia. PECK..
UST RECEIVED, 100,000 ft. Spruce Tim-
‘ her, all sizes ; 150,000 Spruce Laths,200,-
000 ft. Boards, 190.000 ft. 1 1-4, I I-2. and 2
inch Plank, 30,000 ft. Siding, 25,000 ft. Spruce
Boards, 25,000 l't. Spruce Plank, 50,000 ft.
Hemlock Boards, 50,000 ft. 5-8 Boards, 800
Bunches Shingles.
THOS. L. PECK.
South Norwalk, May 16, 1857. ' . 1
Notice. _
“ THE 0 UGH 13 Y DA YLIGIIT.”
Selleck’s Line of Packets
On and after Tuesday, March 17th.
1857, the Sloop Mary A. Selleck will
commence her regular trips for the
se sson. leaving Noi-walk every Tuesday, and
Pike Slip, N. Y., every Saturday.
The Domestic leaves Norwalk every Satur-
day and Pike Slip every Thursday. One of
the above vessels will be at the Pike Slip
dock at all times. so that Freighlers may ship
their freiizht at any time, and be sure of hav-
ing it put on board.
till SELLECK dc DEMMON.
HAWLEY St BARRACLOUGH,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
CLOTHING WAREHOUSE,
Na Ye
N extensive assortment of the most fash-
ion-able style of Clothing. is kept cons-
tantly on hand. Also, Garments of every
description made to order in the best manner.
HENRY B. Hawuzv,
BENJAMIN Bxuaxcnooou.
43
YOUNGS, Homes as 60.,
Merchant Tailors & Clothiers,
successors to Jan. H. Beers,
1'14 and 176 Chalham Square, New York.
Cuxs. E. Youxus,
LEWIS Hori-s,
Hnxuv M. Pnowrrr.
Norwalk Machine Shop.
THE subscriber having taken the shop here-
tofore occupied by Dimon Finch, and fit-
ted it up with special reference to a General
Machine Jobbing and Repairing Business,
would respectfully solicit the orders of all
who may require his services in Repairing
broken or defective Machinery of any des-
°|'il)ti0n. He has Lathes,a Planer, etc., for
Q“ “’°_1‘k 9-PP‘-'l‘laining to his business, and
from his many years experience in Manufuc
luring, and his familiarity with all kinds of
Mauufaclurer’s Machinery, he feels confident
that he can execute all orders in a snbstan.
tial and workmanlike m-inner; Having had
much experience in the manufacture of Fur
Machinery. Building of Blowers, &c.,he is
enabled to give particular attention thereto.
2 A. C. ARNOLD.
WOODEN Ware and Mats. Sheet Lead and
Lead Pipe, at F. H. NASB’S.
' South Norwalk;
11
Norwalk Iron foundry.
EVERY description OICABTING done at the
shortest notice and in the best manner,
as cheap as can be obtained at any othci-.es-
tablishment in the State. Galvanized Chains,
Chain Pumps.Iron Fencc,Posts,Railings,etc
furnished toorder. Patterns executed at
short notice and upon reasonable terms.
lyl ALEXANDER AUSTIN.
Corn Shellers. ii
Pattern Corn Shellers, a first rate ar-
ticle for sale by W. C. STREET.
Plums, Peachesand Cher-
MEEKER dz Oi..\isTii.m~'s.
COUNTRY Pork. clear, at
S. E. OLMSTEAD’S.
TIMOTHY SEED, at
REED Apples!
1'18.-Lat
8. F 0LMSTEAD’S
%
P30VISI0NS of every discription chea at
OLMS TEAD’S,.
Through in five Minutes.
D, ASSER’S Five Minute Freezers work like
a charm. Call and get a circular and
receipt at Locirwoons’ Furnishing Store.
