Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1853-08-11

against the acceptance Of said report for any
irTcgu:arItS or improper conduct and f upon
ahearing Of the objections 10 such report, the
court shall be Of opinion that Il ought not 10
bO accepted, the same may set u aside but
ifihe court shall be OF opinion that such report
oagh, To be accepted, il shall be final and con.
elusive Upon the parties, except as to the mat
ter OF damages.
Sec 4. Euhcr party may move the court
for a re. assessment Of damages and upon
such motion, the court shall APPOINT three 9TH
or iudiciOus and disiniefested freehold0rs from
the town as aforesaid, to re assess the dana.
ges and said freeholders shall make report
in writing, Of their dOings, 10 the session Of
the court, during which their appointment 10
made, or to the next session thereof ss
Sec. s. The court to which the doings Of
said last named freeholdcrs are returned, may
set the same aside, IT, upon exception taken,
1t shall appear to said court that said freehold
crs have conducted improperly otherwise the
doingS Of said freeholders shall be conclusive
as 10 the assessment Of damages; and il the
court shalt set aside tho report Of said Free
holders. they shall order three other judicious
and disinterosted frceholders, az aforesaid, to
re-asscss the damages as aforesaid.
Sec. S. IL said frcchoIde1s, last appointed,
shall not increase the damages, then The court
shall order the applicants for such re.assess.
ment TO pay the costs Of the application.
Sec. 7. The costs Of the petition, the Off.
GERS fees in serving the same, and the fees Of
frechoIders, appointed in pursuance of the pro,
visions Of this act, not herein otherwise pro.
vided, shall be taxed at the discretion Of the
court before which such petition is retmfnable.
Approved, June 29th, 1853.
CHATTER LxvEa.
An Act ceding to The United States the Jar.
isdiction over lot Of land therein named.
Whereas, the Congress ofthe United States
by an act approved on the thirty first day Of
August, Ammo Domini one thousand eight
hundred and 61y.two, authorized the cree.
ton Of light on Long Wharf, sometimes
called UnioR Wharf, ia the harbor Of New
Haven, and within tho town Of New Haven,
and appropriated therefor the sam Of Eve hnn-
dred dollars and whereas, The United States
on the twenty fourth day of February, Ammo
fomini one thousand eight hundred and fifty.
three, purchas for the site Of saidIighr Ger.
tain piece Of land situated in said town and ci.
~ oiNew Haven on portion Of the pier at the
south end ofUnion Wharf near the southwest
corner Of said pier, together with the land and
and bounded and described az follows, 10 wit:
Beginning at point near the western side Of
said pier which 10 eight fee: distant from the
top Of the outside face of the south wall Of said
pier, and also eight feet distant from the top
Of the outside free Of the west wall of said
pier, aid IS the intersection Of two lines drawn
at right angles to said two walls respective-
ly,-thence running nollierly parallel with
said west wall two fee, -thcpce running east
ely on line parallel with said south wall two
feet, thence running southerly on a line par
allel with said west wall two feet,--thence
running westerly on a line parallel with said
south wall two feet TO the place ofbeginning
Belt sHurted'by the Senate and Hows Sc Of Rep.
reseAtatiOes in General Assembly conUeneds
That the Governor be and he is hereby au.
thorized and directed TO cede the jurisdiction
Of this State oven the above described lot Of
land to the United States by deed Of cession
under his hand and the seal Of the State, re-
serving to the State the right Of serving and
executing within the limits of said lot oil lee
gal process bo,hchI and>criminal.
Approved, May slst, 1853. a-
CHAPTER Xxx.
An Act in addition to and in alteration of can
Act for forming and conducting the Military
Force"
Be it enacted By The Senate and House of Repre-.
' seMatipes ia General assembly convened
SEC. /. Every officer and every member of
my company, who shall have done fall duty
n any year at the two parades prescribed by
aw in the months of May and September, or
hall have paid his fines for non performance
+ such duty, shall have abatcd by the cellcc.
or Of the State and town taxes, his State and
own taxes if the same do not exceed four dol
ars, and if they do. tlren tie sum of four dol.
AIRS shall be deducted therefrom; and If he
hall have done dRty at only one of said par
Ides, he shah in like manner have allowed and
axes shall amount to that sum. Such abste-
nent shall only be made from the tax accra.
ng and payable during the year when such
luty shall have been performed. He shall al.
10 in like manner have his POLL tax abated for
he time being. Aud it shall be the duty Of
Ill commanding officers annually, on or before
The first day Of October, to grant certifca'e
70 every legal member Of their respective
who shaal have done duty at both
Or either Of said parades. or shall have paia
his fines for the non. performance of such duty
which certificates shall specify the day or days
on which such member may have done duty,
md the amount of the fine, which he may have
paid Such commanding oficers shall also at
the same time, make certified reports to the
lreasurers of the towns where the several
members of their commands reside. OF the mum.
Der of certificates SO granted, together with the
aames of the persons to whom such certificates
IRE granted. and the amount to be deducted
rom the tax OF each; and all such attachments
" taxes, excepting that Of the poll tax, when
properly attested. with the names of the per-
ons and the amounts Of their several abate-
nents. and sworn to by such town treasurer,
hall he deduOkeH from the anna which auch
own w0uld otherwise be required to pay into
he State treasury
SEC. 2, Any commanding officer. who shall
rant such o certificate as is provided for in
Zee: !. OF this act, to any person below the age
4 eighteen or above the age Of forty i've, or to
my person by law exempt from doing military
luty, with intent thereby to procure an abate-
aent Of the tax Of such person, shall be liable
o . penalty Of one hundred dollars for each
lad every sech offence, to be saed for and re.
severed by any proper person to the use of
he State, aud shah also De cashiered upon dne