Litchfield enquirer., 1875-08-26
PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF
 CONNECTICUT

CONNECTICUT
 PASSED AT THE MAY SESSION OF THE GENERAL AS sEMBLY, 1875. ..... Published by Authority.l Issnate Bill No. 42.l An Act to Prevent Cruelty to Birds and Fowls Dc it enacted by the Senate and House of Represents tives in General Assembly convened; SECTION l. No person shall keep any bird or flow of any kind, for the purpose of having said bird O fowl shot at for sport gain, the trial of skill of marks men, or other purpose, to be shot shot at aT, shooting match No person shall let loose suffer escape from any trap, net, other place of conne meDt, or from any method of restraint. expose any way any bird or fowl of any kind, for the purpos of having such bird fowl shot shot at for sport gan the trial Of skill of marksmen, other purpose l to be shot or shot at at any shooting match.
 SEC, 2 No person shall shoot shoot any bird o fowl of any kind exposed to be shot shot for tn purpose specified in the preceding sectOn let loose suffered to escape ill the and for the pur poses specified in said section.
 SEC. 5. Any person violating any provision of tl act shall be deemed guilty of msdemeanor. and saI pay fine not exceeding fifty dollars, imprisoned in the common jail not exceeding thilty days or both Approved July 2Oth, 1875.
 Isenatc Bill No. 67
 CHAP. LxIv.
 An Act in addition to Act relating to Courts of Com
 mon Pleas.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
 t1Ves ln General Assembly convened:
 SEC. l. That i'll all actions at law equity in Of the courts of common pleas wherein the supreme court of errors shall have reversed any Judgment decree of any of sand courts or granted new tria therein, either party may by written motion within twenty days after such reversal trial shall been announced, filed with the clerk of such court common pleas request the said court to desi ate some judge of said court of common peas other than the who tried said cause try cause and shall be the duty of said judge requs to desig nate such other judge, aud notify him thereof and il shall be the duty of such other judge receipt of such notice to appoint day and place as soon as he nonted nrocesd o trr ssd ns SHAH o SUCH oay ap
 Approved July 20. 1875. [House Bill No. 6S.l -.....,
 CHAP. Lxv
 An Act to confirm the doines of Assessors and Boards
 of Relief, and other Officers of Towns and School
 Districts in certain cases.
 Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
 tives in General Assembly convened:
 SEC. l. In all cases in which the assessors of any town in this state have added to the list of any making a sworn list, any property owned by him and liable to taxation in said town, without legally notify ing him thereof and in all in which the sors have omitted to compare sign, return dAte make oath to abstract of the assessment list of their respective towns, or to lodge the same in the town clerks ofce in said town, before the if teenth day of December in each yera or ing lodg- ed it there before said day. have neglected to sign or make oath to it until after wards or have omit ted from said abstract the list part of the list any person; and in all ill which houseots, not ex- Ceeding two acres have not been assessed set the nSt separattly land; and III all which the assessors have not signed the list lists of their respective towns collectively but have sgned the same individually for districts societies in said towns and in all in which the have not signed the assessment list; and in all where the and board of relief have omitted to set the taxable property of nonrescents in sepa- rate list and in all where the persons making the assessment list wereapp0nted by the selectmen of their respective towns and all where the ed, before the board of relief have capitalized and ad justed the returns and assessments of their towns and in all cases where the of any in this state did not give notice to all persons hand written printed list of all taxable property belong ing to them on the first of October A. D. 1874 and all cases where such assessors and members of the board If relief did not give legal Lotee of time and place of their meetings, where they did not take the oath required by law; and in all cases where any such board Of relief have added the list of any per. son. any new item of taxable property actually sed by him. without giving the notice required by law; and in every case where such board of relief have raised the amount of the list of person with out giving such notice, tie increase made in the amount of said list, not in fact, excessive and utt aud in all cases in which the town clerk of any town has not transmitted to the comptroller of pubhc first day of March each yaar: snch Vs shall not for either, any of such be adjuda ed void or defective but the same are hereby ratified and confirmed. and made valid, an binding upon the town wherein the same made and all taxes which have been shall hereafter be laid and imposed &C., cordng to such assessment liss may, notwithstand- ing, be levied and collected.
 SEC. 2. In all cases in which a rate bill heretofore made out for the collection of any tax, has been made out under the hands of the selectmen of town or of committee Of any other community, according the provisions of for the assessment and col all cases in which the selec of any town have neg lected to sign such rate b and in all where the warrant has been made out or signed and attached any rate b by justice of the peace such rate bills shall be good and valid to all ntents and purposes as if the same had been made out under the hands of said seectmen and committee provided by said and signed by them; and all warrants heretofore granted for the collection of such tax and all bonds notes. ob ations, other securities given by any collector of taxes for security collection payment duties shall in like manner be good and vald and are hereby made binding and legal; and in every case where collector of taxes has made demand of ay- for taxes, pursuant to section fourteen of chap one, title y of the general statutes revision of 1866, but has died without making the certificate re- quired by said section, such demand without certh cate shall be deemed equivalent in all respects such demand with such certificate duly made under oath by said collector, according to the requirements of this section.
 SEC. 3. In all cases where any town in pursuance of vote thereof passed at any town meeting Of such town duly warned and held. Las purchased any land and received deed thereof the purpose of erect. ing town hall or building thereon. for court room probate ohce and any town purpose and in all case where the selectmen of such town have (by direction of such townl sold and conveyed part of the land purchased by such town for the purpose of erecting such hall or building thereon. and not needed for that pu pose the doings of such town and the selectmen thereof, are hereby ratified, confirmed, and made valid, and such purchase of land by said town and sale and conveyance pant thereof by such select men, are hereby confirmed and made legal. valid. binding, and sufficient to pass the legal title to such land.
 SEC. f. In all cases where the collector of taxes of any town in this stute has not published notice os the time and place appointed by such collector for the purpose of receiving the taxes of such town in a newspaper printed in the county where such tax is or to be collected, but has published such notice in newspaper printed in adjoining county such pub. lication in an adjoining county shall be good effect ual and valid in every respect and shall have the same effect as If the same had been published in a newspaper printed in the county where such tax was or is to be collected.
 passage, and shah not affect any suit pending Approved July 20. 1876.
 House Blu No. l47.l
 CHAP. LXvI.
 An Act in addition relating to Oyerseers and
 Probate Courts.
 Be enacted by the Senate and House of Representa
 tives in General Assembly convened: =
 That section twenty chapter fve title four be amended by striking out, the second line the word Cor" after guardian and inserting after the word conseryator, in the same line the words ssol over. appointed by the superior court in accordance with the revised s,atutes title twenty part our chap ter thirteen, sectinn four"
 Approved July 20. 1875.
 {House Bill No 2j4l
 CHATTER LxvII
 An Act Relating to Limited Partnerships. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Reresenta
 tives in General Assembly convened: s@.I That any special partner in . limited partnership may lAwfuIy be paid from the assets such partner ship, each year during the continuance thereof sum by him to the capital stock; pyopided that such pay ment shall only be made out of the net profits earned by such partnersip, during the year for which sueh payment is made. And SD much of any as is in- consistent herewith, IS hereby repealed.
 Approved July %, 1875. ."