Tilh BLACK HAWK Il0RSE_NICl-IOLAS, Nicholas is
out of the celebrated “ Winch” more by Raven
pus ofold Black I-Iawk’s bent colts. He is four years old
"1 -llfil_'. 15 1-2 hands high, _of a beautiful black color,
llglt livllltdh élactlpttn fitne at silk. He is considered by the
. . i l u co ~
Home ingthve State‘ n I'0\ ersy, the best Black Hawk
Q Tvio FIRST Paisiiimis of the Golan. State Agricultural
rcciety were awarded him. one in 1855 and one in 1355
NICHOLAS is perfect, in form, org;-en e|,.g,,,,c,, of“:
firm. of high spirit. perfectly kind and docile thorough-
ly broken, and gives promise of great speed. ,
He will stand at my stable in Canton from May lat to
July lat. Terms :—$ 15 cash, single service 325 :0.
the season ; payable Sept- lst. Insurance by aging:
ment. ‘
I shall be pleased to have the lovers of due stock can
and examine him.
A limited number of mares only will be taken and
those wishing to secure the services of NICHOLAS would
do well to apply early.
Good pasturage furnished at moderate charge. Mares
at their owner's risk. HERMAN IIAMBLIN,
For further particulars concerning said horse the
owner would refer to‘ ihe Editor of the Gazette. ’
Canton, May 1, 1867. 3123
be found at the well known establishment of.
POETRY.
Little Trundle Bed.
ANHWII '10 on. A. iiii.i.’s uuurirvi. men.
We, too, have a dear little trundle bed,
That we kept close by our own,
But the cherub bright with her golden head,
To the spirit world hath gone ;
And now we come with solemn tread
To shed our tears on her empty bed.
Three springs have quickly pass’d away
Since she to our arms was given,
And eight sad, lonely weeks to day
Siuce she took her night to heaven.
And now the bitter tears we shed _
As we gaze on that vacant trundle bed.
With joyful hearts we oft have come
To watch her as she slumber'd there,
And dared to call that gem our own,
As we warmly kiss’d' her forehead fair,
And bent in fondness our blessings te shed,
As she rested so sweet in her dear little bed.
And many a long, long sunny hour,
She has play’d beneath the tree»,
And warbled forth her baby song
To the soft and balmy breeze,
Till, weary with sleep, she would how her head,
And I’ve lain her here in her trundle bed.
And oft have I thought that angels drew near,
To kiss the brow of my sleeping child,
For while I have sat and w-atch’d her here,
In her sleep she has often sweetly smiled ;
And a halo from heaven would seem to be shed,
And gild with rich beauty this dear humble bed.
Then came dark nights and weary days,
The wasted frame, the languid eye;
And well I knew the voice of God
Called our loved angel to the skies ;
Still fondly I bent o’er her burning head,
And watch’d on in anguish beside her bed.
I watch’d and prayed until my life
Seem‘d twined around that sullering form,
For when death came and closed the strife,
I almost sank beneath its arm ;
I scarcely knew my child had lied,
Forever from that dear loved bed.
They came to robe her for the tomb,
A mother's hand had done its last ;
Faith pierced beyond the darkening gloom,
Where I again my child would clasp ;
Still my poor heart in anguish bled,
And shed its tears on her empty bed.
Two more are left, but who will dare
To teach us we ought not to mourn ;
That they, while calling for our care,
Will fill the place of her that’s gone ?
Ah, no, a voice from this lonely bed,
Tells us our gentle lamb hath lled.
Watch on, loved parents, beside your child ;
May God keep back the fatal dart ;
May you ne’er know the anguish wild,
That pierced my poor, sad, stricken heart,
Nor what it is in grief to shed,
Your burning tears on her empt_y bed.
Camden, New Jersey.
For the Norwalk Gazette.
“The Relation of Public Amusements to Public Mo-
rality, especially of the Theater, to the highest Interests
of Humanity. An Address delivered before the ‘ Amer-
ican Dramatic Fund Society,’ for the benefit of the
Fund, by Rev. Henry W. Bellows, D. D., Pastor of All
Souls’ Church, New York. C. 8. Francis & Co., 554
Broadway.”
