Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1853-07-21
PUBLIC ACTS.
MAP SESSION...ls5s,
CHAPTER XIV.

OF said city shall be and they hereby are au.
| thorlzed and empowered to cause all grounds
within said city, where water at any time be
comes stagnant, except lands used for ordina.
| ~ farming purposes, situated al such distance
from the densely populated parts OF said city
as to offer no prejudice TO the health Of Tho
citizens, to be raised ard FL ed up. or drained
and to cause all pu.rid and aoxious subsian.
ces, whether animal OF vegetable, to be removed
and to cause oil nuisances injurious to health
10 be abated, suppressed and removed.
Sec. Q. And TO effect the purposes aforesaid
| said court Of common council may, from time
TO time, as they shall judge it conducive to the
health Of the inhabitants Of said city, give
orders TO the proprietor or proprleiors of any
and all such grounds, subject at any time 10
be covered with sfagnant water, to Gil up and
raise such grounds, at their own expense and
said court Of common council may designate
how high such grounds shall be filled up and
raised, and may limit such time ss the, shall
deem reasonable, for filling up and raising the
same and il such proprietor Or propr.e. ors
shall neglect to ill up aud raise such grounds,
in such manner and within snch time as said
court Of common council shall have designa-
ted and limited, said court Of common council
may, IN such case appoint and employ some
such grounds, and may ad)ust and liquidate
the expense thereof, and apportion and assess
The sa@e upon such proprietors. and make q
rate bill thereof, specifying each proprieior's
share Of such expense, if there be more than
nne, and appoint a collector or collectors to
| collect sucn assessment, and pay the sa.re,
" thin such time as said court Of common
council shall limit, and 10 such persons as they
shall appoint TO receive and apply the same.
for the purpose Of defrayIng such expense !;
and said court Of common council shall cause
such collecto. duly 10 account for the amount
OF such rate bali, and the msyor. or one OF the
aldermen of said city, shall issue a warrant
Of distress to such collector. authorizing him
to collect such assessment Of such proprietor
or proprietors, and every such collector shall
proceed in the same mahrer, AID have the
same powers, and be under the same regula.
lions, as the law prpscribes in case Of coIlec.
tors Of public taxes provided. that wheneve,
ga i'd court Of common council shall proceed
according to the powers given to then as
aforesaid or accor riding to those in the next Sec
ton given, 10 cause any such grounds TO be
filed up, raised or drained, or said trains 10
he altered, clcansed or repaired, the said court
Of common council shall be, and hereby are
authorized and empowered in every instance
wherein they shall be Of opinion that any part,
or the whole, Of such expense 90 incurred,
ought to be borne by said city. or can not be
obtained from any proprietor or proprietors, to
order and direct that such part of the whole
of such expense shall be paid out OF the
treasury Of said city, and TO draw orders on
the treasurer If said city therefor.
Sec. 3. II said court OF common council
shall Judge it conducive to the health Of the
inhabitants Of said CITY to open and establish
drains in said city, said court Of common
council may, from time 10 time designate the
places where such drains shall he opened, and
the length, depth and width thereof. and they
may open such drains through lands Of indi
vidual proprietors, as well as through public
highways, and may alter, cleanse and repair
the Same, when LAID out and opened from time
to time, as in their opinion shall be proper and
necessary.
And to effect the purposes aforesaid, said
court Of common council may. from time TO
time. as they shall Judge necessary, give Or
der to the proprietor or propr'c,ors Of the lands
wherein or wherson such drains are 10 be laid
out and opened, altered, c!eansed or repaired.
10 open, cleanse, alter and repair the came
within such time as they shsll deem reasona.
BILE Tor efecilng the same, and il such propri-
| lcct TO open, alter, cleanse or repair such
drains, in such manner and within such time
| as said court Of common council shall have
designated and limited, said court Of com.
mon council may, in the case Of each and oil
| such neglect,ng proprletors, Apo mt and EN-.
| Ploy so.ne NEE. pereon or persons &c open,
| alter, cleanse or repair such drains, and may
adjust and lqnidaie The expense thereof, and
apporiion and assess the same upon the sever
| al neglecring Proprietors Of The laods through
| or on which said d,ains are located. and also
upon the proprieiors Of such grounds as are
drained thereby and such assessment or az
easements shall be collected, accounted for,
paid over and applied in the came manner
prescribed in the preceding section and for
'h"se purposes the same powers are hereby
granted and The same duties enjoined.
Provided, alsoays, that Il asy person shall be
aggrieved by the toings # said court Of com.
mon council under this or the next preceding
section Of This act. he or che may prefer a
complaint, in ouch matter 10 the next county
| court to be holden IN the county Of Middsesex.
by causing true copy Of such complaint to
/ he left with the clerk Of said city, at least
twelve days before the sitting Of said court.
And If said court, on hearing Of such com
plant. shall be Of The opinion tina: any par'
or the whole Of such expense, so incurred
ought 10 be borne by said city, said court shall
orde' and direct that such complainant be re-
lieyed from The pa ment Of such part, or from
the Whole Of such expense, as to 'hem may
appear Just and reasonable. And if il shall
appear on such hearing, that said complainant
F.! bath actually paid any sum or sums Of money,
in the matter complained Of, which ought to
be refunded, said couri may grant execution
therefor in favor Of said complainant aga.os,
said city.
| Sec. 4. Said court Of common council. by
themselves. or by committee Of their own
rnmber, which thew are hereby authorized
fiom time 10 time, TO appoint, as standing
committee ON nuissncrs, whenever IN the
| opinion Of SAID court Of common council, or
OF their said commniee, it shall appear nee.
esshvy and conducive 10 the health and COM
fort Of the inhabitants. 10 order and cause all
! PuiTid and offensive substances Of every kind.
IN said city. 10 be removed. and 10. order and
cause III places within said city, emitting OF
containing noxious, offensive, or pestileOtia
| vspOTs Or stenches. 10 b0 cleaneed and puTi.