Litchfield enquirer., 1854-09-14

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 SEC. i. That an Act entitled {" An Act il addition to An Act concerning Prisons,' pa s. cd at the May Session of the Legislature o 1852, and approved June 18th, :s59, be and the same is hereby repealed. s s hss passage. Approved, June 29, 1854. a CHAPTER LxxvI. T -a, 4 An Act in alteration of an Act entitled An
 Act in addition to an Act relating to Rail.
 road Compa nies." l 2#
 Be it enacted by the Senate aud House ofRep- resentatires, in General Assembly concerned:
 SEC. l. That sn much of the 18th Section of said Act of which this is in alteration. as requires the directors of every Railroad Cor poration to make their annusl report to the General Assembly, at its stated Session, of their acts and doings, receipts and sxpendi- lures, under the provisions of their charter, be and the same is hereby repealed. Provided, nothing in ,his Act shall exonorate such di- rectors from making their report 10 the Gen. eral Railroad Commissioners as is now by law required. 4utfs
 SEC. 9. That this Act shall takc effect from and after tho day Of it's passage.
 approved June Zu, loo4.
 CHAPTER LxxvIt, An Act relative to the number of Brakemen A. on Railroad Trans. e
 Be t enacted by the Senate and House cf Representatives. in General Assembly co,,oened
 That wheneve, the double action brake ie used on any Railroad Train, the Company running said train shall be required to place and keep one brakeman, and no more, at and to every two cars connected with such train.
 Approved, June 30, 1854. ..... ...-.....s .s. !
 CHAPTER LxxyHf.
 An Act relating 10 the sale of Real Estate by
 order ot Probate Court.
 Be t enacted by the Senate and House cf Rep resentatiues, tn General Assembly conusned !:
 Whenever, under the provisions ofany law of this State . Court of Probate may order the sale of any land, said Court shall have power, if il shall be satisfactorily shown 10 said Court that it will be for the advantage of all persons interested in said estate to order the sale of any timber oEirees standing or growing on said land, under the game provisions and re. siricions, and in the same manner as is by bv law provided for the sale of the land itself.
 Approved, June 30, 1854.
 CHAPTER Lxxix.
 An Act in addition to an Act entitled "An
 Act relating 10 the Registration of Births,
 Marriages and Deaths.
 Be tt enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives. tn General Assembly coneeneds
 SEC. 1. That any Registrar, who has been oi shall be appointed m the manner provided in inc Act to which this is an addition, shall hold h,s office for the period of one year from the frs, Monday in January next, succeeding his appointment, provided that any Registrar who has been or shall be appointed under the 18th section Of said Act, shall hold his office un,il the first, Monday of January Gs$s; i s,,s naaa..-xs t.s apPS.-' \ ~~- aVSSo'S ""' tess re.appoinied thereto.
 SEc. 2. Ifthe annual abstract of any town as provided for in iie l4th Section of said act shall contain m ihe aggregate the record of more than two hundred names. the Registrar of such town shall receive two cents Tor each name over said nualber of two hundred in sd- dition to the compensation specified in said Act.
 SEc. ,. Every physician or midwife, who shall have professional charge of the mother at the birth of any child, and every nurse or other attendant, who may act as midwife at such a time, in case where no physician or midwife IS employ ed, shall during the first week Of the calendar month next succeeding such birth, furnish 10 the Registrar of the town wherein such birth may have taken place. certificate signed by such physician, midwife, nurse or other attendant, stating from the best inform alton which the signer oi said certificate can obtain. the date of such birth, inc ehiid's name, if it have any, its sex, the names. ages color and residence of its parents, and the oc' cupa,ion of it's father.
 Skc. 4. The physician who shall attend any deceased person. shall, during the first wee. of the calendar month next succeeding euct deccase, leave with the Registrar certificate signed by him, and containing all the parti cnlars relating to said deceased, required b! the fifih section of the Ac: to which this is al addition, and in case no physician attended such deceased person, then it shall be the dn | ty of the nearest cf kin to procure such ceril cate from some other physician. or aubstaniia inhabitant Of the town, and to leave lt will the Registrsr within fifteen days thereaftsF.
 SEc. S. No person shall be joined in mar 1 riage until the parties or one of them shal make application 10 the Registrar of the towI in which such marriage is 10 be selemnised or in case of his absence or inability, to th' Town Clerk of said town, and shall give sucl Registrar or Town Clerk information respect ing the name, sge. birth place and residence of each of tie parties. and this only. Sucl K egistrar, or Town clerk, provided, there no Registrar as ihe case may be, shall, ol payment of 25 cents therefor, issue hts ceTt' iica.e. that the parties therein named, hay complied with tic provisions of th's Act. .whlc certificate shall be license for any Judge Justice of the Peace, ordained Minister, c regularly licensed Clergyman in said towr qualified under lhe laws of this Slate to Jo' persons in marriage, to unite in marriage tl parties therein named. Preeided, that Registrar or Town Clerk shall issue his ce itifca,e as above, if such persons applying