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r UBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY
N UME‘EE 708=4NEW SERIES. .
A. H. BYINGTON & 00.,
AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
' , ’gjgamilg dilemma, genial to final glove and animals, dental goddamn, Quantum, goblin, guillotine, acclimate; &t.---®rtahlirhul in man. . .
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NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, JULY 30,1861.
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NORWALK GAZETTE.
orrlcE IN GAZETTE BUILDING.
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A. H.3YINGTON & 00..
A. ll. Bi'ixc'rox, J. B. ELLS, G. N. Ems.
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. Subscription Rates.
All Subscribers by Carrier, Mail, Post Riders, ~pad
W. goners, per year . , . _, . 1.. 00
'l‘ltose living out of any Carrier 5 District, if
paid one year in advance,
Clubs of- six or more sent to one address, to be
paid iii advance, 1 50
Single chples 4 cents.
Advertising Rates.
tint: Square. one insertion, ' . _ 8
two insertions,
three insertions,
one month,
two months,
three months,
~‘ . six months, .
“ , “' one year—with paper
’l‘wo S, uares, 'one year—with paper,
Each a ditional Square, per year,
25-4
maxilUlfi'l-‘hwi-‘l-‘HP‘
8888883121538
(me half column, one year, 40 00
One Column, one year, '75 00
Fifteen lines, 01'100 wordsanake a square. Fractiou-
al parts of a square charged for use whole. '
\’t-ar|y advertisers have the privilege of changntg
their advertisements once per month. Advertise-
tneuts changed Ofteuer charged as transient.
Yearly advertisements payable lst of January (b J ul y;
1' early advertisers restricted to the business contem-
plated at the time of contract. .
t-(ls, Resolutions, Funeral and all otherSpccial No-
ices, 25 per cent. additional on the above.
"‘ These terms will be inflexibl y adhered to. gm
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BUSINESS Dracc'roar.
. Norwalk Post Office.
. MAILS CLOSE
West 3.80 A. lib—2.30 P. M.
East'8.20 A. M.—-5.00 P. M. .
Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. N
Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, '1 aes-
llays, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M.
MAILS DUE.
West 9.10 A; M.——6.00 P. M.
East 8.20 A. M.——3.30 P. M.
llaubury .517 Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M.
POST OFFICE HOURS.
From 7.00 A. M. to 9.00 I’. M.
CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M.
“NORWALK HOTEL,
(LATELY Tim ALLIS 11011513,)
IBIDWIN PECIE, Pnornna'rou,
LEASE of this well-known and popu-_
.. lar House having been purchased of
Mr. gulls, will be continued, as heretofore, as
a first class provincial Hotel. No pains ta-
king or expense will be spared to render
this in all respects a quiet and genteel, as it
is abcautiful rural retreat, Permanent and
transient guests accommodated upon reason-
able terms. .
if? A good Livery Stable connected With
the Hotel. _
GREGORY’S ‘POINT
II 0 T E L ,
N'orwalk; Conn.
l). H. NUTTER, ......... PROPRrETOR.
Tin: ALLIs HOUSEf
(formerly Union 1101150,) ’
Opposite E. Y. 65 N. H. Depot, in Union-st,
Ne‘v Haven, Conn.
L. P. ALLIS, PROPRIETOR.
NIA. MOSMAN, M. 1).,
Homeopathic Physician dz Surged‘n.
Office over C. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil-
ding east of Norwalk Hotel,
NORWALK, CONN.
References .'
Prof. J. Beakley, Dean of the Faculty,
Prof. S. R. Kirby, Hommpathic Medical Col-
lege, New York city, or
G. W. Swazey. M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21
CYRUS NORTHROP.
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office opposite Congregational Church, L
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
M JAMES c. BARBO‘UB,
SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL
:D E N tr.- I as '1',
( )ffice at Residence. East Avenue, Norwalk,
Connecticut.
Architec lure.
SIDNEY M. STONE,
V ARCHITECT, '
\‘v’ ill furnish Plans, Specifications, Detail
Drawings, and superintcnd the erection of
public and private buildings. Office in Mar-
ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tfd2
1 EO. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man-
ufacturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet
iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges,
l-‘urnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and
Willow “Tare, Crockery; and a full assort-
ment of House Keeping articles generally.
E._ BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give
V o particular attention to sales by Auc-
tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and
Monet-hold Furniture ; terms low.
r5.
Will. a. smear a co,
importers ; wholesale and retail dealers in
flail anywann, IRON,
Steel Cutlery, Guns, Agricultural Imple-
lllclllfls, Oils, Paints, Window Glass, dsc.
V c. s. nocnwoon,
fashionable Draper 5t Tailor,
and
G E N ’l‘ L EAIEN’S F URNISIIING
@MPOE IUM 2
go, :5 Skidtly’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Ct.
G. J. G B. '0' M A. N ,
Dealer in Foreign and Domestic
DRY ' GOODS, CARPETINGS,
I«,,,.-,~;,;,r,;.f 'l‘riuimiugs, Cloths, Cassimeres,
slatittetls, Vestings, and 'l‘ailOr’s
'l‘riminings, by the ‘Yard, Piece
or Package. Shootings,
Sliirtings, Jeans, Arts,
At the lowest. possible prices,
NonwALx, Coxx'
s. n. onfis'rmw a co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers la
Groceries. Flour, Peed, &C'i I.
14 and 10 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.
Erna, jtusuaancr columnar,
Of Hartford,
incm'ppl‘a’lfié 1.; 18.19, Charter Perpetual.
Cash Capital $1,000,000
Insure against bias and damage by Fire,
on 'l‘e-rmi :u‘laptcd to tile li:t7.at-d,and
\undi haul, With ilw laws of
compensation.
GEORGE R. COWVLES, Sole Agent
of Tin, and it is twice as durable.
cacon runs: or co.,
Wholesale and Retail Dcalcrsin
READY MADE CLOTHING !
and ‘,
Gents" Furnishing Goods
of their own manufacture.
REMOVAL.
VIBE office of C. F. Mocllcr’s Dyeing Es~
tablishmcnt has been
.l/ 0 ,l'. If}
R F] .D
from Mr. John F. Bennett’s, to Earnings
Bakery, Main-st, where he will be glad to
see all his old customers as well as many
new ones as will favor him with a call.
South Norwalk, Chas.R. Bennett; \Vinnh
pauk, Jos. C. Randlc
Gutta Percha -& India Rubber
CEMENT ROOFING.
