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NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1860.
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r. s. uoonx,‘nrfn.,
H 0 RI 0*] O P A T H,
Graduate of Yale Medical Institute; Class
. of 1851 and ’52.
Office in the old Belden Place, second house
below the new Methodist Church, on West
Avenue, Norwalk, Conn.
DENTISTRY.
Doctors BILL .61. I'I'I‘CH.
SURGICAL .s~ MECHANICAL
DENTISTS.
Office over the Store of C. J. Gruman,
NORWALK, CONN.
CHARLEs FITCH
AsA HILL,
JAMES C. IAREO‘UR,
sURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
13* E .N '1' I S “1?,
Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
Architecture.
SIDNIY M. STONE,
ARCHITECT,
Will furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintend the erection of
public and rivate buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, ‘hapel-st., New Haven, Ct. tf52
WM. RANDEL SMITH,
ENGINEER and SURVEYOR,
Office at Chichcster’s Store, r
Norwalk, Conn.
‘i E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Mnn-
ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
Iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E. BISSEL'L, Auctioneer, will give
0 articular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property“ and
Household Furniture : terms low.
WM. 0. STREET & 00.,
Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in
HARDWARE, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple:
rnents, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, &c.
c. s. Locnwoon,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor,
and
GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING
EMPORIUM 2
N0. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.
Cu'l'. GRUMAN,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY GOODS, CARPETIN GS,
Carriage Trimmings, Cloths, Cassimeres,
Satinetts, Vestings, and Tailor’s
Trimmings, by the Yard, Piece
or Package. Shootings,
Shirtiugs, quus, &c.
At the lowest possible prices.
NORWALK, CONN.
S. E. OLMS'I‘EAD 6!. CO.',
”\Vholesale and Retail Dealers in
Groceries, Flour, Peed, &c.,
14 and 16 Main-st, Nor-walk, Conn.
I. R. N A 8 1!,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in
STOVES,
and Manufacturer of
‘l'in,Shcet Iron,& Copper Ware,
Has constantly on hand a large assort-
ment. of general House Keeping
Furniture, at South Norwalk,
Conn.
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY,
Of Hartford,
Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual.
lash Capital $1,000,000
Insure against loss and damage by Fire,
on Terms adapted to the hazard,and
consistent. with the laws Of'
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWLES, Sole Agent
1y34 For Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk Post Office
MAILS CLOSE.
iVest 7.30 A. M.—-2.30 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.-—5.00 P. M.
Daubury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M.
\Veston, Reddmg and Bedding Ridge, 12 M.
MAILS I DUE.
West.9.10 A. M.—-5.55 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.—-3.20 P. M.
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 7.55 A. M.
POST OFFICE nouns.
From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 P. M.
H. W. SMITH, P. M.
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Gas Piping, I'itting, ch.
SEWING MACHINES
r l‘HE subscriber is prepared to attend all
calls in the gas-fitting line, and will also
bein readiness to repair Sewing or other Ma-
chines. Charges reasonable and work thor-
oughly and prompt] ' done.
tfll THEODORE CLOVER.
Crockery, China, and Class.
JUST received, some new styles of the
above, by the last steamer. At .
BELDEN’S.
REPAIRED.‘
Dyeing Establishment.
F ‘HE subscriber is prepared to execute all
. orders in the Fancy Dyeing and Scour-
rng Dcpartmcnt—Gannents of every descrip-
tion, and. goods of all kinds and qualities,
neatly finished to any tint or color desired.—
Goods left at the Store ofJohn Bennett, Nor-
walk; Bennett& 00., South Nor-walk; or J.
C. Randle, Winnipauk, will receive lprompt
attention. 0. F. MOELLE . tf13
Outta rercha & India Rubber
CEMENT ROOTING.
I HIS article has been thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience of'years has proved it. to be the
cheapest and most durable rooting in use.
We call attention to the following facts :
let—It is fire and water proof.
2d———Fr0m its great. elasticity it. is not inju-
riously affected by extremes of heat and cold.
3d———It. is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether steep or flat, and is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case with foetal and
other roofs.
4th——The cost is only about. One-Half that
of Tin, and it is twice as durable.
It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs,
without removing the shingles, which is a
great desideratum to parties who do not wish
to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru—.
ined, while repairs are being made.
Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re-
paired with Gutta Percha Cement, and
prevented from further corrosion and leaking
thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof
for many years.
Specimens of the Roofing can be seen by
calling on the subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders bv letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Nor'walk.
INSURANCE.
THE subscriber having taken the agency
of the New England Hire and Marine In—
surance 00. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kindsof property against loss or damage
by fire, on as accommodating terms as any
other Company.
The New England Fire and Marine Insu-
rance Company has been recently established
with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a
surplus of $6,295.00. 9
JOSEPH W. HUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
Norwalk, Feb. lst, 1850. tf'5
$5—AMBRICAN.
AR'I'II‘ICIAL TEETH CO,
ENTISTS, 384 Bowery, opposite 5th st,
New York; 15.St. John st. New Haven;
108 Main st, Bridgeport, cor of Union; West
ave. corner. of Love Lane, Norwalk. Artifi-
cial teeth of the very best manufacture, full
sets for $5, "$19, $15, $20. Single teeth 50
cents. Atificial bone filling put in while soft
without pressure or pain-it. hardens the same
color as the tooth, adheres firmly tq it, restor-
intr even old shells to comfort and usefulness.
Boston, Philadelphia, and Albany, see local
papers. This is a company of practical dent-
ists combined for the purpose of uniting large
facilities for manufacturing artificial teeth on
a large scale, in every variety, which they are
thereby enabled to furnish directly to the
wearer at about one half the usual riccs.
W N orwalk Officcgopcu every riday.
E. QUIN'I'ARD 6L SONS,
Cabinet Makers ;
At their Old Established Ware Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHOZNIX BLOCK
I I AVE now on hand the largest and best
assortment of Cabinet Furniture,Chairs,
Looking GlasSes, Mattresses, etc., ever offered
for sale in this place, which we have just pur—
chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and
intend to sell accordingly.
