Litchfield enquirer., 1859-08-18

An Act in addition to and in alteration of an Act entitled An Act in alteration of an Act relating to Courts"
 Be enactad 6y the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly concerned:
 SECTION 1. That jury may be summoned to att tend tlie May term of the superior court for New Haven county. in each and every year, at the dis cretion of the judge allotted to hold the same for the trial of criminal only anything in the act to which this is in addition to the contrary notwith standing.
 SEC. ?. This act shall take effect from the day of its passage.
 Approved, May 1lth 1859.
 CHAPTER II. An Act in addition to an Act relating to the Gene
 ral Assembly. Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representations tn Generdl Assembly conuened:
 SEC. l. That all bills for public acts which shall have been passed by both houses of General Assem- bly, shall be engrossed by the secretary of state, up on paper of uniform size, which shall be provided for that purpose by him.
 SEC. 2 After the adjournment of the General As semby, the secretary of state shall cause all such engrossed bills which shall have been signed and ap proved in the manner provided in first section of the act to which this is addition, which shall have otherwise become laws agreeaby to the constitution of this state, to be suitably bound in volume and shall also record the same, by title in the public records of this state and such engrossed bills shall hereafter be deemed to be the record of the public acts passed by the General Assembly, and copies of the same may be made and certified by the secreta- ry of state as copies of record.
 SEC 3. The fees for expressing bills for public acts shall be at the rate of seventy-ve cents for every legal page of two hundred and eighty words, and shall be charged and paid is provided in the second section of the act to which this is an addition SEC. A. The style of all bills. for private acts shall be Resolved by this Assembly" All acts of in corporation. md acts in alteration amendment thereof shall be deemed to be private acts and no such act shall be engrossed, signed or published by the secretary of state, as public act.
 SEC. 5. Every private act shall unless otherwise therein provided. take effect from the day of it's ap- proval.
 SEC. G. The secretary of state shall, at the end of every session of the Gen. Assembly, the private acts and resolutio ms passed at such session to be printed, in convenient form. and distributed in the same manner, as is provided by law for the dstr- button of the public acts. list of all the appoint ments made by the General Assembly, and a sched- ule of all grants from the treasury, exhibiting the several sums granted, and the persons or corpora tions to whom and the purposes for which such grants were made, shall be printed with the private acts and the record of all resolutions of appoint ment, and resolutions directing orders to be drawn on the treasurer, shall be made by the secretary of state In the same manner.
 SEC. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with the provisions of this act are hereby repealed. SEC. 8. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
 Approved, May 24th, 1859.
 CHAPTER III. An Act in addition to and in alteration of an act entitled An Act for Forming and Conducting the Military Force'
 Be enacted 6y Le Senate and House of Representations in General Assembly conpeaed:
 SEC. l. That whenever any charges, requiring a court martial for the trial thereof shall be preferred against any feld commissioned, or staff officer, tc any officer now authorized by law To receive saiG charges and to call court martial, such charges and specifications shall be submitted, by the office. to whom the charges may be made, to t @ com mander- and if in the opinion of the com mander-in chief there shall be sufficient cause for dering court martial, he may direct such offender to issue the necessary orders for the assembling O. said court martial as now provided by law. But i in the opinion of the commander-in-c n-chief there ii not sufficient cause for ordering such court, tho charges shall be lodged file in the office of tkt adjutant-general, and no further action shall be ta ken thereon.
 SEc 2. All orders for court martals now issued shall be and arc hereby suspended, and no furthe proceedings shall be had in the matter of the charg es for the trial of which court has been ordered except in conformity with the requirements of this act.
 SEQ. B. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed.
 SEC 4. This act shall take effect from and after the date of its passage.
 Approved, May 27th, 1859.
 CHAPTER ".
 
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 Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened That the second section of An Act in addition to and in alteration of an Act entitled " An Act for the Assessment and Col lection of Taxes," approved June 27th, 1857, be, and hereby is repealed.
 Approved, May 27th, 1859
 . CHAPTER v. An Act in addition to An Act for the Regulation
 of Civil Actions'
 Be enacted by e Senate aud House of Representatives. tn General Assembly conuened: That whenever the claimants of any debt goods, or effects in contro versy in any action of scire facias shall reside this state, the notice required by the two hundred and thirty fourth section of the act to which this ii an addition to such claimant, tu appear and defend shall be given in such time and manner as the cour before which such action may be pending shall di rect, and such court is hereby authorized and em powered to make any and all needful orders in rela tion thereto.
 Approved, June 9th, 1S59
 CHAPTER VI. An Act in addition to "An Act for the Regulation
 of Civil Actions Bs enacted by te Senate and House of Representative ia General Assembly conuened:
 SEC. l. Whenever any justice of the peace shal be disqualified unable, from any cause whatever to proceed to the trial of any civil action pending before him, the parties to said action may, by writ ten apreement endorsed unon fhe writ and sipneC