Litchfield enquirer., 1868-08-20
PUBLIC ACTS.
OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE, =. Harffo.d Anu1laf 1Qe2
PASSED MAY SESSION, 1868.

rublish such acts in their numerical order, and to comply strictly with the requirements af the eighth and to the Treasury Department, Said section provides that no publication shall be deemed compliance with such requirements, unless said acts are published i tue ssMdt tgpe 5n aofescn he reading matter of such paper as p7'a1eted.
 L. B. PHASE, Secretary of State. An Act in laddition to An Act entitled sAn Act
 relating to Electors and Election. Belt enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatiyes in General Assembly convened Sec l; That whenever it shall become the duty of the General Assembly to elect person to rep resent this State in the Senate of the United States such elections shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Congress appro- Sec. 2. If a vacancy shall occur in the represen- tation of this State in the Senate of the United States during the recess of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint some person to fill the l same until the then next ensuing next session of the General Assembly. Sec. 3. Section 99 Chapter VII, Title XVII of ! he General Statutes of this State is hereby re- Dealed. Approved, May 1e, 1868.
 CHAPTER II. An Act in relation to the Execution of Deeds and
 Specialties. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives in General Assembly convened: Sec 1. That all deeds and conveyances of real estate, bonds, and other Instruments intending md purportng to be specialties, but which have been executed without seal sha be valid as though 5he same had been sealed :; proUided, that nothing herein contained shall affect any suit now pend ing.
 Approved, June g, 1868.
 CHAPTER III. An Act in addition to An Act entitled ''An Act
 concerning Lands
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- Sn11tnf fIunu in ol 1x,
 Sec 1. That all deeds of real estate and other instruments required by law to be acknowledged before magistrate, which have heretofore been or shal! hereafter be acknowledged before nota- ry public, upon which such notary shall have omit ted or shall omit to place his seal of office, shall be adjudged to be and shall be as valid as if said seal had been placed thereon.
 Sec: Z. This act shall not affect any suit now pending.
 Approved, June g. 1Ses
 CHAPTER ".
 An Act relating to Insurance Companies.
 De It enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentat1ves ln General Assembly convened
 In all insurance against loss by fire, hereafter made by companies chartered by or doing busi- ness in this State the conditions of the insurance shall be stated in the body of the policy, and no conditions except those so stated shall be valid
 Approved, June 16, 1868.
 CHAPTER "
 An act repeating an Act relating exclusively to the
 town of Old Saybrook.
 De It enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives in General Assembly convened:
 That chapter one hundred and fOrty,tiye of the Public Acts, passed at the May Session of the General Assembly, 1867, entitled ss An Act in ad- dltlon to an Act entitled An Act concerning Con- muntles and Corporations, relating exclusively to the town of Did Saybrook ln this State, approved pealed.
 Approved, June 16, 1868.
 CHAPTER VI.
 An Act for the Preservation of Fish in the Quadic
 Reservoir.
 Dc 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatlves in General Assembly convened:
 Every person who shall take any fish from the Quadlc reservoir, between the last day of October and the first day of May, shall be punished by Q fine of seven dollars, or by imprisonment in the common jail, not exceeding ten day, or by such fine and imprisonment both.
 Approved, June 16, 1868.
 CHAPTER VII.
 An Act repeating An Act therein named
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives in General Assembly convened:
 That chapter CXXI of the Public Acts passed May Session, A. D. 1867, be, and the same is here Approved, June 16, 1868.
 CHAPTER VIII.
 An Act in addition to An Act entitled 'sAn Act
 concerning Communities and Corporations" Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- resentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Sec. l. All conveyances of property that have been shall be made to the trustees of the Union American Church in this State, and to their suc- cessors in office, for the of said church, &C., cordng to the usages rules and discipline of said vey such property to said trustees and their suc- cessors in office for the uses and purposes in said conveyance expressed.
 Sec 2; The trustees of any Union American in Sfofa cho11 ho olo the male members of said church of legal age
 Sec 3. The election of said trustees shall be on the first Monday ln September of each year, at the usual place of worship of said church, of which public notice shall be given from the pulpit there of, at least two Sundays preceding, or by posting notice thereof by the clerk of the board of trus- tees on the door of the place of worship, at least fifteen days preceding the time of election. The hour after the time designated in the notice there Of and in case of failure to elect on the day na- med ln this section, the election may be held on any subsequent day of the same month by giving legal notice thereof. Trustees shall hold their of, flee until others are elected and if a vacancy should occur by death, resignation, or otherwise. said vacancy may be filled at any special meeting vided in this section.
 Sec. 4. At each election there shall be appointed by the electors present, chairman and clerk, who shall act Jontiy as inspectors of election and re- celve and count the votes of said trustees and cer tlfy under oath who have received the majority of the votes which certificate shall be deposited with and kept on file by the town clerk. Sec. 9. The number of trustees shall in no case De more than nlne nor less than three which shall oe decided by majority of the electors at the first election and before the votes for trustees are cast md the number shall remain the same, unless 'hanged by two-thirds present and voting at any subsequent election. Sec. 6. At the first election the inspectors shall determine by lot as near as practicable in equal numbers, who, of those elected, shall serve for | me, two, or three years; and at each election | nerealter the electors shall elect trustees for thr years to Ill the vacancy of those whose term of ot 1ce has expired and the same trustees may be 1 ' V" sec:'7 At their first meeting, the trustees shall ron thelr number, elect president, treasurer ana clerk, and shall meet thereafter at such times as they may designate, make their own bv- laws and keep. faithful records of their action | signed by the clerk and they shall be legal cor poratlon Ill trust to receive, buy hold. preserve ana sell and convey, for the benefit of said chnrch according to the discipline and usages of said church, any lands church buildings honsas or l other property, and shall be capable in law and equity of sueing and being sued Sec. 8. The election of trustees of any T1nion American Church in this State elected prior to inc 18th of May, A. D. 1868, according to the dsci. oline and usages of said church, or by the mem oers thereof, is hereby declared valid in law. Approved, June 16, 1868. An Act repeating an Act alteration of an Act en- tltled "An Act concerning Communities and l Corporations"
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- l ,entatiyes in General Assembly, copvonod.