We also keep constantly on hand, Ready
Made C’qfl‘ins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to thc plainest ever
used.
From our long experience in the Underta-
kin Business, we are confident. we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may need our
services. 37
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1‘ O R C A S I! !
HE subscriber would inform the public
. generally, that he still continues to sell
the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at his
old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as
the cheapest. He offers great inducements
to cash buyers, as he has as large an assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the country. He
wbuld invite the special attention of all to his
stock of ,
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS,
which are of the very best quality, and will
be sold cheap. The public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
COAL ! COAL l
EORGE H. RANDLE has been recei-
ving direct from the mines, and is
now prepared to offer at the lowest market
rates, the following kinds of coal, from his
Coal Yard, east side the bridge, viz :
Spring Mountain. Lehz'gh,
Sugar Loaf do.
Mammoth Vein (White Ash)
Locust Mountain do.
Scranton a.
Council Ridge, (Pink Ash)
Laurence (Red Ash)
Trevorlon- Semi-Anthracite.
Mr. O. H. Benedict, long and favorably
known in the Coal Trade, will be always on
hand to serve the public. A share of the
public patronage is solicited.
I‘URNIT'C'RE!
HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of -
Cabinet I'urnrture
as can be found in Fairfield County, and at
lower prices, FOR CASH, than the same
unlit of goods can be obtained at any other
‘stab i‘shment.
The stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining,"'Card, and
Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tetc-a—tete Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane seat Chairs ; Gilt
and Mahogany Frame Look-
ing Glasses, &c., the.
O'OFFIN WABEROOMS ,-
wlrere may be found a. full assortment of Cof—
fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and at short notice.
W A hearse will be furnished when de-
sired. . A. RENOUD.
Westport, May lst, 1858.
“HOME AGAIN i"
Returned to Norwalk.
THE subscriber takes pleasure in notifying
the public in general, and his old custom-
ers in particular, that he has rte-purchased his
fornrcr business, and is as ready as ever to
serve in every department of SADDLE
AN NESS MAKING.
h _
T 1] for the liberal patronage hereto-
fore extended him while a resident of Nor-
walk—he hopes by renewed efforts to please
-—to merit a continuance of the same.
Remember our- motto, Better than the best,
and cheaper than the cheapest : at the Old stand
——-east end of Connecticut Hotel.
33 STEPHEN SWANN.
For Sale Cheap.
A
LIGHT, top buggy wagon, will be sold
cheap, if applied for soon. '
. S. E. OLMSTEAD.
I'ancv Goods, ac.
A fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket
Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodgcr’s Scis-
sors, just received and warranted to be a first
rate article. Clocks of all kinds. We have
also the agency of Merrill’s Oriental Pomade,
something new, and needs onlv to be tried to
be appreciated. A. JACKSON & BRO.
At the Old Stand in Main Street.
Paper Hangings,
And Window Shades,
For sale by
GEORGE MARVIN, Main-st.
'I'RI ALLIS ROCSI,
Formerly Stephenson’s,
NORWALK, CONN.
L. P. ALLIS, PROPRIETOR.
This well-known and popular Hotel, has
been thoroughly repaired and re-painted,new
furniture, &c. added, and the entire establish-
ment put in the best possible order for ensu-
ring the comfort of permanent or transit
guests. The cuisine department will be equal
to any ffrst class Hotel, and every department
carefully superintended and arranged with a
view to the substantial enjoyment of its pat-
rons. The beautiful drives in and about
Norwalk—with its beautiful rivers, and bar—
bor—makes it one of the most popular sum-
mer seats in the State. Terms moderate.
WA first Class Stable, in connection with
the Hotel.
STEAM
Marble Works.
No. 1155, Broadway,
Corner of 27th. Street, New York.
THE undersigned has purchased the above
extensive and well known Establish-
ment, formerly owned by Mr. J. W. Bowden,
and having had 20 years experience in the
MARBLE BUSINESS, he flatters himself he can
give ample satisfaction to all who may favor
him with their patronage.
Constantly on hand a. large assortment of
Plain and Sculptured Mantle Pieces, Monu-
ments and Head Stones, of Foreign and Do-
mestic Marble. Plumbers’ Slabs, and Cabi-
net Work neatly cxecuted. All orders
promptly attended to. E. B. PRICE. 1y36
A. JACKSON 6!. BRO.
“TOULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. We are now prepar-
ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairfield Count , in quality or price. We
would call portion or attention to our stock of
Watches, which is larger than ever before.—
Wc have a fine lot of Ladies’ Swiss Watches,
in gold cases, at prices varyin from $20 to
$75, which we can rccommcnr as bcin cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s atch-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in
New York, and altogether for cash, so that
our facilities for selling cheap could not be
greater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silva and.
121th Wares was never better than at pres-
ent. and comprises all of the latest style that
are manufactured. A. JACKSON & B 0.
Wagon and Carriage
BUILDING AND REPAIRING,
N New Canaan, at the old stand of the
subscriber. Every description of Wagons
made to order, and ten per cent. cheaper than
any other shop in the county. All kinds of
Farm produce, and Oak, Ash, and Hickory
Plank taken in exchange for work.
tf29 E. L. ARNOLD.
Mr. 5'. Hessian,
Professor of Music
,Is now prepared to re-
new his course of instruc-
tion to all those who may desire his services.
Instructions given on the Piano Forte, Organ
or Melodeon. ‘
Pianos tuned and repaired. All orders left
at his residence, Main-st, and store of A. H.
Camp, N 0. 17 Main—st., Norwalk, will be
promptly attended to. 1y32
House 8: Sign Painting,
sumac, GLAZING, &c.. &c.,
SOUTH NORWALK.
HE subscriber will execute all orders in
Plain or Ornamental Painting in the
most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable
prices.
