Litchfield enquirer., 1863-08-13
Approved, July 10, 1868.
CHAPTER XLvII. An Act in addition to "An Act concerning

tdAfIEh ALtit
 An Act in addition to "An Act concerning Pris0ns.'
 Be n enacted 5y the Senate and House of Rep reseatatives, G1 General Assembly eonuened:
 Sec. l. The jails of the several counties of this State may be used for the confinement and safe keeping of persons arrested as deserters from the military service of the United States and persons arrested for dsobedience, to- or for violation of, any of the provisions of the act of Congress of the United States entitled, "Ari Act for enrolling and calling out the National Forces, and for other purposes" approved Ma. ch 3d, A. D. 1863; and any person acting under the military authority of the United States, shall have full liberty and authority to use said jails for the safe keeping of arrested deserters and persons arrested for violating the provisions of said act of Congress.
 Sec. 2. All writs of habeas corpus, for the purpose of procuring the discharge of persons confined in any of the jails of this State, under the provisions of this act, shall be issued against the officer making the commitment or ,ainst the United States provost marshal of tho dis trict in which the jail is located, where the per son whose discharge is sought is confined and said writs shall not be issued against the sher- ifs and their deputies. having the custody of such jails: propided, the authority or officer who makes such commitment, can be found
 within the jurisdiction of this State. Approved, July 10, 1863.
 CHAPTER xLvIIr. =s- An Act confirming the doings of Towns, Eccle- siastical Societies, School Societies and | School Districts, in rtain cases. Be t enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
 Yesentatiues, in General Assembly concerned: | Sec. l. That in all cases. where any town in | this State, in laying a fax, shall have omitted | t. specify, in the vote of the town, the list on
 which such tax was to be lai1, but which tax in fact shall have been laid on the list last made and completed, or next hereafter to be made and completed and in all cases where any. town has omitted in the vote laying tax, to specify the purposes for which the same was laid such tax shall not for such cause, be ad- judged illegal and void, but the same is fully ratified and confirmed.
 Sec. 2. That no annual or special meeting of any ecclesiastical society, school society. tr
 school district, he. etofore held, shall be deemed illegal, by reason of the neglect of their res pective committees to leave copy Of tie warn | ing thereof with iler respective clerks, or 70 | give the requisite warning of the salns, as IS
 now required by law or by reason of the neg lect or omission of the clerks of either of sad
 societies, or of ga school district, respectively, l to take the oaiL pfescrlDed Dy laW DeiuFr tHteI-
 ing upon their several duties: or of said clerks
 omission, respectively, to -corl the nroesei- | ings of said meeting held in pursuance of such
 warning but that said warning. meeting and
 tho reco ,ls of said clerks, if othtrw.se cou-
 formabe to law, he, and they are hereby de-
 clared to be legal and valid.
 Sec. 3. This act shall take eff e. from it's pas
 sage; and shall not effect any suit now pend. l ing.
 Approved, July 10, 1868.
 CHAPTER, xLIx.
 An Act ill addition to " An Act relating to Olur.s'
 Be tt enasted by the Senate aud Rouse cf eP-
 rssentatiUes, in General Assembly eonueaed; Sec. 1. That whereas the present supreme lcourtof errors consists of an iliconvenent num- Der, the General Assembly inay elect, by ballot,
 one of tile judges of the superior coprt b be
 an additional judge of the supreme court uf er, l TOTS and thereafter the supreme court ofeFrers
 consist of five judges all of which judges shall
 be elected according to law, as heFetoiore.
 Sec. 2. The present chief justice and judges lof the supreme court of errors, and the pres ent judges of the superior court, shall hold [Continued on Fourth Page.