1‘ ZEN-HS article has been thoroughly tested by
builders, Architects, and others, and the
experience Ofycars has proved it to be the
cheapest and most durable roofing in use.
\Vc call attention to the filllowing facts :
lst—It is fire and water proof.
2d——FrOin its great elasticity it is not inju-
riously affected by extremes of heat and cold.
lid—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs,
whether sleep or flat, and is not in want of
constant repairs, as is the case with metal and
other roofs.
4th-—Thc cost is only about One-Half that
It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs,
.without removing the shingles, which is a
great dcsideratuni 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 reiRlily re-
paired with Gutta Pcrcha Content, 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~thc subscriber, at South Norwalk.
All orders by letter will receive prompt at-
tention. D. F. HUNT, South Norwalk.
INSURANCE.
V ‘HE subscriber having taken the agency
of the Draw England Fire and jllarine I n-
surance (70. of Hartford, is prepared to insure
all kinds of 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 $0,295.00.
JOSEPH 1V. IIUBBELL,
Agent for Norwalk and vicinity.
N orwalk, Feb. lst, 1850. tf5
E. QUIN'I‘ARD Gd. SONS,
Cabinet Makers ;
Al their Old Established Ware Rooms,
East Side the Bridge,
OPPOSITE PHOENIX BLOCK.
’ AVE now on hand the largest and best
I 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 Oqflins of all sizes and descriptions, from
the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever
used.
From our long experience in the Underta-
king Business, we are confident we can give
perfect satisfaction to all who may ‘need our
services. ,
Groceries Cheaper than ever
1' 0 R G A S H !
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 largean assort-
ment of groceries of the best qualities as can
be found at any store in the country. He
would invite the special attention of all to his
stock of ‘ -
COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS, _
which are of the very best quality, and Wlll
be sold'clieap. The public are invited to call
and examine and judge for themselves.
A. MOREHOUSE.
SOUTH NORWALK
Ladies and Gents’
Boot dc Shoe Store.
V 1HE subscriber, having taken the business ,.
.l and‘stand of Stevens 6.: Tristrani, is pre-
pared to supply every article to be found in a
first class Bold and Shoe Establishment, tor la-
dic.«-, gentlemen, or children’s wear.
our goods are manufactured expressly for
our own sales, and warrant all work sold by
us. Alwt ys on hand, or made to order at
short notice, .
Gents’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, 166. ,-
, Ladies! Gaiters, (be, «136.; Children’s
Gaiters, and Shoes, (13c, cftc., dl‘c.
Rubber goods ; a large stock kept constantly
on hand. ' Repairing done neatly and ar‘pficdi-
cntly. HARVEY STEV EN S. .
South Norwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April
’7, 1800.
E‘ '0' R N I '1' 'U R I: !
V ‘HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to
, the public, at his old stand, as good an
assortment of .
Cabinet I'urniture
as can be found in Fairfield County, and at
lower pl'lCCS, FOR 0.4571, lllllll the same
quality of goods canbc obtained at. any other
Establishment. -
The stock consists in part of
Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Card, and
Quartcttc Tables; BCOkCHSt'S, Bureaus,
Sofas, Tetc-a-tetc Lounges ; Mahog-
any and Cane scat Chairs ; (gm,
and Mahogany Fram e L( )ok-
ing Glasses, &c., drc.
OOFFIN IVAIBE'IBOOJIH ,' ,
where may be found a full assortment of Cof-
fins, which will finished in the best possible
manner, and at short notice.
0128;? A hearse will be furnished when dc-
sircd. . ‘ ‘ A, IiENOUD.
\Vcatport, May Isl, 1858.
Hardware and Cutlery.
Mechanic’s Tools, Farming Utensils, Guns,
Pistols, Iron and Steel, \Vindow
Glass, Paints and Oils.
M. C. STREET &. CO. have in store
and are constantly receiving direct
from the inanufacturcrs, a large supply of
Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above
denominationspvliicli makes their aSSortmcnt
of articlps suited to this market, equal to any
in the State, and which will be sold either
wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as
can be purchased in New York.
WILLIAM C. S'l‘REE’I‘,
A. H. WILCOXSON.
Notice.
HE subscriber having secured the agen:
. cy for the sale of Fincklelk- Lyons Sew-
in}r Machine for the Towns of Norwalk,
Wfbstport, Redding,RidgcficId, Wilton, New
Canaan, Daricn and Stamford, he will be
prepared to exhibit and operate said Machine
in the course of the coming week. The Ma-
chine, considering its great range of work-
manship, is probably the best Family Sewing
Machine in existence; and any person wish—
ing to get one will do well to wait a few
days, when he can see and judge for himself.
' GEO. II. RANDLE.
P. S.-—-The Machines may be seen in oper-
13734
For Norwalk and vicinity.
. in endless variety.
“3...... .
HARDWARE 3. PAINT STORE,
M a i n S t r e e t,
.()pposite.l. lI. Campell’s Confectionery,
MARVIN & PROWITT,
Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware,
Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang-
ings, \Vindow Shades, &c.
TIMBER! LUMBER! -
Bath, Lime, Brick, Cement,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
] UILDERS‘ HARDWARE, &C., 6130.,
AT THE
N e‘v Lumber ‘Yard,
NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE,
SOUTH NORWALK.
Our Stock is new, bought. for Utah, and
will be sold low. T LLES & ELY.
South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. tf42
A. JAGKSON 6L BRO.
V OULD respectfully announce to the
public and their old customers, that
they have recently made extensive additions
to their stock of goods. \Vc are now prepar~
cd to Offer an assortment not to be surpassed
in Fairficld County, in quality or price. “’0
would call particular attention to our stock of
\Vatchcs, which is larger than ever before.—
\Ve have a. fine lot of Ladics’ Swiss W'atches,
in gold cases, at prices varying from $20 to
$75, which we can recommend as being cor-
rect time keepers. Also, Gcntlcmcn’s VVatcli-
es, in silver and gold cases, at any price from
$5 to $100. \Vc 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, Silver and
Plated W'arcs was never better than at pres-
ent, and comprises all of the latest styles that
are manufhcturcd. A. JACKSON & BRO.
Building Raising and Moving.
HE Subscriber would give notice that he
is fully prepared to raise or move any
Buildings, either of “food, Brick, or Stone.
He has all of the necessary tools, and feels
qualified by experience to conduct the busi-
ness in a proper manner. Orders left at the
Gazette Office, 01' with the Subscriber, will
receive prompt attention.
GEORGE PERRY.
