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WHOLE NUMBER 1533

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Hill.” l0’l'S OF THE STATE OF CONNEGTICIIT
Failed at the January Session of [he

General Assembly, 1 87 '7.
[Published by Authority]
[House Bill No. 38.]
‘ CHAPTER CXLv.

‘ An Act relating to the Court of Common
Pleas in Hartford and New Haven' Counties.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-

sentatives in General Assembly enlivened : .

Sao'rmN 1. The court of common pleas in
Hartford and New Haven counties shall be
held on the first Mondays of September, No-
vember, January, Marchand May.

Sec. 2. All process brought before the com-
mon pleas court in either Hartford or New
Haven counties may be made returnable, in
addition to the first da 3 of the respective
terms. on the first Mon ay of any month ex-
cept J uly and August; provided, that service
be completed at least twelve days inclusive
before such return day, and provided that the
return day be not more than fifteen weeks
from the date of the process. All causes shall
be entered on the docket of the term during
Which they are made returnable, or if return-

‘ able in vacation, on the docket of the next

succeeding term.

SEC. 3. Each judge of said courts shall ap-
point a clerk and may also appoint an assis-
tant clerk therefor, whose powers and duties
in relation to said courts shall be the Same as
those pertaining to clerks of the superior

_ court.

SEO. 4. This act shall
after July 4th, 1877.
Approved March 22, 1877.

[House Bill No. 8.]
' onsr'rnn CXLVI. . -
An Act Relating to Electors arilElections.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprce
sentntives in General Assembly convened :

SECTION l.-Each town shall choose, at its
annual tdtvn meeting, by genéral ticket, reg-
' istrars of voters, to hold office for one year
from the first day of the succeeding January,
who shall reside in the town for which they
are elected. In towns divided into voting
districts, except in Hartford, New Haven,
Bridgeport, Waterbury, Norwich, Merlden,
New Britain, New London, Middletown, two
registrars of voters shall be chosen for each
district, and in Hartford, New Haven,Bridge

ort, Waterbury, Norwich“ Merlden, New

ritain, New, London, Middletown, and
every other town which is not diVidcd into .
voting districts, two registrars-of voters shall
be chosen for the town at large. In towns
where registrars are to be elected for each
voting district, the two persons having the
highest number of votes for registrar in each
district. shall be declared elected; in all oth-
er towns the two persons having the highest
number of votes in each town for said office,
shall be declared elected for such town, but
no person shall votn for more than one regis-
trar for each voting district, or for the town
at large. as the case may be.

SEC. 2. If any registrar of voters shall be
chosen town clerk or selectman, and accept
such office, he shall thereupon cease to be
registrar; and if any town clerk or select-
man shall be elected a registrar of voters,
. the election shall be void; and in either of

said cases the selectmen shall forthwith ap-
int another registrar, by a writing signed

y them. and filed with the town clerk; but
the person so appointed shall be a member of

some other. political party than that to-which
the other registrar belongs.

Sec. 3. Each registrar, immediately after
- his election. shall appoint a deputy registrar,

to hold office during his pleasure, and may at
. any time fill any vacancy in said office, and
shall file with the town clerk a certificate of
every such appointment, who shall record the
same with the records of town meetings.
Every deputy registrar shall assist his princi-
pal when required, discharge his duties in his
absence,'or inability to act; and in case of
the death, removal, or regisnation of such
principal, shall become registrar, andappoint
adeputy. In case a vacancy shall exist in
the ofiice of registrar in consequence of a
refusal or failure to accept the office, or a
failure to have appointed a deputy registrar,
the selectmen and town clerk shall fill such
vacancy b the appointment of some suitable
person, w 10 shall not belong to the same po-
litical party as the other registrar of such
town. ‘ ’ ' -
SEC. 4. Each registrar iu the towns of
Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Water-
bury, Norwich, Meriden, New Britain, New
London and Middletown, may from time to
time appoint and employ- one “assistant from
each voting district therein, who shall assrst
the registrars in the performance of their
duties, and they shall appoint such assistants.
for the performance of necessary duties re-
quired by this act on election day and the
six days preceding. . _

Site. 5.‘ Each registrar, deputy registrar,
and assistant, before entering upon the duties
of his office, shall be sworn, and a certificate
thereof shall be filed and recorded in the

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- given as aforesaid.

as aforesaid shall be entered or retained on
the corrected list, without the consent of
both registrars.

SEC. 11. If any registrar, after such hear-
ing, shall refuse to enter on the list the name
of any person claiming to be_ entitled to reg-
istration thereon, or allow a name entered on
the first list to remain thereon, any elector of,
such town, or the person whose right is
brought into question,‘may.appeal .from the
decision of any registrar, upon givmg notice
to him, to the selectmen and town clcrkpf
said town, who shall give; reasonable notice
to the registrars of Muslims and place of
hearing such appeals, when they may be
present, and shall require the testimony un-
der oath of at least one other elector to the
qualifications of thepcrsou in dispute, and
shall require the testimony under oath of
such persons as the ‘registrars may offer
touching such qualifications; and. if, after‘
such hearing by them,said board shall declare
that the person in dispute is entitled to such
registration. he shall be registered, otherwise
not; but said board shall not hearany appli-_
cation not passed upon by the registrars, nor
any appeal ,of which notice has not been

SEC. 12. Said registrars shall, on or before
the Wednesday preceding said electors’ meet-
ing, deposit in the town clerk’s_ office the
corrected. list, arranged alphabetically, and
certified by them to be correct, and shall rc-
tain a sufficient number of copies to be used
by them at said meeting, for the purpose of
checking the names of those who vote. They
shall place on said corrected list, in-alphabet-
ical order, those electors who have been ad-
mitted by the board for the admission of elec-
ters; and under the title “to be made,” those
only on the first list whose qualifications of
age or residence, either for admission or nat-
uralization, appear not to have .matured at
the last session of said board. Said list dc-
posited in the town clerk’s office, shall be
carefully preserved in' said'office, for public
inspection, and any elector may take copies
thereof. . .

Sec. 13. If it appears at any clectors’ meet-
ing in any town that the name of an elector,
who has been formerly admitted or register-.
ed- as an elector in such town, and who has
resided in this state the one year, and in the
town the next six months preceding such meet-
ing,has been omitted from the corrected list by
clerical error, such name may be added to .the
list, and the registrars may open the'applica-
tion of any elector, add such name" to said
list; provided, that'they shall not restore my
name to the list on election day which has
been passed upon by the registrars at any
one of the meetings previously held for the
correction of the list; and provided, that no
name shall be addedIo the list on election
day, under the authority conferred by this
scetion,without the consent of both registrars.

Sun. 14: The compensation of the regis-
trars, deputy registrars and assistants, shall
be fixed, and all expenses incurred in the
discharge of their duties audited by the se-
lectmen, and paid by the town; but in no
'case "shall such compensation be regulated by
the number of names registered.

SEC. 15. The selectmen and town clerk of
every town in this state shall hold a session
to examine the qualifications of electors, and
admit to the elector‘s oath those who shall be
found qualified, on Wednesday ~of the second
week before any electors’ meeting, from nine
o'clock in the forenoon until five o’clock in.
the afternoon, and may publicly adjourn said
meeting from time to time, if necessary, until
Monday of the following week, and shall,
unless all entered on the first list as “to be
made,” whose rights shall appear to have ma-
tured, shall have been admitted or rejected.
by them, be in session on said Monday, for-
said purpose, from nine o’clock in the fore-
noon until seven o’clock in the afternoon, and
not at any time after the hour of seven o’clock
in the afternoon of said Monday, except that
if it appears that the rights of any person on
the first list under the title “to be made,"
will mature after said Monday, and on or be-
fore the day of said'clectors’ meeting, they
shall meet on the day before said electors meet-
ing, viz: from nine o’clock in the forenoon
until five o’clock in the afternoon, if necessa-
ry, and not afterwards, for the purpose of
admitting such persons, and for no other pur-
pose. They shall not have the power to ad-
mit to the electors’ oath, on said day before
the clectors’ meeting, any applicant ‘ whose
qualifications of age or residence matured on
or before the previous Monday, or who might
have been naturalized more than ten da 5
before said day. The registrars shall wr to
the names of the electors admitted on said
day, on the proper lists, with their residence
by street and number, if any, before twelve
o’clock in the evening of said day before the
eléctors’ meeting. The selectmen shall give -
notice of the times and. places of each of
their meetings on Wednesday. Monday, and
the da'y before election by publication in a
newspaper published in said town, if any,

 

office of the town clerk.

