Litchfield enquirer., 1854-08-03
P U BLIC ACTS.
CHAPTER XIV

Haven to provide the means for the exlln.
 guishment of fires therein, and for supplys
 inc its inhabitants with Pure Wafer," f Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep.
 resentntioss, tn General Assembly cOnDeneda
 SEC. I. That ike Board of Water Com. missioners provided for in the Act to which this is an addition shall not be authorized to exrend in the construction of the water works. provided for in the act to which this IS in addition, or in the purchase of land OF water rights therefor or fur any other purpos. es connected with said water works, sum exceeding three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, and any contract entered into by said Board the fulfilment or which on the par, of said city will involve an expendi. ture, exceeding the sum of three hundred and twenty five thousand dollars shall be utterly null and void. saa
 SEC. 9. meeting of said city shall be duly warned and held within twenty days aE ter lhe rising of ,hls Assembly, for the pulA pose of approving, or disapproVing of the act 10 which this is in addition, in manner follows ing, 10 wit the Mayor of said city shall no. ufy and warn the legal voters thereof to meet, for the purpose aforesaid in their respective election districts or wards at time 10 be specified in the warning of said meeting, at which meeting said voters shall vote by bal. lot, and the ballots having ,he word ssyesh on the same shall be considered as in favor of approving said act, and the ballots having the word :'no" on the same shall he consid+ cred in favor of disapproving said act and if three ffths of the votes sn given in said meeta ing shall be in the affirmative, then said act shall be and remain part of the charter of said city, and unless three fifihs of the votes so given shall be in the affirmative, then tho ..t s-lr tL,-1 l.. and void. And the Court Of Common Couns cil of said city shall determine the day of voting as aforesaid, and the manner of coun. ting said votes, and of ascertainiDg and de- claripg the final result; and they shall also appoint the presiding officers at the dfisrene wards or places of voting, as aforesaid and the boxes 10 receive the ballots aforesaid shall be kept open on said day of voting from seven o'clock in the forenoon until five o'clock in the afternoon. aa
 SEC. 3 It three ffths of the votes given Oh said day of voting in manner aforesaid shall be in inc affirmative, then it shall be the duty of he city of New Haven at meeting duly warned tor the purpose, to appoint an agent of the "Mayor, Aldermen, Common Councils and Bremen of the city of New Haven," who when so appointed, shall have full power and authority for and in the name of said corpoA ration and under its corporate seal,o execute and deliver the bonds, scrip or certificates of debt which said city is authorized and ema powered to issue under the provisions of Sec ton lst of the act to which this is an addf- ton, and said bonds, scrip or certificates, when so executed and delivered, shall bc ob. ligatory upon said city and the inhabitants thereof in the same manner and to tho same extent as debts lawfully contracted by towns in tl,t aL. n4 purport of said bonds, scrip or certificates, and the Board of Water Commissioners provided for in tho act to which this is an addition may direct frorn time 10 tire what amount of said bonds, scrip or certificates shall be issued, prescribe the form thereof, and direct tho times and places at which the eame with the interest accruing thereon shall be payable and if the vote OF said day of voting shall bs in the affirmative by vote of three fifihs as aforesaid, then from and after the date of said day of voting, Amos Townsend, IT,, the Treasurer of the city of New Haven and his successors in office, shall be such agents ves@ ted with all the powers and duties of such agent, until the city of New Haven in the manner herein provided, shall have appointed such an agent.
 SEC. 4. Nothing In this ae: contained shall in any way affect the suit now pending in fas vor of Eli Whitney against the Mayor, Al- dermen, Common Council and freemen of thN city Of New Haven nr be deemed or held to impair In any way the obligation of any con. tract which may have been duly made be- tween said Whitney and the Board of Water Commissioners, or to impair the obligation ofany other contract, ot to take away or inly pair any right vested in said Whitney, os in any other person by any contract. ai
 Approved, June 30, 1854. Y
 CHAPTER xv. eat An Act in addition 10 an Act conesrninR
 Communities and Corporations.
 Be H enacted by the Senate aud House Of ReI.
 resentatives, in General Assembly cohusneds
 That Section one hundred and ninety nins of the act relating to Communities and COEp0- raions, shall not be so Gonstrued as 10 affect or invaIidate the organization of any Joint Stock Corporation, which may have been or. ganizfd withou, publishing notice of their first meeting, whenever all the subscribers to the capital stock cf tho same shalI have waived said notice ic writing, and specifying therein the time and place for said meeting; which wr,ing shall have been entered at full length upon ihe records of the C0Fpofati0ns
 Approved June 13, 1854.
 CHAPTER xvi. V. An Act m addition 10 "An Acs concerning
 Communities and CorporasiOns.a
 Be tt enacted by ths Senate and Hs9se Of Rep- resentatives in General Assembly eoaueaedf
 That all Corporations which hste heeif duly organized and established under th6 Joint Stock laws of this State. be snhiaet e all the provisions, and be entitled to all iha privileges and powers made and granted in Chaper "A, Title III, of the act entitled ssAn Act concerning Communities and Cosporas tions ;'' and also of the act entitled "An Aet in addition to an act concerning C0mmuni- ties and Corporations.n approved July lat. 1853, spler 29.h of the Acts Of ieA3.
 Approved June g., 1884. N
 ctfAfTkR xvtf.
 An Act repealing the iilly ninsh Seetion eI
 "An Act concerning Communities ard
 Corporations.
 Be t enacted by tAs Senate and H0nse Of Rsp.
 yssentaiiess, in General .assana6la eoapeneas