Also, For Sale, his present residence (with
his business if desired), comprising a house
nearly new, with garden, trees, shrubbery,
&c., and ashop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to
GE RGE HODGES. '
May 7th, 1860. 1y19
J. N.LOCKWO0D& co,
\Vest Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NEW BLOCK,
IiEEP constantly on hand, a large and
varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents’,and
Children’s
GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, &C.,
all made under our own personal supervis-
ion, of the best material, and in the most
workmanlike-manner. Our assortment of
Ladies‘ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both
in extent and quality—a finer assortment than
can be found at any similar establishment in
the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes,
etc., we have a larger and better assortment,
we are confident, than was ever before offer-
ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any article in. our lz'nc,and
at the shortest notice.
Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, Rubbers, etc.,
in endless variety. A fine article of Slippers
for Gents’ wear.
REPAIRING—in all its branches—done
neatly, quickly, and cheaply.
House Painting,
GLAZING, GRAINING, GILDING, ETC.
C. C. BROTHERTON
IS prepared to execute all orders in the
above line of business with neatness and
dispatch. All orders for
PAPER HANGING,
will be executed in the beat manner, by an
experienced workman.
Orders left at the Store ofE. Va. Chibhester,
or at the subscriber’s residence, on Mer-
win Street, will meet with prompt attention.
' C. C. BROTHERTON.
General Blacksmiihing.
CARRIAGE MAKING if: REPAIRNG ,-
And Horse Shocfng Exchange.
THE subscribers have made arrangements
for carrying on a general Blacksmithing,
Carriage Making and Repairing; and also,
for the Shoeing of Horses, in which depart-
ment, we have the services of a nian thor-
oughly competent and experienced, whom
we will warrant not to be surpassed in this
line of his vocation. A share of the public
patronage is respectfully solicited.
E. M. MERRITT & CO.
E. M. MERRITT. G. W. MERRITT.
Water—st, Norwalk, Conn.
Whitney’s
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
NORWALK, CONN.
ATE E. B. Tnoursou’s. E T. Whitne
would inform the citizens of Norwal
that he has established himself in the Gazette
Building, and will furnish them with Photo-
graps, Ambrotypcs, and all kinds of Pictures
taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life
size; colored or plain; in the hi best at le
of the art. E. T. WHITNE .
D. B. Wooonunr, Operator
I fining.
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The dying Wife'l Appeal.
Come near me, let me lay my hand
Once more upon thy brow,
And let me whisper in thine ear
Love’s last and fondest vow.
The lips that breathe these trembling words
Will soon be cold in death,
And thy dear cheek can feel no more
Their warm and loving breath.
I go from thee ; God only knows
How I have long’d to stay—
Ifow I have shudder’d thus to tread
The lone and shadowy way.
Faith tells me that I soon may know
The joys the blessed find,
And yet I fhlter while I cast
A lingering look behind;
I see thee bow’d before me here,
In bitterness and tears,
But I can leave thee something still
To light thy weary years,
Young, tender forms will cling to thee,
Perhaps will miss my tone,
And though they may not share thy grief,
Thou wilt not feel alone.
Fold them still closer to thy breast,
And sooth their childish woe,
And cheer the many lonely hours
The motherless must know.
The world, with all its hopes and joys,
Will sometimes make thee glad,
But they must linger round a hearth
All desolate and end.
And 0, when Time shall calm thy grief,
Perchsnce the hour may come
When thou shalt win another form
To share thy heart and home-—
When thou wilt welcome to thy board
A younger, fairer face,
And bid thy children smile on her
Who takes their mother’s place.
But think not, could I speak to thee,
That I would frown or blame,
Though they should love the stranger one,
And call her by my name ;
For they will speak to thee ofme;
My memory is their trust ;
A word, a smile, a look like mine
Will call me from the dust.
Yet make my grave no place of tears,
But the dear ones bring
To cheer their mother‘s lonely home,
The blossoms of the early spring.
And there, thou, too, mayst kneel,
And softly press the earth
That covers her whose face once gave
A brightness to thy hearth.
Then will the forms of early years
Steel softly to thy side,
And for an hour thou canst forget
Thou hast another bride.
She may be all thy heart can ask,
So dear, so true to thee,
But, Oh i the spring-time of thy love,
Its freshness was for me.
May she be bless’d who comforts thoo,
And with a gentle baud
Still guide the little, trembling ones
Who make our household band.
She cannot know the tenderness
That fills their mother’s breast,
But she can love them for thy lake,
And make thee more than bler’d.
Yet keep one place, one little place
From all the rest apart.
One spot, which I will call “a borne,"
Within thy faithful heart ;
And in the holy hour of dreams,
When spirits fill the air,
With tender eye and folded wing
I’ll softly rest me there.
May God forgive this erring love
That is to mortals given ;
It almost woos my spirit back
From happiness and heaven ;
And yet I feel it will not die
When this frail life is o‘erI
But. watch till my loved ones come
Where we shall part no more.
——__...‘.»
The Girls.
God bless the girls,
Whose golden curls
Blend with our evening dreams ;
They haunt our lives
Like spirit wives,
Or-aa naiads haunt the streams.
They soothe our pains,
They fill our brains
With dreams of sunny hours ;
God bless the girls,
God bless the curls,
God bless our human flowers.
o-.-»
“ Stand as an Anvil."
“Stand like an anvil i” when the strokes
0f stalwart strength fall fierce and fast ;
Storms but more deeply root the oaks,
Whose brawuy arms embrace the blast.
"Stand like an anvil i” when the sparks
Fly for and wide, a fiery shower ;
Virtue and truth must still be marks
Where malice proves its want of pOWer.
“Stand like an anvil i" when the bar
Lies red and glowing on its breast ;
Duty 31:81le life’s leading star,
And conscious innocence its root.
“Stand like an anvil i" when the sound
Of ponderons hammers pains the ear;
Thine be the still and stem rebound
0f the great heart that cannot fear.
"Stand like an anvil 1” noise and heat
Are born of earth and die witlutime ;
The soul, like God, its source and seat,
Is solemn, still, serene, sublime.
—Bfrhop Doom.
M
A HAY FIELD ANECDOTE.—-There is a
good story which may have been heard in
more than_one Yankee hayfield this summer.