References .'
ani. K. James, Wm. S. Lockwood, Geo.
G. Bishop, S. d: L. Curtis, Timothy B. Fitch,
(Steam Mill,)JoscphW.I—Iubbcll, J am cs Mitch-
ell, Hill «is Hubbell, Jonathan Camp, 0. J.
Gruinan. 311115
r. J. Hessian,
Professcrof Music
: Is now prepared to rc~
now 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, No. 17 Main-st, Norwalk, will be
promptly attended to. 1y32
NOR‘VAIJI:
Steam Sawing and Plaining
M I I: I: .
HE subscriber has fitted up and is now
prepared to execute all orders for Pla-
ning; Scroll and other Sawing ; manufacture
of Doors, SllSIl, Blinds, &c., &c., in the best
and most. expeditious manner, and at satis-
factory prices. Orders by mail prompt] at-
tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITCH.
House & Sign Painting,
GILDING, GLAZING, &c., cc,
SOUTH NORWALK.
THE 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 ahouse
nearly new, with garden, trees, slirubbery,
&c., and a shop thereon. Terms easy. Ap-
ply on the premises, opposite Quintard &
Smith’s Carriage Factory, to
GEORGE HODGES.
May 7th, 1800. 1y19
'J.N.LocKW00D&co,
West Side of the Bridge,
LYNES’ NE‘V BLOC ,
I EEP 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 iii the most
workmanlike-inanner. 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. ch are prepared to manu-
facture, to measure any arlz'cle in. our line, and
(If (he shot-(cal nolz'ce.
Misses" and Children‘s Shoes, Rubbers, etc,
A fine article of Slippers
for Gents’ wear.
REPAIRING—in all its braiichcs—-donc
neatly, quickly, and cheaply, ' "
E. awnings 6335’“
Photographic and Fine Art
GALLERY,
‘ Nonwnmr, CONN.
ATE E. B. TiIOMPSON’s. E T. Whitney
would inform the citizens of Norwalk
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 highest style
Ol‘thc art. ' E. T. WHITNEY.
D. B. Woonnuur, my}
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 percent. cheaper than
any other shop ititlic County. All kill. 3 {ll
harm produce, and Qtjlg, Ash, and Hi KIWI);
Plank taken in exchange for w'tn‘k'. I I
“‘29 E. L. ARNOLD.
ALBERT IEGRPEII,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
DJOINING Store of Kna ) ) &
Main-st, Norwalk, Conn.l IThe lpl’illlfd
itilrc {espcctfullly invilted to call and excl-ruin;
ic arrrc {tilt vurtcc assolzttneit’o. I E“ .
AMEN} CLOTHING, ‘lien'clil‘Clolhlsr3 Gigsi-
mercs and Vestin'gs, also a general assbrtment
of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, consistin
in part, of Hats, Caps, Umbrellas, Shirts 00 :
lars, Cravats, Handkerchiefs, Suspenders &c.
Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings b r the yard
or pattern, and out free of charge. articular
attention paid to Children’s Garments,
‘X fine assortment OfFancy Goods, Pocket
I Cutlery, and a new 101; of Rodger’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 only to be tried to
be appreciated. A. JACKSON & BRO.
At. the Old Stand in Main Street
SUPERIOR Machine for Cutting Hay,
Straw and Stalks, for sale at the New
Hardware Store of MARVIN & PROWITT
Pancv Goods, die. Y
ation at the Store of George Hoyt.
Main Street.
,_ _ .21....9" .ainms.ua.'-_ ; .4wm‘m3: .,._
SONNETs.
Supposed to be written under the Portrait (Photo-
graph) Of the. late Rev. W. B. Weed of Norwalk. as it
now stands upon the mantel at Highwood.
The clock struck twelve z—and lo! a voice was heard
Deep in the vineyard where the laborers stood—
110 who for sin once shed his precious blood,
Now by his Angel spoke the word—
“Lay by thine armor, seek the quiet shade.
Thy work is finished z-at meridian noon
Thy task completed :—come receive the boon
01' life eternal, which the Lord hath made,
The prize and goal of all who help to till
lliscarthly vineyard, and the plants to mold,
For brighter gardens on his holy hill,
And settings in the incorruptive gold” :—
Tlie words had power :—and lol he turned aside
From work at noon-day to his long, long home—
The voice was from "the Spirit and the Bride,"
Which as of old in Patmos bade him “come l"
And tho” he gladly would have wrought the day.
To gather liomcward in the twilight ray ;
Yet at high noon——tlie Master‘s bidding known,
He, all obedient cas t his armour down,
And went up meekly to receive the promis‘d crown.
There was a ltusli of mourning on those walls-—
A heavy silence which had more than voice-—
A holy grief constraining to rejoice,
E’en while the Dead still lingered in their halls;
Because the Spirit ol‘the Lord had wrote,
Tliat——Blessed are the dead who in the Lord,
Have fell asleep—Yea, saith the Spirits word,
Their works do follow them—and every note
They sing is ftill ofhappiness and rest :—
So with a lighter heart they lifted up,
The cofiined clay—their falling tears were blcst
For now they grieved as those who mourned in
hope;
And then the blessed promise stood fulfilled,
That they who tears of deepest sorrow shed,
Shall find the tempest in their bosom stillcd,
And ever be divinely comforted :—
Ilcnce calm they look’d o’er Jordon’s swelling tide,
"I‘ill Faith beheld him on the “other side,"
Whence by his bright example guided straight,
Each heart turned backward to its peaceful gate,
Resolved and checr‘d henceforth “ to labor and to
wait.”
OAK-COTTAGE, July 3, 1801.
-<I$,p -
PUBLIC ACTS,
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1861.
J. W. N.
CHAPTER XLIV.