Sec. 6. All persons who will have resided

in this state the one year and in the town tho/'/ !

six months next preceding an electors meet
ing, and who have beenadmitted, or hereto.-
fore registered, as electors _in such town‘
shallbecntitled to be registered, and site
such registration to vote therein, unless _di.;‘
franchised: provided, that this section she
not be construed to exclude from registratio
any person on the ground that he cannot r'eac
who shall prove that he was duly admittc
an elector of this state before October, 1855

Sac. 7. Such registrars shall, at least eigl
teen days before the clectors’ meetinvs to be
held on the Tuesday after the first lilonday,
of November, 1877, and annually thereafter,
complete a correct list of all electors in their
respective towns 01- districts who will be en-
titled to vote therein at such meeting. and
shall place on such list, under the title “to be
made,” the names of those by whom, or in
whose behalf, :1 claim is made to either reg.-
strar, in the manner hereinafter provided,
bat they will be entitled to be made electors
in such town on or before the day of such
meeting. The residence of each person on
said list shall be written opposite his name,
sufficiently described for identification, giving
the street and number, if any; and the name
of no person shall be registered except in the
town or district wherein he resides. In towns
having less than five thousand inhabitants
the claim for registration under the title “to
be made,” may be made either orally or in
writing. In towns, having more than five
thousand inhabitants, 'no person shall be reg-
istered under the title “to be made,” unless
he, orsome elector residing in such town in’
his behalf, Shall‘ make a written application
to the registrars, giving his name, his resi-
dence in the town by street and number, if
any,‘otherwis'e bv school district; the date
when he became or will become twenty-one
years of age, the date when he-becamc a resi-
dent of the town; and if the applicant was
not born acitizen of the United States the.
date when he became a resident therein.
Either of the registrars may take copies 'of
the same, and they shall preserve the (high.
nals for use before the board of selectmen
and town clerk' when Sitting for the ”admis‘
slon of electors; For the-purposes required
b this scction,-the population of, each town
s allbe determined, by the last completed
census. of the United States.

SEC. 8. Said registrars shall be in session
for the ‘purpose of perfecting 'such‘list, on'
Thursday of the third week preceding"the~
day of said electors’ meeting continuously
-fr0m nine o’clock in the forcnoon, until five
o’clock in the afternoon, at some suitable
place in their respective districts or towns, of
which notice shall be given, by publication
in a newspaper, if. any is published in said
town, or by posting upon the sign posts
therein, at least five days before said session
Said lists shall be alphabetically arranged,
‘wmpleted, certified to by the respective reg-

and boggles;— u: »- - ~- “m sign. posts of
an" . '“ such
it ' .

V - thirteen of this act, and those whose names

- ..uv‘\rvv\.u0 vs.» .. 0‘ ’ i u I _..§"Jéf6re
his admission, he shall read at least three lines
of the constitution, or of the statutes of this
state, other than the title or enacting clause,
in such amanscr as to Show that he is not»
prompted, nor reciting from mother , said
board shall allow each registrar,'if sue right
be demanded, to select any three lines of-
the constitution or of the statutes to be read
by the applicant. The board may admit a
applicant, otherwise qualified, without rear.- .
ing who has'lost his eyesight, and who shall
be able to prove by any proper record eviw
dence that he has heretofore been admitted an'
elector of this state. If the applicant be a
naturalized citizen, he shall present to said:
board a copy'of the record of his naturaliza—f
tion, under the seal of the court issuing the
same, and make oath that lie is the identical;
person named » therein, which ”paper, before:
said board shall pass upon his-other qualifies.1
ti0ns, shall'be endorsed by the word “approv-
cd”. or “disapproved,” as the case may be,
with the date of his‘applicatiofand the signs--
ture of the clerk dream board.- Upon the re-
quest any of elector of such town they shall rec
quire the applicant to prove hisidentity,agc and.
residence, by the testimony of at-least oneelcc-—
tor under oath. Every person found qualifi-
ed shall takc the oath provided for elcctors,‘
and shall thereupon be admitted as an elector
of this state. If any person shall be support-.
ed in any town ‘as a pauper by the payment
to the town of any weekly or other- regular
sum of money from any other. town, his 1e-
gal residence for mil-poses of registration:
or admission as ‘a tor, shall be in the
town to which he is chargeable. No idiot-
or insane person shall be admitted an elector.

SEC. 17. Said board shall deliver to the-
town clerk of the.town'a certified list in writ.
ting, of all persons admitted as electors at
either of said meetings, which shall be [me
{act's evidence that each person named t arain
possesses the requisige qualifications for sun
elector, and the names of all persons so ad-
mitted shall be recorded 'in the records of
such tow'n; those a pllccnts admitted onthc
day preceding election shalhdeliver- to the
registrars a certificate of such admission", and
the registrars shall write the .word “admit-
ted" opposite the name before. the applicant
shall vote. , ,

Sac. 18. Every selectmen, town cleric, reg,-
istrar, and assistant registrar, before perform-

 

?istrars, and depoSited in the town clerk’s of-
fice, at least eighteen days before said elec-
tors’ meeting, for public inspection; and a
certified copy of. the list for each district
where there are voting districts, shall on the
same day be posted by them at the place in
such district where the registrars meet; and
intowns in which there are no voting dis-
tricts, a copy of said list shall be posted in
such places as may have been designated in a
town meeting. Each registrar shall keep a
copy of said list for his use in revision, and
they shall give notice in said lists of the times
and places at which they will hold one or
more sessions within the next eight days for
the revision and correction of said list, and
shall also give notice of such times and
places, by publication in a newspaper in said
town, or by posting the same on the signposts
therein, at least five days before. the first of
said sessions. "Thevnumber of such sessions
shall be fixed by the selectmen of each town.
Sec. 9. The registrars in every town hav-
ing a city within its limits, shall cu‘culate‘;
printed copies of such lists in their respective
voting districts. ' ' .
Sac. 10. Said registrars shall meet pursu-
ant to such notice for the correction of the
lists, and any elector'of such town may apply
to them to add any name to said list, or to
erase or" name thereon, and if he shall have,

at Ice wenty-fourhours before the time of
an meeting, Signed and filed with each
1 written claim for such addition or

re. -
"‘ ’ ’ " stating the reasons therefor, they
' “on meeting take such te‘stimony
ill: 09 maybe offered regarding such
hit the name or hammon shall b c
r0111 said list, unless writ»... Oti cc of
for such erasure shall. have e..- “’9
registered place of resrdence, or pc -
noti’ce’given bin], at least twenty-four
.' beforeone of‘raid sessronsfl;-aud the

{of noperson witch". right is contested

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ing any of the duties required by this act,
shall be sworn to a faithful discharge of the
same, and every selectmen, town Clerk. regiS-
trar, assistant registrar, moderator, and pre-
sidingpfilcer of any electors’ meeting, may
administer any oath or affirmation touching
any matter brought before them.