We heard it one day when on a visit to thp
country; we went to show some men how
to “pitc .” We had failed and wilted down
under a haycock, and lay flushing and fan-
ning the glow and sweat from our features in
a comfortable position, when one of the jolly
haymakers related the anecdote 'of the old
man who was always bragging how folks
used to work in his young day, and chal-
lenged his two sons together to pitch on a
load of buy as fast as he could load it.
The challenge was accepted, and the hay
wagon driven round, and the trial commenc-
ed. For some time the old manheld hisown
vc creditably, calling out tonntingly,
“ ore hay! more bay 1”
Thicker and faster it came, whole cocks at
a time. The old man Was nearly covered,
but still he kept crying, “More hay! more
hay!" until, sung ling to keep on the top of
the disordered an ill-arranged heap, itbe if
first to roll, then to slide, and at last 0 it
want from the wagon, and the old man with
l .
“ What. are you down here for?” cried the
ys. .
“ I came down arter hay,” answered the
old man stoutly, which wasa literal fact; he
came, down after the wagon load, which had
lit) llie pitched on again rather more deliber-
a e y.
“.>-0.————=—
WThe Home Journal is res nsible for
the latest and best definition of duly-that
which has troubled the brains of the wisest
philosophers. It says: “Beauty, dear read-
ers, is the woman you. love—whatever she may
seem to others.”
o«-o.—-——
WThe Journal of Commerce, lugibrious
as yet, thinks the split in the democratic
party isa God-send to the powder-makers,
and mildly suggests that Col. Hazard of Ct.,
had sinister motives in the thing. It warns
him, bower, to take care, “while blowing up
, the democracy, not to blow up too many of
“29 his factories at the same time. ’
Public Acts.
Passed May Session 1860.
CHAPTER LvI.
An Act in addition to and in alteration of: an
Act for forming and conducting the Mihta-
36 Force.”
it enacted by the Senate and Home of Rep-
resentation in. General Assembly convened:
SEC. 1. That the compensation of assessors
and collectors of commutation tax, as provi-
ded in section 9 of“An Act inaddition to and
in alteration of an Act for forming and con-
ducting the Military force,” approved, J one
24th, 1859. shall be paid at the time said col-
lcctors shall pay the sums by them Collected,
into the town treasury, and the sums so aid
shall be deducted by the towu treasurer mm
the amount of, such commutation tax, and
the balance be returned to the treasurer of
the state, as now by law provided.
no. 2. All acts, and parts of acts, incono
sistent herewith, are hereb repealed.
Approved, J une 22d, 1 0.
CHAPTER Lvrr.
An Act in addition to “ An Act relating to
, Salaries and Fees.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
Tesentaticcs in General Assembly conceited :
The fees of each sherifi’s deputy attending
the General Assembly, the supreme court of
errors, or the superior court, shall be two
dollars per da .
Approved, une 22d, 1860.
CHAPTER Lvnr.
An Act in addition to “An Act for the pro-
tection of Indians and the preservation of
their property.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Rep-
resentation in General Assembly convened .-
SEC. 1. That three commissioners shall be
appointed by the governor of this state, who
shall proceed to make a new distribution of
all the “common” lands (except the fort hill
farm) of Mohegan tribe of Indians, lyi in
the town of Montville, in the county of New
London, in such manner as shall to them ap-
pear to be just and proper, havin reference,
however, to the necessities, con 'tion, and
character of the several members of the tribe,
and report their doings to the next General
Assembly of this state.
SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of said commis.
sioners to make a careful survey of all the
lands included in said new distribution, and
'fix and establish permanent grounds to the
same; and to make an accurate plan or map
of the same, with the names of those persons
or families to whom they shall distribute
said land, written thereon; one copy of .
which map or plan shall be by them deposi-
ted in the ofilce of the secretary of state, at
Hartford, and alike copy in the office of the
- clerk of the courts of the county of New Lon-
don, at Norwich.
SEC. 3. The fees of said commissioners
shall be three dollars each per ' day and their
necessary expenses incurred b virtue of this
act, and they shall report a bi l of their said
fees and expenses to the comptroller of pub-
lic accounts, who is hereby directed to audit
the same, and if he finds the same to be cor-
rect, to draw an order on the treasurer of
this state. in favor of said commissioners for
the amount thereof.
Approved, June 220, 1860.
CHAPTER er. '
An Act rcpealin an Act therein mentioned.
Be it enacted by: Senate and Home of Rep-
resentatives. in General Assembly convened:
That “An Act in relation to Conveyances
and Devises of Personal and Real Estate for
Religious purposes,” passed Ma session,
1856, and approved, June 22th, 1 5, be, and
the some is hereby repealed
Approved, June 22d, 1860.
CHAPTER Lx.
AnAct in addition to “An Act concerning
Crimes and Punishments."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened :
SEC, 1. Every person who shall wilfully
and without permission of the owner or an-
thorized agent, take, drive or ride the horse
or horses of any other person or persons, or
who shall be present and aid, abet or assist
in such taking, driving or riding such horse
or horses, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and shall be punished upon convic-
tion thereof by a. fine not exceeding fifty
dollars or imprisonment in the county jail
for a period not exceeding three months, or
by such fine and imprisonment both, at the
discretion of the court, before which such
conviction shall be had.
SEC. 2. Every person who shall willfully
and without permission of the owner or an-
thorized a ent, take and use any boat in any
of the bar rs, bays, rivers, creeks and wa-
ters of this state. or who shall aid, abet, and
assist in the taking and using any boat as
aforesaid, shall be deemed 'lty of a. misde-
meanor, and upon convict on thereof shall
be liable to the some penalties, and may be
punished in the same manner as provided in
the first section of this act.
Approved, June 220, 1860.
CHAPTER LXI.
An Act in addition to Act entitled “An Act
to prevent Injuries and destruction of life,
upon Railroads and by Railroad Trains."
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened .-
That whenever any Railroad Company in
this State shall neglect or refuse to place sig-
nals or flagmen at points on their road as may
be recommended b the General Railroad
Commissioners, sai Company shall forfeit
and payto the Treasurer of this State, the
sum of fifty dollars for each day's neglect;
said penalty to be recovered hr an action of
debt on this statute.
