Litchfield enquirer., 1873-10-02
PUBLIC ACTS. Of the State of Connectscuts Pass ed May Session, 1873.

] or the State 0f COnn0cGtcurs PaSS cd May Session, iszs- IpUBLIsHED BY AUTHORITY | An act to confirm doings of selectmen and other officers. Be it ena. ted by the Semate an.i House of Repre- seniatiyes in Gensral Assembly convened: That in all cases when the selectmen ol any town have settled and defined the boundary lines between school districts after the voting and laying of a tax fol school district purposes, and before awar rant to collect the same shall have issued and when such boundary line divides the real or mineral estate and interest of g joint stock company or corporation, and the same or any partfthereof has been sci in the rate bill or list of any such school district to be taxed the same shall be held to be legal and valid, and ali taxes which have been or shall be hereafter laid thereon may be levied and collected out of the real estate and mineral interest lying in said district
 This act shall no. effect any suit now pending.
 Approved Jn!y 10, 1873
 CHAPTER Lxxy.
 An act amending an act in addition to an
 act entitled ''an act concerning High
 ways and Bridges"
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
 resentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Section That the first section of an i'll addition to an act entitled an act con- corning highways and bridges, approved July 28, 1872, be and the same hereby is 111 &,- 9110
 ''Sec l That in the construction of any bridge in any highway or private way that has been or may hereafter be laid out or established across water navigated by open deck vessels, and which navigation is useful or valuable for agriculture or other purposes, and which would be ob- stucted, unless suitable bridge with Q draw therein is constructed to permit ves- sells of the character that navigate such water to pass, 1t shall be the duty of the town or towns, whose duty it is to build and maintain bridge across said water, or of the person or persons constructing said private way, to construct a suitable bridge across the same with a suitable draw therein, and if said town or towns or person or persons, shall attempt to con- struct, or shall have constructed a close
 
 does Obstruct such navigation, any per son residing in said town or towns, or ei- ther of them, may apply to the Superior court, or to judge thereof in vacation, for an injunction to enjoin said town or towns, person or persons from building said close bridge which sad town or towns, person or persons are intending to build, or have built, will Obstruct such navigation, such court or judge shall enjoin said town or towns, person or persons from further prosecution of such work; and said court shall order and decree that said town or towns, person or persons shall construct suitable bridge, with a suitable draw therein, and establish the width of said draw; add if any close bridge shall have been built and completed by any town or towns, person or persons, then, upon application of person resid. ing in said town or towns, the Superior court shall order said bridge to be remov- ed and bridge with suitable draw therein constructed"
 Sec This act shall not affect any suit now pending.
 Approved July 10. 1873.
 ISenate Bill No. sOl-cHAPTER LxxvI. An act in addition to an act for the Reg
 ulation of civil actions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
 resentatives in General Assembly convened:
 Section No temporary injuction shall be granted to regulate or restrain the prosecution of any lawful manufacturing or mechanical business, on the ground that the same is a nuisance, until the pc titioner moving for such injunction shall give bond with surety to an amount satis- factory to the court or judge before whom such motion is made, conditioned for the payment of all damages that may be suf- fered by the respondent by reason of such if the petitioner shonld not prosecute his suit to effect. or if said in- junction should be afterwards dissolved, as having been improperly or unnecessa- rily granted.
 Sec 2 Such bond shall become null and void if upon motion to dissolve such injunction and hearing thereon, such motion shall be denied; unless the court or judge hearing said motion shall order that said bond be continued in force; and such bond shall become null and void if the respondent does not move to disolve such injunction either within thirty days after the service of the order for said in junction shall have been made, or at the term sf court to which the petition for an injunction shall be made returnable.
 Approved July 10. 1873