Good and evil are getting so terribly
mixed up together in this world of ours,
that it is pretty difficult to tell “ ’tother
from which.” There seems to be a natu-
ral disposition in mankind to run into ex-
tremcs ; hence many things innocent
enough in themselves, when indulged to a‘
certain extent gradually extend their op-
erations, finally becoming very great
evils. We have long looked upon the
taste for play acting, which is assiduously
cultivated in our Sunday and Day
Schools, as peculiarly liable to this tend-
ency ; and we are not particularly start-
led, as some profess to be, that a. celebra-
ted Doctor of Divinity has been found to
address an audience of play-actors and
theater-goers, and hold forth arguments
in their favor. How very plausible is
his reasoning. He argues “ that amuse-
ments are a needful element of social life,
and alike conducive to good health, sound
morals, and true happiness——-that people
will have some resources of enjoyment,
and. that the natural talent which fits
a man or woman for the stage may be
turned to a good account; that it is a
responsible talent and may be made ef-
fective in elevating the standard of mor-
al and social life.” We may not presume,
nor is it our purpose to dissent from the
position the learned D. D. has taken in
reference to his subject. We hate bigo-
try, and dislike that spirit of exclusive-
ness that will not admit of a minister’s
opening his month except to exemplify
his own creed. But in this case we are
obliged to confess that in our humble
opinion it is possible for a D. D. to be
rather too liberal.
With the rapidly increasing mania for
play-acting, the seeds of which are plant-
ed and cultivated even in Sunday Schools,
there is no doubt but that in a few years
theatres will be patronized to an extent
hitherto unknown. Why not? With
the proposed reformation in the character
of the pieces acted ; with perhaps a Rev-
erend" for director or manager, why may
they not “become a fitresort for the mor-
al and religious portions of society,-—for
uncontaminated youth and artless child’
hood Y” _
It cannot be expected of children, in
the last half of the nineteenth century,
to learn unless knowledge is presented in
some pleasing and attractive manner.
_“ They must be taught as tho’ you taught
them not I” Hence the necessity fqr cu-
forcing moral instruction through the fas-
cinating medium of plays, Amusement,
must be blended with instruction, or
Young America will not give any heed to
it! We know of no mode of instruction
that will so thoroughly interest the mind
as “acting‘ ;” even little children may in
this way be kept awake until midnight
learning and imbibing lessons of future
usefulness l The embryo talent for “act-
ing” may also be developed, and our the-
atres furnished with the right kind of ac-
t0l‘8- he Rev- Dr. Bellows may be
looked upon as a pioneer in the effort 4 to
unite “ churchand theater.” He will
find plenty. to help-him; the way is toler-
ably well paved now. 0. P. Q.
A
From the Christian Advocate and Journal.
PUBLIC ACTS.
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1857.
CHAl’l'F.R vii.
An Act to confirm the doings of As-
sessors and Boards of Belief in certain
cases. ‘
Be ‘it enacted by the Senate and Hoitsc
of Representatives in General Assembly
convened :
Sec. 1. That in all cases where the as-
sessors, or board of relief in any towns,
have been elected at a meeting not legal-
ly warned for that purpose, and in all ca-
ses in which the assessors in any town
have omitted to post notices, or publish
the same in accordance with the provi-
sions of the third section of an Act enti-
tled, “an Act for the Assessment and
Collection of Taxes,” and in all cases in
which such assessors have advertised they
would receive and have received the lists
of taxable property required by law,
until the 10th day of November last,
instead of the 20th day of October as
now" required by law, and in all cases
in which assessors have omitted to sign,
or return, or _make oath to an abstract
of the assessment lists of their respect-
‘ ive towns, or to lodge the same in the
town clerk’s ollice in said towns by
the fifteenth day of December in each
year, andin all cases in which said as-
sessors have not signed the assessment
list or lists of their respective towns col-
lectively, but have signed the same indi-
vidually, as for districts or societies in
said towns, or have not signed them at
all; and in all cases where said assess-
ment list has been added to, made out
or altered before the boards of relief
have equalized and adjusted the returns
and assessments of their respective towns
and in all cases in which the board of re-
lief have equalized and adjusted the re-
turns and assessments of their respective
towns, and in all cases in which the board
of relief in any town have met for the
transaction of business before the first
Monday of J onuary in any year, or have
omitted to give notice of the time and
place of their meeting according to the
provisions of law, and in all cases in
which the town clerk of any town has
not transmitted to the Comptroller of
Public Accounts an abstract of the list of
such town by the first day of March. in
any year, and in which such assessors, or
members of such board of relief have
omitted to take the oath provided by
law, or when the assessors in any town,
have assessed any company or corpora-
tion under a name or firm by which they
are generally known or recognized yet
other than that by which they are known
in law, such assessment lists shall not for
any such causes be adjudged void, but
the same are hereby ratified and con-
firmed. and all taxes which have been or
shall be hereafter laid and imposed, ac-
cording to such assessment lists, may not-
withstanding, be levied and collected,
provided, this act shall not affect any
suit now pending.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved, June 13, 1857.
