Year: 1867

gal control on any minor, shall use at all times the utmost reasonable care and diligence to prevent said minor from unnecessary lettering or lingering st or near any railroad station or railroad track and to prevent said minor at all times from being at ornear and such station or track at all, except while under the immediate care of some adult person.

 Sec. 5. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be liable to be nroceed- ed aganst m the same manner, and shall be sub lect to the same punishment as is provided in the General Statutes title VII, cpapter VII, section nve hundred and thirty and five hundred and thir- porations. Sec. 4. All acts and ports of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed, and this act shall take effect from it's passage

 Approved July 27th, 1867.

 CHAPTER CxvII.

 An Act relating to Banks

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives in General Assembly convened:

 Sec. 1. Whenever the capital of any lbank incor- porated by this State, shall have become impaired the holders of the majority part of the capital suwerior court for the county in which such bank IS located praying such court to order the hqulda- ton and closing up of the business of such bank And such court may inquire into the affairs of such bank, and such court shall adjudge 1t for the ln terests of and beneficial to the shareholders z. or such bank they may order the liquidation of the affairs of such bank, may appoint some sulgsple tho chooses in action of such bank, and to have full prwers as receivers to adjust and close up the af 1airs of the bank and these receivers shall have all fle VII chapter VII of the General Statuter; and such court may make such further orders and de- crees as they may deem necessary and proper.

 Sec. A. Such court at rhe request of such bank, may require of the petitioners primo facie proof by adas that is the granting of their petition is for the interests of the shareholders before pro- ceeding to q final hearing under this act.

 Sec 8 Such courts shall take sufficient bond with sureties from such receivers for faithful per formance of duty and just accounting for avals of such bank, which bond shall be to the clerk of said court, and for the benefit of the shareholders of said bank.

 Sec. f. Such receiversIshall make report of their doings to said superior court.

 Approved July 27, 1867.

 CHAPTER CxvuI.

 An Act in addition to an Act entitled An Act for

 for the Assessment and Collection of Taxes"

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep resentatives in General Assembly convened:

 Sec. 1. The secretaries, treasurers or clerks, of the several insurance companies chartered by this State which do business either in whole in part upon the plan of mutual insurance, including all companies whose policy holders have right to participation in the profits, shall on or before the tenth day of October in each year, renders to the comptroller of public account, a statement under oath, showing the total amount of assets belong ing to said companies respectively, upon the first day of October in that year, derived from business done upon the plan of mutual or participating in- surance, and showing also the amount of premium notes held by said company, and it's losses ascer- tained and unpaid on said day, with the balance remaining, after deducting the amount of such premium note and ascertained losses from such total amount of assets derived as aforesaid and each of said companies shall pay to the treasurer of this State for the use of this State sum equal to three fourhs of one per cent, upon the balance remaining as aforesaid, and the same shall be in lieu of all other taxes upon the assets of said con- of mutual or participating insurance, except upon real estate held by such company over and above what may be necessarily used by such company in transacting it's necessary business

 Sec. 2. If any person whose duty it shall be to make out the statement required by the preceding section and return the same to the comptroller of public accounts shall fail to do within the time limited by this act such person shall for each fail ure forfeit to the treasurer of this State for the use of the State, the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered in the name of the treasurer, by action upon this statute, and if any company re- quired by this act to make any payment to the treasurer of this State shall fail within the time limited, to make such payment, such company ehal for each failure forfeit to the treasurer of this State for the of the State, sum equal to twice the amount of the tax imposed by this act upon such company, to be recovered in the name of the treasurer by action on this statute.

 Sec. 3. Section forty eight of the act for the as sessment and collection of taxes, Revised Stat utes page seven hundred and eighteen, is hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not in any Iway- affect any suit now pending, or the validity of any claim of the State under said act now existing

 Approved. July IT, 1867.