An Act rclclating to Electors and Elections
, in the Town of Hartford.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
l'cscnlatz'ves in General Assembly convened .-
SEC. 1. That the towu of Hartford is here-
by dividcd into three dislrits, for the purpose
of accommodating the electors of said town
in voting at the‘ electors’ meetings, as follows
viz :‘ that portion of the town which isbound-
cd as follows, to wit; castwardly by Connec-
ticut river, westwardly by the town line,
northwardly by a line beginning at the cen-
ter of Kilbourn street, where the same inter-
sects Connecticut river, thence running westf
wardly through the center of Kilbourn street
to Front street, then northwardly through
the center of Front street to Temple street,
thence westwardly through the center of
Temple stieet thence nortliwardly through
the center of Main street to Church street,
thence wcswardly through the center of
Church street and of a road and alley beyond
to Spring street, to Myrtle street tlicncc‘wcst-
wardly tltrouglrthe center of Myrtle street to
Garden street, thence northwardly and west-
wardly through the center of Garden street
and of the road running south of the town
house, until the same turns at an angle to the
south, thence westwardly in a straight line
to the center of the road running by the resi-
dence of Elisha Colt, striking said road where
the same turns westwardly, a few rods east
Of said Colt’s premises, thence westwardly
through the center of said road to the west
line of the town of Hartford and southward~
ly by a line beginning at the mouth of Little
river, where the same empties into the Con-
necticut river, and extending up the center of
said Little river to the railroad bridge on said
river, built partly on the farm of Messrs. Gil-
lette and Hooker, and extending from the
middle of said bridge directly west to the
town line.
That portion of said town that lies north-
wardly of the first district, as above described
shall be and remain the Second District.
So much of said town as lies southwardly
of said first district, as above described, shall
be and remain the Third district.
SEC. 2. The constables of said town, warn-
ing the electors’ meetings herein provided
for, shall, in addition to the warning now re-
quired by law, give notice therein that ballot
boxes will be opened in the several districts
aforesaid for the reception of the votes of the
electors of said town residing in said districts,
according to the provisions of this act.
Sec. 3. At the annual electors’ meetings
for State officers and other officers required
by law to be voted for at such meetings, and
at the clectors’ meetings for the election of
electors of president. and vice president of the
United States, and at the annual town meet-
ing for the choice of town officers, the electors
of said town shall give in their ballots for such
officers as are required bylaw to be bailoted
for at such meetings, in the several districts
where the electors respectively reside,
SEC. 4. The selectmen of said town shall
provide suitable and convenient places for
voting at such electors’ meetings .in each of
such districts, and shall give notice thereof,
at least one week before the day of such
meetings; and they shall provide, for the use
of said electors at said meetings, the nests-
sary ballot boxes, for the purpose of rewiring
the votes of the electors ill the said several
districts, which ballot boxes shall be used in
said districts, in the same manner an is now
provided by law,
Sup. 5, At such clccuirs‘ meeting in said
town, the presiding officer in said town, who
shall, be chosen, in the manner now provided
by law, sltall preside at the place ot'votiug in
the first district, and the town clerk and so-
lcclincn of said town shall designate, for his
assistance in the duties of his said Office, an
assistant presiding officer in each of the other
districts, who shall be a rcsidcnl of the
district in which he is appointed to. act, who
shall preside at the place of voting in said dis
trial in which lie is designated and who shall
have all the powers and perform all the (111-.
lies, within said district, of the presiding "Ill:
cer at clectors’ meetings, except as herein
otherwise provided for, '
SEC. 0. Immediately after the ballot boxes
are closed, the presiding officer in said town,
and his assistants in the several districts shall
with the aid of the civil authority then pre-
sent, and such person as he may select, pro-
ceed, in their respective districts, to sort and
count the ballots which have been given]
said districts; and said assistant} ircsiding of,~
licers shall each make a true cerlificate of 13,11
the ballots givpu for the res ,ective officers in
said districts, and shall fO‘thwitli transmit
suclsccrtifioates, together with the ballots rc-
ccivcd, and the ballot boxes containing the
same, and the list of votes as checked, to the
presiding officer in the first district; and
thereupon the presiding officer in said first
district, after having ascertained the result of
the ballots in the whole town, as given in
the several districts as atbrcsaid, shall declare
the some in 9 ,cp nicetipg, And said presi-
ding olficer in and town shall make out a list
of votes given in said town, and make return
thereof in the manner now prescribed by law
for presiding officers at electors meetings.
SEC. 7. That at each annual town meeting
held for the choice of town officers in the
town of Hartford, the legal voters of said
town shall choose, by eneml ticket, two
electors melding in said t wn, to be registrars
of voters or tliqyear cusuing,for the said ,sev-
eral districts, but no person shall vote for
more than one of said registrars, and the two
persons having the highest number of votes
for registrars of said town shall be declared
elected. And said registrars shall, at least
three weeks before the day of holding any
election for the choice of state officers, or for
the choice of electors of president and leg
president of the United States, or. fdr'choiee
of town offiegrs, phepat‘e a list, ‘as'nearl‘y pert
feet as'is practiclrblc', Of the'nam'es chill the
electors who‘arc entitled to vote at the ensu-
ing election in the several districts, which
names shall be alphabetically arranged, and
opposite the name of each person in said list
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the name of the street in which he resides,
and the number of his residence in said street
or its location therein, as nearly as may he
shall be written. And the place of such res-
dencc shall be in the district where such per-
son has his place of lodging at. the time of
such registration. And said lists shall be
published by said registrars in a convenient
form, and be circulated by them in the re-
spective election districts. And said regis-
trars shall, in said prlnted lists, give notice of
the time when and the places where they
will hold at least four meetings within the
twelve mon tbs next following the publication
of said lists of voters, for the purpose of ma-
king any proper corrections, by additions,
erasures, or other alterations in said lists;
and at least one week before the day
of holding either of said elections,
registrars shall publish corrected lists of all
those who are already entitled to vote at ei-
ther of said elections, and those who claimed
to said registrars that they shall be legally
entitled to become voters at the ensuing elec-
tion, and who claim that their legal qualifi-
cations Will mature subsequently to the com-
pletibn of said corrected lists which last list
shall be under the title “to be made"; and
they shall give a copy of such corrected lists
to any elector asking for the same, and shall
deposit a certified copy of the same in the
town clerk’s office.