CHAPTER viii.
An Act repealing an Act therein named_
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in Genernl Jissembly con-
vened .-
SEC. 1. That an act entitled an act in
relation to Bank Directors and Bank
Commissioners, passed May session 1856,
approved July 1st, 1856, be and the same
is hereby repealed. .
SEC. 2. This Act shall take effect from
and after the day of its passage.
Approved, June 20, 1857.
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cnarrna Ix.
An Act relating to Banks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hiuse of
Reprcseritativcs in General Assembly con-
vened .'
That the tenth chapter of the public
acts passed in 1855, entitled “An Act in
relation to Banks,” approved June 26,
1855, be and the same is hereby extend-
ed and applied to all banks which have
been or may hereafter be incorporated by
special charter; provided, that said act
shall not apply to any bank to which sub-
scriptions have already been mad_e so as
hereafter to authorize subscriptions to a
greater amount in the whole than the
amount provided in said act.
Approved, June 13, 1857.
1:
CHAPTER X.
An Act in relation to Savings Banks and
Savings Societies.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General Jisscnibly can-
vened .-
SEC. 1. That each Savings Bank or
Savings Society may loan on such perso-
nal security as the directors, trustees or
managers of said Bank or Society ' may
approve, to an amount not exceeding one
half the whole amount then on deposit in
such Bank or Society. Provided, that
nothing contained in the provisions of
this Act shall be so construed as to em-
power said Savings Bank or Society to
purchase stocks, bonds or other securities
not herein specially authorized.
Sec. 2. That each Savings Bank or
Savings Society may invest such portion
of the deposits herein authorized to be
loaned on personal security, as the direc-
tors, trustees, or managers shall approve,
in the purchase of the public stocks of
any of the New England States or the
State of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
and Kentucky, or the United States, in
the stock of any Bank in this State, or
of the cities of New York, Boston, Prov-
idence or Albany.
SEC. 3. All other loans‘of said Insti-
tutions- hereafter made, .. not specially
herein provided for, shall be secured by
mortgage of real estate in this State, un-
encumbered, equal to double the amount
of the loan secured thereon.
Sec. 4. The Savings Banks of the
State are hereby authorized to take inte-
rest in advance, on their loans hereafter
made, for a peripd not to exceed, six
months at any one time.
Sec. 5. The directors, trustees or man-
agers of any Savings Bank or Society, as-
senting to a violation of the provisions of
this Act, shall be held jointly and seve-
rally liable to said Savings Bank for any
loss which may result therefrom.
SEC. 6; All Acts, parts of Acts and
Resolutions of the General Assembly, in-
consistent with the provisions of this Act
be and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved June 27th, 1857-. '
- cI{Al’I‘ER xi.
An Act in addition to “ an Act authori-
zing the establishment of Savings and
Building Associations.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives in General ./lsscmbly con
uened .-
That if any Savings Bank or Associa-
tion, organizcd under the Act of 1850,
shall be unable to loan to their stockhol-
ders, three-fourths of all the moneys rc-
ccivcd by them, upon the security of
mortgages on uniucunibercd real estate,
situated in this State, they may invest the
same in the stocks of any incorporated
bank of this State, or may loan the some
to other parties in this State at the rate
of six per cent. per annum.
Approved June 25, 1857.
CI-lAI’l‘ER xii.