Approved, J one 22, 1860.
CHAPTER Lxrt.
An Act in alteration of an Act concerning
Education, passed May session, 1859,
Be it enacted by the. Senate and Home ochpre~
plantation in General Assembly convened :
All rate bills, or assessments of tuition,
mode by any school district, in accordance
with Chapter 43, section 1, of the acts of1859,
shall be made out and delivered to the Dis-
trict Collector, within one week from the
close of the term; and said collectors shall
have the same pOWer and authority in the
collection of such ra‘te bills as collectors of
town taxes have.
Approved, June 22, 1860.
CHAPTER Lxrrr.
An Act, in addition to and alteration of “An
Act concerning Education.”
Be itenactcd by the Senate and House qf Re;-
rmrflats‘ccs in General Assembly convened .'
SEC. 1. Each Town shall have power to
form, alter and dissolve School districts with
in its limits, and any two or more Towns
may form School Districts of adjoining poro
tions of their several Towns, and may alter
and dissolve the same. Provided, That no
new District shall be formed which shall con-
tain less than forty persons between the ages
offfi‘ur and sixteen years; and the urisdiction
of owns for such purposes abs 1 extend to
districts 3 ecially incorporated by not of the
General ssembly, in the same manner as to
others.
SEC. 2. Wenever it shall be pro sad to
remove persons or taxable property rom one
District and annex the same to another Dis-
trict, the District from which such persons or
property are to be removed, shall be notified
of such proposed alteration by having acopy
of the some lodged with the Clerk of the Dis
trict, at least fifteen days before the Town is
called to act upon said alteration.
SEC. 3. Section first, chapter third, of.“An
Act. in addition to and in alteration of an Act
concerning Education,” passed May session,
1856, and the act passed Ma session, 1858,
and approved June 17, 1 , entitled “An
Act in alteration of an Act entitled “An Act
in addition to and in alteration ofan Act can
cemisrlrsg Education,” passed .Ma session, A.
D. 1 "; also, the not passed ay session,
1859, and approved June 14, 1859 entltled
“An Act in alteration of an Act entitled an
Act in addition to and in alteration of an Act
concerning Education, passed May session,
1856 ” and all other acts and parts of acts in-
cons stent herewith, be and the same are
hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. Thisoctshalltake effect fromthe
day of its passage, but shall affect no suit now
pending. '
APDFOVCIL-Junc 22, 1860.
CHAPTER Lxrv.
An Act relating to Insolvent Debtors.
Be it enabled by the Senate and House of pre-
tentatzces in General Assembly come :
SEC. 1. That whenever any property Shall
be attached by virtue of any attachment -
and whenever any property shall be levied
upon by virtue of any writ or execution, and
the same shall be receipted for to the officer
serving such writ of attachment or execution ;
or whenever a bond shall be substituted for
said property so attached or levied upon;
and whenever before said attachment lien,
or lien created by the levy of any writ of ex-
ecution shall become a preferred and perma-
nent lien on said property so attached or lov-
ied upon, the defendant or defendants in an
such writ of attachment or execution shah
go into solvency, either voluntarily or by
having proceedings commenced against bun
or them, to put him or them into Insolvency;
all of said, property so attached or levred to
the Trustee or Trustees in insolvency; and
said attachments and levies shall in no case,
be dissolved, until said property so attached
or levied upon,orthe full value of the same,
shall have been delivered to the said Trustee
or Trustees of said insolvent defendant di-
defendauts; and the Trustee or Trustees .of
any insolvent’s estate shall cause to be deliv-
ered to him, or them, all such Estate as has
been attached or levied upon, belonging to
said insolvent debtors, and upon which the
lien created by such attachments and levres
has not become preferred - and it shall be the
duty of such Trustee or Trustees to demand
and receive, from the officer serving any such
writ of attachmentor execution ofallsuchprop-
erty so attached or levied upon, then m the
hands of such officer,or which has been receip-
ted for,and said Trustee or Trustees shall have
the same right to sue for in the name such of-
ficer, and may recover the value_ of such
property from any person by rccerpting the
same, in the same manner as said officer
might do in his own right.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect on the
day of its passage,and all acts inconsrstent
herewith are h’creby repealed.
Approved, June 23, 1860.
CHAPTER va.
An Act in addition to and in alteration of an
Act entitled,“An Act authorizing the estab-
lishment of Savings and Building Associa-
tions.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convccmd :
SEC. 1. That no association formed in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this act shall
from and after the first day of January, 1862,
receive from any person or persons any de-
posit or deposits whatever. .
SEC. 2. Any savings and building assocra-
tion whose officers or directors shall know-
ingly violate, or permit to be violated, the
provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay to
the treasurer, a sum not less than one hun-
dred dollars for each and every violation
thereof. It shall be the duty of the attomey
for the State, in each of the several counties
of the state, to prosecute every violation of
this act, in their respective counties; and any
person residing in this state may prosecute
an such violation, in his own name; one
ha 1‘ of which forfeiture shall be for the use of
the state and the other half for the prosecutor.
SEC. 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsis-
tent herewith are hereby repealed.
Approved, J une 23, 1860.
CHAPTER va1. .
