Litchfield enquirer., 1877-06-07
House Bill No. s3.1

Approved, March IA. 1877.
 House Bill No. 33.1 CHAPTER CvI.
 An Act amending Chapter V, Title XI, of
 the General Statutes.
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
 Representatives in General Assembly
 convened:
 SECTION 1. Whenever one-third of the voters present of any meeting of school district containing two hundred or more voters, shall request that any vote or votes upon any%question pending before such meeting shall be taken by ballot and check list of the voters of said district, the chairman of such meeting shall cause said votes cannot be then and there con. veniently and properly taken. he shall. the voters present. adjourn said meeting to the usual polling place in said district. If any there be. and if there be none, then to the most suitable and convenient place week thereafter as he may designate, when and where said vote or votes shall be ta- ken between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and five in the afternoon, and the result ascertaining and declared by said chairman, and recorded by the clerk upon the records of said district.
 Sec. 2. Upon the written request of twenty or more voters ofany school dis trict containing two hundred or more le- gal voters, made to the committee of said district, to call special meeting of the voters of such district to vote by ballot and check list, upon any resolution or res- olutions appended to such request, the asaid committee shall call such meeting within two weeks thereafter. at some suit able time and place in said district, to be particularly stated in the notice for such meeting, when and where said vote or votes shall be taken by ballot and check list, ,and tue result ascertained and declar- ed by the chairman, and recorded by the clerk upon the records of said district.
 Sec. 3. Upon the written request of fifty or more of the voters of any school district containingkwo hundred or more voters, the committee of such district shall cause all elections of officers of such district to be had by ballet'and check list, as provided in the preceding sections.
 Sec. 4. This ast shall take effect from and after its passage.
 Approved, March 16, 1877.
 ldouse Bul NO. 20I.
 CHATTER cyTI
 An Act relating to the Insurance Com
 missioner and his Appointment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assem-
 biy convened:
 SECTION l. The Governor shall, once in every three years, commencing in 1877, and within sixty days after the organiza. tion of the General Assembly. nominate, and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint some suitable per- son, not director, officer or agent of any insurance con4Aany, to be insurance com. missioner, who shall. unless sooner re- moved by the Governor for cause, hold his office for three years from the first day of July following his appointment. Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of tho Senate to act finally upon alt nominations sent to them by the Governor within ten days from the day they may be received. | Sec. 3. If the Governor shall fail to nominate to the Senate within sixty days from the organization of the General As surance Commissioner who shall be con. frmed by the Senate within that time, then any vacancy that may exist, or that l 'w@AA SAASs sA0 OPOA0eOA O4 A0W 0UE1uE thei year. shall be filled by a concurrent voAe of both branches of the General As. senbly.
 Soc. Ag. Vacancies, that may arise fol the remainder an unexpired term shall be filled in the manner provided by the foregoing sections of this bill. @
 Sec. D. The Governor may fill any va. cancies that may arise during the recess oi the General Assembly, until sixty days af. | ter its next organization.
 Sec. G. For the purpose of filling the vacancy that arises in the year 1877, the l General Assembly shaif not have power to fill and the Governor shall have power to nominate for the same, within ten days after the passage of this act. The term of the Insurance Commissioner appointed in 1877 shall expire on the first day of Ju. ly, 1880
 Sec. 7. All actainconsistent with this act are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect from it's passage. Approved, March 16. 1877. | rrr