Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-31

to the office of prosecuting agent. and any | prosecuting agent who has heretofore l (wllile holding said offce) engaged, or shall hereafter engagein such sale, shall be deemed to have vacated his office, and the county commissioners shall lmmedl- ately appoint some person in his stead. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after it's passage
 Approved, June 28, 1876. l GSenate Bill No. 27. CHAPTER LXXv. An Act authorizing Selectmen to Appoint 1 I Patrolmen.
 B. it enacted by the Senate and House of, 1 Representatives in General Assembly | convened: k l That any town. at town meeting legal- ly warned and beld for that purpose, may l authorize its select.nen to appoint such number of patrolmen as said town may at said meeting authorize, who shall have the powers of eonstables to serve criminal process and arrest for crime, during the time for which they shall be appoint 1 ed. - e
 Approved. June 28, 1876. House Bill No. 147. l CHAPTER LxxvI. l An Act relating to the Time within which 1 the Insurance Commissioner shall make 1 his Annnal Reports to tiie General As-
 semblv. Be it ena..ted by the Senate and House of
 Representatives in General Assembly convened:
 That the provisions of an act entitled | An Act concerning the returns of the ex- ecutive departments to the general ass..ln- bly. passed at the present session of the general assembly, shall not apply to the | reports of the insurance commissioner. required to be made by section four, part nine. chapter one, title three, of the gen. eral statutes.
 Approved. June 28, 1876. l (Senate Bill No. 481 ~ s E s CHAPTER Lxxvn. An Act concerning the Support of Psup- CTS.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
 Representatiyes in. General Assembly convened:
 SECTION l. That whenever any person has been or shall be supported ae paup. CT by any town in this state, such person, his executors or admi6istratoss, asi1all be liable to pay for such support q reason able sum; prOUSded said executors or ad- ministratOrs have assets in their hands belongings to such pauper's estate, whice may be recovered in an action Of assnmpsit. and the statute of limitations shall not be pleaded against any portion l thereof. SEC. 2. This act shall not effect any suit now pending.
 Approved June 28, 1876
 [Senate Bill No. 7o1 CHAPTER LxxvIu. 1 An Act in addition to An Act concerning l the Settlement of Estates.
 De 1t enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly
 convened:,
 1 SECTION 1. That where trustee ap. I pointed by testator, or by the court of 1 probate to execute trust created by will, or an executor or administrator have resigned without making written appli- | cation therefor, to the court of probate having cognizance of the settlement of the estate, and no public notice of hear ing relative thereto has been given, and said court has accepted said resignation, shall be valid as if such application had been made and such notice given as re. quired by title eighteen, chapter eleven, section twenty-five of the general statutes.
 Approved. June 28, 1876. |. Senate Bill No. I'll | z T~~w- CHAPTER LxXIxe. An Act concerning hoans of Saving Banks. Be it enacted ny the Senate and House of
 Representatives in General Assembly
 convened: s.- .s-...~~-g
 SECTION l. That section two, part tLree, chapter two, title seventeen, of the gener- ! al statutes of the state be amended by adding to the end of said section the fol. lowing proviso: Provided that the Staf- ford savings bank, Tn the town of Ston- ington. may loan, the former on land To- cated in the county of Hampden, in the state of Massachusetts; the latter on land in the county of Washington, in the state of Rhode Island" ..---.
 Approved, Jnne 28, 1878. A [Senate Bill No. "A l CHAPTER Lxxx il.t
 An Act to confirm the doings of Assessors
 and Boards of Relief, and other Officers
 of Towns and School Districts, and to
 validate and confirm the Acts and Votes
 of School Districts.
 Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of l Representatives in General Assembly l convened
 SECTION l. In all cases in which the as- sessors of any town in this state. have added to the list of any person making a sworn list, any property owned by him and liable to taxation in said town. with. out legally notifying thereof; and in all cases Ill which the assessors have omitted to compare or sign, or return, date. or make oath to an abstract of the assess. ment list of their respective towns, or to lodge the same in the town clerks office | Tn said town, on or before the fifteenth day of December, in each year, or having lodged 1t there on or before said day. have neglected to sign or make oath to it until afterward, or have omitted from sail abstract, the list or part of the list of any person; and in all cases in which house lots not exceeding two acres, have not been assessed and set in the list separate. 1 ly as land; and in all cases in which the assessors have not signed the assessment list or lists of their respective town or towns collectively, but have signed the same individually for districts or societies in said towns: and in all cases in which I the assessors have not signed the assess ment iisti and in all cases in which the as. sessors and board of relief have omitted to set the taxable property of non-resi. dents m a separate list; and in .all cases where the persons making the assessment l lists were appointed by tho selectmen of their respective towns; and in all cases where the assessment list has been added to made out, or altered. before the board of relief have capitalized and adjusted the returns and assessments of their towns: and m all cases where the assessors of any town in this state did not give notice to all persons to hand in a written or print l ed list of all taxable properly belonging | to them on the first day of October, A. D. 1875: and in all cases where such assessors and members of the 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 to the list of any new item of tax able property actually owned by him with out giving the notice required by law: and every case where any such board of relief have raised the amount of the list of any person, without giving such person notice
 ii the increase so made in the amount of said list is not, in fact, Excessive and un- ! just and in all cases MherA any rnannhar