Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-05
PUBLIC ACTS


 ofthe State of Connecticut. passed May session, z.T Lsa1 1872.
 tpUBLIsHED By AUTHORITY
 .s4.s CHAPTER L. An act :n addition to an act emitted San act for
 forming and conducting the military force." Be it enacted by the senate and house of repre-
 sentatives in general assembly convened: ,: The commandant of each regiment of infantry, each company of infantry, and each section of light artillery Of the National Guard, is hereby allowed the sum of fifty dollars year as com pensation tor care of arms, uniforms, equipments and other state property in his possession, which sum shall be paid by the Quartermaster- General immediately after the annual inspection of the stato not accounted for at the annual in pection shall be deducted fIom said compensa- tion. sa Approved, July 30. 1872.
 CHAPTER II.
 = An act relating to judges of probate. Be 1t enacted by the senate and house Of repre-
 sentatives in general assembly convened:
 That judges of probate may certify the records of their respective courts in the same manner as same; and ail such records which have been here- tofore certified by said judges of probate are hereby validated and confirmed; but this act shall not affect any suit now pending.
 Approved July 30, 1872.
 CHAPTER LII.
 An act relating to the payment of taxes. Be it enacteo by the senate and house of repre-
 sentatives in general assembly convened: Sec. | That the provisions of chapter forty, three of the public acts. passed in 1867, be, and the same are hereby made applicable to all taxes laid by any borough.
 Sec. 2 This act shall take effect from the date of it's passage.
 Approved, July 30, 1872.
 CHAPTER LII.
 An act to confirm the doings of assessors and
 boards of relief, ana other officers Oftowns and
 school districts, in certain cases.
 Be it enacted by the senate and house of repre-
 sentatives in general assembly conyened
 Sec. l. In all cases in which, the assessors of any town ill this state have added to the list of any person making a sworn list, any property owned by him, and liable to taxation in aad town, without legally notifying him thereof; and in all cases i'll which the assess0rs have omitted to sign or return, date or make oath to Nh abstract of the assessment list of their respective towns, or to lodge the same in the town clerks office in said town or before the fifteenth day of De- cember in each year, or having lodged it there, on nr before said day. have neglected to sign and make oath to it until afterwards, ,or have omitted from said abstract the list or part of the list of any person; and in all cases ill which house lots not exceeding two acres have not been assessed and set in the list with the dwelling house there on, but have been assessed and set in the list separately as land; and Tn all cases in which the assessors have not signed the assessment list or lists of their respective towns collectively, but have signed the same individually for districts or societies in said towns, and in all cases in which the assessors have not signed the assessment list and In all cases where the assessors and board of relief have omitted to set the taxable property of non residents in separate list: and Tn all cases where the assessors and board of re- lief have omitted to set the taxable property of married women in their husbands list and in all cases where the persons making the assessment list were appointed by the selectmen of their re- spective towns; and in all cases where such as- sessors members of board of relief did not give legal notice of the time and place of their meetings, or where they did not take the oath required by law; and in all cases where any such board of relief have added any new item of tax able property, actually possessed to any person without giving the notice. required by law, or have raised the amount Of the list of any person without giving such notice; and in all cases in all cases in which the town clerk of any town has hot transmitted to the eomp-ro Ter of public counts abstract of tile lists of such towns by the fir st day of March in each year. such assess ment lists shall not for either or any of such causes be adjudged void or defective, but the same are hereby ratified and confirmed, made valid and binding upon the town wherein the same were made; and all taxes which have been or shall hereafter Do laid and imposed according to such assessment lists, may, notwithstanding, be levied and collected.
 See. 2. In all cases in which any collector of taxes in any town, city, borough or school dis trict ill this state has levied | warrant on real estate for the payment of taxes and has adver- tised the time and place of sale of such real es- state for the full time now required by law, if the publication of the newspaper in which such advertisement is first inserted shall have been made six weeks prior to the time of such sale the sale shall be valid as if the time and place of sale had been advertised three weeks, six weeks before the time Of such sale; and in all cases ill which any collector of taxes in any town city, borough, school district in this state has levied his warrant upon, and made any sale of real estate, to satisfy any tax laid and assessed in such town, city, borough or school district, under the form of the warrant made and pre- scribed by section 100, Title LXIV page 730 of the revised statues of 1866, the same is hereby confirmed and made valid. And in all cases where a warrant heen levied upon real estate by the cOllecttr of taxes, by reason of the nonpay- .ment of tax: and the printed notice of the sale Fof such real estate, has omitted to state the place of such sale, such sale shall be good and vaId and Is hereby validated and confirmed, if the levy upon real estate was in other respects made according to law.
 Sec. 3 In all cases in which any town, city, borough or school district, for the purpose of paying any indebtedness, has laid tax in ex- cess of said indebtedness, and in all cases where any town, city, borough or school district has changed or recnded any former vote to- lay any trx on one grand list, and passed Q vote to lay in lieu thereof, tax on another grand list; and all taxes which have been laid, made out, and imposed, in pursuance of such acts and votes; may, notwithstanding, be levied and collected.
 Sec 3. This act shall take effect from it's pass- age, but shall not affect suit now pending.
 Approved, July 30. 1872.