The Litchfield County post., 1828-07-24
PUBLIC ACTS,
MAY SESSION. lSaS.


 Wich and Middletown.
 Sec. l. Be tt enacted 6y the Senate ana House of Representatives in General As- SembIy cOnueaed, That there may be ap- pointed, in the manner herein after pres. cribed, in the city of New Lendon, 6 men living within the limits thereof, to each oi the fire engines in said city, in addition to the number now authorised by law, subject to the regulations of bye-laws, of said ci- ty.
 Sec. 2. That the persons hereby ap- pointed, shall be nominated to said office at a meeting of all, or major part of those in each company wherein they are to serve; subject, however, to be removed by the Common Council of said city and all vacancies that may hereafter occur, may and shall be filled in the same manner, ,any law to the contrary notwithstanding.
 May 31st, 1828.-Approved.
 An Act in addition to an act entitled "An
 Act to regulate the Inspection of Prov
 isions, and other articles of commerce" :"
 Be tt enacted by the Senate and House ef Representations m GeneraI Assembly eonvened, That all shingles offered for sale in this State which are sawed, shall be liable to be inspected. excepting those imported from the States of New York and Maine, and inspected and branded in said states re- spectiyely, agreeably to the laws thereof, excepting also chesnut shingles; and said sawed shingles shall be branded and class ed as other shingles are required to be by the tenth section of the Act to which this is an addition and each class thereof shall be as long, thick and wide as such class is required to be by said tenth section of the Act. And number 1. shall be clear of knots, and shakes and sap: and No. 2 shall be free from shakes and sap, ,and clear of knots, eight inches from the butt, & No shall be free from shakes and unsound knots. And said sawed shingles shall be packed and presented for inspection,in the same manner, and the inspector shall be| entitled to receive from the owners thereof the same fees for his services. And any person who shall offer for sale any sawed shingles in this State, or export any saved shingles from this state, branded O, or not branded at all, shall be subject to the same forfeitures, and be sued and disposed of in| the same manner as is prescribed by the} act. to which this act is an addition. JnRe Sd, l82s-Approved. An Act in addition to an Act, entitled "An Act for regulating Salaries and Fees" Be it enacted by the Senate and House ef Representatives in General Assembly convened, That the chief Clerks in the of flee of the Treasurer and Comptroller, be allowed Fifty Cents per day, when ne- cessarily and constantly employed, in ad- dition to the compensation now by law al- lowed. June 2d, 1s2s-Approved.
 An act in addition to an act entitled "AnI Act providing for the levying and cole lecting duties in certain cases therein mentioned" -' Sec. 1. Be st enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives m General As- sembly convened, That all persons author- ized by law to receive duties shall be allow ed until the second Thursday of the Ses- sion of the General Assembly in the month of May, annually, to render an account of the duties by them received, and to pay O. yer the same to the Treasury.
 Sec. 2. That this act commence and be in force from the day of the passage of the same.
 May 9th, 1s2s-Approved.
 An Act relating to bridges on OusatOnick River.
 Sec. 1. Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General As- sembly csnvened, That no person shall ride or drive any horse, horses, team or carriage of any kind.upon any bridge over the Ousatonick river on faster gait than a walk on penalty of forfeiting for each of said offences, one dollar, to be sued for & recovered by the town, whose duty it is to keep such bridge in repair.
 Frovided alvays, That such town, or other corporation, constantly keep at each end of the bridge in full view of passengers a notification, in form following, to wit = "The riding or driving any horses, teams or carriages, on this bridge, in faster gait than walk, is by law prohibited"
 May 2Oth, lS2S-Approved.