An Act extending the provisions of an
Act therein named.
Be it enactedty the Senate aud House of
Rqiresentat-i've.9,z'n. General flssembly con-
vened :
That the provisions of Section 1 of
Chapter V of the public acts of 1856,
(said act having been approved June 27,
1856,) relating to the withdrawal of par-
ties from Savings and Building Associa-
tions, be and the same are hereby extend-
ed to the first day of January, 1859.
Approved J uue 26, 1857.
CHAPTER xiii.
An Act relating to Citizenship in this
State.
IV/reams, every state is sovereign and in-
dependent, and has the right to deter-
mine by its own laws the condition and
political rights of its inhabitants, ex-
cept so far as those rights are limited
by the constitution of the United
States, and whereas in this respect the
only power granted by the constitu-
tion of the United States, is to estab-
lisha uniform rule of naturalization,
and the only restrictions upon the
rights of the states, are those relating
to persons charged with crime, and
persons held to service or labor in one
statc under the laws thereof escaping
ihto another ; and all powers not dele-
gated to the United States by the cou-
stitutiou are reserved to the states res-
pectively ; and wliereas doubts have
recently been caused to arise in regard
to the condition of a portion of the
inhabitants of this state and their
rights of citizenship under the consti-
tuition and laws of this State and of
the United States-— ‘
Be it enacted by the Senate and Ilousc of
Represcntatiircs in General /1S.S'€7)ll7l_I/ con-
vened :
SEC. 1. All persons mentioned in this
section, and not excepted, arc and shall
be deemed to be citizens of this State,
owing allegiance to, and entitled to re-
ceive the protection of this State, until
they shall have voluntarily withdrawn
from the limits of this State and become
incorporated into some other State or
sovereignty as members thereof, to wit :
First, every person born within the limits
of this State ; Second, persons born with-
out the limits of this State, children of
parents who are citizens of this State,
who are temporarily absent therefrom;
Third, all other persons being in or com-
iug into and locating within this State,
with intent to remain and reside perma-
nently as citizens, EXCEPT aliens, paupers,
fugitives from justice and fugitives from
service, and all persons within the juris-
diction of this State, shall in all cases be:
entitled to the protection of its constitu-
tion and laws.
Sec. 2. Any person having been held
' to service as a. slave in any other State
or country, and not having escaped from
any other State in the United States in
which he was held to service or labor un-
der the laws thereof, coming into this
State or now being therein, shall forth-
with be and become free.
Approved June 25, 1857.
CHAPTER XIV.
An Act to amend the Charter of the City
of Hartford.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Horlse of
Representatives in General Assembly con-
vened :
SEC. 1. That the court of common
council may at any meeting hereafter
holdeu for the choice of a recorder, also
choose it coroner for the city of Hartford
who shall hold his ofiice for one year, and
until his successor shall be chosen and
‘sworn, which said judge shall take the
oath prescribed by law, to be administer-
ed to judicial ofiicers. The court of com-
mon conncil at any meetigg s ially
holdeii for that purpose, may also supply
any vacaucyin the office of coroner, and
may, also select some person to act as
coroner under the provisions of this statute
until the next election of recorder.
SEC. 2. As soon as said coroner shall
have notice of the dead body of any per-
son, the cause and manner of whose death
is unknowc, found or lying within the lim-
its of said city, he shall make his warrant
to any ollicer empowerer to‘ serve process
which is returnable to the city police
court, requiring such officer to summon-
six good and lawful men of said city, to
appear before said coroner at a t ime and
place mentioned in said warrant.
SEC. 3. The ollicer to whom such war-
rant shall be directed and delivered, shall
at time mentioned in the warrant,'rcpair
to the place where Lhe dead body is and
make return to the coroner. And any of-
ficer who shall unecessa.rily neglect 01'
fail to execute such warrant, shall for-
felt the sum of ten dollars ; and if any
person summoned as a juror shall fall to
appear, without reasonable excuse there-
feit the sum of ten dollars ; which for-
fciturcs shall be to the treasurer of ‘the
city of Hartford for the use of said_ city,
and shall be recoverable iii an action of
debt in the name of said trjeasiirer, be-
fore the city court of said city, and _ it
shall be the duty of the city to forthwith
bring such Iltlittlollblllfillll) tllfl reqlietst ol_
- oncr-an its a e 1e ‘I1 0 e
blllcer se’rving said warrant to rebiain in
atteudeuce upon said coroner as long as
he shall be required so to do.