SEC. 8. Whenever the registrars aforesaid,
in the performance of their duties, shall find
any elector of this State residing in the re-
spective districts, may have been duly admit-
ted an elector in some other town, and may
be entitled to a vote in their respective dis-
tricts, and who shall present a certificate from
the town clerk of said town, of that fact, to
said registrars, said registrars shall, after hav-
ing received said certificate and satisfied
themselves of the identity of the person so
claiming to have been admitted such Elector,
enter the name and residence of such elector
on their respective lists, and add thereto the
words “by certificate from —,” (therein
naming the town from which such elector’s
certificate came :) but the name of no elector
shall be added to such list unless, in addition
to proof that he is a legally qualified elector
of this State, he shall also furnish proof, if re-
quired, that he has or will have resided in
said town where said registrars reside, the
period of four months next immediately pre-
ceding the day of the ensuing election. And
said registrars may, on the day of election,
add in writing the name and residence of any
elector which may have been omitted by mis-
take or inadvertcnce, fraud or clerical error,
and may erase from said lists the names of
any persons who were not legally enthled to
vote at said election; provided. that no such
names shall be added or erased, unless upon
consent of both of the registrars; and no per-
son shall be allowed to vote for any officer,
at any election holden within said town,
whose name is not‘on said registry lists in
the district where he offers to vote; prom’dcd,
that whenever said registrars shall refuse to
add the name of any elector to said lists, or
shall erase the name of any elector who
claims a right to vote at said elec-
tion, such elector may appeal from the
decision of said reglstrars to the. board
of sclectmen, and said registrars shall
certify to the selectmen the reasons of
their refusal, when the appeal is taken; and
the board of selectmen shall examine, under
oath, such elector, and such other persons, as
ma appear as witnesses, either in behalf of
or éainst his claims; and if such elector shall
prove to the satisfaction of the board of
selectmen, that his name was omitted from
the registry list by fraud or clerical error,
they may direct the registrars to add his name
to said registry list.
SEC. 9. It shall be the duty of each regis-
trar, immediately after his election, to ap-
point a deputy registrar whose name and ap-
pointment shall be deposited. with the town
clerk of said town of Hartford, and shall be,
by said town clerk, recorded on the town re-
cords, at the end of the record of the town
meeting at which said registrars were elect-
ed; and in case said re istrar shall from any
cause be unable to pergirm the duties of his
office, then the deputy registrar shall perform
the duties of the office of registrar during the
time of the inability of the registrar to act,
and in case of the resignation or death of the
registrar, then said deputy registrar shall be-
come the registrar, and shall immediately ap-
point another person to the office of deputy
registrar, which said appointment shall be
duly recorded by the town clerk.
SEC. 10. Each of said registrars shall also
appoint an inspector of elections for each of
said several voting districts except the first,
which inspectors shall be electors residing in
their respective districts, and shall discharge
on the day of any election, all the duties in
their respective districts which are directed
to be discharged on said election days by said
registrars. -
EC. 11. The registrars and inspectors
shall before entering upon the duties of their
office, take the oath by law provided for ex-
ecutive officers, and lodge a certificate of the
fact with the town clerk, who shall keep. the
same on file in this oflice.
SEC. 12. The registrars and inspectors
shall have the right to administer oaths of
affirmation, whenever, in the discharge of
any of the duties of their office, they, or eith-
er of them shall deem it necessary or proper
to take the testimony of any person whatso-
ever regarding the right of any person to
vote or be made a voter. The form of oath
to be administered by the registrars and in-
spectors shall be as follows: “You solemnly
swear that concerning the matter now in
question, you will tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth, so help you
Get .” And the said registrars and inspec-
tors shall keep a, record of the names and
residences and testimony of all persons to
Whom said oath or affirmation was admin-
istered, and any person who shall swear
falsely before said registrars or inspectors
shall be deemed to be guilty of the crime of
perj ury,and punished with the penaltythereof,
SEC. 13. The registrars shall be at the vo-
ting place in the first district, and the inspec-
1015 shall be at their respective voting-places
in the second and third districts, in each of
the elections for state officers, presidential
electors and town officers, held during the
year for which they were elected or appoint-
ed, to hear and decide any question which
may arise as to the rights of any person to
vote in their respective voting districts; pro-
vided, that any' elector whose claim to the
right of voting is rejected by either of said in-
spectors may apply to the registrars for a re.
view, and said registrars shall, on such re-
vicw, if they find the applicant entitled to
vote, certify the same under their hands to
the inspectors, who shall thereu receive
said vote, And on each of said elections
each of; said registrars and inspectors shall
appoint some suitable person to check on
the official registry list the names of all per-
sons voting in their respective districts;
which list so checked shall have the whole
number of names checked thereon, certified
to by the regiStrars and inspectors of the res-3
pective districts, and shall immediately after
the closing of the polls, be deposited in the
office of the town clerk, by whom they shall
be safely kc t, and reopened for the inspec-
tion orany e actor; and if any person whose
name is not on the registry list shall vote or
attempt to vote, at either of the elections na-
med in this act, on the name of any other
person whose name ‘is on said list, he shall
pa .afine of one hundred nollars, and helm.
prisoned one year in the county jail,
SEC. 14. If any person other than the reg-
istrays,cxcept the inspectors on the day of
election as aforesaid shall make any altera-
tions, by additions, erasures, or otherwise, in
the lists prepared by said registrars, or if the
presiding ofllcer of any town meeting in said
town, or any other person having charge of
any ballot-box in any voting districts, at any
election in said town, shall allow any person‘
to deposit his vote therein, whose name. is
not on the registry list, or shall refuse to, al-
low any person to, vote. whose name is on,
said list Without the assent. of bath of the
1" gisti‘atjs orifnspect'ors of said districts, he
s all beguniélie‘d by a fine not exceeding
on‘e‘liuu red dollars, orby imprisonment. 'in
the county jail not exceeding three months,
or by such fine and imprisonment both; and
it shall be the duty of the grand jurors of
said town, and_also the right of the person
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town, to forthwith prosecute any violation
of this section.
SEC. 15. Lewis B. Hart and Lewis F. Mc-
Ginley shall be registrars for the town of
Hartford, and shall continue in office until
the next annual town election and until oth-
era are elected and sworn in their places;
and each of said registrars shall, on or before
the 15th day of J uly, 1861, appoint a deputy
registrar, in accordance with the provisions
of this act.
SEC. 16. The compensation of the regis-
trars, deputy registrars, and inspectors, shall
be fixed by the selecrmen of the town of
Hartford; and all expenses incurred by the
registrars for printing lists of voters, and all
other necessary expenses incurred by them
in the discharge of their duties, shall be ppid
by the treasurer of said toWn.
