Connecticut western news., 1906-12-27
LEGAL NOTICES

CTATE OF CONNECTICUT, General S Assembly, January Session, A. D.
 1907.
 To the General Assembly of the State of
 Connecticut:
 The undersigned, Harry K. Stevens, George W. Scoville, A. Burton Collar, Alfred Schoff, Irving l.. Hamant, William O'Connor, Winthrop Cone and George T, Johnson all of the Town of Norfolk, Litch- field County and State of Connecticut, and such other persons as are or may hereafter be associated with them, respectfully petition you to grant them a charter in- corporating them body polite and cor porate under and by the name of The Nor folk Gas Company. and such rights and powers as by law pertain to corporations in this state, and to authorize and empower said corporation to make, generate and produce power, light and heat by means of acetylene or other gas, and to sell, use and dispose of power, light and heat so made, generated and produced within the terri torial limits of the town of Norfolk, Litch- field County and State of Connecticut and to authorize it to purchase, acquire, take, hold, lease, grant, sell and convey any such real and personal property, rights, privi- leges, consents, and franchises as the pur- poses of said corporation or the convenient transaction of its business may require; and also to authorize and empower it to place pipes, conduits, fixtures or apparatus of any kind for any of the aforesaid pur- poses in or along the highways, streets, avenues and public grounds of said town of Norfolk and to change the same from time to time and at pleasure, provided that said corporation in using or occupying, in any way, any highway or public ground shall not use or exercise any power or priyi- lege hereinbefore granted except in con formity with and subject to the then exist ing provisions of the general laws Of this state relating to similar use of such high
 
 corporation for similar purpose; also to authorize and empower it to mortgage any part of it's real or personal estate, with or without its franchises, to secure the pay ment of any debts, obligations or liabilities incurred by it in it's business as its board of directors maydirect under and pursuant and subject to the provisions of its bylaws made in relation thereto; and to authorize said corporation to borrow money, incur debts and liabilities, and issue it's bonds and obligations therefor, to such amounts, at such rates, and on such terms as its board of directors may from time to time direct, and to secure the payment of the same as above provided; to authorize it to elect a board of directors and to fix the term thereof, to adopt the bylaws and to amend and alter and repeal the same; also to authorize the board of directors Uo appoint and elect officers; also to authorize said corporation to have capital stock of not less than than five thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, with the privilege of increasing the same to any amount not exceeding twenty five thousand dollars, and to provide for the subscribing for and payment of such capital stock, and the time when said cor poration may organize and commence business; also such other provisions and authority as may be necessary to fully carry out the purposes and objects of such a corporation.
 As in duty bound your petitioners will ever pray.
 Dated this 24th day of December, A. D, 1906
 Harry K. Stevens Irving l.. Hamant George W. Scoville William O'Connor A. Burton Collar Winthrop Cone Alfred Schoff Geo. T. Johnson
 There having been exhibited to me, a Judge of the Superior Court, the above and foregoing petition, and it appearing that it is of an adversary nature, and that the parties interested are more than twenty in number, it is
 ORDERED that notice of said petition be given to all parties in interest to appear before the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut on the second day of its next session, to wit, January session l9U7. to be heard, if they desire, concerning said petition and the matters contained therein, by publishing said petition in the Con- necticut Western News, a newspaper pub lished in Canaan, in said Litchfield County, there beingino newspaper published in said townof Norfolk in said County at least once before the 27th day of December, 1905,
 ALBERTO T. RORABACK,
 A Judge of the Superior Court.