An Act in Addition to “An Act _concernmg
Communities and Corporations.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep.-
Tesenlatircs in General Assembly crm'vcned :
SEC. 1. It shallbe lawful for all owners of,
lines of Telegraph, which have been already.
constructed, wholly or in part along and np-'
on highways in this state, to keep and main-
tain the same in their present posrtions on
said highways, and to repair, renew and .re-
construct the same, Horn time to time, With-
in the limits of the same highways, in any
way which may conduce t0 the safety and
efficiency thereof, and without changing_sub-
stantially the present courses of such lines;
provided, however, and it is hereby enacted,
that if any poles, constituting part of any
such lines he, at any time, an anno once to
the public, in the use of any such ighway,
or to any individual in the use ofhis property
such poles may be removed by order of the Sn-
perior Court within and for the county .m
which such poles shall be, upon complaint
by the Attorney for the State within and for
said County, or upon complaint by the party
aggrieved, after such reasonable notlce as
said court shall order to the owner or owners
of such line, and after due hearing on such
complaint; and said Court may make all
proper and necessary orders in relatron_ t0
the removal of said poles and for enforcrng
the removal thereof. Provided further, that
nothing in this act contained shall authontc
the cutting, rnutilating, or injuring any fruit,
shade, or ornamental tree, without the con-
sent of the owner of such tree; and further
provided, that the samelines shallbe deemed
v-personal property, and shall be subject to
taxation as such, in the several towns in
Which the several portions of said lines shall
be situated; and further provided, that noth-
ingin this not contained shall prevenr the
owner or owners of land along which
said line or lines may be constructed,
from constructing and repairing buildings or
fences, and grading and improving their
grounds. And it is further provided, that the
ardeu and Burgesses of any Borough, and
the Mayor and Common Council of any Cit ,
may (upon giving reasonable notice to said
company.) compel them to furnish such poles
of the style and finish as the said Borough
and City authority may determine, within
their limits.
SEC. 2. The superior court within and for
the county where the cause of action shall
arise, shall have power, at any time, upon
the application of the owner or owners of such
line, or of any party aggrieved, and after due
notice to the adverse party or parties of such
intended application, to appoint three dis-
interested appraisers, who shall thereupon
make an equitable appraisal, in writing, of
all damages which may be due to any person
or persons, by reason of anything which may
have been done under authorit of the first
section of this act, and said written appris a],
when approved by the Court, shall be record
ed by the clerk, and thereupon the sum spec-
ified therein shall be paid immediately by the
owner or owners, of such line, to the party
or parties entitled to the same, or, if the court
shall see cause so to order, shall be paid im-
mediately into the hands of the clerk, to be
delivered by him, on demand, to said party
or parties. The fees of each of said apprais-
ers shall be two dollars per day, for his time
spent in making said appraisa' 1, together with
his cash expenses; together with the lawful
fees for the clerk and court, shall be paid by
the owner orowners oféaid line. Any judge
of the superior court may make such orderas
he may deem reasonable, relative to the no-
tice which shall be iven to the adverse party,
ofsuch an intende application.
SEC. 3.. If any person shall be at any time,
nominally or otherwise, entitled to such com-
pensation, and shall not see fit to waive, as
merely nominal, his right thereto, it shall be
his duty to demand such compensation by
leaving at some Telegraph office connected
with said line, a written notice, demanding
such compensation, and whenever such de-
mand shall have been made_ by any person
entitled to such compensation, then, if the
parties cannot agree, it shall be the duty of
the owner or owners of such line, to make
application, without unreasonable delay, for
an appraisal, in the manner provided by sec-
tion 2d of this act.
SEC. 4. This act shall not be so construed
as to interfere in any degree with the .estab-
lishmcnt of new lines of telegraph upon high-
ways in this State; but the several provisions
of this act shall apply to such new lines
wléenev'er such new lines shall be so construc-
te .
SEC. 5. This act shall not affect any suit
pending, and shall take effect from passage;
and this act shall be subject to be amended-
. r repealed by the General Assembly, andall
rights herein granted, and all rights conferred ,
by this on foreign corporations, or persons
residing without this state, shall, upon such
repeal, be vested in the original owners of
the land on which said poles are located.
Approved, J une 23d, 1860.
CHAPTER va11. ~ . '
An act relating to Electors and Elections m
the town of Norwich. _
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of 11.1)-
resentatices in General Assembly contend]. .-
SEC. 1. That the town of Norwich is here-
by, and shall hereafter be divided into four
districts, for the purpose of accommodating
the electors of said town in voting at the
electors’ and town meetings in said town, as
follows, viz: All that part of the territory of
the city of Norwichlying easterly of the wes-
terly margin of the cove, and northerly and
easterly of the Yantic River and all that part
of the territory of the town Without the limits
of the city of Norwich lying easterly of the
river Thames, and of said city known as Lau-
rel Hill, shall be and remain the first district.
All that part of the territory of the city of
Norwich not included in the first district,
and all that part of the territory of the town
without the limits of the city of Norwich ly-
ing westerly of the river Thames and of said
city. and southerly of a straight line running
from the northwest corner of said city,_at
Hubbard’s upper paper-mill dam, to a point
ten feet north of the house of Charles H. Ma-
plea, and thence due west to Bozrah lino,
shall be and remain the second district.
All that part of the town lying easterly of
the city of Norwich, and from the northeast
corner line of said city northerly to the OK
Hill road, to a point east of and nearly oppo-
site thc dwelling house of Ebenezer Latlirop,
and thence northerly to the centre of the Can-
terbury turnpike road, opposite and near the
house of Joseph A. Yerrington, and follow-
ing the centre of said turnpike road, in-
cluding all cast and south of said turnpike
road to Lovett’s bridge, shall be and remain
the third district. _
All that part of the town not included m
the first, second and third districts, shall be
and remain the fourth district. .
SEC. 2. The constables of the town of Nor-
wich, in warning the electors’ meetings here-
in provided for, shall, in addition to the warp-
ing now required by law, give notice therein
that ballot boxes will be opened in each of
the several districts aforesaid, for the recep-
tion of the votes of the electors entitled to
vote in said districts, according to the provis-
ions Of this act.
SEC. 3 At the annual electors’ meetin for
the election of State officers and other 0 ccrs
required bylaw to be voted for at such meet-
ings; and at the clectors’ meeting for the elec-
tors of President and Vice President of the
‘ United States; and at the annual town mec-
ting held for the choice of town officers, the
' persons qualified to vote in said town of
NOrwich shall give in their ballots in the dis-
trict wherein the name of each person is reg-
istered, according to the provisions of this act.
