Litchfield enquirer., 1869-07-01
The shepaug Valley Railroad.

oGThe shepaug Valley Railroad.
 The following act was passed by the Le. gislature. last week. amending the charter of the shepaug Valley Railroad (among RESOLUTION AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE
 SEVERAL RAILROADS THEREIN NAMED.
 WHEREAs the General Assembly, at it's May ses- sions AD;, lS68, granted charters to the Con- necicut Western, Shepaug Valley, and Connccti- cut Valley Railroad Companies. authorizing the towns along the1oute of said railroads to sub- scribe for stock, and also amended the charter of the New Haven, ,Middletown and Willimantic Railroad Company, 80 that certain towns were authorized to issue their bonds in aid of said bonds being made dependent upon the approval or tWo-thlrds of the. electors present in town meeting, duly. called for that purpose. And whereas, the object of the General Assembly in to secure the approval of those electors paving amajor part of the taxes of said towns; now therefore, m order to more effectually carry out the provisions of said charters RHsoIxED BY THIS ASSEMBLY,: SEC. i. That aa;d towns excepting those having incorporated cities in their limits, be- and they hereby are authorized to subscribe for stock and to issue bonds in aid of saia Tairoads to further carry out the provisions m sand charters and amendments thereto proyi- ded, that said towns shall, at town meeting spe- ciaAly named for that purpose, vote to subscribe Tor sald stock and issue said bonds, under the section e3s g. Y . v - '..-'N>"-e "--e sEc A. Said meeting shall be called by the se- iectmen whenever petition shall be presented to them .hs s,gnesa by such number of taxpayers of townls as together pay, Or are assessed for the ma1or part of the taxes of said town which peti- ton shall state that the sgners thereof are in fa- SopSs ans TOT said stock or issuing said caEed, and said petition, with the names of the sgnem thereto, shall lodged in the town clerks once at least ten days before the date of such ali ay Ss be epsana psaasS 9 the inspection removed therefrom by any signer, at any time up 70 the close of said town meeting, and the voting shsl DO conducted in the manner provided in said tne Dallot1boxes of said mee.ing the selectmen. Wa majority of them, on comparison of the names sun feaihing appended to said petition with the grana nst Of said town last made and completed, aIe sAtisnea that the signers of said potion pay pr sre assessed for the major part of the taxes of said town, and ft sian also appear after the bal- lots are counted that majority of the ballots SO said stock or issuing said bonds, then the Said proposed vote shali be deemed and held to have been passed and adopted, and to be Q lawful and sa..a M ,oI sad town, and thereupon any sub ssF,Psson TOT said shsres. or in favor of issuing ssiG Ponas made in conformity with said vote, ssa snah Ps 9ssmed and held to Do subscription .a,gy s1s Dy !, saia .s and shall be obligatory
 
 ssid petition and the names of the signers there sos snan pc entered at length on the records of 41L13Thol 2; sn5 .sisssas sf.0 e
 -sssEhs portion enclosed in brackets ia the only amendment to the original bill. It was adonted
 S ,Hs honse m & ana concnrred in by the Senate sub eoThisH resolution passed the Senate. week befcrer last, and cana to the House on Tuesday of lastl week, where it was indefi. niteIy postponed. The Senate insisting uponsits former action. it came back to the House oip Tuesday, and after a sharp dis. eRssiiep, vas passed, with the amendment notsdi above, by g vote of 1sO to 34. The Senate concurred in the amendment. and the resolution has become a law.
 10 We believe that principle on which this ackrests is the true one. In discussing the question' last year, we favored an amend. dment which would give the property of the town' as well aa its voters, voice in the matter: bshnloaea Sf1 o
 o sIt seems to us that the difficulty can he avo;a sen eyEecDgnixing the fact that towns in such ca sezs 6 ssepSse so set in new capacity as monied in such capacity tho capital interested shcnl;; nave the deciding voice and that no town aofio, lehcnldbe valid til ratified by the tax-payers vo foE taxes tbey pay, Eaqsirss June A. isss s.O1h sA l!su sE E ,s-' {. . = T--------- e,j
 sd tD~Aabill is before the Railroad com mittee providing that every town snbscrib sre t<< ti,< c{<,nlr x,f a .o;Ir>cS1 s1Sx,,,1l l.. =