SEC. 19. All meetings of selectmen and
town clerks in this state for the admission of
electors, and all public meetings of registrars,
shall be held between the hours of nine o’clock
in the forcnoon and five o'clock in the after-
noon, except as provided in section fifteen
of this act. ’ '

Sec. 20. Th: constables of each town shall
warn the electors therein to meet on the
Tuesday following the first Manda in No-
Vember in each year, in Hartford, ew Ha-
ven, Waterbu , Bridgeport, and Norwalkmt
six o'clodk, an in all other towns, unless by
them otherwise previously ordered, at nine
(o’clock in the forcnoon; which warning shall
she given t least five days previous to said
lmeetings y posting notice thereof on the
fisigu-posts of the town, and in such other
places as such town shall have ordered; and
such meetings shall be held at the usual place
or places of holding elections in such town,or
the voting districts thereof, as the case may
be, unless the selectmen shall have by writ-
ing under their hands designated to such con-
stables before said notice a different place or
.pla'ces for holding such meetings; and the
constables in every town shall in the warn;
lugs for such clectors’ meetings give notice of
the time and place in .the town and in towns
divided into voting districts of the time and
place in each district at which such meetings
will be heldhand that ballot-boxes will be
"Sift?! {It each of said places-

 

,modsrators shall

"was so registered ;‘

' one year and in the town the six months next

that all its annual town or clectors’ meetings
Shall be warned, opened, and held at Six
o’clock in- the morning, or at any liour_bc-
tween six a_ud nine o’clock in the morning,
and that the ballot boxes for all officers to be-
ballotcd for, at any or.both of said meetings,
shall be opened at that time, and may rescind
any such 'order at any annual town meeting.

Site. 22. The selectmen of each town shall

"ovide a suitable place in the town, and if
the town be divided into voting districts a
suitable place in each district, for yoting at
each electors’ meeting, and shall give public
notice thereof at least one week before the
day of such meeting.

‘Sno. 23. 'l he selectmen-ofcach town shall
provide one ballot-box, and if the town be
divided into voting districts one for each dis.
trict, for the reception of votes, for presiden-
tial electors. representatives in congress, gov-
ernor, lieutenant-governor, treasurer, secre-
tary, comptroller, sheriff, senator, and judge
of probate, whenever said officers, or any of
them, ire to be chosen, and" 'one for the re-
ccptiou of votes for representative or repre-
sentatives in the general assembly. Every
ballot-box used at electors’ or town meetings
shall have an aperture in its lid, for the pur-
pose of depositing the ballots, and so con-
structed that when the. votin is completed,
the aperture may be effectual y closed so that
no ballots can afterwards he put into the box
without reopening it. Such boxes shall be
marked respectively “general ticket” and
“representatives.”

Sec. 24. The registrars of voters in the
scveraLtowns,-and in towns where there are
different registrars for different voting dis.
tricts, the registrars of voters in such districts
shall appoint the moderators of the meetings
of electors in their respective towns or dis-
tricts. In case registrars shall fall to agree
in the choice of a moderator, the choice shall
be determined between them by lot, and in
like manner they shall appoint the modern.
tors to have charge of any vote by ballot in
any city meeting or ward meeting for the
election of officers. .

Sno. 25. At every electors’ meeting and at
every election of town, city, or ward officers
by ballot», the registrars of each town or dis-
trict, as the case maybe, shall appoint a suit-
able elector, residing therein, for ehh ballot-
box to be box-tender, and one or two others
as may be necessary, to .be substitute box-
tenders for each box, respectively. No per-
son not so appointed sh ll have charge of any
ballotbox during the ta ing of any vote, and
no known candidate for any office shall be
moderator; or be put In charge of any box in
which votes are cast for said office, or take
part in the count thereof; and any violation
of this section by any such candidate shall
render the votes cast for him void.

, SEC.‘26. In the town and city of Hartford,
the moderator of the second voting district,
and in every other town and city divided
into voting districts, unless otherwise pro-
vided by special statute, the moderator of
the first district shall bethe presiding officer
for the purpose of declaring the result of the
ballot of the whole town or city, and of mak-
ing returns to the secretary, of state, and the
moderatorof the other districts shall be as-
sistant presiding officers, and shall make re-
turns of their pollsas required by law.

See. 27. Each registrar may appoint one or
more challengers in‘his town or district, who
ma' be present at the offering of any vote;
an any such challenger,_or any elector, may
challenge the right of any person offering to
vote, on the ground of want of identity with
the person on whose name the vote is offered,
or disfranchiscment, or discontinuance of his
residence since registration, and the modern-
tor shall decidc upon thcright of the person
so challenged to vote. '

Site. 28 The ballot-boxes at the electors'
meetings shall be open for the reception of ,
votes at the place and from the hour at which
said meeting is warned, until five o’clock in
the afternoon, when they shall be closed: pro-
vided, however, that the ballot-boxes may be
closed in any voting district, at an earlier
hour than five, when so authorized by special
enactment of the general assembly. The
(place the ballot boxes be-
fore said boxvten era, in a situation conven.
'eut of access by the; electors, and publicly
ll upon the - electors 'to bring in their
ballots for such Officers as state he voted for.
The voters-shall under the direction of. the
moderatorsinvtheir respective towns or dis .
tricts, lay their ballots successively, and, only;
one at a time, on the lids of the respective
boxes, wheuthe box-tenders shall,~after"the
voter's camels found and checked on; the,
registry list,'and-. when any .challenge of the
vote has been decided in‘ his favor, and‘ not
bebre, and being satisfied that the ballot so
ofiered‘is‘singlc without opening the same if
folded put it into the box.

8110. 29. At any electors’ meeting, and at
any town or city meeting for the election of
officers by ballot, those only shall vote who
were registered on the revised registry list
then last completed according. to-law, and
each shall vote in the district in which he
rovided, also. that those
persons may vote w ose names are restored
to the list under the provisions of section

are added on the day before electors’ meet-
ing under the provisions of section fifteen of
this act. Every person so registered shall be
permitted to vote unless he shall have lost
his right by removal from the town after such
registration, or by conviction 0 some crime
which disfranchises; and eve person afier~
ing so in vote, and being challenged as to his
ident. _ or residence, shall before he votes
prove in. identity with the person on whose
name he. offers to vote, or his continued
residence‘in such town, since the completion
of such list, as the case may be, by the tea.
timony, under oath, of at least one other elec-
tor.

At any town meeting held in any town, in
addition to the registered electors then resid-.
ing in such town, all those male inhabitants

..ay vote who are of the age of twenty-one
years, and who have resided in the state the

preceding, and who have a freehold estate not
subject to a mortgage rated in the common
list or casessment at three hundred dollars,
or personal estate rated in said list at one
hundred and fifty dollars, exclusive of their
polls. [If any sheriff, deputy sheriff, jailer or
deputy jailer, who has the charge of any per--
son confined in jailby any process growing
out 01:11 crimina proceedingshallpermit such
person to. leave the jail on the.day ‘of any
electors’ meeting un ess sudh person is dis-
charged on that day by the operation of a'
legatdischargcirom‘ custody, he Shall upon
conviction meteor-m lined not exceeding
one hundred dollars. '

81:13.30.- Eve' ' . person, who, between the
hours of five o'c , >-in:the,morniug and six
o’clock in the eveningof the day of anyelec-
tors’ meetin , shall keep opeu‘any room,

lace or inc osur'e',‘0'r any, building, or any
structure‘of any kind or uracil tion, in which
it is reputed that intoxicating .lquors are ex-
posed for sale, and tobedrank-on the prem-
ises, shall hefined forty dollars, or imprison-
ed thirty .days,.or, ,both.- If any person, li-
censed to sell‘ spirituous ' or intoxicating li-
qppra, 'ale,‘rhin.e..w1ne, or lager beer, shall
violate the prohibition on revisions of this
section, such violation shal work a forfeiture
of his license,-sud 'of all money that may
have been paid for such license, and such
person shall not thereafter, for the space of
one year, be eligible to receive a license to
sell any spirituous or intoxicating liquors, ale
thine wine .or lager beer. All prosecutions,
for a- violation of this section, shall be deter.
mined by a-justice of the peace, or city or
police GOill’t.