Sec. 4. If the six jurors returned shall
not appear, the coroner may require the
from the by stands-rs to complete the niim-
bcr.
Size. 5. The coroner shall administer‘
to the jury the oath by law provided to
be fl(lmllllSll€l‘(3(l, to juries of inquest.
SEC. 6. The coroner shall have p0\\’eI'
to issue suhpu.-nas for witness, i'etui'na.ble
forthwith, or at such time and place as
he shall therein direct ; and upon the neg-
lect or refusal of any witness to attend as
summoned, may issue it capias against the
body of such wisncss, to bring him forth-
with before said coroner and jury, which
said subpaznas or cupias may be directed
to and served by any proper ofiicer or in-
difl'ci'cnt person ; and any witness refusing
to attend when summoned, or attending
and refusing to be sworn or testify, may
be punished by said coroner iii the same
manner as witness inay now be punished
for refusing to appear and testify before
justice of the peace.
SEC. 7 The testimony of all witnesses
examined before any inquest, shall be up-
on oath or affiruiatioii, and shall be sub-
scribed by the witness.
SEC. 8. The jury upon the inspection of
the dead body, and after hearing the tes-
timonv of the witnesses and niaking all
needful enquiries, shall draw up and (le-
livcr to_ the coroner their verdict," under
their hands, in which they shall find when
and how, and by wlintmeans the deceased
person came to his or her death, and his
or her name, if known, together with all
the material circumstances attending; the
death, which verdict shall be certified by
the coroner and by him lodged in the
office of the clerk of the superior court for
Hartford county, within five days.
SEC. 9. If any person shall be charged
by the inquest, or shall be believed by the
coroner, from the testimony introducecl
before the jury, to be guilty of causing the
death of the deceased, the coroner shall
have the some power as a justice of the
peace of the town of Hartford, to issue
process for his apprehension, and such
process shall be made returnable before
the police court of said city, and upon
the i'ctui'n' of such process, the coroner
may make his complaint to said court in
the same manner as the same might be
made by a grand jury of the town of
l1ai'tfoi'cl, and the some pi'ocec(ling' shall
bcliad thereon asif the said complaint had
been filed by a grand juror, and the per-
son charged had been arrested upon a
warrant issued by said court. .
SEC. 10. That. the following fees shall
be paid to the persons entitled to receive
the same, viz :
To ’l‘I-IE coaoxsa.
For Veuire, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . .$0,50
Fer Subpccna, . . . . . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . .25
For Capias, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
For Wai'1'ant to arrest, . . . . . . . . . . .50
For each days hearing before J ury, 1,00
For Complaint, and for attendance
before police court, the same fees
now allowed to grand jurors for
the same services.
TO orvicians.
For Summoning Jury, . . . . . . . . . . .$0.75
For each day’s attendance, . . . . . . .’ .50
For service of other process, the
.~ ame fees now allowed to officei-’s
for service of crimiiiiil process is-
sued by justice of peace.
. To WITNESSES.
The same fees now allowed to wit-
nesses in criminal cases
T0 JURORS.
The sum of one dollar per day. C
Which fees shall be taxed by the police
court of the city of Hartford, and shall be
paid by the clerk of the said court.
SEC. 11. From and after the appoint-
ment of (I. coroner by the court of com-
mon council, as above provided for, no
justice of the peace I'£'.Sl(llllg within the
limits of the city of Hartford, shall exer-
cise any of the powers, or perform any of
the duties mentioned in section seventy-
onc of chapter seven, title three of the
revised statutes of this state, except as
hereinafter provided.
