Litchfield enquirer., 1865-09-14

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 sioners shall respectively have and exercise, in
 case of the refusal of any such company to obey such regulations, for the purpose of compelling
 such company to desist from said refusal, and to
 faithfuIiy obsy said brregulatiofs' aa dess,a.
 with this act, or any Of it's provisions; bs and hereby are repealedf fa rgin ItaId FGplT ' -
 SEC. 5. This act shall take effect from and after Approved, July 1s, 1865, ,,a.qissi lS bs.als, lAd aiIlw sa tl7w g- -----sHss.sRi8 lFor.al lrp s,astefxs .a,tai CHAPTER 0. foft,t |. .I,.,.t ,aL An Ac. relating to Railroads. '-ey..
 Ss at ssactsa ss Sy tie sass aud Hoass of Rep
 SEC. T. All railroad trains which by law are ob.
 he;aa so come to null stop before crossing draw
 mlssloneTs shall 80 order, be brought to said full stop at the regular station nearest to such draw
 bridge for; length of time sufficient to accommo.
 dats passengers who may desire to enter or leave
 station bein full view of the draw of said bridge l and not more than one Hundred and twenty rods 1 from said draw! sE .I5efih sipss sIt N o7-g ] SEo, 2 Said commissioners may from time to
 time, make orders prescribing the length of time
 for which the ticket office at any railroad station
 shall be kept open for the sale oftickets previous I to the departure of each passenger train from
 said stationli and upon receiving tho written complaint of any person alleging that any such
 ticket office is not kept open as aforesaid, long l.
 it shall be the duty of said commissioners to in- qnire into said complaint without unuecessary
 delay, and if they find said complaint true, to
 make proper order for the correction of tho evil
 specified in said complaint. It shall not be law | ful for any railroad company while neglecting to obey any such order, to demand or receive more
 than the regular ticket price for the fare of any
 passenger, upon any of it's trains, who. may omit /, to procure 2 ticket before entering such train. SEC. 5. For the purpose of preventing annoy ance to the public through the obstruction of highway crossings, at or near railroad stations by cars standing upon said crossings, or moving
 to and fro across the same, said commissioners may, from time to time, make orders regulating the manner in which railroad companies shaii
 manage their trains, engines and cars, at such places and upon receiving the written com plaint of any person. alleging that any railroad
 company is in the habit of annoying the public
 fed in said complaint said commissioners shall,
 without unnecessary delay, inquire into said com.
 plalnt, and if they find said complaint true. they
 shall make a proper order for the correction of the evil specified in said complaint fHit la SEo. 4 It shall be the duty of said commis.
 sioners, from time to time, to make such orders as they may deem necessary for the purpose of compelling railroad companies to furnish con-
 fortabe seats to all passengers upon their trains. SEQ. 6 All orders which may be made by said commissioners under this act shall be made and served in the manner provided in the eleventh section of the act of 1858 entitled, ."An Act to
 prevent injuries and the destruction of life upon
 railroads and by railroad tralnsp for the making
 and service of the directions mentioned in said
 section and the companies against whom said \ orders shall be made shall faithfully obey the same and said commissioners and the judges of 1 the superior court respectively, shall have and
 exercise the same powers, to punish and prevent
 dsebedience of said orders, that they respective ly baye, under, the thirteenth section of said
 act te punish and prevent the acts of misconduct l specified iD said thirteenth section. , 2 Annvn tTp1,t
 pfii3SiF1H .Ds'ss ''s 1'1 .YSo gsl saaaqs4a s'ssi asi g9AA ofrAprpR of Risag4ge a4ie | An Act relating to the proposed Amendment to
 saa Ysas the Constitution Of this State 70 VI 'Bsft enacted hy hse Senate and House Of Rspro.
 ss1tataves taa Gseeral Assepsdl iconesned. y1lre | | WHEREAS, At 2 General Assembly of the State Connecticut, holden at New Haven, in said State
 on the twenty-second day of June, A, D. 1864, the
 House of Representatives did pass Q resolution,
 therein and thereby groposing 5 certain amend. amendment was, by order of said house, centinu- ed to the present session ofths General Assembly and published in the manner prescribed by the eleventh article of said Constitution and where thirds of each house thereof have approved off said amendment in the manner prescribed and speci-
 fled in said article, which said amendment is in the words following, to wit: ,eguD.lL [ |
 Every male citizen of the United States who shall have attained the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided in this State for term of one year next preceding, and in the town in which he may offer himself to be admitted to the priyi. leges of an eector, at least six months next pre- ceding the time at which he may 80 offer himself, stitution, or any section of the statutes of this State, and shall sustain good moral character, shall, on taking such oath as may be prescribed by law, become an eleCtor" '""'''"F- 'h .it
 Now therefore, to provide for the consideration of said amendment by the inhabitants of this State, in town meetings to be warned and held for that purpose pursuant to the req quirements of said eleventh article ofthe Consultation of this State. 1,sFqT sg-tsss4.t
 Be st enacted by the Senate aud House Of Renre. seatatives % General Assembly convsned:
 SEC. II That the constables of the several towns in this State shall warn the electors in their res. pectve towns to meet on the first Monday of Oc- tober, Al 1865, at nine o'clock in the morning of said day. tor the purpose of signifying in the manner hereinafter provided, their approbation or disapprobation of said proposed amendment, which meetings shall be held at the usual places of holding electors meetings in said towns res. pectings in said towns respectively. .,,,,,. ,l..J
 SEC. 9 The town clerk and selectmef in the several towns are hereby author rzed, if they deem it expedient, to designate the person who shall preside at such meeting of the electors; but in case no presiding officer is designated by said board, the electors shall choose the presiding of.
 cer, in which choice the town clerk. or in his ab- sence, the oldest selectmen present shall preside The polls shall llremain open until five o'clock in the afternoon of said day, and no longer; and in towns divided into wards or voting districts, the ballots may be received at the place and in the manner assgnatedd in accordance with the pro dASEo B. It shaiI be the duty of the town clerks of the several towns, immediately after the or ganization of said meeting, to present to said meeting said proposed amendment to said con- stitution, according to the requirements of fthel eleventh article thereof; and the electors present at said meeting shall be called upon by the pre-. siding officer of said meeting to bring in to him their respective votes, by ballot, regarding said amendment Those in favor Of approving or adopting said amendment shall give in ballot with the word { Yesp written or printed thereon and those who disapprove of said aulendment shall lgiyein ballot with the word ssNo'' written or printed thereon, which said ballots shall be examined, sorted and counted by the presiding officer, assisted by the town clerk and selectmen. and the number of each declared in open meeting by said presiding officer l !" s1l1IS s1lIS SEe!4 The presiding officers in said sevsfal town meetings shall under their harids9 fespeo- lively, make duplicate certificates of the number of votes so given in and ascertained as aforesaid in favor ofapproyingf and adopting said amend. Inent and also of those disappfovins of the adop Ition of said amendment in words st full lenrtk. one of which certificates shall be deposited i fhe office of the town clerk in the town ir ysbich siIch meeting shall be held and the other BhalI 'be. by such presiding officer, transmitted by fail to the secretary ofstate at Hartford,or shalfbe eliyerod sealed up,t to the secretary of state within five days after the holding of said nieetink which cer. tifcate shall be in the form following, t5 wit x At meeting of the electors of the town of .. .....ssss., legally warned and held on the first Monday of October A. D. 1865, for the purpose q receiving thsyotes ofthe electors of said town