The name of each person who is qualified
to vote at any of said meetings, shall be reg-
istered in only one district at the same time,
which shall be the district wherein such per-
son has place of lodging at the time of such
registration,
SEC. 4. The selectmen of said towu of
Norwich shall provide a suitable and conven-
ient place for voting, at such electors’ and
annual town meetings, in each district, and
shall give public notice thereof, at least three
weeks before the day of such meeting, and
they shall procure for the use of the electors,
at such meetings, the. necessary ballot boxes
for the purpose of receiving the votes of the
electors in the several districts in the same
manner as is now by law provided.
; SEC. 5. At such electors’ and town meet-
ings, the presiding officer, who shall be cho-
sen under the provision of action sixteen of
the “Act relating to Electors and Elections,"
shall preside at the place of voting in the first
district, and the town clerk and soloctmen of
said town shall designate, for his assistancu
in the duties of his said office, an assistant.
presiding officer for each of the other districts
who shall preside at the place of voting in
the district to which he shall be designator],
and who shall perform all the duties, and
possess all the powers within said district of
a presiding officer at electors meetings,except
as herein otherwise provided.
SEC. 6. At the several electors’ meetings
named in this act, the ballot boxes shall be
0 nod for the reception of voters at nine
” o clock in the morning, in each of said dis-
tricts, and shall remain open until five
o’clock in the afternoon, at whichtime said
ballot boxes shall be closed.
And at the annual town meeting held for
the choice of town officers in said town, the
ballot boxes shall be open for the reception of
votes at seven o'clock in the morntng, in each
of said districts, and shall remain open in the
second, third, and fourth districts till twelve
o’clock at noon, and in the first district till
two o’clock in the afternoon, at- which times
said ballot boxes severally be closed.
At said annual town meeting, after the bal-
lot boxes are closed in the several districts as
herein before provided, such town officers as
are not required by law, or avote of the town
to be chosen by ballot, shall be chosen at the
place of voting in the first district, by the vo-
ters of the town of Norwich then present. ,
And all business proper to come before
the town meeting shall be transacted at the
place of voting in said first district: provided,
that on the day of the annual town meeting,
no such business shall be transacted until af-
ter the ballot boxes are closed in the several
districts, as hereinbefore provided.
SEC. 7. The sclectmcn and town clerk of
said town shall constitute a Board, of
Registration, who shall have and exercise
in addition to the power vested in the
Board Of Registration by “ An Act to
provide for the more perfect Registration
of the names of Electors in this State,"
the other powers and duties conferred by this
act. The town clerk shall be clerk of said
board, and in case of his absence or inability
to perform the duties, said Board may ap-
point any other elector clerk thereof.
SEC. 8. Tire clerk of the Board of Regis-
tration shall, at least fourteen days before
any of said elector‘s meetings. make, and de-
liver to the Board of Registration a separate
list for each district; as nearly perfect as
practicable,of the names of all persons quali-
fied to vote in said town, who have their
place of lodging in said district, which names
shall be duly arranged in alphabetical order
on each of said lists.
SEC. 9. The Board of Registration shall, at
least twelve days before any of said electors"
meetings, deposit the .lists thus made, each
list being signed by said Board, or a majority
of them, in the town clerk’s office, for public
inspection. Said' Board shall also, twelve
days before any of said olector’s meetings,
post, at the place of voting in each district,
and also in at least two other public places
in each district, a copy of the list of said dis-
trict, giving the boundaries thcrof', which list
shall be certified by the clerk of said Board;
and the town clerk, upon payment of the le-
gal fees, shall furnish any one desiring it, a
certified copy of any of said lists so deposited
in his office.
SEC. 10. The Board of Registration shall
'meetgin the first district, at such CODW nient
place as they may appoint, on the last Mon-
day in March, annually. and on Monday of
the week next proceeding any election of
electors of President and Vice President
of the United States, to revise and make cor-
rected lists of the several districts; and also
to examine and decide upon all applications
to be admitted to the privileges of an elector;
‘and in the discharge of said duties, the Beard
shall proceed in the manner provided in_“Au
Act to provide for the more perfect Registra-
tion of the names of Electors of this State."
SEC. 11. The Board of Registration shall
give notice of the time and place of holding
their sessions to correct and revise the lists of
said districts, as aforesaid, upon each of the
lists posted in the several districts as is here-
in before provided, and also by advertising in
one or more newspapers published in said
town of Norwich. ‘
And said Board shall be in session, at the
place of voting in the first districr, on the day
when said electors meetings, take place;
which said session shall be for thepurpose of
admitting as electors only those applicants
legally qualified to be so admitted, whose
right to be made electors shall have accrued
since the last meeting of the Boardkbut. the
names of such electors so admitted shall not
be added to the list of the district in which
they have their place of lodging unless, at or
before the last prior meeting of said
notice shall haVe been given to sard Boar-dof
the intention of such persons to to apply to
be admitted electors, and their names shall
have been entered on the list of then said dis-
trict under the head of “ Intended Ap hoa-
tions;” and it. shall be the duty 0f the . ard
to ' 'tted, acertrficate
ad
ve such electors so admi , .
tossed to the presiding” ofilcer of. the dis-
trict wherein such' electors irregcntitlcd to
rate, stating the fact of their 3de on; . fins!
the presiding ofiicer to whom said certi-
ficate is addressed shall on recei' pt thereof;
enter the name of the person therein men-
tioned, on the list of said district,th shall
thereupon be allowed to vote in.saidjdiltrlfl-'_
SEC. 12. Duplicate copies shalljbe made of
the corrected lists of each district; one net of
which duplicates shall, on or before theWed-
nesday 0f the week next preceding any day
of election as aforesaid,b_e led in the office
of the town clerk, for public mspectio and
the town clerk. on the payment of the egal
fees, shall furnish a certified copy to any one
desiring it, and the other of said duplicates
shall, before the opening of the polls in each.
district at. any electors’ meeting, hadron-ibu-
ted among the presiding officers in the. sever-
al districts, each presiding officerecervmg the
duplicate list of his own district; and such
presiding officer shall cause the name, of epch
elector to be checked on said list, at the trme
of voting. . ‘
SEC. 13. The list used in each district on
the day of election, with the marks (or checks
upon the same, shall by the presiding ofilcer
in the first district, within twenty-four hours
after the ballot box is closed in said district,
be lodged in the office of the town clerk,
where the same shall be kept on file and care.
fully preserved. . _
SEC. 14. The officer presiding in each dis-
trict at the electors’ meetings, shall receive
the votes of all persons whose names are on
the list prepared for the districtwherein such
officer is presiding. The name of nfgpetson
shall be added to the list of any of (1 dis-
tricts on election day, except as provided in
the eleventh section of this act; nor shall
any person vote whose name is not on the
list of the district in which he claims the right
to vote, unless he shall furnish to the presi-
ding ofllcer of said district satisfactory roof
that his name appeared upon the ori ' cor-
rected list of said district, and that it was
omitted by fraud or clerical mistake fi'om the
duplicate copy delivered to said presiding
officer.
