Litchfield enquirer., 1879-04-03
Borough Charter of Litchfeld.
AN ACT INCORPORATING THE BOROUGH OF
 LTCHFIELD.
General Assembly,
January Session, 4. D., 1S7

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 SECTION 1. That the name of the corpora tion known as The Village of Litchfield shall be The Borough of Litchfield.
 SEC. 2. In addition to the officers of the cor poration now provided, there shall annually be chosen by ballot, five burgesses and three assessors; the president of the borough shall also be e.r-Cftcio burgess, and chairman of the board
 SEC. 5. Said burgesses may lay out, build, construct, alter, repair and provide water for, drains and common sewers in said borough, and may themselves or by committee by them appointed, appraise and assess damages and benefits to any persons damaged or benefited thereby, and shall give reasonable notice there of to such persons who may, within ten days after receipt of said notice, appeal to any judge of the superior court who, upon due notice and hearing, shall appoint three judicions disinter- ested freeholders of Litchfeld who, after being duly sworn and after due notice and hearing, shall re-appraise and re-assess said damages and benefits which, when approved by said judge, shall be final. Said damages and as- sessments shall be due and payable ten days after the amount thereof shall be finally deter mined, and all assessments shall be and remain lien upon the lands and buildings on account of which they were made, if a written descrip- tion thereof, with the amount of said assess ment and when due, shall within sixty days after due, be lodged for record with the town clerk of Litchfeld.
 SEC. 4. Said burgesses shall constitute a board of health and shall have and exercise ln said borough all the power and authority and perform all the duties of boards of health of towns in this state.
 SEC. Q: Sald burgesses may, at any annual or special meeting, lay taxes to meet all neces- sary expense and said assessors shall, when re- quested by said borough after being duly sworn make an assessment list of all the real estate in said borough and of all the polls and ratable personal estate of persons domiciled therein as the same appears in the grand list of Litchfeld then last made and completed and return the same under their hands to the clerk of said borough, but before perfecting said list they shall after seven days notice thereof on the sign post. hold public session to hear all per sons interested in said list.
 SEC 6. Said burgesses shall constitute a board of relief, and at the end of fifteen days after said assessment list shall have been re- turned as aforesaid shall, on the sign-post in said borough, give notice of their said meeting; and shall have the same power and authority, and proceed in the same manner in relation to said list as the board of relief of towns in rea- tion to the list and assessment of taxes and said list when perfected, shall be lodged with eii~ NiS'h VI ooiO oOiOuEu, dlu tdACS be laid thereon for one year thereafter
 SEC. 7. Said burgesses shall make out rate bills under their hands for all taxes laid, and any justice of the peace in Litchfield county, on their application, or that of the collector, shall issue warrant for the collection thereof
 SEC 5. Said burgesses may make bylaws and orders prescribing the hours within which any store, shop, saloon, or bar-reom may be kept open, and the mode of using and occupy ing the parks and highways within said borough and such other bylaws as shall be appropriate with such penalties for violation thereof as they may determine and it shall be the duty ef the grand jurors of the town of Litchfeld to prosecute all such violations.
 SEC. 3. The annual meetings of said borough shall be held on the first Monday in April commencing in 1879, and the term of office of the present officers shall continue until others are chosen to fill their places
 SEQ 10. The charter of the village of Lltch- held and it's amendment, SO far as consistent with this resolution, are repealed.