Litchfield enquirer., 1876-09-07
PUBLIC ACTS OF THE STATE OF
 CONNECTICUT.
Passed at the May Session of the General Assembly. 1876.
UNPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. l

Passed at the May Session of the 4 General Assembly. 1876. ; asa PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
 a1d ' rSEo. g. In all cases in which rate bil heretofore made out for the collection o any tax, has not been made under tn, } II hands of. the selectmen of town, or of ' committee of any other community, ac .ooc ocording to the provisions of an act for th' assessment and collection of taxes, anl f acts amendatory thereof; and in all case a ' where the selectmen of any town hay, made their rate bill from the assessmen Iist made ont and corrected by the asses sors and board of relief, and lodged il the town clerks office, and have disre & } garded any illegal alterations in such lis made after said list and abstract was SC completed, and lodged in the town clerk office as aforesaid: and ill all cases il Ti- ~ which the sefectmen of any town hay. s neglected to sign such rate bill; and in al cases where the warrant has been mad. #t isz out or signed, and attached to any rate bill by justice of the peace, such Tat. bill shall not for any of the reasons afore said, be illegl Il or invalid, but shall bt -~ good aud valid to all intents and purpos ss as if uo such irre1 1ulrities had existed and as if tie same had been made out un der the hands of said selectmen and com ss mittee, as p, ovided by said act, ,and signed by, them; and all war ants heretofore granted for the collection of such tax, and all bonds, notes, obligations, or other SC curitiss given by any collector of taxes for security, collection, or payment O. nnch taxes, or for the faithful performance of his duties, shall, in like manner, bs good and valid, and are hereby mad' binding and legal.
 SEC.3. In all cases where tue collector O taxes of any town In th:s state has nC published notice of the tIme and place Appointed by such collector for the pur pose of receiving the taxes of such town in a lneWspaper printed in the county 1siEwhefe such tax is, or was, to be collected 2 s9 but bay published such notice in adioin .- 'S tug eoantys sach publication in an adioin ing county shall be as good, efectual. and valid in every respect, and shall have the :, same effect asl if the, same had been pub < hshed ina newspaper printed in the coun ty where such tax was or is to be col I ssaT 'Sessa 4 1d ali s.saa i, ,h;cb .be warn J ing of any school aissrics 'fn meeting eS In ha, been. posted and given, but for a shorter time shan required by law; and in al cases where the committee of any schoo whaVeinaglected to leave & duplicate notic' sI ef&ny meeting of said district with tn, s Y clSrk Of such district at the time required by law; and in all cases where the annua meeting of any school district has beer q heretofore held in any ether, month thar the months of June, July, August or Sep tember, the acts and doings of sucf school district. if hotherwise regular, ,shal not. for either of the reasons aforesaid, b, invalid, but the same shall be and bereby are ratified and confirmed; and all taxe Z laid at any snch meeting, to- defray th' expenses of such school district, and tt pay the indebtedness of the same, or fo any legal purpose, shall be valid and le ,,, gal, and binding upon such district, ana upOn the inhabitants and tax payers therein. i7 a.s ,sefst.4 .-a...s.5.
 -- SEC. 5. All deeds of conveyance O lands heretofore acknowledged before county commissioner or county surveyo after the explration of his term of office or after the repeal of the statute author 3Aizlng county commissioners to take ac . knOwledgment of deeds, or since the offic, of county surveyor has been abolished and valid in all other respects are hereby confirmed and validated.
 SEC. 6. That section two, of chapter nine, title sixteen. of the general statute. of 1875, is hereby amended by striking % out the figures 1709, and inserting in lier ea thereof 1898. r~s4 a5E ;. HEo. z. This act shall take effect from and after the day of it's passage, and shal not anect any suit now pending.
 Approved, June 2s, 1876.
 Senate Bill No. 73.]
 CHAPTER LxxxI.
 4 An Act relating to Taxation of Railroads Be it enacted by the Senate and House O Representatives in General Assembly convened:
 SECTION 1. That the returns required from the secretary or treasurer of every railroad company by section five, chap ter five, title twelve, of the genera statutes, shall embrace not only the whole length of it's road, and the length of tn. portions thereof lying without this state but also the number, name and length o each of it's branches lying in this state.
 SEC. 2. That in lieu of the first three lines of section seven of the same chapter and title the following be substituted viz: When only part of railroad lies il this state, the company owning such roaG shall pay one per cent. on such propor tion of the above named valuation as tn, length of its road lying Tn this state bear to the entire length of said road. But II fixing the aforesaid valuation and lengths neither the value nor length of any brancl thereof in this state, which the board o equalization shall determine to be of les --- value per mile than one.fourth of the av craze value per mile of the trunk road shall be included; but every such branc shall be estimated at it's true and jus value by the board of equalization, anl such railroad company shall pay to tn treasurer of this state one per cent o such value, at the time fixed in the mex previous section for the payment of othe railroad taxes.
 Approved, June 2S, 1876. aS
 Senate Bill No. 6A] kss .-.n -.f.....l.tsi cHAPTER Lxxxu.
 An Act in addition to an Act relating t
 the duties of the Commissioners of tn School Fund.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House. C
 Representatives in General Assembl eOnyened: 41!g t.f#Il FIX
 ] SECTION l. The school fund commi, siOner in his annual report to the gener, assembly. shall state the amount of inter est in arrears on the preceding thirtiet day of November.
 SRc. q Part four, chapter one, til three. of the general statutes, is hereb amended in the fourth section by addin after the word ..be," " in the third line. tn words ''anincumbered and." and in tn eighth section. (page thirteen.) by sub stituting the word December" for tn word April, in the first line. And i the Dinth section, by substituting tn word ''annually" for the word s.bienniaJ r E U VlyF in the first line, aud the word "De cem6ers for the word "April" in sa;, first line. And in the thirteenth section by substituting the words ssJune and De cember." for the words ssApril and Octc her." in the first line.
 SRc. 3. No loan shall be made from th school fund nuon raal aaketa aaor.;t,, =