SEC. 15. The town clerk of said town shall
at least two weeks before the day of holding
each annual town meeting held for the choice
of town officers, prepare a list for each dis-
trict, as nearly perfect as practicable, of the
names of all persons entitled to vote in such
district, which names shall be alphabetically
arranged in each list, and a written or print-
ed copy, or a copy part printed and part writ-
ten, with the boundary of said district given
therein, certified by said town clerk, shall be
posted by the sclectmen at the place of V0‘
ting and one other public place in each dis-
trict, at least six days before the day of hold-
ing such annual town meeting: and to the
lists so prepared said town clerk shall add
the names of all other persons residing in the
respective districts, who are by law qualified
to vote at the annual town meeting.
After the several lists are thus perfected.
the town clerk shall make a copy of the list
of each district, to be used by the presiding
officer of such district, on the day of said an-
nual town meeting; and said lists, with the
marks or checks upon the same, shall, within
twenty-four s after the ballot box is clos-
cd in the fi trict, be led by the pre-
siding ofiicer said first district in the ofilce
of the town clerk, and there kept on file and
carefully preserved.
And for his services in preparing said lists,
said town clerk shall be paid a reasonable
compensation by the town of Norwich; and
any voter of said town shall be entitled to de-
mand and receive of said town clerk, a copy
or copies of said lists so prepared, on paying
therefor the some fees as town clerks are by
law entitled to receive for copies of records.
SEC. 16. During every annual town meet-
ing, the. selectmen and town clerk shall be
and remain in session in the first district,
from the opening of the ballot boxes to the
closing of‘ the same at such convenient place
as they may appoint for the purpose of ex-
amining and deciding upon all applications
to be admitted to the privilege of voting at
said annual town meeting. And every per-
son so admitted during said session, shall be
entitled to receive a certificate of admission
from the Board of Selectmen, and on his pre-
senting the same to the presiding officer of
the district where such voter has his place of
lodging, before the ballot box is closed, shall;
be permitted to vote in said district.‘
SEC. 17. The presiding officer of each dis-
trict, at such annual town meeting, shall re-
ceive the ballots of all persons whose names
are on the lists prepared by the town clerk
for the district wherein such officer is presi-
ding, unless the right of such person to vote
at such election is challenged .
And if an person whose name is not on
said list she 1 Offer to vote in said district.
said presiding officer may receive such vote
if he is of opinion that the person offering the
same is a legal voter of said town and entitled
to vote in said district,unless the right of such
person to vote is challenged.
_ SEC. 18. If the vote of any person shall be
challenged as aforesaid, the officer presiding
in such district may, and upon request of any
legal voter present, shall examine the person
whose right as to vote is challenged, on oath
touching the question arising upon such chal-
lenge, and may also hear other testimony,
and if, upon such challen , the presiding
officer is of opinion that t e person whose
right to vote is challenged, is a legal voter of
the town of Norwich, and entitled to vote in
said district, his vote shall he received, but
otherwise not. Promdcd,‘ - that if any person
shall be ag rieved by the decision of such
presiding officer, in refusing to receive any
vote offered as aforesaid, on the ground that
the person offering the same is not a legal vo-
ter of said town, the presiding oficer shall
refer the question so arising to the selectmen
and town clerk, by whom the same shall be-
immediately heard and decided before the
ballot boxes are closed, and if said selectmen
and town clerk shall decide such person
to be a legal voter of said town, the.town
clerk shall thereupon give to him o'certificate
of the fact, on presentation of which to the
officer presiding in the district wherein he
11 a his space of lodging, his vote shall be re-
ccived.
SEC. 19. Immediately after the ballot boxes
are closed, at. any electors’ or annual town
meeting, the presiding officer, and his assist-
ants presidingin the severnldrstrrcts,shall,with
the civil authority then present and such oth-
er persons only as he may select, proceed to
their respective districts to sortand count the
Votes which have been given in, in said dis-
tricts; and the several assistant presiding
ofiiccrs shall each make true certificates of
all the ballots given for the respective officers
voted for in said districts, and shall each
forthwith transmit such certificate, together
with the votes received, and the list of voters
as checked, to the presiding officerin the first
district, and thereupon the said preaidin of-
ficer, after having ascertained thereon t of
the ballots in the whole town, as given in the
several districts as aforesaid, shall declare
the same in open meetin The presiding of-
ficer of the firs: district 5 all make the lists of
the votes given in said town at . any such
electors’ meeting, and make retum thereof in
the manner now provided by law for the
presiding officers of electors’ meetings. _
The presiding ofilcer in the first district, at
any annual or other town meetin , shall
make such return thereof as the law irects.
SEC. 20. Any person who shall take a false
oath before the board of re 'stration of the
town ofNorwich shall be he le to the penal-
ties of perjury. If the board 'of regrotrption
or any presiding officer or 0.981th presrdmg
officer, in any of said districts, at any electors
meeting, or any clerk of said board of regis-
tration shall, without just. or reasonable cause
refuse or neglect to discharge any of the da-
ties herein prescribed, he shall, on conviction
be subject to a fine of three hundred dollars;
and if said member, presrdmg oflcer, or clerk
shall be guilty of fraud in performing said
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