SEC. 17. The selectmen and town clerk of
said town of Hartford shall meet in said»
town, at such convenient place as they may
appoint on the Monday of the third week
preceding the week on which the annual
state election, or the election for the choice
of electors of president or vice-president of
the United States shall be held, for the pur-
pose of deciding upon all applications to be
admitted to the privileges of an elector, and
shall continue in session for that purpose
from nine o‘clock in the forenoon to five
o’clock in the afternoon of said day, if so
long a time be necessary, and may adjourn
said meeting from time to time and place to
place, as may be necessary, until Thursday
of the week following at 9 o’clock in the
forenoon, when they shall, at five o’clock in
the afternoon of said Thursday, adjourn-to
Tuesday of the week preceding the day of
election, for the purpose of hearing and deci-
ding upon all appeals tliat may be made
from the registrars; but any appeal that can
be made' at that time shall not. be allowed to
be made after that day, and no appeal shall
be heard by the selectmen on the day of
election, that might have been made prior to
said last preceding meeting of the selectmen;
and said selectmen shall, on said Tuesday,
adjourn to the hour of seven o’clock on the
morning of election day, and shall then con-
tinuc in session for the admission of electors,
for two hours and no longer; provided, that
at said last session they shall not admit any
person to the privileges of any elector ex-
cept those whose names are on the corrected
registry list, as made out by the registrars
under the title, “To be made,” certified cop-
ies of which shall be furnished by said regis-
trars to said selectmen. .
SEC. 18. It shall be the duty of the town
clerk of said towns to give to each of the
said persons who may be admitted to the
privileges of an elector at said last mentioned
meeting of the selectmen and town clerk, a
certificate of his admission, which shall con-
tain the name, residence, and number of the
voting district wherein such person resides,
and shall be delivered to the registrars of
said district; and the name and residence of
such person shall be‘ entered upon the regis-
try -list, before such person shall cast his bal-
lot therein. All which said certificates shall
be kept by said registrars, a record of the
same be made by them, which said records.
together with the certificates, shall be lodged
in the town clerk’s office, immediately after
said election, and be open to the inspection
of any elector of said town.
SEC. 19. When any person exhibits to the
board of selectinen and town clerk, papers
of naturalization, issued to him in due form
by a court having jurisdiction, if said board
is satisfied of the genuineness of such papers,
and that they were issued to the person pre-
senting them, they shall approve them by a
written endorsement thereon, with the date
thereof, signed by the town clerk of said
town; and if such applicant shall have the
other legal qualifications for an elector, they
shall admit ltim in due form, and cause his
name to be entered on the list of electors of
said town.
SEC. 20. Whenever the town clerk of said
town shall give a certificate to any ‘ person,
that he is an elector in said town, it shall‘be
his duty to keep a record of the name
such elector, the date when such certificate
was granted, to whom given, and the name
of tge town where such certificate is to be
use .
SEC. 21. If any officer named in this act
shall, without'just or reasonable cause, re-
fuse or neglect to discharge any of the duties
herein prescribed, he shall, on conviction, be
punished by a fine of three hundred dollars;
or if an of the oflicers named in this act
shall \villfully violate any of the provisions
of this act, or if the town clerk of said town
shall give a. false certificate to any person,
such officer or town clerk shall be punished
by a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars,
and imprisonment in the common jail six
months.
SEC. 22. The ballot-boxes at each of the
elections herein provided for, shall be open-
ed at 7 o‘clock in the forenoon, and closed at
5 o’clock in the afternoon.
SEC. 23. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent herewith, so far as they affect the
town of Hartford, are hereby repealed; and
the acts passed at the May session, 1860, of
the General Assembly, entitled, “An Act to
provide for the more perfect registration of
the names of Electors of this State,” and the
act entitled, “An Act relating to Electors and
Elections in the towns of Hartford, New Ha-
ven and Middletown,” are, and the same are
hereby declared to he, not applicable to or in
force in the town of Hartford.
Approved, July 2d, 1861.
CHAPTER xm’.
An Act iii addition to an Act entitled “An
Act concerning Prisons.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Rep-
resentatt'rcs in General Assembly convened:
SEC. 1. The sceretar of state shall, annu-
ally, in the month of arch, transmit to the
county commissioners in the several coun-
ties, blank forms of returns concerning jails,
for the year ending on the last day of March.
containing the following printed interroga-
tories, and with the second, third and fourth
sections of this Act printed therein:
JAILs.—-Number in jail April first; com-
mitted during the year; discharged; remainr
ing in jail; males, females, adults, minors,
whites, colored; natives of this state; na-
tives of Otherstatcs; natives of other coun-
tries who cannot read or write; natives of
this state who cannot read or write; who
have been married; who have been intempe—
rate; who have been in prison before; com-
mitted as insane; sentenced for murder—
manslaughter—selting fires—robbery—rape
attempts at rape—adultery—lewd conduct—
assault—-burglary—perjury—forgery—larceny—
making or passing counterfeit money—drunk-
enness—as common drunkards—for viola-
tion of liquor law—keeping houses of ill
fame—for all other offences; average num-
ber during the year.
Discharged, by writ of babcas corpus—by
being recognized or bailed—by payment of
fines and costs—by expiration of sentence—
trauslerred to other jails for trial; sent to
court and not returned; executed; sent to
state prison; sent to state reform school; es-
caped and not rctaken ; of prisoners that died;
discharged by process not specified above.
Amount expended, for provisions—cloth-
iug—bedding—fuel—light~medieines—-med~
ical attendance—Chaplinn—inspectors—sala-
ries and wages; all other expenses.
Amount received from state, for board of
prisoners-4mm United States; earnings of
prisoners- from other sources. Total re-
ceipts. Total expenditures.
SEC. 2. On or before the fifteenth day of
April in each year, the county commission-
ers in each county, a in case the board
neglect, any member eof shall make and
transmit to the score ' of state, true ans-
wers to the inquiries contained inlsaid blanks;
and the secretary shall prepare and transmit.
an abstract thereof; in printed form, to the
l islaturc at the ensuing session thereof.
EC. 3. Every county commissioner, who
shall refuse tomake and transmit such re-
turns, shall forfeit twenty-five dollars.
SEC. 4. The secretary, when he finds that
the county commissioners in any county are
liable to a forfeiture under the preceding sec-
tion, shall. forthwith netify the state attorney
for the county in which such county commis-
sioners reside, who shall immediately insti-
tute a complaint therefor, and prosecute the
same; which forfeiture,wheu recovered,shall
4f».
- dents therein qualified to vote ; which request
sons between four and sixteen tears of an
SEC. 5. An Act passed May session, 1859,
and approved June 9th, 1859, entnled “An
Act in addition to an Act concerning Pris-
ons,” be, and the same is hereby repealed.
Approved, July 2d, 1861.
CHAPTER xnvi.
An Act for the Preservation of Fish in
. Litchfield or Bantam Lake.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House ofRep-
resentatz'oes in General Assembly convened :
SEC. 1. No person or persons shall after
the first day of July, A. D., 1801, draw or
use any seine or net, for the taking of fishan
the Litchfield or Bantam Lake, in Litcbfield
county, nor in Lake Wononscopomuc, in
Salisbury, in said county. _
SEC. 2. Every person so offending shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dol-
lars, nor less than five, for each and every of-
fence.
