Litchfield enquirer., 1867-10-03
PUBLIC ACTS. PASSED MAY SESSION, 1867
(Continued from last sceek.
THE CITY OF MERIDEN,

| COWWH6U JTOW HtSC WeeE.
 1 Sec. 61. The court of common council of said city shall be, and they hereby are authorized and empowered ia designate line or lines on the land highway street, public walk or public avenue. ai- ready laid out, hereafter to be laid out in said city, between which line and such highway, street. public walk or public avenue no building or part i of a building shall be erected; pro0aded such line shall not be more than ten feet distant from such highways street, public walk or public avenue. Sec. 62. When said court of common council shall so designate a line or lines the lands of any such proprietor proprietors, they shall give them reasonable notice to be present at the time such designation shall be made; and in making such designation, due regard shall be had to the general
 line of such highway, street public walk or public avenue And survey shall be made, by direction or sad court of common council, containing par tlcuar description of such line lines, with the With the quantity of land on which the proprietor or proprletors are prohibited to build, which, be- 1nS accepted by said court of common council, snail De signed Dy the mayor or one of the alder man, and recorded in the records of said city, And the damages done to such proprietor or proprietors Dy such designation, shall be estimated by three judicous dsinterested treeholders of said city who shall be appointed and sworn by the mayor or. in his absence, by the senior alderman of said city, and certitiate thereof shall be made and record ed in the records of said city. And it shall be the duty of said freeholders to make return of their dongs to the clerk of said city, wno shall record the same.
 Sec. 63. Whenever any highway, street, public walk or public avenue shall be laid out or altered, when any line or lines shall be designated upon the land of any proprietor or proprietors between woieh and any highway, street or public avenue in sad city, said proprietor proprietors shall be prohibited to build, said court of common council shall have power andit shall be their duty to as certain what pesson or persons, owing interest ed in land or buildings in said city, will be special
 y benefited by such layout, alteration or desig- nation, and to apporton among, and to assess to be paid by such persons, respectively, the whole or 1 such part as they shall deem reasonable, of the | damages caIlSGl Such a1 ignation. And said court of common council shall thereupOn give notice to such person persons of the sum assessed to be paid by them respectively and shall order the same to ee by them respective
 y pald to each person persons as shall, by said court of common council, be authorized to receive the same for the purpose of paying said damages And they shall appoint collector, to whom the mayor or one of tue aldermen of said city shall is sue warrant of distress, authorizing him to collect Of such person or persons tho sums by them respectively ordered to be paid, as afore- said.
 Sec. GA, All persons aggrieved by the estimate of freeholders, of any damages occasioned by any lay out, alteration designation of tn lines, made ac- cordng to the provisions of this act and all per sons as arc aggrieved by the assessments by them respectively ordered to be paid, according to the provisions of this act, may, within six days after notice Of such estimate or assessments, apply, by petition to any judge of the superior court, for re-estmatc of such damamages or re-assessment of the sums by them ordered to be paid, giving reasonable notice in writing to the clerk of said ci ty, of the tme and place, when and where, and the judge to whom such application will be made. And such judge shall appoint three judciOus, disnter- ested freehoders of the county of New Haven to rees6imate sad damages or ro-assess the sums or dered to be paid as aforesad And said freehol- ders shall re-estimate said damages, or re-assess tho sums ordered to be paid as aforesaid, under oath, and make reporG or their dongs to said judge who shall have au hority if for any cause he shall fudge sufficient te set aside said report to correct the same to order another estimate or assessment to be made, or to make such other order thereon as to justice shall appertain. If upon such appi- cation for rc-estimato of damages, the damages shall be increased by said lreeholders, and ap- proved by said judge, the costs of such applica- tion shall be paid by said city; but if they shall not be increased by said freeholders and approv- ed by said judge they shall be paid by such appli- cant.
 Sec. G5 Any person who shall, contrary 70 the provisions of thus act, erect any building, part of building between any line desgnated, as by this act provided, andany highway, street, public walk or public avenue, in said city, shall forfeit and pay for the ofsaid city, a fine not exceed ing one hundred dollars and tbe continuance of any building, or part of building, between any such line and any highway, street, public walk or public avenue, in said city, for day of twenty four hours after the day of commencement thereof, shall be deemed separate and single offence; and in addition to such fine all such buildings shall be annually assessed fourfod in the list of polls and ratable estate ill the town Gnd city of Meri- den.
 | Sec 6G The court of common council of said city shall constitute board Of health in said city, and shall have, and may exercise, all power and authoritv which they shall judge necessary and proper for the preservation of the health of said city, for the preservation of disease of any kind, and the spread of the same, and for the promotion and preservation of the health of the inhabitants of said city; may make and cause to be executed, all such such orders in relation thereto as they shall think proper, and may appoint such health committee or committees, with such powers ill re- lation thereto, as they shall think proper. And said court of common council or the mayor of said city, or any member of any health committee in said c::ty, may cause all filthy and putrid substan- ces of every kind and all other substances, of ev- cry kind, which they shall think injurious to the to the health cleanliness of the inhabitants of said city to be removed the expense of the proprie- tor orpropretors of inc land or building upon in, or in fIont of which such substance may be; and for that purpose may enter upon or into all lands and buildings of every kind, and all cellars, and all places in-said citp
 sec. 66 All ObstructOns or incumbrances of ey- cry kind which shall be erected. placed, lad left, deposited continued or suffered to remain in, or upon any highway street, public walk or public av enue, Ill said city, ill violation of any of the by laws of said city, shall be deemed forfeited to said city, and may be appropriated to the use of the same by the mayor, or any alderman of said city, or any officer to whom such duty, by said court of common council, shall be assigned. And the court at common council, or the mayor, or any of the alderman, of said city any such officer may cause all nulsunces, Instructions or lncumbran- ces found on or or existing in any place ln said city, iu violation of any of the Pyaws of said city
 to be removed at the expense of the peIson or per sons causing, continuing, scffering to remain, l SuCQ nuisance, ODSCIucGlOu OF 0hu said court of commsn council shall hquldate and adjust the expense of such removal, and may or der the same to be paid by such perssn or per- 5 sons and the mryor or one of the aldermen of said city, shall issue warrant of distress, directed , to the collector of said city, authorizing him to ; collect the same. Said court of common council l are hereby authorized and empowered to ordain and establish bylams relative to all the aforesaid
 subjects and relative to cleaning all drains snd
 gutters in said city; relative to the deposting of rubbish, vegetable and animal matter, or any pu- trid or offensive substance whatever in any of the streams running throogh said city; and to punish bo fines and forfeures, all violations of the lawful orders of said court of common council. Prouided that no greater punishment shall be inflicted for any one violation of and bylaw of said city, or any such order, than fine of fifty dollars and a forfeiture of good and chatties of the value of fifty dollars. - = !, Sec 68. In all cases, when under the provisions of the charter of said city sum of money shall be ordered by said court of common council to be of the aldermen of said city, shall issue warrant or dstress directed to the collector of said city au thorlzlng him to collect tn same of such person o, persons; and said collector shall thereupon pro sum. Sec. 6O The co1rt of common coI,rc sbo n l,o