Size. 31. Votes cast .for presidential elec-
tors, representatives iu congress, governor,
lieutenant-governor,secretary,treasurer,comp-
trailer, senator, judge of probate, and for
sheriff, shall he on one ballot, and votes for
representatives shall bc.ou one.ballot, and
shallbe deposited respectively .in the .boxes
marked “general ticket.” and “representa-
tives.”[All ballots shall be on plain’white'
paper, with the name and office written or
printed thereon, and no other ballots ; shall be
received. ’

_ Sac. 82. Each registrar shall be present
during the taking of any vote at any electors
meeting, or annual town meeting.‘ or cit
election'in his town or district. In Hartfor ,
New Havcn, Bridgeport, Waterbury, Nor-
wwh, Merlden. New Britain, and Middle-
town, the assistants in their respective dis-
tricts, shall, When requested by, either regis.
trar, be present at the taking of any such
vote, and discharge the duties of registrars.
The several registrars shall appoint some
proper. person to check the list in each dis-
trict, who shall check tho'na‘mc of each voter
thereon, when he ofiers his vote, and no box-
tender shall slider any vote to be de osited
in the box until the name is sochecke 1 Im-_
mediately after the clean of the polls, the said
registrars, acting at the respective polls shall
write and Sign with ink, on the list so used
and checked, acertificatc of the whole num—
ber of names registered thereon, and deposit
it in the town clerk’s office of their town, on
or before the following day, and such town
cle_:k shall carefully preserve the same on
filel wrth the marks on it without alteration,
for publlslusincotlon, and shall immediately
ent. r a certified copy of such certificates -on
the town records.

110.33. At. every election specified in the
pr ceding sections, each registrar shall ap-
po at from one to five is‘ons, as may be
its/scenery, foreach ballot-boxiu his district
I r town, who shall make. the official count of
the ballots in sand box, and said counters

 

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shall be sworn before entering on their duties.

ed at such meeting, and not before, the coun-
ters shall, in- public meeting. sort and count
the ballots found therein. In case of doubt
or dispute as to the reading of a ballot, or
whether a ballot should be rejected'as double
or for any other.causc, the moderator shall
decide. All ballots rejected for being in the
wrong box.for being doub c, or containing
an excess of candidates, or for any other
cause, shall after being endorsed by the mod-
erator‘with the cause of rejemion, be prescr-
ved, in a separate parcel, securely tied or
sealed, and returned to the box with the val-
id votes. The counters, immediately after
the count is completed, shall, under their
hands or the hands of a majority of them,
deliver to the moderator a certificate in dup-
licate, stating the whole number of ballots re-
jected because in the wrong box, the number
rejected for any other reason, and the num-
ber of votes counted for each candidate ‘and
office respectively.

The moderator shall before adjournment,
publicly declare the result of the count.

The moderatorsball forthwith endorse .ou
said certificates in writing signed by him,
that said certificates show the result of the
official count for each box, in his town or
district. ‘

One of said 'certificatcs he shall place in
the- ballot-box and seal up with the votes cast
and returned to that box, the other, in towns
not divided into voting districts, shall by the
moderator, on or before the following day,
be deposited in the’olficc of the town clerk;
and in towns divided '~ into‘ voting! 'distncts,
shall by the assistant presiding officers, forth
with be returned to the presiding officer, who
shall, on or before the following day, deposit
the same, with his own duplicate certificate,
for his district, with the town clerk who shall
carefully preserve the same on file in his office.

rThe presiding ofiiccr, after having ascer-
tained the resultof the’ballots of the whole
town, as given in the several districts, shall
declare the same in open meeting, atthe-vot-
ing place where he presides; and such meet-
ing shall not be adjourned until such vote is
declared.

The presiding ofiiccr shall, with- the cord-
ficate upon' the result of electors’ meeting,
which heis required by law to send by mail
to the secretary of state, also send to the
secretary of state, his certificate of the whole
number of names on the . registry lists. the
whole number checked as having voted at
such elections, the whole number of names
not checked, the number of bal found in
each box, viz, ‘,general" and “rep Sentative”
and the number of ballots in ' box not
counted for being .double, and , number
rejected for other causes, which other causes
shall be stated specificahy in the certificate.

The-secretary at state Shall enter said re-
turns in tabular form, in books kept by him
for that purpose, and annually report the
same to the general assembly.

Sac. 34. No double ballot for the same
ofilcc, nor any ballot found in any other box
than the one designated therefor, shall be
counted. No ballot shall be deemed a double
ballot unless it shall consist of two or more
pieces of paper upon which are duplicated or
repeated the names of one or more candidates
for the same office. If any ballot shall con-
tain a greater number of names for any ofilce
than is provided by law, it shall not be count.
ed for any person for such office.

Sac. 35. All the ballots cast at any elec-
tors’ meeting, or at any town or city election
by ballot, shall by the moderatorimmediatcly
after they are counted, be returned to the box
which shall be locked and scaled up by him,
so that the same cannot be opened without
his knew-ledge, and deposited in the town
clerk’s ofiice, and shall be by such clerk care-
fully preserved with the seal unbroken for
six months after such meeting, to be opened
and the ballots examined only by those au-
thorized to make an official examination of
t am.

If such boxes are opened under authority
of a judge of superior court, charged with
inquiring into an election, the said judge shall
see that all the ballets and the accompanying
certificates are returned to the box, and the
same effectually scaled .up again.

SEC. 86. Any pcrson'claiming to have been
elcCted selectmen, or clerk, or treasurer, of
any town, or mayor, clerkI treasurer, auditor,
collector of taxes, alderman, or councilman,
of any city, but not so declared, may, with-
in sixty days after' the time of holding the
elections, bring his petition“ to any judge of
the superior court, alleging the facts on which
snob claim is founded, which shall be served
upon the party against whom the claim is
made, at least' two days before the return day,
and returnable not more than sixty-three days
after the day of such election, and such judge
shall thereupon hear and determine said peti-
tion, and his decision thereon shall be conclu-
sive, and if 'in favor of the petitioner, his
certificate to that effect, under the seal of the
court, shall entitle the petitioner to hold and
exercise the duties and powers-bf such office.
And said judge, may, if necessary, issue his
writ of mandamus requiring the adverse party
and those under him to deliver to the peti-
tioner the appurtenances of such cfilco. and
shall cause his finding and decrceto be en-
tered in the rcCords of said court in the prop-
er county. ' ’

Sac. 37. ,It shall bathe duty of the score-
tary of ' state to transmit to the town clerk of
each town before each annual electors‘ meet-
in , blank forms for the returns required by
this act, and said returns shall be made out,
certified and directed according to such form.
The secretary shall cause to be printed in the
several blanks for. the use of moderators and
counters the names of such candidates for the
several offices to be voted for, as they shall
be certified to him, the chairman of the
state committees e several-political or-
ganizations in the e.

Sec. 38. The several moderators, box-

in this act, shall before they enter on the dis-
charge of their respective offices, be sworn to
a faithful discharge of the duties of the same,
and the several moderators and registrars
shall have power to administer such oath.

