Litchfield enquirer., 1854-08-17

mii . eertlGcase declaring ths fact lo the eiark sf slse county court Cor lhs eouniy in ahieh said Justice ol tho Peace resides. uhieh sad eeTiiiesls shnll he sufficient snfhorily sos ahe clerk Co csrsfy that saia Justice is qualified according Io law.
 Sac. 2. This act shall lvko effect from and UiieT iis passaee.
 Approved June 2e, 1854. CHAPTER Lxn.
 An Act relating iO Justices of ihe Peace.
 Be if enacted by Ghe Senafe and House cf Rep. resenlatives in General .7ssenlbls cORUemed:
 SEc. 1. That whenever any Justice ot The Peace before whom sut has been brought or may he pending, shall die before final l judgment is rendered by him in such suit, t shall be the duty of any other Justice Of tho Peace in 4he same town, ~ho would have been-IegalIy qualified to act in such caee had | such suit been originally brought before him, upon application of the plaintiff in such suit, to take the files and records pertaining Co such case, and proceed thera6n with the same power and authority and in the same manneI as if tho said cause had originally been br~ugbt before him; and he shall, upon such application of the plnlni if in said suit, issue citation ;o the adverse party 10 appear before him at a l,me and place in said ci;a. lion specified to answer to saId suit, aud show cause why judgment should not be ren- dered against h'm therein.
 SEC 9 And said citation shall be by some proper officer served upon such adverse party at least six days before the tune specified in sand ciiation for such hearing. And if such adverse party shall fail to ap- pear al the time and place co specified, ,udg. ment shali he by such justice rendered g,inst him by default.
 Approved June 2S, 1854.
 CHAPTER LxIM
 An Act 10 secure to ihe several towns of this
 State Justices of the Peace.
 Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conuemed:
 That whenever the office of any Justice of the Peace, in any town of this State shall be. come vacant by failure 10 elect, or by death, resIs nation, or otherwise or whenever any person, elected to said office, shall neglect or refuse to lake the oath required by law, for period of more than ninety days after his said election, his said office shall be deemed vacant and said town shall have ihe power to fii. said vacancy at any meeting legally warned and held for that purpose.
 Approved June 7, 1854.
 CHAPTER LxIv.
 An Act in addition to m act entitled "An
 Ac; to secure to the several towns in this
 State, Justices of The Peace passed at this
 session of the General Assembly.
 Be tt enacted 6y the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conuened.
 The act 10 which this is an addition shall not lake effect, or go into operation until the 4:h day of June, 1855.
 Approved Jnly l, 1854.
 CHAPTER Lxv.
 An Act ceding 10 the United States the Ju- |
 rlsdicton over a Lot of Land therein |
 named, and relinquishiDg the litle ard ce- 1 ding jurisdiction over certain other lands. l WHEREAS, Tho Congress of the ULited [
 States, by m Act approved March Sd,
 1853, authorized the erection .f one or
 more beacon lights in the Connecticut riv-
 CT, below Middletown,
 Be tt enacted by the Senate aad House of Rep. resentatives in General Assembly concerned {:
 SEC. l. That the Governor of this State be, and Ire hereby is authorized and directed to cede 10 the United States the jurisdiction of this State over a certain piece of land to which the United States have acquired a tnle; lying and being in the town of Say. brook nn the westerly side of Connecticut river noffhe,lv from 1he dwelling house O, Capt. Joseph Post, sometimes called ''Dcvil's Wha-s," and is bounded and described as follows. 10 wit: Northerly by the channel bank of said river, easterly by tide water, soulherly by inc main !and, and westerly by tide water. by decd ofcession under his hand and the seal cf the State, reserving to thus State the right of serving and executing, within ,he limits of said lot, all civil and criminal process.
 SEC. ?. The Governor of this State is hereby further authorized and directed, by | deed under his hand and the seal of the | State, to rel,Equish to the United States, :he l title of this State in and to any lands in the | Connecticut river, belonging to this State, aot exceeding one acre in the whole, that l may de selected. by an authorized officer of 1 the United States, for the site or sites of such | beacon lights authorized as aforesaid, and ap. proved by the Governor: Provided always, l that the foregoing shall be applicable only to such lands as shall be ssleeted and approved as aforesaid, aud survey thereof, describing the location and boundaries, with ruch ap. provat endorsed thereon, be filed in the office of inc Secretary of the State, and by him re. I corded.
 SEc. 3. That whenever the United S1aies shall hereafter have acquired the title to any lands in the Conn eciicut river be.ow Middle. town. for the purpose of erecting such beacon lights thereon, either from this State as here in provided, or in any other lawful way, then the Governor of this State is hereby author. ized and directed ts code to the Uuted States the jurisdiction of this State over such lands, by deed of cession, under his hand and ,hc seal O! this State, wiiL the same reservation mentioned in the first seci ion ot' this act. Approved. June 16, 1854.