Litchfield enquirer., 1856-08-07


 e will not answer for either of the two former bers we'll saved with the heads taken off and said barrels and half barrels of fish shall be inspected and branded in the prescribed by law for inspect ing beef and pork and every inspector, who shall inspect and brand the same, shall designate by each brand, the quality weight and kind of fish, con tained in each barrel, and haf-barrel branded by him, and also his own name, and the name of the town where said fish were put up.
 SEC. 2 So much of the sixth section of the act of which this is alteration as is inconsistent here with, is hereby repealed.
 Sac. g. This act shall take effect from its pas sage.
 Approved, yune 27th, 1e56
 CHAPTER LXXIv
 An Act in alteration of An Act Relating to Rail
 road Companies.
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened:
 SEC. 1. That the first, second, third, fourth and sixth sections of the act passed at the session of the general Assembly in the year 1850, in addition to an act relating to railroad companies, and providing for the appointment and prescribing the duties of three commissioners on each railroad in this statc be, and the same are hereby repealed.
 SEC. 2. All the powers and duties which are i'm posed upon railroad commissioners. appointed by virtue of said act not heretofore conferred upon the general railroad commissioners of this State. are hereby transferred to- and made part of the duties of the general railroad commissioners of this State
 SEC. 8. Whenever the general railroad commis- sioners shall be required by any of the railroad panies of this stte to perform any of the duties pre- scribcd in the act hereby repealed they shall be paid therefor by the companies in whose behalf such vices shall be rendered
 Approved, June 25 ls56
 CHAPTER LXXv
 An Act in addition to An Act to prevent rures and
 the Destruction of Life upon Railroads and by
 Railroad Trains
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rcprcsen- tatives in General Assembly convened:
 SEC. l. That no railroad or part of any railroad in this State which shall be hereafter constructed shall be open for public travel unless the company shall first obtain from the general railroad comniS- Bioners of this state, certificate signed by maori ty of the board that said road is in suitable dition for the safe operation of engines and cars thereon.
 SEC 2 Whenever the line of sight on any rail- toad in this state is ohstructcd by the intepostion of buildings trees or the sides of excavations within eighty rods of the crossing of any public highway, that in the opinion of the general railroad mssioners the safety of the public travel is endan geTed thereby they shall in writing order the moval of said Instructions by the company and if the same be on lands not belonging to said company, and the agents thereof cannot agree with the of said lands or obstructons the damages to be paid therefor, than the commissioners aforesaid due notice thereof to the parties interested shall ap praise said damages, which shall be paid to the aforesaid by said railroad company before such obstructions are removed It shall he the duty of all the conductors and hrakcmen employed on pas- senger trains in this sate and also of the baggage men when on duty, to wear in Il conspcuouc place n badge, or mark, denoting their respective duties, and the companies by whom they employed.
 SEC. 3. Whenever 1t shall appear to the general railroad commissioners by the written complaint of the President or a majority of the directors of any railroad company in this state, or of majority of the selectmen of any town through which any rail road passes, that the business connections of any road connected with such railroad not and reasonable for the accommodation of the nhabi tants on the line of such road 1t shall be tho duty of sid commissioners forthwith to cause notice us Is provided in section eleventh of the act of 1855, entitled An Act to prevent injuries and the de- structicn of life upon railroads anu by railroad trans to be given to such railroad company and all other parties interested, specifying the time and place of hearing such complaint by sail commissioncrs and on such hearing, if good and sufficient cause exist they shall give such relief and make such regulations In relation thereto, us in their judgment will be for the best in terest of all parties concerned
 SEc. 4. It shall be the duty of each corporation in this state to make th,r annual report to the gen era railroad commissioners as rc9u.od by law on or before the first day of February, in e.ch year and any raalroad company neglecting or refusing to re- port as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay to the rcasu Ter of the the sum of twenty oass for e,ch an every days neglect, provided said commissioners re port such of neglect or refusal to the treasurer of this state, who shall proceed to collect the same by due process of law.
 have power to dispense with dagmcn, now required oy law at such places on the railroads in this state where in their orinion other ayaai, and safeguards equally sate are provided and it shal ke the duty she general railroad commissioners cause such DOT. tiun uf the laws relates to the duties of ralroa companies aad the offences against railroads as sal commissioners may deem proper. to be published and posted up in some conspicuous place in every railroad depot and at such other places as may by them be deemed proper,
 All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with th;s oct are hereby repealed
 Approved July l, 1856.
 CHAPTER LxxvI
 An Act In addition to an act entitled An Act re.
 iAting to the Registration of Births, Marriage
 and Deaths,"
 Belt enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- eentatives ia General Assembly convened
 SEc l. That no person shall bc joined in marriage until the parties or one of them shall make applics- on to the registrar of the town in which such mar riage to be soemnized, or in of his ahsence inability to the town clerk of said town ant shall give such registrar town clerk information respect ing the name age, birth and place of residence ,i each of the parties and this only and such regis. trar, or town clerk provided there is no registrar cents hercfor issue his certificate that the parties therein named have complied with the provisions oi this act which certificate shall bc license for any Judge justice of the peace of said town or reg,i- laxly licensed clergyman qualified under the laws ot this state to join persons in marriage to unite in marriage the parties therein named within said town and there only provided that no registrar or town clerk shall issue his certificate as aforesaid if such pcrsons applying or either of them are under the control of parents or guardians, without the consent cf such parents or guardians.
 Sso 2 Every registrar who has been, or may bc appointed in tho manner providedin the act to which