Sue. 89. The decision of the board of select-

men and town clerk or other registrars, or of
a moderator, as to a person’s right to be ad-
mitted to the clector’s oath, to registration,
or to cast his ballot, shall in no case be a- bar
to a criminal prosecution for procuring him-
self to be made an elector, or to be registered
or for voting without the qualifications requir-
ed b law. In the absence of either registrar,
his eputy or any one of his assistants, shall
have'all the powers conferred, and may per-
form any of the duties imposed upon such
registrar by any of the provisions of this act.
‘Sao. 40 Any superior court, court of
common pleas, sitting at the county seat, or
district court, and the city courts of Water—
bury, Merlden and New Britain, .may, and
no other court of this state shall, admit an
alien to become a citizen of the United States,
but no alien shall be admitted to become a
citizen of the United States, except by either
of the courts aforesaid while in session. with-
in and for the county in which he resides;and
an alien may declare his intention to become
a citizen of the United States before either of
said courts while in session in the county in
which he resides ; provided, Iwwever, that the
city courts of Waterbury, Merlden and New
Britain, shall only have power to admit to
citizenship such aliens as may reside in those
towns over which said courts respectfully
exercise jurisdiction. The chief justice of
supreme court or the 'udges of the superior
court, shall provide t at in the counties of
Windham.- Middlwx, and Tollaud,Ia superior
court shall be in session on the Friday of the
second week, and on the day before the elec-
tors’ meeting to be held on the Tuesday after
the first Monday of November, 1878, and
'biennially thereafter, for the purpose of ad-
mitting aliens to, become citizens of the Uni-
ted States. The jhdges of the courts of com.
mon pleas and of the district courts in the
other counties shall provide that their several
courts shall be in session on said days for the
same purpose. _

Sec. 41. When an alien shall be admitted
to become a citizens of the United States,

before either of the said courts. its clerk shall
keep a record of the names and residences of
all persons testifying in behalf of such alien,
and of the substance of their Icstimony.

r SEO. .42. The registrars of voters elected in
the severalrtowns of this state at the annual
town meeting held in 1876, and whose term
of office commenced in January, 1877, are
hereby continued in office until the first da
of January, 1878, and they shall perform a l
the duties imposed by this act upon registrars
of voters during the car1877, and until their
successors are electe and qualified.

Sac. 43. Every person who shall bet on
an election, or who'shall be a holder of any-
thing staked upon any election, shall be fined
not less than fifty dollars, nor more than one
hundred dollars.

SEC. 44. Every person who shall offer or
receive anything by way of gift or reward for
giving or refusing to give a vote at an elec-
tors’, town, or city meeting; or promise, prev
cure, or many way confer any gratuity, rc-
ward, or perferment, for any vote so given,
or influence. or attempt to influence, any
elector to stay away from any such meetin ;
or who shall vote, or offer to any olectorIo
vote. any ticket so marked or colored that it
can be identified when folded, shall be fined
not more than five hundred dollars, and im-
prisoned not more than one year, nor less
than three months; and any person convicted
of offering, conferring, or receiving any such
gift, reward, gratuity, or perfcrment, shall be
disfrancllised.

Sun. 45. Every person 'who shall at or
within sixty days prior to any such niheting,

 

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attempt to influence the vote of any operallw
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tenders. and official checkers. provided for .

.inbis employ, by threats or. withholding eni-
ployment from him, or by; promises of em-
ployment, or who shall dismiss any operative
from his employment on account of any vote
he may have given at any such meetin ', shall
befined. not less than one hundred ollars,

prisoucd not less than six months, nor more
than twelve months,'or both. . . '

Site. 46. Any person who shall without
reasonable cause, neglect to perform any of

ting to elections, or‘ who shall be guilty of
fraud in performing them; and any person

 
 

who shall .. kc any alteration in the lists
specified 1' id laws, except as provided
therein; a _ 1 person in charge of a‘ ballot-
box, who 3 __ Egeéflect to receive and deposit
therein any ‘ " uly offered, or shall receive

and deposit, 01" suffer the vbter to deposit, any
vote not duly. offered, shall be fined not more
than three hundred, dollars, or imprisoned
not morethau one. year .in the county jail, or
both; and any Selectman; tOWn clerk; regis-
trar, deputy registrar, assistant rcgistrar,mod-
orator, box tender, checker, or counter of
'votes, who shall be convicted of fraud in per-

this act, shall'bedisfranchised. .

Sun. 47. Any person Who shall fraudulent-
ly prevent Vany‘xvote from being deposited in
a ballot-box, at an electors’, town, or city

be deposited there .. by any rson entitled
to deposit the Same. shall be‘ inprisoned not
more than one year nor less thanvslx months;
and on. conviction ‘of such offense, shall be
disfranchiscd. '

'lentlfyjpbitract any vote from the ballot-box
used ati‘any electors’ town, or city meeting
withinrstx months.thcreafter,.or who shall.at
such meeting, six months thereafter,'fraudu-
lently intermingle any vote or votes with the
,votes legally deposited in any such box, shall
be fined-not more than five hundred dollars
and imprisonedalot‘ more than two years in
the stateprisonynor lesstha'n six monthS‘in'
the county jail; and on conviction of such of-
fence, shall be disfrauchised. '

SEC. 49. Every person who shall fraudu-
lently procure himself .or another to be reg-
istered as an elector, shall be fined not more
than fivehundred dollars and imprisoned not
more than one year, or by such fine and im-
prisonmeut both. .

Sec. 50 Any [person who shall vote, or,
attempt to vote, at any meeting, .by ,assuming'
the name of another; who is ‘_ registered, 'shall
be fined five hundred dollars,.and be . impris-
oned one year, and on conviction of such of-
fence, shall be disfrnnchiscd.

SEC. 51. Every person, notlcgally quali-
fied, .who shall fraudulently vote in any town
meeting, or at any clectors’ meeting in. any
to mi in which he‘ is not qualified to vote; and
every legally, qualified person who shall at
such town or ele'etors’ meeting, fraudulently
put into the same ballot box more than one
vote, at the same time, for any person for the
same office, or who shall fraudulently; vote
more than once at the same balloting, shall be
fined not more than five hundred dollars. nor
less than three hundred dollars, and shall be
imprisoned not more than two years, nor less
than one year, and shall be disfranchised.

SEC. 52. Every person, who shall keep a
place resorted to for the purpose 0f sell pools
upon the result of any clectiou,or which is re-
puted to be such apiece, or place frequented
for the purpose of selling or buying pools
upon the result of any election, or . who shall
at any place sell or buy auy’pools upon the
result of any election, shall be fined not more
than five hundred dollars, or imprisonment
not more than one year or both.

Sec. 53. Every person who shall upon
oath or affirmation, legally administered to
him by any person authorized by this act to
administer oaths, wilfully and corruptly tes-
tify or affirm, beforeany registrar or regis-
trars of voters, moderator of any electors’
town or city meeting, or board for the admis-
area of electors, falsely to any material , fact
concerning the identity,age.residen_ce or other
qualifications of any person whose right to be
registered or admitted'as an elector, or whose
right to receive an electors check or to vote at
any electors or town or city meeting shall be
before such registrar, moderator or board for
the purpose of being passed upon and decid-
e_d, shall be imprisoned in a jail not more than
Six months, or in the state prison not more
than two years, and any» person 0 )uvicted of
any such offence shall be disfranchised.

Sec. 54. Chapters two and three of title
five of the general statutes; sections one, two,
three, four, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven

twelve, thirtceu,_f9urteeh, fifteen, sixteen and

seventeen, of chapter four, title five of the

general statutes; sections two and three of

chapter one, title two, of the general statutes;

sections twenty-six, twenty-seven, twenty-
eight, twenty—nine, thirty, thirty—one,

thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four, thirty-
five, of chapter nine, title twenty of the gen—
eral statutes; and all- acts and parts of acts and
relating to the registration or admission of

electors and the conduct of electors, town or
city meetings inconsistent herewith, are here-
by repealed.

