Litchfield enquirer., 1872-10-17

That ail contracts on which any personshas taken, accepted or received. or on which any person has agreed to take, accept, or receive by means of any bargain. loan, exchange.con Veyance or otherwise more than the sum of six dollars for the forbearance of one hundred dollars in money or other property of that val ue for year. and after that rate for 8 greater or less sum, or for longer or shorter time. are hereby validated and confirmed and may be enforced any law to the contrary notwith- standing but this act shall affect any suit now pending.
 Approved, August l, 1872
 - CHAPTER xoyIiI.
 An act relating to the school fund.
 Be it enacted by the senate and house of repre-
 sentatives in general assembly convened:
 That from and after the thirty first day of Au- gust, A. D. 1872, the interest on all new leans of the fund known as the school fund and on all other loans of said fund aSter the first of March, 1873, shall be at the rate of seven per cent per annum. and shall be payable semi-annually.
 Approved, August l. 1872.
 CHAPTER xCIx.
 An act in addition to- an act, entitled San act
 concerning crimes and punishments."
 Be 1t enacted by the senate and house of repre-
 sentatives in general assembly convened:
 Sec. l. The board of county commissioners of each county ln this state shall at any regular meeting, by all instrument in writing, under their hands, license and authorize any suitable person or persons to sell splrituous and intoxi eating liquors, ale and lager beer in the several towns in said county; provided, that said license or licenses shall only be given to such person or
 persons as shall be recommended by majority of she selectmen of the town where such busi-
 ness is to be carried on. as suitable and fit there
 for, and provided further, that snch person or
 persons, before receiving license, shall tio with
 the said board a bond to the treasurer of said ty int kho Of ,SkE good and sufficient surety suret0s, for the due | observance of all laws that are or shall be made respecting taverns, and spirituous liquors; and
 all ilcenses so granted shall be in force for one year and no more; such license shall specify the 1 town within which, and the particular building or place within sRch town where such liquor may
 be sold, and shall not be deemed to authorize
 such sale in any ether town, building or place; and every person 50 licensed who shall make any such rule in any other town, building or place than the one specific in such license shall be
 subject to all the penalties provided by law for I unlicensed persons, and may be proceeded
 any town may at any meeting duly warned and held for that purpose by a major vote of the
 electors present at said meeting inetruct the se- lectmen of the town not to make any recoMmen- dations for the granting of licenses under this
 act, and if any town shall instruct the selectmen
 thereof, as aforesaid, then said selectmen shall
 be prohibited fIOm making and recommendations for the granting of licenses, and any selectman WHO sual FecOmInoEu Lue LConSluS or any per- sons after . vote of tho town instructing him to the contrary, shall be guilty Of 8 misdemeanOr, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by 8 fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or be
 imprisoned Tn a common jail for period not ex-
 ceeding sixty days. UT by such fine or imprison- ment both.
 Sec. 2. Said board of county commissioners, or the major part thereof, shall revoke any license l so granted for any violation of this act. No li- | cense shall be granted, and any license # grant, ed shall be void, unless the application therefor shall be ill writing. signed by the applicant in
 person, and copy lodged and kept on file with
 the town clerk If the town in which the privilege
 or selling liquors is sought. subject to public in spection at least two weeks.
 Sec. 3. Any person licensed shall pay to said board & sum not less than one hundred dol lars, and not more than five hundred dollars as
 said commis sioners shall determine for such li- cense, and said board shall pay over the sum so received to the treasurer of the several towns.
 Sec i. Any person or peIsons who shall sell, without being so licensed, or ofter notice of the revocation of such license, any spirituous or in-
 toxicating iiquor ale or lager beer, shall be pun iShed by fine of not less than fifty nor moro than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding six months, or by such fine and ina prisonment both.
 sec. 5, Any person or persons so licensed.
 who shall sell to any minor any spirituous or in- toxicating liquors, ale or lager beer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by 8 fine Of not nless than twenty, nor more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thiLty days For by both fine and imprisonment.
 Sec. 6. Any person or persons 50 licensed, who shall sell to any drunkard, knowing him or
 her to be such, or to any husband or wife, after notice from either said husband wife not to so
 sell to the other, or to any person in state of
 lntoxication, any spirituous or intoxicating liq-
 uor, ale, or lager beer, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor and on conviction thereof, shall
 be punished by fine of not less than twenty, nor
 more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding sixty days, or by such fine and imprisonment both. Sec. '. The attorney for the state, in each of
 the counties of the state, and the grand jurors of the several towns, and the prosecuting aofioers of the cities of the state, shall, upon the com
 paint of any person, verified by oath file inform atons against any person or persons for the vio- lation ot this act.
 Sec. 8. If any person shali, while in state of intoXcation, do or cause Gin consequence there- of) any damage or injury to any other person, or to the property of another, then, ill such case whoever sold the liquor to such person, whereby ! the person doing or ausing such injury became
 intoxicated, shall be liable to pay to the party in- jured just damages, to be recovered in an action
 on this statute: and if the party selling such hq- uOr is & licensed dealer under this act, said | amount may be recovered from the surety or sureties his or her bond, provided it does not exceed the sum of Sl ,GOO
 Sec, 9. The bond to be taken on the issuing of each license may be in the following form: KNOW ALI. MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That we, | A. B of--, as principal, and c. D., of -, l as surety, are held and firmly bound unto the | treasurer of the county of-, and his sccces-
 sors in ofice,in the sum of one thonsand dollars, | to which payment, well and truly to be made, we | bind ouseiyes, our heirs and assigns. Signed with cur hands and sealed with our dition ot this obligation is such that, whereas, the above bounden B has this day been hcens- | ed by the board of county commissioners of the | k<o srif, ,.L S,ko ! ing liquors, ale and lager beer, in the town of in said county. Now if the said shall comply with all the provisions Of the act under which said license Is issued, and aise shall pay l all damages which shall be recovered from him
 under and pursuant to tho provisions of said act,
 then this bond to be void-otherwise. of full force in the law.
 Sec. 10. Every person who shall keep q house,
 store shop, saloon, or other place in which it is ! reputed that spirituous or intoxicating liquors,
 ale or lager beer, are kept for sale, without hay
 ing license therefor according to the provisions ! of this act, shall be punished by fine net ex-
 ceeding twenty dollars, or by imprisonment in a
 common jail not exceeding thirty days, ,or by such | fine and imprisonment both.
 Sec. All clerks, agents, bar-keepers, or em- ployees employed ill the keeping of any such
 place, shall incur the same penalties and be pro- 1 ceeded against ill the same manner as princi- pals.
 Sec. 12, Any person who shall receive a li- cense from the board oE county commissioners
 shall cause luis written license to be suitably and properly framed, and shall hang the same in l eome conspicuous place in the room where spir- | ituous and intoxicating iquors,. ale and lager l beer are offered for sale, so that the same may be seen and read by any person who may visit l said room.
 Sec. 13 All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
 Sec. IA. This act snail take effect from and aft
 CT the 18th day of September, A. D. 1874 | CHAPTER c.
 An act relating to civil actiops. | Be it enacted by the senate and house of repre- sentatives in general assembly convened: | Sec. l. The judge holding any term of the
 superior court in ths state may, if in his opinion
 the cause ot justice require it, upon motion,
 order any criminal cause, or any civil
 cause which has been put to the jury, 1 pending in said court at such term to be trans.
 ferred to the scperior court in and for any othel