Approved, July 2d, 1861.
CHAPTER XLVII. .
An Act in addition to “An Act concerning
’ the Domestic Relations.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened .'
SEC. 1. That the bond required to be taken
by the judge of probate upon the sale of a
miner’s real estate, may be so conditioned as
to authorize the guardian to invest the pro-
ceeds in the bonds or loan of this state.
Approved. July 2d, 1861.
CHAPTER XLvnI.
An Act in addition to and in alteration of
“An Act concerning Education.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened :
SEC. 1. Every school district shall holdan
annual meeting on such day in the month of
August or September in each year, as the
committee or clerk of the district, in the no-
tice thereof, may designate for the choice of
officers and for the transaction of any‘other
business relating to schools in said district;
and shall also hold a. special meeting, when-
ever the same shall be duly called; and the
district committee may calla special meet-
ing whenever such committee shall think
necessary or proper, and shall call a special
meeting on the written request of five real-
shall state the object of calling the same.
SEC. 2. That section eighth of chapter
third of “An Act in addition to and in alter-
ation of an Act concenning Education,”
passed May session, 1856, is hereby repealed.
Approved, July 2d, 1861.
CHAPTER xmx. _
An Act in addition to and in alteration of
“An Act further regulating Insurance,”
passed May session, 1860.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened:
That the Act approved June 23d, 1861, en-
titled “An Act further regulating Insurance,’
does not include, and shall not be construed
to include, or be applied to any mutual insu-
rance companies in this state, which are au-
thorized by their respective charters to issue
policies without taking a deposit or premium
note or notes; and all policies of insurance
issued by such mutual insurance companies,
according to the terms of their respective
charters, since the passing of the said act,
and all hereafter issued, shall be held to be
good and valid,notwithstanding the said act.
Approved, July 2d, 1861.
CHAPTER L.
An Act in alteration of “an Act relatino .to
Taverners, and the sale of SpirituousLiq-
uors.”
Be z'lenacled by the Senate and House of Rep-
i‘esentalz‘ces in General Assembly convened:
SEC. 1. That the twenty-seventh section of
the not entitled “an Act for the suppression
of Intemperance,” passed May session, 1854,
be and the same is hereby repealed. Prom-
ded, that this act shall not affect any suit now
pending.
SEC. 2. Nothing contained in the act afore-
said shall be so construed as to affect, in any
way, negotiable paper.
Approved, July 2d, 1801.
CHAPTER LI.
An Act to confirm the doings of Assessors
and Boards of relief in certain cases.
Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of Rep.
resentalz'ces in General Assembly convened .-
SEC. 1. That in all cases where the assess-
ors or board of relief in any town have been
elected at a. meeting not legally warned for
that purpose; and in all cases in which
the assessors in any town have omitted to
post notices, or publish the same, in accor-
dance with the provisions of the third section
of an act entitled “An Act. for the Assess-
ment and Collection of Taxes ;” and inall
cases in which assessors have omitted to Slgn
or return, or make oath to, an abstract of the
assessment lists of their respective towns, or
to lodge the same in the town clerk’s office in
said towns, by the fifteenth (lay of December
in each year, or have not included in said
abstract, the list, or a part of the list of any
person; and in all cases in which the assess-
ors have not signed the assessment list or lists
of their respective towns, collectively, but
have signed the same individually, as fordis-
tricts or societies in said towns, or have not
signed them at all; and in all cases where
said assessment 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 relief in any
town have met for the transaction of business
before the first Monday in January in each
year, or have omitted to give notice of the
time and place of their meetings, according
to 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 towns, by the first day of
March in each year, and in which said asses-
sors, or members of such board ofrelief have
omitted to take the oath provided by law; or
when the assessors in any town have assess-
ed any company or corporation, 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 assess-
ment lists shall not, for any such causes, be
adjudged void, but the same are hereby rati-
fied and confirmed ; and all taxes which have
been, or shall be hereafter laidand imposed,
according to such assessment lists, may, not-
withstanding, be levied and collected; prom-
dcd, this act shall not affect any suit now
pending.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and
after the day of its passage.
Approved, July 2st, 1861.
CHAPTER Ln.
An Act relating to Fisheries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in General Assembly convened:
That an act entitled “An Act, in addition
to an Act, entitled, An Act for, encouraging
and regulating Fisheries,” passed, May Ses-
sion. A. D. 1859., and the same is hereby re-
pealed. Provided, that this act shall not af-
fect any suit now pending.
Approved, July 2st, 1801.
CHAPTER LIII.
An Act in addition to and in alteration of
“An Act concerning Education.”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives in GeneralAmmbly convened .-
SEC. 1. That. the whole amount of money
raised by the towns of this state in accor.
dance with the requirements of chapter thir-
ty-first of the Public Actspf 1860, and all the
interest or income arismg from moneys
known as the town deposit and, shall annu-
ally on or before the fourth day of March,be
distributed to the several school districts,and
parts o'f school districts, within the limits of
each town, under the direction of the select-
meu and school visitors; provided, that when-
ever the public money derived from the
school fund will not amount, according to the
rule of distribution, to thirty-five dollars for
a district in any one year, it shall bethe,duty
of the selectinen and school visitors to_appro-
priate from said fund a sum sufllcwut to
make the amount equal to thirty-11m dollars.
SEO. 2. The committee of any school dis-
trict formed from parts of two or more towns
shall, in their return of the names of the per
such district belongs specify the towns to
which each person thus enumerated belong,
and shall, under oath, make return to e
school visitors in any town which may com-
pose apart of such district, the mum of
those persons thus enumerated, whose legal
residence shall be within the-hunts of said
town, and Who, for school p newt:
considered as belonging to said, district, , ; . .
Sec. 3. So much of An Actconcemin, . _ .
Education, chap. 4, sect. 9, passed 1850; chip
84 of Public Acts of 1855, and chapQSl of
Public Acts of1860,ns areineonslstent With the
provisions ofthis Act, are hereby repealed.
Approved, July 3d,18.01. __ : ,
CHAPTER 'Lrv.
An Act in addition to an “Act Concerning
Education.” _ .7 _ ..
Be it enacced by the Bmateand Home f .. . ,
resentatt'ces 113' General Assembly . _'.
