Litchfield enquirer., 1856-07-31

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 CHAPTER ".
 An Act in addition tos An Act concerning Highways and Bridges. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatiyes in General Assembly convened: SEC. l. Whenever any highway or street has been laid out or shall hereafter be laid out by the court of common council of the city in which such highway or street Is situated and the land damages have been CT shall be assessed in favor of the owners of the lands over which such highway street is laid and such highway street has been or shall be legally discontinued before the shall have been opened ami worked then no action shall be brought against the city in which such highway street is situated for the recovery of such ass,ssncnt. but the same shall become void provided tkat the owner of the land over which snch highway or street is laid may recover Of said city the actual damages which he may have suffered in conseQucnce of the layinp out of such highway such damages to be recovered by an action on the founded on this statute provided as6 that this act shall affect any suit nowpendn Approved, July l. 1856.
 CHATTER LVI
 An Act in addition to an Act to prevent and remove Nuisances from Highways, Rivers and Water
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House ef Represen- tatives in General Assembly convened: SEC. 1. Thatif any person shall lay cause to be laid. or to remain, any stones timber wood, rub bish or any other thing, in any highway road shall dig up the ground, set up allow to reInBn any gates, bars, rails or fence, any highway or road or erect. continue any building therein by which the passage of travellers shall be prevented obstructed, or endangered, or by which such high way road lshall be annoyed or ill any way en- cumbered the same shall hc deemed common hui sance, an may be removed such. SEC 7. The first section of An Act to prevent and remove Nuisanccs from Highways. Rivers. and Water Courses" to which this is addition, ad all other acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act arc hereby repealed.
 Approved July l, 1856.
 CHAPTER LVI @ An Act in alteration of An Act entitled "An Act concerning Highways and Bridges.''
 Re it enacted by tse Senate and House of Repre- sentati :cs in General Assembly convened
 SEC l. The county commissioners of the several counties in this state, upon the application to them by any turnpike company for the discontnuance by them of the whole any part of any turnpike road shall not have power t. discontinue any portion of such turnpike less than the whole without the con- sent of the town or towns in which that portion of such turnpike is si.uaaed which is proposed to be discontinued.
 SEC :. So much of the first section of the act n addition to the act entitled An Act concerrimg Highways and Bri,lge-, pssscd May Session 1851 inconsistent with this act be and the same here by is repealed
 SEC. 5. This act shall not effect any suit or ap- pli,tton now pending, and shall take effect from its passage.
 Approved July ?, ls56
 CHATTER LEIlI.
 An Act in alteration of An Act concerning High
 ways and Bridges
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprcsen- tativcs ill General Assembly cCnvcncd
 SEC. l. Nothing in the Fist section of tho act of which this is aa alteration, shall authorize the select men of any town to lay out any public highways within the limits of uay incorporated city in said town; but the laying cut, thscoa in,ng. altering and grading highw and streets in said cities shall be done solely by the proper authorities thereof ac corng to the provisions of their respective charters
 SEC ,. The twenty y-ninth section of the act, of which this is alteration, is hereby repealed Pro- vide l. that said repeal shi not affect any proceed ing now pending, and provided farther that nothing herein contained shall affect the town city of New Haven, unless the same shall he approved by the in habit.nts ot saiI town at town meeting legally warned and hold for that purpose within sixty days after the rising of the General Assembly. Approved July l, 1856.
 CHATTER LIN
 An Act, in addition to an Act, entitled An Act concerning Highways and BIilgcs.''
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reprcscn tatvcs in General Assembly convened: That whenever any incorporated turnpike conpa- nay for the period continuously of one year or more have wholly neglected to repair their said road, and to take toll thereon. such neglect shall be- and the atme Is hereby deemed forfeiture and abandon ncnt by s,ii company M their corporate powers, aud that said turnpike from and after tho expiration 
 tae town or towns where situated. Approved July l, lSJ6.
 CHATTER LX.
 An Act in alteration of Ac in addition 10 an Act for thc leiict of insolvent debtors and the more 1 equal distribution of their effects
 Be it cuacted ny the Senate and House of Rcprcscn- tativcs in Gerer;d Assembly conrcnsl;
 SEG. l. That section three u chapter sixty eic lat entitled Al Act in addition to an Act for tlp relief ot lnS1lvcnt l!cbors, and the equal distrihu- ton of their elects among their Creditors p,ssed May Session, lS'5 be and the samc is bcrchy repealed
 Provided that this act shall nut effect any estate in settlement where proceedings in insolvency have been instituted since the passage of the act contain ing the section hereby repealed and where the debt or shall comply shall have complied with the eighth and ninth sections of the of 1853 for the relief of inSolvcnt debtors.
 Approved July l, lSjs.
 l CHATTER LXI
 An Act in lii:ion to An Act for the relief of ia-
 solvent debtors, and for tho more equal dis:riba-
 ton cf their effects among their creditors /. Re 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatireS i'll General Assembly convened Whenever any estate of aay insolyet debtor debt ors or corporaion shall be pending in settlement un- der the Ftlvsi IDS of the act tu which this Is iu ai- ton the court probate in which such estate is so pending in settlement may upon the application oi the trustee or trustees, authorize and empower hy order uf court, said trustee trustees to work up and complete any stock and materials in an uniin. shed statc any articles in process of which belong to such estate. it the court of probate shall in such case find that it will bc for the interest ui the creditors of such estate to have such stock materials and articles worked up and completed. And the proceedings in any such cst.te now pending in settlement shall not be deemed illegal in valid by reason of the working up or completing of any such stock materials, or articles o manufacture by the trustee or trustees provided that the proceed. ings such estate shall have been legal in othc,