Litchfield enquirer., 1855-08-02
PUBLIC ACTS, PASSED MAY SESSION, 1855.
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 An Act in addition to and in alteration of an
 Act conserning Education.
 Be t enacted 5y the Senate and House of Representatives. in General Assembly eOnce- ned {:
 Sec. 1. The enumeration of children be. tween the ages of four and sixteen years, required by law to he made by the district committees, in the several school societies in this State, shall be made and returned to the school society committee on or before the 20th day of January, in each year, and for failure to make the enumeration and re- turn aforesaid, by the time specified, said committee shall forfeit and pay to the treas urer of this State, the sum of five dollars, for the benefit Of the school fund.
 Sec. 2. The committee of each school so- ciety in this State, shall make return ot the enumeration of the children belonging to the society, to ihe comptroller, on or before the first day of February in each year, and for failure to make said return within the time specified, said committee shall forfeit and pay to the treasurer of this State, the sum of ten dollars, for the benefit of the school fund.
 Sec. ,. The income cf tho school fund shall be annually divided 10 the several school societies in the State, pro rafa, &C., cord,ng to the number of children enumera- ted in said societies proridcd, that no dis trict shall bc entitled to a dividend, unless legal school shall have been kept therein for six months during the year ending on the 2sth day of February but the school society may draw the dividend for so many children belonging to said district, as have attended school for SIX months in adjoining districts, and for no other.
 Sec. 4. Whenever the amount drawn from the school fund by any school district, shall he less than thirty-five dollars, it shall be the duty of the selectmen and town clerk to appropriate from the amount raised by said town for the purpose of education, sum sufficient to maks tho amour. equal to thirty five dollars.
 Sec. s. The year for all school purposes shall end on the 28th day of February, in lieu of tho 3ist day of March.
 Sec. (. No district shall be divided, if by reason Of such division the number of children, belonging to either district, shall be less than forty, without application to the General Assembly; and no withdrawal by my person from any district shall be allow. ed, unless notice be given to the clerk of the district from which such persons intend to withdraw.
 Sec. !. The forfei,ures specified in the first and second sections of this act, shall be sued for and collected by the treasurer in an action on this statute.
 Sec. 6. All acts inconsistent with the foregoing are hereby repealed.
 Approved, June go, 1855.
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 An Act In addition to ]. An Act relating to
 Electors and Elections"
 Be Il enacted 6y tle Senate and House of Representatives. ia Gemerai Assembly eonre- ned. That where tho constables of any town in this State have neglected to warn the an- nual etectors' meeting of any town, required by law to be held on the first Monday of April. and in all cases where tho warnings of such electors meetines in any town have been in any way informal, the doings of such electors' meetings held without any or under such informal warnings are hereby ratitied and confirmed and made valid to all intents and purposes whatsoever.
 Approved, May ss, 1855.
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 An Act in addition to and in alteration of an Act entitled aAn Act relating to Elec- tors and Elections"
 Be u enacted bytk Senate and House af Representatives in General Assembly coRre- ned:
 Sec. l. That the town of Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield. Is hereby divided into three districts for the purpose of ac- commodaiing the electors of said town in voting at the electors meeting in said town, as follows, vix: 60 much of said town as lies southerly of . line commencing at the boundary Iine between Fairfield aud Bridge. port and running easterly on the center ol Pequonnock street to the center of Washing. ton avenue; thence on tho center of said avenue to the center of Congress street thence on tho center of Congress street ,o the center of Main street; aud thence east. erly between the houses of GeoTge Smith and Michael Levy, on the eastoriy side ol Main street, to Pequonnock river, shall be and remain the Fiyst Distyict.
 So much of said town as lies northerly of said line above described, and westerly of the pequonnock river, shall Do and remain the Second District.
 So much of said town as lies within the limits of that portion of the town of Bridge