[No'ra by the Secretary of State. The fore-
going Act was rcturned by the governor to
the House of Representatives, in which it
originated, without his approval, and Subse-
quently passed both houses by a yes and nay
votc.|

 

Those naughty quadroon balls at New Or-
leans and the charms of their feminine habi-
tuecs are thus temptingly depicted bya corre-
spondent of the Chicago Times: I have never
seen more symmetry of form or comelincss of
feature gathered in one small space. It would
have been impossible to tell nine-tenths of the
women present there from pure white. Many
of them were almost perfect blondes with not
enough fullues of the eyes and“kinkiuess ’ of
the hair to carry a suspicion of color. A few
were quite dark, but had perfect features and
their looks black as the wing of a raven, en-'
twinad with flowers of the sunny south,crown-
ing their stately heads like coronets of spark.
:ling jet. Some of the braids got loose in waltz-
ing and tumbled down their backs in graceful
profusion. And then their eyes I: They shone
like the stars of a southern nitrht, blazing with
beauty .aud—’-champagne. “ sis ‘and Osiris
guard me,” but I never saw such eyes! I re-
membered Mark Anthony and his “glorious
sorceress of the Nile.” Here I could see the
. justification of his follies and the enchanting
explanation of his fight from Actiun.

And tliislis what “inveigled”the good Dea-
.oon Trumbull.

 

-, The Republican State Committee of Gali-
fornia has issued a stirring address, calling
upon the party to rise up and carry the State
in coming election. They can do it with the
right sort of candidates, but they will have
to work harder than at the last election. The
Democrats helped them then by nominating
for Governor a man who had a perfect genius
for making votes for the other party. In a
State where wine drinking is almost universal
this candidate announced that he had pulled
up his grape vines and thrown 'them away
because of his devotion to total abstinence.
:A disgusted-Democrat summed up the feeling
of his whole party on the, subject when he
said : “The darned old fool might have made
raisins of his grapes if he was afraid of wine.
Nobody can get drunk on raisins.

 

~ 0*—
The Figaro of London desires to see the
following inscription put upon the English
memorial statue of Stonewall Jackson :—
_ “This Statue '
' .‘WasPaid for by a
Few Englishmen Who Made Money
During the Civil War.

.p—v.————-—

Two Boston lads, Dudley Kimball, six
years old, and Stephen Cox, seven years, re-
siding near each other on Holyokc street,
quarreled at play, Saturday, and Kimball,
saying, “I will fix you,” went home and pro-
curing his father’s revolver, shot Cox through
the temple. The wounded boy died in two
hours. Both families stand high in the com-
munity, and the fathers of the lads ,are both
prominent business men.

'p—._——
How tlie‘Women Voted.

Describing an election for School Trustees
in Denver, Col., on the 17th inst., the News
of that city says: “Three hundred and twen—
ty~tbrec votes were cast by women, and some
laughable incidents occurred during the day.
The married ladies almost invariably gave
their husband’s initials, and one of them
wanted to vote for herhusband,’whocouldu’t
comc,’ she said. Several ladies in giving
their names‘added very earnestly that they
didnt want them to ‘go in the papers.’ , Only.
one vote was challenged—that .of a young
miss of 18, who knew she was old enough, to
marry and th0ught she was old enough to
Vote. Everything passed pleasantly, enough,
but there was a little quiet indignation at the
attempt to main an opposition ticket-by bid-
ding for the suffrage votes, and the women
would have damaged their causomaterially
if they had suffered themselves to he led
avvay'captivc by the scheme. Fortunately,
they did themselves the credit of voting ac-
cording to theirrgudgment—rnottheir preju-
dices—and thus cmbustrated the fact that
{boy may be Safely intrusted with the bal-

t. , ‘
o . .

A blind mendica'nt who perambulatea
Broadwa wears this lnsorlption around his
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the duties required of him by the laws rela-'

‘fOrming any of thedutics required of him by‘

meeting, which;lS" resented and intended to

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REAL ESTATE.

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For-Sale or to Let,

At Cannon’s Station, D. .1; N. R. R... a ver desir-
able UOUNTIIYIRLACE, containing 13 sires 0f
. ,land, improved b asuperior TWO SEQ]: _
A'I‘TIUDWELI. NGJn’dalrnecessaryoa builds
lags hldhonery. in thorough. order.- Abundbn
of choice fruits, berries, ac» Tel-ms" ‘;
- on or address " -' ~
2m'15 - .

 

Unnaon’s Stnflim.

- To Rent.

 

.PANTO . Es ., Broad River. Large gar-
denaud plot orzroun with it. Rent low.
12 Apply 0 ROBERT FALLS.

To Rent-

OUSF. corner of Elm Street and Franklin
Avenue. south side of Elm Street. Possess-

ion given immediately.- Ground 11001113 amonth.
The place has the Borough water and a fine well.
lltf . EBENEZEB HILL, ' ‘Elm Street.

 

 

 

 

OneSquuremneinsortion. ------- 1 0°. . ovens .uin 3001113 To LET :"b’
Perweek,forcontinuance, - - ‘- - - - - 50 H.FITCH',5lMalnStreet. - — ’ I
One Squarc,SixMonths,- - ~ ----- 700 - ~ ‘ . '

” “ one year—withpaper - - - 1500 . .

wo 64 U it It II . . _ . 2500 RE I t‘T? Rkentl

a each resi once nown as the"Dimon

1‘68“ " “ “ u ' ' ' ' 3° 00 T Place.’fpleauntlylocsted on West Avenue
Quarter of aColnmn,onetime, - - - - '- 500 fine of}? lineagdeglqabl‘e places in thenorough of
Onequartercolumn, one year, -‘ -. ,- g - 50 00 , 0"" , 1.! efl- . .0. (”Iron moderarezterms. .
One h'alt'Coliimn,onotime, - - _- - - 10 oo s,:gg~:;:;§°nfimm‘ Mayfé’srfi-‘fgnflfigg
One half Column, one year, - _- - - - -80 00 very low. F0 tall art Iars enquire 0f _ ,
raucoinmn, one time, - - -~- - - . .20 00 0" JA .158 fiflfiwmteasent.
FilllColumn, one year, ------- 15000 '

; For;'.S_al'e“T Cheap,
~01' Exchange for other ,property,
One of the nbates't,"and cosies't' little Cottages in

the borough. Will sell to’ a good‘iena'nt fer little
grxsfimoney down. Enquire at GAZETTE OF-

 

—_

' 7 . For Sale.

m in smart m “lam rum, new.
convenient, well located and cheap. En-
guns of C. P. TUBNEY.

Norwalx,’ March 12, 1877. 11

House for; Sale.

HE subscriber, being about to leave town,
offers for sale [his residenceon‘ Iii lrStreet.

‘ t is a two story frame dwelli'ngmon , ningten
rooms, wrth pantry, closets, water. gas. Col. lot
about _80x200 leet,_.with. choice varietyol :truit.
Possession ivcn immediately. For terms and
timber pa culars enquire oi

, , n. s. anarchic
Norwalk, April 211, 1877. 74114,,

I DesirableFurnished‘llouse to let

' HF. subscriber oiler's his Ron‘seicontaining 12

 

 

premises, an excellent welbof wate . a fine garden,
with asparagus and strawberry be 5, apple, pea'rs,
grapes. and other Iruitin abundance, I e barn,
poultrydlouse sad yard, wash house. -, ac.
Poaoessmn given on- short notice. . For further
particulars enquire 01‘ ' ' -
, CHARLES T. LEONARD.
Norwalk,l'ab. 12th, 1877. 7

For Sale.

A_ House and Lot, in uh’ealth location‘on
' Fair Street. above Canker-ins. ' he House is
nearly now. well built, conveniently arrang-

eu. and Will make a_._ comfortable and leasant
home for atamrly of avers a size. The at run:
back. to the river. ,There' .a well 01‘ excellent
water on the place, and Borough water in the
Street. Price low, and part of the money can re-
main on mortgage. A line chance to secure a
home. Apply at GAZETTE OFFICE. 3“

For Sale or Exchange.