SEC" 12. In case of the absence, sick-
ness or inability of the coroner at any
time to attend to the duties of his office,
the recorder of the city of Hartford shall
have pawer to appoint some justice of the
peace, residing within the limits of said
city, to act as coroner pro tempore, who
shall, so long as he exercises said office,
have and enjoy all the rights, duties,
authority, and privileges as herein before
provided for the coroner of said city.
Approved, June 25, 1857.
' CH.-\P'1‘ER xv.
An Act to prevent Francis in the City
of Ha.i'tford. _
. Be it enacted by the Senate and Hoiose of
Representatives in Gem-ral 1l.s'se7n.blg/ con-
rcnerl :
Si-:c.1. The city clerk of the city of
Hartford shall during the week next pre-
ceding the time of holding any annual
city meeting for the choice of city olficcrs
of said city, prepare alist, as nearly per-
fect as pi‘-.u.-ticable, of the names or all
persons entitled to vote in each and eve-
ry ward of said city at the said city ince-
ting, and of the street in which each such
person resides, and the niiuiber or loca-
tion ofhis residence in such street ; which
names be duly arranged ih alplmbctical
order ; for which service said city clerk
shall be paid a reasonable compensation
from the city treasury, and any elector of
such city shall be entitled to demand and
receive of such city clerk, a copy of any
list so made as aforesaid, on paying there-
for the same fees as town clerks are by
law entitled to receive for copies of rec-
ords.
Size. 2. The presiding officer of every
ward meeting may receive the votes of all
persons whose mines are on the ward list
prepared as aforesaid, unless the right of
any such person to vote at said ward
meeting is cliallenged ; and if any person
whose name is not on said list, shall offer
to vote at said meeting, such person shall
thereupon be required to inform the presi-
(ling officer of said ward meeting of the
street in which he‘ resides, and the iiiimber
or location of his residence in such street,
and the said presiding officer, if of the
opinion that the person so olfci-lug to vote
is legally entitled so to do, shall there-
upon see that the name of such person,
and of said street and said number or lo-
cation, is entered upon said list, and may
then receive his vote, unless the right of
such persons to vote is challenged.
SEC. 3. If the vote of auypersou shall
be challenged as af0i'esiiid, it shall be the
duty of the presiding officer, before rc-
same or any other ollicer to return jurors
ceiving the such |vote, if thereto request-
4
ed by the challenger, to administer an
oath to the person ofi'c1'ing to vote, and to
hear and (l0lel'llllllC such challenge, and
if of the opinion that such person is enti-
tled to vote at said ward meeting, to
cause l:is name and residence to be reg-
istered as aforesaid, and to receive his
vote. '
SEC. 4. Such presiding ollicer shall
check 01‘ cause to be checked the name
of each person voting at such ward meet-
ing, at the time his vote shall be received
and shall erase or cause to be erased from
said list, the name of every person who
shall be found not entitled to vote at such
ward meeting, in manner aforesaid ; and
within twenty-four hours after the final.
adjournment of said meeting, the said
list, with the marks and checks thereon,
shall by such presiding officer be lodged
in the office of the city’ clerk, where the
same shall be kept on file, and carefully .
preserved.
SEC. 5. Any person who shall be guil-
ty of wilful false swearing, when exam-
ined as aforesaid by any presiding oflicer,
shall be liable to the peiinlties of perjury,
and if any person not under oath, shall
wilfully give a. false name or false state-
ment when so examined by the presiding
ofiicer, relative to the right of himself or
any pther person to vote, he shall forfeit
the sum of fifty dollars to the treasury of
the state.
SEC. 6. No person shall be entitled to
vote in any ward meeting held for the
choice of city officers of said city, unless
he shall have resided in the ward where
he offers to vote, at least twenty days
before so offering to vote ; but every
person who may have removed to any
ward within twenty days before any an-
nual city election of said city, if other-
wise q 'fied to vote in city meeting,
may vote in the ward where he last resi-
ded before his removal ; and the presi-
ding ollicer of the ward nieeting where
such person is entitled to vote, shall cause
some proper word, mark, or sign to be
elfixed to his name, denoting that such
person has within twenty (lays removed
from the ward where his vote is so re
ceived.
