Litchfield enquirer., 1877-04-12
of chapter sixty-four, public acts of 1877.
 Approved February 21, 1877
House Bill No. i19.
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 CHAPTER XIX.
 An Act concerning Harbor Masters. !. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
 Representatives in General Assembly convened
 SECTION l. The governor shall appoint a harbor master and a deputy harbOr master for the harbors of Branford, who Shall s9yerally hold office for three years from the time of their appointment, and until others shall be appointed in their places The jurisdiction of said harbor masters shall include the harbor of Bran ford, and Branford river as far up said river as Hobart's- bfidge,, eo-called and the harbor of Stony Creek. and 5tlle ads jacent islands known as the Thimble Is- lands. a#o- q 6IT11 to sclL tsea
 SEc:2. The provisions of chapter eight, title sixteen. of the general statutes, are hereby made apphcable to the 8harbors and rivers of Branford, and the harbor masters hereby authorized to be appoint ed.
 -#SEc. 8. This act shall take effect from his passage.
 . Approved February 21, 1877.
 .[House Bill No. ,168. CHAPTER xX s .- < Am Act wifh Regard to Dispositions in
 Civil Actions. .. -s Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:- ..a.
 That;any deposition that may have been OF shall be legally taken to be used upon any hearing before commissioners upon an insolvent estate with regard to the al- lowance of any claim presented against such estate, and legally admissible upon such hearing, may be used in the superior court upon any appeal from the decree of such court of probate in the same cause, or from the report of such commissio sioners in allowing pr disallowing such claim: @ -..s~ Approved Feb. 23, 1877. bt House Bill No. IFS.
 CHAPTER XXI. An act in addition to an Act relating to
 Civil Actions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House ot ss-~ Representatives in General Assembly
 convened:
 Sec 1. Whenever in any action, any person or corporation shall be named as garnishee, the officer serving the process in said action, shait, at the time of leaving a copy of said process with said garnishee, make inquiry as to the amount then owed by said garnish hee to the defendant in said action.
 SEC. ?. If said garnishee shall, upon such inquiry, disclose to sad officer, whether anything is then owed to said de. fendant, and if so, how much, said officer shall then and there indorse such disc!os- ure on said process as part of his re- turn thereon; and such disclosure shall excuse said garnishee from appearing, unless thereafter summoned as witness, before said court to which said process Is returnable, and the court may without further proof fiud the fact to be as shown by such disclosure.
 Approved February g, 1877. TSenate Bill No. 35.l
 CHAPTER XxII An Act to amend an Act entitled Grimes and Criminal Prosecutions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
 Representatives in General Assembly
 convened: t@
 SECTION 1. That section thirty-seven, chapter four, title twenty of the revised statutes, be amended by inserting after the ''thereof'' in the third line of said section, the following words Cor at each approach thereto"
 SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from and after it's passage.
 Approved February 21, 1877.
 fSenate Bill No. 24.1 ss Sg
 CHAPTER xx1T1.
 An Act Relating to Fisheries. Be it enacted by the Senate and Honse ot Representatives in General Assembly convened:
 F Every person who shall take any fish from Creek pond, in the town of Sherman prior to she first day of April, A. D. 1881. shall forfeit ten dollars for every fish so taken, half to hlm who shall sue therefor and half to said town Approved. February 21, 1877. Senate Bill No. 9 CHAPTER XxIv.
 An Act amending an Act entitled "An Act concerning Crimes and Criminal Prosecu' tiohs. i Be it enacted by the Senate and House oi Representatives in General Assembly 1 convened:
 That section seven of part two of chap ter thirteen of title twenty, revised stat utes 1875, page 533, to which this IS al amendment, and which section provides for an appeal from judgments of lustice' 1 of the peace in criminal cases, shall bt amended by adding to sad section attel the last word thereof the following, to | wit, ''and on his failure to enter into such recognizance, such justices of the peace shall order him to be committed to the jail in said county tlll the next session oi | ka f. said complaint and abide the order anC judgment of said court thereon. 1 Approved February 21, 1877.
 House Bill No. 84. | s~ CHAPTER XIV. l An Act Relative to Civil Actions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o
 Representatives in General Assembly | convened:
 l A summon or citation shall be served bJ the officers reading it in the. hearing 2 o the defendant, or by leaving an attested copy thereof. and of the declaration ol petition accompanying. the &same, with him, or at the place of his usual abode. l. Approved February 28, 1877. Senate Bill No. 49. | - CHAPTER XXYI.
 An Act for the Protection of Fish in Sal l tonstall Lake,
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House ol l Representatives in General Assembly 1. convened:
 Sec. l. No person sbaft take or destroy any tsh in Saltonstall lake, Tn the county l of New Haven. nor use any means for ta' king fish therein, without the consent. oi those proprietors of the fisheries therein who may be interested in stocking said | lake with salmon, bass or other fish, upon penalty. of $200. for each offence, 1 one-half to him who shall sue therefor and prosecute his suit to ofteet, and the other half to the treasury of the town | Kho 1fEoooo ohon ho nop,poikka a5 n,