Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-25
CHAPTER XLyf.

Company. Is hereby repealed.
 Approved, July 9th. 1864.
 CHAPTER xLvI.
 An Act in addition to An Act concerning I Crimes and Punishments"
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly conyen- ed:
 Every person who shall by fraud, misrepre- sentation, CT other unfair means, obtain by as- 1 signment or otherwise, from the person enLi- tied to receive the same. the whole or any part of any bounty due from or paid by this State. or by any town, city, village. borough or indi- vifaai, to any person who shall hereafter en- list into the military or naval service of the United States, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeano., and punished by fiue not ex- ceeding three hundred dollars, or by imprison- ment in common jail not exceeding six months. or by such fine and imprisonment both, at the discretion of the court having eogni- zance of the offence.
 I Approved, July sth, 1864.
 CHAPTER xLv1i.
 An Act in addition to "An Act relating to
 Railroad Companies" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of l ] ed:
 , SEC. 1. That it shall be the duty of any : railroad company in thIs State, whenever the
 business connections of it's road with the road 3 of any other railroad company in this State g are not convenient and reasonable for the ac commodation of passengers over said roads to make c.ch connections as the public traye and business aeddifcsSc:
 SEC. 2 If any person orr oraS nersons shall p aggrieved by the neglect or refusaSR'siA 2. an railroad company or companies to comply WILL ! the requirements of the foregoing section, he | they may bring petition to any judge of the 1 superior or supreme court, which jndge shall not be resident of the county where the grievance is complained of, which petition shall be served upon the respondents at least 1 twelve days before the same is made returna able; and said jdtge shall hear the parties, if they shall appear, and. if in his judgment committee should be appointed. shall proceed to appoint a committee to inquire into the al legations of the petition, and ouch committee shall, after such reasonable notice to the re- spondents as snch judge shall order, to appear and answer before the committee, proceed to a hearing on such petition, and shall after ward report the facts by them found, to he judge making the order: and such judge. if the 
 petition, to be true, shall order that said con- pany or companies shall make such connection, under penats of not less than fifty dollars for each and every day such company or con- panies shall neglect and refuse to obey the-or- der and decree of the judge.
 SEC. 3. That whenever any order or decree ! shall be made to compel any corporation or corporations to make connections under this act, the respondent or respondents shall pay | the costs, to be taxed by the judge making the order and decree; and when the judge shall | fail to make such order, the petitioner or peti- lioners shall pay costs.
 SEQ. 4. This bill shall rot be so cohstrged as to authorize the merger of any railroad COZ poration into another, or the giving of Sa lease by one railroad corporation to another
 Approved, July 8th, 1864.
 CHAPTER XLvIIr. An Act in addition to and in alteration of an
 Act, entitled An Act concerning Banks"
 approved July llth, 1863.
 Whereas it is feared by banks in this State that by becoming National Banking Associa- tions, they may y4ose irrevocably their present charters. andssahat by afterwards eeasSng, through fegislah6n of Congress, or otherwise, to be national banking associations, they may then wholly and forever Cease to exist now, therefore, for the purpose of facilitating and rendering safe the change of such banks into national banking associations,-
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly cenven- ed:
 SEC. l. Any bank of this State which has become, or may hereafter become. national banking association. shall be deemed to have done so upon the faith of the promise and assurance of this State hereby pledged, that the rights and guaranties hereby offered to and conferred upon said banks, in the several provisions of this act, shall not be revoked or impaired.
 SEc.2. The charter of any such bank shall not be deemed surrendered. revoked, altered or amended, by the action of such bank in be- coming national banking association, nor by the operation of this act but by such action of such bank, and from the time of such &C., tion, said charter shall be deemed suspended, (exceptso far as the same shall remain ir1 force by virtue of section sixth of this act) and shall continue 50 suspended until such bank shall cease to be a national banking associa. tion.
 SEC. 3. Whenever any such bank. after hav- ing been 8 national banking association, shall cease to exist as such national banking associ. atien teither by expiration of the time now limited by act of Congress for the existence of such associations, or in consequehce of future legislation by Congress. or by the operation of any other cause, involving DO censare or such banking associations) the now existing charter of such bank shall cease to be suspen- I ded, end shall be in fun force ID every respect whatsoever :: and such bank shall then resume all the rights and powers which it now possess. es. in ths same manner. and to the same ex. .gnt, as if said charter. rights and powers had never been suspended.
 Sgc 4. The directors. and any other officers of such corporation, who sball Do in office at the time waen such corporation shall oease to