Connecticut western news., 1886-11-24

field, county of I,itchfeld, and state of Connec- ticut. and Julius Deming Esq. treasurer af the county of Litch6eld, and the rest of the inhabi- tants of said county of Iitchfeld of the second part witnesseth, that they the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the condi- ton hereafter exercised to be performed on the part of the party of the second part do lease unto the said Julius Deming in his said capac- ity, his successors in office and the rest of the inhabitants of said county to use and improve the following lot of land lying in said Litch6eld. to wit beginning at the north east corner of the brick store occupied by Timothy Peck and thence running easterly five rods eleven links to land owned by George Catlin; thence rum ming southerly as said Catlins land runs, eight rods; thence westerly five rods and eighteen links to Timothy Peck's land; thence northerly as said Pecks land runs. eight rods to the first mentioned corner To use and improve the same forever. p,uvided kAat said Aand is iaspyoved for tAe tx,pose of erecting Co1xt House xpon t. and such out buildings as are necessary to the court house.
 And tt is expressly xmde1skood 6y tae hay7ies ef k1e f,5t ta,4 flat kd< ase aud insp>uvemext of the
 
 parties of the second part 90 long and 20 loxPe> tAan the sase sAal 6e xsed and inb,vved for tAe pS,pese of fa ooxnty court Ao1se and this lease to be void, and the lessors shall be at full liberty to ,e-exter upon Mc said Ieased brsmises aOenever the sasne OR ANY PART THEREOF, SHALL BE APPLIED TO ANY OTHER PURPOSE THAN THAT OF COURT HOUSE AND YARD.
 Mir Lucas said that the matter of the title was merely bugbear. Mr. Staub and others had sat for 80 years in the court house, when it was used for both county and town purposes.
 Mir. Staub challenged hlm to produce any evidence that the county of Litchtield had coincided with the lessors to allow the town of Litchfield to be 8 copartner, and stated that the town of Litchfield had oc- cupied the courthouse mainly by being suffered or permitted to do 50. Although this practice had been permitted before, this was the first time that the county of Litchfeld had ever been called upon by a vote to directly violate the terms of the lease given to the county on the 4th day of of March 1903.
 This challenge was not accepted.
 At 1915, p. III. the meeting was adjourned for one hour for dinner. At 1:15 p. m., the
 
 offered this resolution
 Whereas, doubts exist as to whether the title to the site of the former courthouse would be forfeited by joint occupancy with the town of Litchtield, and whereas the towns of New Milford and Winchester stand ready to furnish appropriate sites and to erect suitable buildings without ex- pense to the county,
 Resolved, that Messrs Bartram of Sharon, Shepard of Litchfield, Bradstreet of Thom- aston, Lucas of Goshen and Strong of Winchester be appointed a committee, to examine into the question of title and to reporta the annual meeting of the county representatives, to be held at Hartford on the third Tuesday of January, 1887.
 Mr. Lucas said that some of the repre- there was question of title. The res olution had evidently been drawn for the purpose of delaying the consideration of the courthouse question. It could be shown that the title was good and that there was no reason for not building the courthouse.
 I. N. Bartram of Sharon suggested that an amendment to MT. Staub's resolution be made. This amendment, as afterwards put in writing and adopted, was:
 Also that said committee get estimates on the two plans as presented, said bills or es- inmates to be backed up by responsible bonds and report at said meeting.
 Mir. Bradstreet of Thomaston said that all that the citizens of the county wanted, was one good courthouse. Litchfield had made an offer of money, that meant busi- ness. What had New Milford and Winsted offered He believed in one establishment, not two. He was astonished that any one should think there was more economy in two than in one. If there should be two shire towns, it would mean two jails. One jail ought to be enough to hold all of the criminals.
 Mir. Stlub said that the proper place for the settlement of this matter was before the Legislature. He again referred to the title and said that he had been informed by such able lawyers as Co;. Fenn of Winsted, MT. Ror.,back of North Canaan and MT. Smith, prosecuting attorney for Litchfield county. that the title was not worth fig. The were asked to commit breach of trust against the lessors of this property, and he believed in n wise delay. If it was thought best to make New Mil ford a shire town, the people there would give the county Q court room free.
 Representative Goodwin of Salisbury, in a mysterious voice, and i'll a dramatic man. uer worthy of the stage, said that he re garded the proposed division of the county as sacrilege.
 Representatives Strong of Winsted thought that the title was unsound If $5O, ,OOO was