THE Large, Elegant and Bleasantly Located
Dwelling 01‘ the subscriber, on East Avenue;

 

 

House has 15 :rooms, with all modern improve-
manta; about two acres ground attached. Will
be sold at reasonable price or exchanged for New
York City property. WIS to or address .
2 GEO. W. CB . 0x 452, Norwalk, Ct. >

 

Desirable Property for sale.
A Vcr ydeslrable place on East Avenue.

Also. a raw choice Building Lots situated on
Osborn Avenue, for sale cheap.

win street near West Avenue. for sale at a bar-
gain. Enquire of - .

. S. E. OSBORN. East Avenue,
tfll or to D. W. FITCH, West Avenue.

A BARGAIN. .

0R SALE—A float-rate built House,(on East
_ Avenue.) containing nine rooms; will be lot
if notsold. Also BUILDINGLOTS for sale.

_ ' Applyto D. H. FITCH.
Norwalk, Nov. 27th, 1875. . .481.

 

FOR SALE. .
TWO very irablc BuildinELotson West Main
Street. pply at the GA ETTE OFFICE.

 

 

C. W. LOCKWOOD’S 'SONS’

Have taken the Store, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block. Main
Street, where they will open a first-class
Fish,
' Fruit,
Vegetable
and Poultry Market.

They intend to keep it well stocked with

Fresh. Salt, Smoked d: Canned Fish

of all the choice varities, and Fruits and Vegetae
bloc of all kinda..in their season. The furnishing
of POUUI‘It Y, either alive or dressed, a specialty.
Also EGGS.

Norwalk. Conn., February 20th, 1877.

 

”WARD P . WEED.

:D R 'U' G G I S '1'
Walt Btreet,0pposite Namath Opera Home,
Alarge and well selected stock of

DRUGS ‘ AND MEDICINES,

Pcri'umeliy. Patent Medicines. all kinds Mineral
Water-1, oilet and Medicated-Soaps. Flavoring
and Handkerchiet'I-thracss, flair Brnshes,Combs,
Sponges,Chamols Skins, Stationery, CI are, ac"
and is constantly adding to his stock 111 the new
and popular me tunes of the day.

S I: W. MITCHELL,
0

At the ever popular
U N I 0 N M A R K E '1
has always the best of

Beef, Veal, Mutton, and Pork,

at fairlivingprices. Union (formerly Model) Mar
ket. on the Bridge. 18

Ila-cans s. Locxwooo,

Fashionable Drape; and Tailor

AND.

GENTS .FURNISHING EMPORIUM.
Main Street,Norwalk, Conn.

ORWA ILK INSURANCE (30.,
NORWALK, CONN.

oil-m:- Cnpllll $500,000
Paid up Capital - ‘ ~ - 100,000
Wx.0.suauuT,Prcs.,~ GEO R.Cowr.ss,Sec’y.

 

'I‘NA ruse-calves; c0. ornxnrronn.
Incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.

Capital and Assets, _ .. $5,052,880.10

Insurer against loss and damageb’y. Fire,on terms
adopted to the hazard andconsnstont with the laws
of compensation. » COWLES .1; 11121111114...

Sole Agents for Norwalk and Vicinity.

w. a; an m r 1 an,
General Flillllilllll‘ Undertaker,

OPPOSITE HORSE B. B. DEPOT.

H'Orders attended to day or night. Residence
Main S:reet,3 doors from Union Avenue.

 

"a“: mm 2’
ARRIAGEg

EXTRE MELY Low Pawns.
. T 1’
II. E. Logkaood’a.

 

Wagon for Sale.

Good Business WAGON. will be sold cheap

for want of use. Anply at the GAZET‘T“

A

OFFICE.

C. B. D’ARTOIS

larceny and prepared to act as
GATERER;
FOB , .
Weddggsfiall 8, Parties or Festivals

and to tiirnish any and overythlngrequ'ircd iii his
line at short notice. His personal attention given
to all orders. Will ofilciate anywhere in the coun-

try. Give him a call.

0. :3. D'Anwoxa.
CATBRER a; CONFECIIONEB,
' scum sonwsnx. court.

can obtain YPE

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to give only a
lwnnv.‘ Ican’t see.” . . ‘-,

l
i

1...... Ln: .2—

Vegetine is sold by all Druggists MACHIN'STSo‘IQE-i'iibSho;
j » STRATNEA. STRATENAM I,

AND. '

1 . .p . “-
1.. mamm-

A small cotta eS-rooms opposite residence of“

rooms. furnace, gas, Borough water- Also on _

an at... Blue Stone.Lime, 0......
. ALSO. ‘

‘MULLINOS arILLYi;

MARSHAL STREET, SOUTH NORWALN

branches of the trade.

NO. TOP BUGGY, for sale.

Also, a nicely located House and ‘Lot on Mer- I

is all ready for. use, does not wash b rain.best
.wood nreserver, is water and fire proo , and is the
3"".‘f'h. 1. '

no in ass. an of‘ t e fin est residencclln:
town are painted with

’ AVEBILL’S CHEMICAL PAINT?
kegs of 5, 10 or 15 gallons, half barrels or barrels .
given by applying to‘ .

‘ D. H.‘WBBB, Sole Ag’t for Noi‘yallii

Office at Store of Runway Bno’s, foot 01' -

- 6. ll. ‘ 110661.188,

Pure Confectionery,

’
SODA W ATER, with fruit syrups, and. OTTAWA

BEER
taint.

Purim/Nuts. fine Importedand

foandies and Gentlemen.

.

No. 9 Main Street.

To which he would invite the attention ol‘all who

- RETURN TO NORWAILK.

HE subscriber, having returned to Norwalk,
bought out the Blacksmithing business at the
old established stand known as “Lamb’s Shop.”

'1‘

Main Street, is now fully prepared to do

HORSE 'AND ox SHOEING,
. —AND--

I
, garl‘rimge I‘Makinc .
In the best manner, and at low rates. ' Special 11:-

untton paid whine and Interfbring Horses.

EDWIN c. LLOYD.

 

1 8 '7 '7
BUY YOUR

Provisions,
Groceries,
Poultry, .
CRUCKERY All! GLASS WARE

., . Frail a, Nuts, etc.
3'- x s H ,

_ . (Freih,.3&ltéd and Canned.)

 

(opened or in the Shell.)

CLAMSJQO.

ALSO

Vegetables of all Kinds,
(Fresh and Canned.) .
- Canned. Fruits.

BREAD, PIESJAKES, ML, Ml.
. ' AT . .
DEMON 85 NEWCOMB’S,

53 & .55 Main St.,~Noi-waik. ;

into-ass II. turnout, .
Furnishing Undertaker,
. No. as aura STIEET,_(Up Stairs.)
CHAST. LEONARD c.5011
GOA 'L.,§

woon‘ 11m BRICK, ,

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IEIII‘I’ FIFE "I. “Infill“! all,“

SHINE",
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. '
Water St.; Norwak, Conn

‘ CARRIAGE MAKERS.

 

Successors to S. P. TUTTLE. 5

Would respectfully inform the citizens of N of-
walk and Vicmity that they are prepared to '

Build Carriages-and Wagons
OF E VER Y DESCRIPTION.
Particular attention paid to REPAIRING in Cl

l

One SECOND-HAND ROCKAWAY, and out
1y;

 

Are you 593,335 to Painté
unfriiffi‘ii’iir!
Til-E BEST "I THE MARKET. *

Itls morebeautiiul,1noredurable, lowerin price.

eneral uses,.either for wood. iron or

Ynt‘np ready for use in pails 0f 1'. 2 or 3 gallons ,

All orders romptly filled and any information

Washington Street, SOUTH NORWALK. f

 

Manufacturing Confectioner,

Keeps constantly on hand a large variety of

Always Fresh and 0f the Best Quality, at
“’holesale and Retail.
Also I superior article or

E CREAM,-

,drawn from Matting.” Patent Steel Foun-

Domestio Cigars.
No. 21 Main Street
An Elegant Ice Cream Saloon and Bestsu‘m

.i

0. H. DOUGLASS,Proprietor.
GEORGE WARD SELlEGK,

has constantly in stock at his new store,

 

a choice and fine assortment or
Groceries, ' -
Provisions, ’
Flour,
Fruitfitt'cu

Wish to purchase first-class goods at
. Reasonable Prices.

