Litchfield enquirer., 1853-07-14

Sec. % Said commissioners may require
additional renis Tar the nee Of water, whenesc q
sxiEa quantities shall DO Wsod, exeee:ing Ihe
quantity estimated foT the same class Of build.
ings. establishments CT iT0dos, ~ the scale oil
prices By them adopted. Aud said ecunmis-
siOneTs shall make no contract IoE the use ol
water Tor longer term than three years.
Sec. 90. A msjoriiv Of said commissioners
shalt constitute Q quorum, for the transaction
Of any business allowed or required by the
powers or duties Of said board. And no
member Of said com nissioneTs shall be able
10 act as such, until he has been sworn 10 q
faithful performance Of his duty, as such com.
missioner; aud the president shall give q
bond, with Il least one sufficient surety, in
the sum Of ten thousand dollars. conditioned
on such faithful performance.
Sec. 81 If any person shall maliciOusly
and wilfG'ly corrupt the water collected OF
conducted in, or into any reservoir, cisiern,
Migrant, conductor. engine, pipe, or any pOr.
ton Of the n ates-wOTk contemplated by this
act or destroy or injure any work. machinery,
materials, "r property erected, constructed,
used or designed I" be used within the city oil
Hartford OF elsewhere, fbr the purpose oil
procuring and keeping 4 supply Of water, the
city police court If said city shal have iuris.
dcIion Of said offence, and may punish the
offender by tine net exceeding Eve hundred
dollars or by imprisonment, not exceeding one
year, or b; both such fino and imprisonment.
And said offender shall be liable to treble
damages. in an action Of tresPass, brought by
sa.d commissioners.
Se". % All acts or resolutions, granting
TO any person or body corporate powers and
privileges conferred upon the city Of Hartford
a,.d upon said commissioners and upon the
conri Of common council Of said city or upon
either Of raem;' cby virtue Of this act, are
hereby repealed. -
Sec. 49,. This act shall be to all in:ente and
purposes public act, and may be Uttered,
amended or repealed by the General Assem-.
bl1sr@An nd The sssBe shall not go into effect
until it has been accepted by said city as q
part of it's charter. Al a city meeting warned
and holden COR that-purpose. The mayor Of
ssid city shall notify and warn the legal vo.
.ers thereof to meet at the city hall within
said city OF Hartford, within six months from
the. rising Of ibis Assembly, for the purpose
Of voting upon the question, whether they
will m will not accept This act az an amend
tnent TO the city charter. at which meeting the
votes shall be taken by ballot, and the ballots
having the word "yes" upon the same shat
Oe counted as in favor Of :he accsp,aLce o.
this act. anu the ballots with the word " no.
thereon. shall he counted as against the &C
ceTance Of the same. And if a majority o.
the votes so gwen in said c,y shall be in lh,
affirmative, u en- this act shall be in full fore.
and secome pat Of the charter Of said city
Of Hartford; and unless a majority of tn,
votes 40 given shall he in the affirmative, ther
This act shall be Of none efffct. And said
court Of comAon council shall determine on
the day Of voting as vlo' esaid, and the man.
ner Of counting said v"'es and Of ascertain.
ing and declaring tho final result. The box.
esss TO receive the balluts aforesaid, shsll be
Kept open ON such day Of Voting, from seven
O'clock ia the forenoon tI!l nine o'clock in the
afternooa.
Approved lime 30ih 1ah3