The Newtown bee., 1878-07-18

1ueSlny after the iirst M0' dny or Nn- vember lS7I, md trlcnninlly thereafter, siull nuld their respective offices for three ycnrs from and nfter tho first day of inc next succeeding Jme." F ss,a.
 Approved MAnh ?7. ls7s.
 tIiouse liil No. as.l
 CHATTER cxLH.
 An Act to cosilrm inc election of Jurors,
 and inc election and doings of Asses
 sors and Boards of Relief. ...... Bo it rnnrtml by the suuatr and House of Repro l scntvs inati General Assembly, convened:
 Scrllon 1. In all eases where the town clerk of any town has not given due and legal notice of the meeting of the just ices of the peace, selcctmcn, constahles, and grand jurors on the first Monday of January. A. D. 1877. for the choice of judiciOus electors to serve as jurors iiI the superior court, or court of common pleas, or district court, as the case may be, the defect in the call of said meeting shall not vitiate the election of the per- sons chosen by such meeting to act as jurors as aforesaid; provided, the law has been complied with in other respects; and in all cases where jurors shall have been chosen and their names returned to the town clerk without any designa- ton as tO which were chosen to serve as jurors in trials before justices of tho peace, and the town clerk for that reason has been unable to write the words justice juror upon said names, tho same may be placed in the box and drawn, regardless of any want of desig- nation, for jurors services, as though the same had been designated in manner .l, Nt. title nineteen, of the revised statutes of lS75.
 See. 2 No person declared elected as n member of the board of relief in any town in this state, who had been ap- pointed and acted as moderator and box tender of such meeting where such meeting was held, and assisted in the counting of the votes cast if such elec- tions were otherwise legal shall for such cause be held to he disqualified, but his election as a member of such board of relief is hereby ratified and confirmed, and all acts done by him us such officer and by the board of relief of which ho was so declared elected as a member, if otherwise legal, are hereby ratified, con firmrd and made valid.
 Sec 3. In all cases where the assess ment list of any town in this state has been made up, subscribed, and sworn to by ony one of the assessors, and is In all other respects regular, the assessment list shall not for such cause be adjudgel defective, but the same is hereby declar- ed valid and is ratified, confirmed and made binding upon the town where
 made and upon the people liable for the payment of taxes thereon, and all taxes which have been or which shall hereafter be laid and imposed according to such assessment lists may, notwithstanding, be levied and collected. In all easoS where any bt ard of relief has made Changes III UT uuuIIIUIIs~io the asSeGS-- ment of any person, with or without giving notice to the party whose list was changed; and in all cases in which rate bill heretofore made out has not been signed by the constituted authority; and
 in all cases in which legal warrant for the collection of any taxes has not been
 made out and delivered to the collector of taxes, the rate bill for such taxes shall not for such cause be adjudged invalid: but all such acts of boards of relief, and all taxes laid on lists 50 changed or added to, and all such rate bills are hereby validated; and all warrants
 made, or that shall hereafter be made, to collect such taxes if in other respects f lawful, are hereby validated and con- ilrmcd. e
 See. 1. This act shall take effect from the day of it's passage.
 . Approved March g, 1878.
 House Resolution No. 24. @@ Proposed amendment to the Constitution
 relating to Biennial Sessions. Resolved by the House of Representa- tives:
 That the following be proposed as an mendmeI to the constitution of this tate, which. when approved and adopt cd in the manner provided by the con- , Stitution, shall become part thereof, wiz: *z : Members of the general assembly shall he elected on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, 1880, and bienn- $ ially thereafter, and they shall hold their g offices for.twe years from and after the l Wednesday following the first Monday of the January next succeeding thelr
 election.
 8 Their compensation shall not exceed | three hundred dollars for the term for n which they are elected, and one mileage each way for the regular session at the e rate of twenty-five cents per mile; they h shall receive one mileage at the same : rate for attending any extra session - calle by the governor.
 l. The regular sessions of the general D assembly shall commence on the Wed- f nes( ay following the first Monday of the = January next succe,d ding the election of $ its embers. Il Tie representatives elected from the 5 several towns on the Tuesday after the n first Monday of November. 1878. shall r hold their offices for two years from anu + after the Wednesday following the first l Monday of January, 1879.
 - The senators elected on the Tuesday 8 after the first Monday of November, 1871, e shall hold their offices until the Wednes- e day following the first Monday of Janu- r. ary. 1881.
 r "If the general assembly of 1S7g O holds an adjourned session during the s- year 1880, its members shall receive foI 'f all services performed during said year
 a sum not exceeding five dollars per day }, for not exceeding twenty days e If this amendment is adopted, ther, d shall be no election held on the Tuesday l, after the first Monday of November D. 1879.
 n Resolred, That the foregoing proposed Is amendment to the constitution be con If tinued to the next session of the genera ,f assembly. and be published with ths ,f laws passed at the present session. > Passed in the House of Representative, ,f February 2o, 1S1S.
 E Proposed Amendment to the Constitu n tion Concerning Vacancies in Judicia
 Offices.
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