DRIED BEEF. NLIC'ED. A SPEOIA LI 1".
BEST of HAMg EITHER WHOLE 0R

ED.

Drop in and see him at his new stere

am. a MAINSTBEET.

 

I wbuld request the attention of

SHINGLE S,

SHAVED PINE and CEDAR,

The SK & 00.,

Also a Large and Thoroughly Seasoned Lot 01 Soft

Michigan Siding,

used in this market, my assortment never was
better, or pl ices more favorable.

[Now is the Time to Buy,

When a good selection can be had, before the

Whilewnoll, ISh’and Blacllilalnul

teams. No charge for loading on

any persons who contemplate
building to the very desi-
rable stock of

Now in my Yard at Norwalk.

,1 am now prepared to furnish in the line of
. .

-—B0’.l‘H-—

And of Sawed Shingles

The Curtis & 00.,

And other Brands. Also.

Sawed Spruce.

Both Rough Edge and Jointed.

In all grades 01’ Lumber. of cverydescrlption,

yards are thinned out

. Ad‘ways on hand.

Lumber delivered by .rail .01-

board cars.

 

At

OYSTERS.-T '

VOL. mat-NUMBER, 22.
DRUG STORE.

FELIX BEGNIEB, M. 1).. PERLEY H. GLINES,

Druggists & Apbthecaries,

Successors to H. L. UHLE. No. 11 Ma'n Str
‘Nforw'alk. CL, keepconstantly on hand alum stggla'

Pure Drugs and Chemicals.

~Our Dispensing Room is in char e 01 D .
GLINES, an experienced Pharmagcist. W‘ithv'hgs
kuowlegfe of Chemistry, and care in the repara-
tion of edicines, generally. we feel confident all
shade dho favor as with their orders will be well

se .

FARMERS AND HORSEMEN

Should know that we keep a full supp] of Veteri-
nary Medicines and are Nprepared to fill prescrip-
tions for Horses and _ eat Cattle, from Clater,
. Blaine, pelaf'osse, Morrond and other celebrated
authorities. ‘

 

Our stock, among.other articles, com rise the
choicest Perfumes.Soaps, Colo nes and [air Oils,
also Brushes. Combs, Chemo s Skins. Sponges,
Pure Glycerihemirtl Seed, Fancy Articles,Patent
Midggnécls, Ciglars, etc.’, etc. '

. . 01cc 1 cars \ ine A
Medicinal purpoges. , V 5, lo and Porter for

Family Groceries
O'HEAP'I-‘OR CASH!

The undersigned having urchased the stock of
goods formed owned by-t e soverigns of Indus-
try, und fine up the store with an entirely new
stock of Goods, is now offering to the public as
good an assortment of

CHOICE FAMILY IRDBEBIES,

Provrsrons, Flour, Teas, Sugar, S ices, he... at the
very lowest market prices for can . Goods deliv-
cred anywhere. about town free of charge. Call
and try us, it Will be for your advantage.

* GEORGE CARTER,
Lynes’ Block, Water Street, opposite Ithil'road
11

Crossrng.

 

 

Machines Repaicd.

All kinds of Sewing Machines
_ V . Repaired and put in perfect run-

' ‘ 3.1 ing order. Every machine guar-
anteed to run as ed as new. Or-
ders left at S. LStanley’s News
Office, or sent to me by mail will
receive prompt attention.

C. J. Gruman, Jr.

Sewing

 

‘ 3mll

 

Planes for S, . '

One New Weber and ne New
.Chickering Pianos,
TA

KEN in exchange for other property, will be
sold at a great sacrifice. For particulars
address immediately or enq‘uire of
11 CEO. B. CHOL VELL, High Street.

W. W. CLARK,
Practical House and Sign Painter.

GRAINING, MABBLING, GILDING, KALSO-
MINING. Plain and Decorative PAPER
HANGING. FURNITURE Ite-
- painted and Varnished.
41 MAIN STREET, -(3m9)- NORWALK.

A CARD.

, It is with pleasure that I return my grateful
thanks to my friends and former patrons for their
kind and liberal patronage in times past. And I
now extend the lnvition to all by giving notice
that I can be found at the Store No. 51 Main Street
formerly occup1ed by myself. and latterly by
Messrs. Stall‘ord a Stoddard, where I shall take

 

 

' pleasure to wait upon such as will favor me with
HABVE

their patrons . Y FITCH.

ge
Norwalk,January 29,1877.

ll. MS 0. S.,Pr0witt,
D‘RUGGISTS,

Cor. Main and Wall Sts., N orwalk,
DEALERS IN

DRUGS,

ALI. THE

Popular Patent Medicines,

PERFUMES, SOAPS, POMADES,

B R U S H E S , ‘COMBS, MIRRORS,
WALLETS, DOLLS, CARRIAGE
& SLATE SPONGES, SODA
WATER, MINERAL

W A T E R S , ROOT

BEERSZ GINGER
. A L E .

Fine Bath (Bleached) Sponge, a
‘ Specialty.

 

 

A chum SUCCESS:

. FLORIDA TONIC BITTERS

This article has been placed into the market by
[IEUBEN HOY'I‘. iormerly 01' this town, who has
furnished such excellent remedies, :19

NESBITT’S UDUGH SYRUP,

CiA-MPHORINE

AND

Whitman’s Diarrhea Retell. '

It is pleasant to the taste, and can be used in
cases when a mild tonic is desired. Give them all
a trial. For sale by ’ ‘

H. M. & C. S. PROWITT,
. CORNER DRUG STORE.

 

GARDEN AND FLO WEB SEEDS.
H. M. & G. 8- PROWITT

Have a lull supply of the BEST SEEDS.

Blillllt Floral—illiterate Bills,

5 Cents Each.
Two years ago, we had the same kind of

DOUBLE BULBS,

and at that time sold several hundred which gave
general satisfaction.

H. M. & C. S. PRDWITT,

DRUGGISTS.

 

Furniture -Furniture
Patlorilibraiy,‘ Dining and Sitting
Baum Sets, '

‘Walnut or Cottage Chamber Sets,

or anything in the Furniture'Line, of the Latest
Style, Beat Finish and Make and for the
. Least Money, go to

WM. LOCKWOOD’S,
No. 36 Main Street, NORWALK, CONN.
Also.

General Furnishing Undertaker.-

Orders attended to promptly day or night. Resi-
dence with Mr. C. T, Cornwall, France St.

J. P. am... a son,

Having rented the store occupied the past year
by Mr. G. O. Keeler, they will open on

autism mime, union,

A very nice market for the sale of '

Poultry,
Fish,
Fruit

AND

Vegetables.

Where will be kept ‘all the
Finest, as well’ as the Common.
Varieties in their Sea-sun, ,

and we shall endeavor by fair dealing and strict '
attention to‘ business to merit, and would res ect-
l‘ullyinvite a share of the public patronage. They ’
have engaged the services of Charley Doolan to
take charge of the Fish Department. which is a '
sufficient guarantee that everything will ‘be nice.

OYSTESS’S CLAMS

Opened ori'n'thc Shell. ;

 

[ALSO '

Pure hill from our own Daily.
. Farmigasxgan

 

E. J. HlLLl.

.J II 13301: n.