SEC. 7. In case any person offering to
vote at any such wai-dineeting shall have
refused to furnish to the city clerk, 0l'_ to
the proper pi'esidin,r.>: oflicer, full and sat-
isfactory iuformatio-i of his name, the
street in which he resides, and the num-
ber cr location of his residence, said pre-
ding olficer shall not allow such person
to cast his vote at such meeting.
SEC. 8. The court of co.-imou council,
chosen at such annual election, may de-
clare vacant the seat of any person re-
turned as duly elected as a member of
said court, who shall have been so elected
by means of votes illegally offered and
received ; and may also declare and con-
= stitnte any person clciwivecl of said seat
by votes illegally offered and received, a
member of said court.
Approved June 27, 1857.
CHAl"'l‘l-IR XVI.
An Act to amend “An Act for divide the
City of New Haven into VVai'ds for the
Election of ofiiccrs”
Bc it charted by the Senate and Hoiise of
.Rt’_pT€.S‘C)ll(Ifll‘l‘S in General .4.s'scmbl_z/ con-
1:rnc(l :
SEC. 1. The city of New Haven is
hereby and shall liei'eal'tcr be divided into
six wards as follows, to wit :
So uiuch of said city as is included
witliiu the following l)0l1ll(1£ll‘l0S to wit,
boumlcd by :1. line couiinencing at the city
limits on Whitney avenue and passing
t.hi'oug‘.i the center of Whitney avenue
to Temple street, thence tlirouglitlie center
of Temple street to Cliapel street, thence
through the center of Chapel street to
West; Chapel street, .theuce through
the center" of VVest Chapel street to its
termination, thence continuing in the
same line from the termination of West
Chapel street to the city limits and
thence following the city limits north-
erly and easterly to the place of beginning,
shall be and reiiiaiu ward nuinber ONE.
So much of the said city as is included
within the following bounclaries, to wit :
bounded by ii line coniiiienciiig at the city
limits on Davenport avenue, at West
Bridge, and passing through the center
of Davenport avenue to Morocco street
thence through the center of Morocco
street to Broad street, thcnec through the
center of -tqad street to George street
thence tllI'UliD-ll the center of George street
to Temple street, thence through the cen-
ter of Temple street to Chapel street,
thence tli1'ou_g'li the cciiter of Chuple street
to VVest Chapel street, thence through
the centei'.0fWest Chapel street, to its
termination, thence contiiiuiug in a
straight line to the city limits, and thence
following the city limits in ii southerly di-
rection to the place of beginning, shall be
and remain warcl iiumbcr Two.
So much of said city as is included
within the following boundaries, to wit :
bounded by line coiiinieucing at the city
limits on Davenport avenue at West
Bi'irlgc, and passing tlirougli the center
of Davenport aveiiue to Morocco street
thence through the center of Broad street
to George street-, through the center of
George street to Fair street, thence
through the center of Fair street to Un-
ion street, thence through the center of
Union street southerly to its termination,
thence in a straight line to the end of
the wharf owned by the New York
and New Haven 1{.:iili°o:id Company,
or the New I-Iavcii and Northamp-
ton Compaiiy, thence in the same‘ straight
line to the city limits, and noi't.h-westerly
direction to the plzlce of beginning, shall
be and reiiiaiu ward number THREE.
So much of said city as is included
within the following b0uiid:i1'ic-s, to wit ;
bouiu-led’ by a line begiiiiiing; in the center
of Temple street, at its intersection with
George street and passing tliroiigli the
center ot'Teu1plc street to Elm street,
thence through the center of Elm street
to Grand street, thence through the
center of Grand street; to Fraiiklin street
thence tlirougli the center of Franklin
street southerly to its termination, thence
coiitinuiiig iii the some straight. line to its
intersection with the boimcliiry line of the
third word, thcncc following said bounda-
ry line_of the third word in ft iiot1'li-wester-
ly direction to the place of beginning,
shall be and reiuaiu ward number FOUR.
So much of said city as is included
within the following boundaries, to wit :
bounded by a line commencing at the
city limits on the Middletowu turnpike or
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