Litchfield enquirer., 1868-09-03

I punished by fine not exceeding fifty dollars nor less than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment Ill a common jail not less than twenty days nor exceed ing sixty days, or by such fine ana imprisonment ! both.
 l Approved, July 24, 1868.
 An Act in addition to 'An Act for the assessment 1 and collection Of taxes. l Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- l sentatiyes in General Assembly convened: | Sec l. Warrants for the collection of taxes may ! be in the following form:
 ! TO A. B.. collector of taxes of the There insert the name of town city, ecclesiastical society, school district or other community laying the tax, in the County C.. Greeting
 Bv authority of the state. of Connecticut you are hereby commanded forwith to levy and collect !, of each of the persons named in the annexed list herewith committed to you, his several proportion of the sum total of said list therein stated be- ing tax assessment agreed upon by the legally qualified voters of said flown city, ecclesiastical so ciety school district or other community, as the case may be, regularly assembled on the - day of -, A. D. 1S-. for the purpose of There state And you are to pay the sums which you shall levy and collect to the treasurer of said flown city clesiastcal society, school district, other con- munity, as the case may be, on or before the - | neglect to make payment of the sum at which he is assessed and set in said ist you to distran
 the goods or chattles of such person and dispose
 of the the law directs and, after satisfying said tax and the lawful charges return the over
 pIus if any to said person; and for want of goods
 and chattes on which to make distress, you are to
 levy upon the real estate of the person neglect
 ing, and sell enough of said estate to pay the tax
 of said person and the costs chargeabIe against
 him, and give to the purchaser warrantee deed
 thereof according to the statute in such made
 and provided, take the body of said person and
 hlm commit unto the keeper of the jail of said
 county. within the prison, who is hereby comman- ded to receive and safely keep him until he shall pay the said sum, together with your fees.
 Dated at -, this = day of =, -., A: D. 1s-. | c. D., Jurtce of the Peace. Sec. ?. In all cases where real estate has been levied upon sold and conveyed by collector of taxes by virtue of a warrant in the form authorzz ed by the one hundredth section of ''An Act for the Assessment and collection of Taxes,.' or of warrant embOdying the substance of the matter
 contained il that form, such levy sale and convey
 ance shall be as valid to all intents and purposes
 as they would have been if the said warrant had
 contained direction to the collector to levy upon,
 sell and convey real estate. , Approved, July 24, 1868.
 | CHAPTER XIII. An Act repeating An Act therein named. Belt enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- ? scntatives in General Assembly convened: l That chapter CXIIX of the Public Acts passed May Session, A. D. 1867, be and the is here : by repealed.
 l Approved, July 24, 1668
 CHAPTER LxI1I.
 An Act in addition to sAn Act for the regulation of Civil Actions.' 1 Q sentatives in General Assembly convened
 Sec. l. That m all cases where an indifferent person has been or shall hereafter be deputed to serve any process by attachment summons in ac-
 cordance with the provisions of section third chap
 ter l., of the act to which this is in addition the y court before whom the case is tried shall tax no
 cost for the service of said process; provided it
 shall be of opinion that no sufficient reason existed for such deputation.
 Sec g. An act in addition to ''An act for the reg
 niation ton ot CIvll Actions" passed May Session. A. of 1867, is herby repealed.
 Approved, July 24, 1868.
 K CHAPTER XLIv. An Actin addition to an act entitled ssAn Act for l encouraging and regulating Fsheries.' Be It enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened: r That the provisions of chapter one hundred and
 thirty eight of the Public Acts, passed at the May Session of the General Assembly, A. D. 1S67 shall not apply to the river Thames fl Sec. 2. This act shall not effect any suit now | pending.
 t Sec B. This act shall not effect from the day of ,. Approved July 24, 1868.
 t CHAPTER XIV. An Act Ill addition to and in alteration of " an Act s concerning Ecclesiastical Societies." d be It enacted by the Senate and House of Rep = resentatlyes in General Assembly convened: sec; & ]: Any person person may terminate his member
 thls State by giving notice in writing of his inten-
 tion so to do to the clerk of the same, if there
 De no clerk to any other officer thereof and thence , forth shall not be liable for any future expenses which may be incurred by said society or congre- t gatlon. And every religious society or congrega-
 ton may, by two-thirds vote of the members = present, at any annual meeting duly warned, de- clare the termination of the membership of any member who shall have become member of an
 other religious society, or of any member who shall
 nave, TOT the space of one year, ceased to attend
 the stated religious services of said society or con- gregaon, and shall have been notified of the pro-
 posed acton either personally or by letter ad-
 dressed to him at his last known place of resi-
 dence, by the clerk or either of the committee of such society or congregation and deposited in the
 post-othce, not less than fifteen days before the
 tlme or holding such meeting and it shall be the
 duty of the clerk of every religious society or con- l gregation to prepare and keep with the records thereof list of the lawful members of such socl- . ety or congregation and to report to each annual t meeting the names of those persons whose mem , bershlp shall have terminated by death or other
 wlse since the last annual meeting, or whose mem-
 Dershlp shall be liable to be declared terminated ,as = above provided.
 Sec. 2 Section second of chapter LXv of the
 laws of 1867, are hereby repealed.
 Approved, July 24, 1868.
 An Act in addition to s'an Act for the Regulation of Civil Actions" Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives ln General Assembly convened: Sec. 1. All actions brought by the State of Con-
 nectcut, or by the treasurer of the State for the iooo'oAy ot Alouey uuo HOm any person, persons or corporation, under or by virtue of any of the
 provisions of 'an Act for the Assessment and Col
 lection of Taxes, or of any act in addition there to or alteration thereof, shal in respect to the time and order of trial, have precedence of all
 other civil actions and shall not be continued by f the court in which they arc pending except for cause, without the written consent of the treas | urer.
 Sec: ?. This act shall apply to, and be enforced in actions now pending. as we'll as in those here , after commenced.
 :; Approved July 24, 1868.
 CHAPTER XLvI.
 An Act regulating the Sale and Inspection of Ilu- II minating Oils and Burning Fluid. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
 resentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Scc 1. That no person shall mix for sale naptha
 and Illuminating oils, or shall knowingly sell, or
 keep for sale or ofers for sale such mixture, or
 shall seIl keep for sale, or offer for sale such
 mixture, or shall sell or keep for sale oil made
 from petroleum for Illuminating purposes, infam-
 mable at less temperature than one hundred and
 ten degrees Fahrenheit, or shall sell, or keep for
 sale, oils, or burning fluids for Illuminating pur- poses iniammable at 8 less temperature than one