Sec. 1. That in all cases Where any-school
district or districts in this state, Shall 1.1.8,”
neglected to elect by ballotat. their capital
meetin a committee, clerk, treasurer or col-.-
lector, or such school district or districts, in
conformity with the provisions .ofjhe 15th
section of the third chapter of the 11¢,qu
May session, 1856, entitled, “An Act in addi-
tion to and in alteration of An Act cancer!!-
in g Education,” the proceedings of such "dis.
tricts in electing such officers in a. mode dif-
ferent from that prescribed in said act, and
the official acts of all such officers, shallhe
and the same are hereby confirmed, and
made valid to all intents and purposes. _-
SEO. 2. That whenever in any school dis-
trict in this state, a tax shall have been; here-
tofore laid, and the district committeq into
in case of real‘estate lying partly Within and
partly without said district, put a separate
value on that portion of real estate lyin;iu
said district, for the (purpose of 13%"de
tax, the laying of sai tax shallbeco . dated -
legal, and is hereby validated: and confirm-
ed; provided, all other acts and p
in regard to said tax, shall have been con-
formable to law.
See. 3. This act shall not affect any suit
now pending.
Approved, July 36, 1861.
CHAPTER Lv.. .
An Act in relation to Drums and Dram
ompanies. .
Bez't enactedby the Senate and House of Rep-
. reacntah‘cesm General Assembly convened:
SEC, 1. That whenever the major part of
the proprietors of any meadow, marshy, or
low lands, or of grounds which are. injured
by the overflowing of water, or which may
be benefitted or rendered more valpablc by
draining; or of swampy lands when. my
be rendered more valuable by drama; or
draining the same; or if there are more
than twenty of such proprietors, then when-
ever not less than ten of said proprietors
shall bring their petition to the superior
court in the county where such lands or the
greater portion of them are situated, repre-
senting to said court the circumstances there-
of, praying for leave to remove any obstruc-
tion to the passage of the water in raven,
brooks, streams or ponds, which occasnon
the overflowing of any part of such meadow,
marshy or low lands, or for leave to open
any new drains where the same maybe nec-
essary, or for leave to flow or drain such
swampy lands, or for making dam to pre-
vent the water from ovérflowmg any such
meadow, marshy or low lands; due police
having been given to'the other proprietors,
to appear at said court to make objections
if any they have, to the granting of such
leave, which notice may be served by_ any
proper oflicer or indifferent person leavmg a.
certified copy of such petition with each of
said proprietors, or at their usual place of
abode, at least twelve days before the Sitting
of the court to which the same is returnable;
provided, that if either-of the said " proprietors
reside out of the town or towns where such
lands are situated. then if such certified copy
shall be deposited by such officer or incline;-
ent person, in any post ofl‘ce in such town
or towns, postage paid, directed to
the"~"' -
dress of such proprietor as near as the sane
can be ascertained, then such proprietor shall
be deemed to have received due notice. of
the pendency of such petition. Upon the
hearing of said petition, either of said peti- '
tioners or respondents, may appear and be
heard by themselves, their Witnesses and at-
torneys; and said court may issue an order
granting the prayer of the petitioners, and
authorizing the organization of all said pro.-
prietors who may be benefitted as aforesaid
under the name and style of the
Drain Company; and said order shall fix
and establish the bounds of said company,
and shall name and appoint two persons .to
be scavengers for said company, the one first _
named to hold office for three years, and the
other for two years, and until their succes-
sors are chosen by the proprietors at their
annual meetings and duly sworn. Sold
scavengers so appointed by the court shall
call the first meeting of said company at
such time and place, and by givin such no-
tice as the court shall direct; at W 'ch meet-
ing the proprietors may appoint the officers
named in the next section, and may do any
other business which they may thereafter do
at an annual meeting. '
SEC. 2. The proprietors composing the
said drain company shall hold an annual
meeting, at such time and place, and upon
such notice, as they shall have previous]
agreed upon in a lawful ‘meeting; at W
annual meeting they shall choose a clerk
who shall be sworn, a treasurer, a collector
of taxes, and one scavenger, all of Whom, ex-
cept the scavenger, shall hold office until the-
next annual meeting, and until others are
chosen in their places and dul qualified.—
The scavenger shall hold 0 cc for three
years, and until his successor is duly chosen
and sworn. If at any time there shall be a
vacancy in any of the offices herein named,
the same may be filled at any lawful meet-
in" of said company. ,
no. 3. The proprietors at their annual
meetings, or at meetings legally warned for
that purpose, may direct their scavengers to
employ persons to remove any obstructions
to the passage of the waters in any river,
brook, stream, pond, drain or ditch, or. to
erect or keep in repair any dam, or to open
any new drain or ditch, and to lay taxes to
meet the liabilities of the company, and to
do and perform any other services contem-
plated in this actor necessary to carry the
same into full effect.
SEC. 4. The scavengers duly appointed or
chosen under the provisions of this act, may
be proprietors in said drain company, or in-
different freeholders residing in the town
where such cornpany is located, and they
shall take the oath provided by law; they
.shall warn all meetings of the company
b
giving such notice as the proprietors she?!
have agreed upon in a lawful meeting; they
shall call a special meeting upon the writ-
ten request of three proprietors, and at such
other times as said scavengers shall deem
best ; they shall make out all taxes, and-pro-
cure a warrant for their collection from a:
justice of the peace; they shall draw. all. or-
ders on the treasurer, and shall perform all
the duties of a committee ofthe proprietors;
they shall within four Weeks next-am; the
organization of the company, and Within
four weeks next after the annual meeting,
once in five years thereafter, ascertain and
determine the quantity of land which each
proprietor owns Within the limits of
the company, and the proportion of
benefit which they will receive from
the opening or clearing of such drains 0r
ditches, or the erection of such dams, &c..
and having assessed the some in such pro,-
portion as said scavengers 'deem equaland
just, they shall cause such assessment tojbe _
recorded by the clerk of the said compai‘?d
and all votes shall be counted, and taxes] .
in proportion to the interests thus messed . _ _ _;
they shall make a full report of their dam
to each annual meeting, which report, ,1 ,
be in writing; and'they, With the collector,
shall receive such compensation as the pro.—
annual meetin . . .
SEC. 6. Thegollectors of taxes shall have
the same authority, and be entitled to the
same fees in performing the dunes of their
office, as collectors of term taxes, and shall
be liable to the same penalties for refunl to
accept and exempt the duties of the oflco.
e
ill l
l l
prietors shall have voted at their film, pl} 9! , ; ‘
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