Litchfield enquirer., 1854-09-07
CHAPTER LxxII.

Approved June 26, 1854.
 CHAPTER LxxH.
 An Act in relation 10 the support of Paupers.
 Be it enacted by the Senate aud House of Representatives in General Assembly coapened:
 SEC. |. That no town in this State shall maintain for inc residence or su,por. of any pauPc-, an altnsbouse, with in ihe limits of any other tow n, without the consent of the latter town or of is sclcctmen, under a penalty of fftecn dollars for each month said house is so maintained. 10 be recovered of the town thus offending by the town in wh,ch said house is situate, in an action of debt prouiled, that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any almshouse CT poorhouse which is owned in part by the town in which it is situated, and in part by any town or towns.
 SEC. 9 This Act shall take effect on the lst of January, 1855.
 Approved June 29, 1854.
 CHAPTER LxxI'l.
 An Act 10 provide fir the Incorporation of
 Companies to construct Plank Roads. Be it enacted by the Senate aud House of Rep. resentativcs in General Assembly convened |: SEC. l. Any number Of persons not less than three may be formed into corporation 1 Tor the purpose of constructing and owning a plank road, by associating themselves under and complying in all respects with the provi. sions of Chapter XIV. of Title 1fI of the Re. vised Statutes of this State, entitled "Of Joint Stock Corporations" And any corporation organized and established under said Statute Law 1or the purpose of owning and construc. ting plank road, shall have all the powers and privileges, and be subject to all the limi. tayions and conditions which are incident to Iont stock corporations under the provisions of said act. And each and every section of said chapter of said act, shall have the same force and effect in regulating the government of, and the transactions of business by such corporation as is herein specifically reclted provided, that such corporation may establish it's location for ihe transaction of business in any town in the State.
 SEC. 9. When any such corporation so or- ganized and established, shall have complied with all the provisions of SC id chanter of said act, which are therein specified as pre-requi- site to enable corporation 70 commence bu- siness hereunder, such corporation may bring J their petition to the county court of the coun. | ty in which said road or any part thereof is proposed to be located, praying'for the laying out of the same, in which petition they shall designate the termini of the proposed road, and the town or towns in such county, through or in which they contemplate loc6- 1 ting the same. Prouided, hoW ever that be. fore said corporation shall present such petition 10 any County Court, or be heard thereon, they shall obtain from a majority of the Se!ectmen for the time being of each town in said county, through or in which said road is proposed 10 be located, their written consent 10, and approval of, the construction of such contemplated road, 10 be endorsed 1 upon sad petition and such endorsement shali be Tn lieu of any citation or further no- tee upon said petition.
 SEC. 3. When any such petition so enlor. | sed as in the next preceding section is provi. ded shall be returned to and entered in the docket cfany County Court, said Court shall, upon mo ion of the petitioners, forthwith refer the same to the County Commissioners for such county, to locate the said road, or such part thereof as may be within said coun. ty. And said Commis soners shall upon such notice as they may deem reasonable to | the persons upon or across whose land said ] corporation propose to construct their road or any part thereof, and after hearing all oh. jections thereto from such persons, proceed to locate said road or such part thereof,as maybe within such county, width, and in such route, as they shall deem under all the circu :nstan- ces, most conducive to the interests of the public. And said Commissioners shall cause survey of their location to be made, and shall make report in writing of their do ings to said Court, and said report and survey shall be recorded at length upon the Records of said Court.
 SEC. 4. Alter such location shall have been made and recorded as is in lha Eext preced- m H..A ahn be empowered to construct and finally com. plc,e a road thereon ol timber, plank or other hard ma,erial, so that the same sha! 1 form hard aad even sur(ace and may take and use for that purpose ali lands and real estate included within tho location of sad 1 road; and for the purposes of cutting and of making cmbankments, Snd of obtaining Il stone and grave, may take as much more land as may be necessary for the proper con
 struction and security of said road. And
 said corporation shall pav all damages occa-
 stoned by the layiag out, making and main. tainng of sad road. which damages shall be assessed, determined and paid in the manner
 provided, ond under the regulation. prescrb
 ed for railroad companies ty section lO;h o "An Act ir addition to an Act relating tc
 Railroad Companies" passed May Session
 lS49.
 SEC 5. When the lands or property ol estate of any femme covert, infant. or other person aon-compos mcn,is, shall be necessa. {, y Tor the construction of such plank road said lands may be taken, notice being given
 to the hnsban3 of such femme. covert, the
 guardian of such infant, or the conservalol
 oi such person non comros-men,is. Anc , such husband, guardian or conscrva,or may
 release all damages for any ertato taken anC appropriated us aforesaid, as he might do i said estate were he'd by him in his own right SEC. 6. Whenever 1t may he deeme, necessary, such plank road may be locates and constructed across, along, or upon an,
 water course, stream, road, highway or turn f pike road, or over or under any railroad Provided, that such corporation shah so ia restore to it's former state, such waier-course stream, road, highway or turnpike road ! crossed or used by them, as to leave it's use fulncss unimpiared.