Litchfield enquirer., 1848-08-17
LITcHFELD CONnO rluRkDAY AUGUST IT, la4a

the public use of said roads or highways, or injuliousiy inerrupt the navigation of said waIeTs-nor shall this act be so con- Slrned as 10 authorize the construction of any bf'Gge across any of the waters of this stale. F'+S
 Sec. $. If any person over whose lands said lines shall pass, upon which said posts, pers or aSutments shall be placed. shall consider himself aggrieved or damaged thereby, it shall be the duty of the County Court wi'hln which said lands are, on the application of such person. and on notice 10 said association. to be served on the pfcsi dent or any directory to appoist three dis. erect and diSInterestel persons as commits sioners, who shal. seyeral!y take an oath before any person authorized to administer l paths, tailhfuliy and impaIlialy to perform I the duties required of IIgpT By this act !; 1 and it shall be the. du[2 Said commis- sioners, or majority 6t Rem to make just and equitable appraisal oralfthe loss or damage sustained kscsaIf applicant, by reason of said lines, posts, piers or abut> l mcnts-duplicales of which said apprise> ment shall be reduced to writing, and signed by said commissioners, or majority ot ihem-one copy shall he delivered to the | applicant, and the other to the president or l any director or officer of sad association | or corporation, on dcmand-and in case | any damage shall be adjudged 10 said ap> plicant, the association or corporation | shall pay the amount thereof, wi;h costs of said apprisal said costs to be liqaidated and ascertained in said award-and said commissioners shall receive for their ser> vices, two ,llars for each day they are ac- tually employed in making said apprise> meEt. ..... -...
 Sec. z Any person who shall unlaw, fully and intentionally injure. molest or destroy any of the lines, posts, piers, or ahutments, or the materials or property belonging thereto, of any company or ganized under this ac', shall, on convic. ton thereof be deemed guilty of $ mis- demeanor, and be punished by ane not exceeding two hundred dollars. or nm prisonment in the county jail not exceed ing one year, or bath, at the discretion ot the court before. which the conviction shall be had.
 Sec, 8 It shall be lawful for any asso citation of persons organized under this act, by their article Of association, 10 pro- vide for an increase of their capital, and of the number of the association.
 Sec. 3 The stockholders of every as- sociation organized in pursuance of this act, shall be jointly and severally person. ally liable for the payment Of all debts and demands against such association, which shalr be contracted, or which shall be or shall become due during the time of their holding such stock but such liability Of any stockholder shall not exceed twenty l five per cent in amount on the amount ol stock held by him, and no Stockholder snail be proceeded against for the collection of any debt or demand against the association l until judgment thereon shall have been oo- tained against the ass0Cfation. and an ex- ecu,ion on such judgment shall have been returned unsa:isfied m whole or in part, ol unless such association shall be dissolveds
 Sec 10. It shall be the duty of the owner or association onwing any telegraph lin' doine business within this state, to receive desnatches from and for other telegraph line; and associations and from and for any individual, on payment of theIr usual char ee for individuals for transmitting dis patches as established by the rules and reg nlatioas of such telegraph line-- to trans mi, the same with impartialily and sood faith. under the penalty of one hundreo dollars for every neglect or refusal so 10 do to be recovered with costs of suit. in the name and for the benefit of the person or persons sending Or desiring 10 send sncb dispatch.
 S:c. II. It shall likewise be the duty o every owner or association, to transmit all dispatches in order in which they are recei- we'd, under penalty of one hundred dollars, to be recovered, with costs of suit, by the person or persons whose dispatch Is post- poned out of It's order as hefein prescribed; Provided, however, that arrangements may be made with the proprietors or publishers of newspapers for the transmission for the purpose of publication of intelligence 1oi general and public interest out Of it's Tegu' l lar order Aud provided ais6ss com muuica,ions from officers toiffs9Ssastieg shal t,,kr precedence of all othei& s.*: saa ,
 Sec. l2 This ac@ saasa; !a .s.sss !stsshss. (! it" "ss Sec. is All pss'aa;al s'a;l ,Ss .sssad. $ payls o penal acts concerut9g ,Nagpslc Tele graphs, or Telegraph Companies, hereto fore passed are hereby repealed.
 | LA FAYETrE, s. FOSTER,
 Sreaker ofihc House of Represenlatives
 CHARLE;J. MrCURDY,
 President of the. Senate.
 4 CLARK RESELL.
 Approved, June. "A. ls4s. s s.a
 ~p Chapter 6S. tl
 An Act in addition to an act entitled "Ar
 Act concerning Telegraph Companies
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Represe entatiyes in General Assembly convened, That all the protection exten> ded to Telegraph Companies and the wires, posts and abutments of such com panies, hereafter to he organized under and by an act pssscd this session of the General Assembly. be. and the same is hereby extended to the New London, Nor wich and Worcester Telegraph Com pany, a corporation organized under the ac, concerning joint stock companies. and having a teiepraph wirc between the
 LA FAYETTE s. FOSTER, Y S.,eake, of the House of Representatives
 CHARLES J. McCURDY,
 President. .af the Senate. ! Ann,ovaA I,,ne 22 l8AS