Litchfield enquirer., 1847-01-07
State Of Connecticut, SIS. General assembly,

Sfatc 81 Connecticut, SIS. General .4SSen16Iv
N"y Session, n. d. 1916.
PoN the Petition of William Ashley and
~ others, proprletors ofthe ore bed in Sails
bury IN said State, setting forth that the Gene
raj Assembly, at its May Session 1881, the
then propretors of said ore bed were incor3o-
rated by the name Of the Proi retors Of the Ore
Bed IN Salisbury, end wele th5n invested with
certain powers to regulate said pIopelty-that
SAID Assembly did also at its May Session 1911
confer upon said prOprietors further and addi
tonai powers, stating also that the powers and
authorities heretofore granted are in MANY re-
spectS inadequate to the we'll being and good
management of their said common property
that doubts exist as to the effect and operation
of the said last mentioned action of said Gene
raj Assembly upon such propretorS OF said ore
bed as dId not by their personal action become
parties to the petition upon which said action
of the General Assembly at its May Session
1911 Was misunderstanding also that they are
tenants in common of the rights and privileges
Of digging, raising and taking away iron ore in
a certain tract Ut land situate in said Salisbury,
called the Salisbury ore bed, containing about
one hundred acres Of land, being the same land
described and referred 10 in said Resolves of
l7Si and 1Sll-that their said property is real
and not personal estate-stating that some of
the present proprietors are minors and that
some of said proprietors are unknown-pray.
ing this Assembly that they and all others in
terested in said ore bed be made body corpo-
rate and politic-that their said property be
declared personal estate and capital or corpo-
rate stock, divisibe into shares not exceeding
one hundred dollars each, transferable in such
manner as such Corporation may direct-that
said Proprietors be declared stockholders in
proportion to their respective interests IN said
property, and that this application and all re.
solves that may be passed thereon be declared
binding upon all of said petitioners who are
minors and have become parties to the same
with the consent Of their parents or guareiau
and that all those having an interest in said
property who have not Joined in the present
petition shall be deemed members of such coy
poration unless they shall signify their disEcn,
in such time and manner as the General As
sembly shall direct
Therefore "Rcsolvej that said Petition be
continued to the next stated session of the Cen
eral Assembly to be holden at Hartford on the
first Wednesday of May ls47, and that notice
be given Of the pendency of the same to all per.
sons having an interest therein by publication
of the subject matter of said petition and of this
Resolve six weeks successfully, at least three
weeks before the first day of the session of said
General Assembly in the Journal of Commerce.
paper published in the city of New York lard
the Litchield Enquirer, paper published in
Litchtield in the county Of Litchlcd in this
State.
State IF Connecticut, IS.
Office ofhe Srcretdryof State.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true
copy of record in this office. In testimony
whereof have hpreunto set my hand and atIix-
ed the seal Of said State at Hartford this 2sth
day Of October A. D, 1916. and in the II year
of the independence Of the United States of
America.
CHARLES w. BRADLEY,
lsEAL] Gw3l Secretary Of State.