SPECIAL ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS

OF THE

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT,

MAY SESSION, 1875.

At a General Assembly of the State of Connecticut, holden at Hartford, in said State, on the first Wednesday of May, being the fifth day of said month, and continued until the final adjournment thereof, on Friday the twenty-third day of July, next following, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five.

[House Joint Resolution No. 35.]

[1.]

RELEASING THOMAS FLYNN FROM CONFINEMENT IN HARTFORD COUNTY JAIL.

Resolved by this Assembly: That Thomas Flynn, of Hartford, now in confinement in the Hartford county jail for the crime of theft, be, and is hereby released from said confinement, to take effect from the passage of this resolution.

Approved, May 21st, 1875.

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INCORPORATING THE CITY OF NEW BRITAIN.

[House Bill No. 11.]
[2.]

AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT INCORPORATING THE CITY OF NEW

BRITAIN.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. The common council of the city of New Britain shall, within twenty days after the passage of this act, choose by ballot three water commissioners, who shall be residents of said city, and in voting for such commissioners each member of said council shall vote for three persons, whose names shall be written or printed on one ballot, and shall be marked and designated respectively, as first, second, and third. The person receiving a majority of the votes marked first, shall be declared to be elected for one year, and until another is duly chosen in his place; the person receiving a majority of the votes marked second, shall be declared to be elected for two years, and until another is chosen in his place; and the person receiving a majority of the votes marked third, shall be declared to be elected for three years, and until another is chosen in his stead. And said common council shall annually thereafter, in the month of May, choose by ballot, one resident of said city to serve as water commissioner for the term of three years, and until another is chosen in his place; the person receiving a majority of the votes to be declared elected. Said common council shall, in the same manner, fill any vacancies which may occur in said board.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage, and so much of section seventy five of the charter of the city of New Britain as is inconsistent herewith, is hereby repealed. Approved, May 26th, 1875.

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 12.]

[3.]

AUTHORIZING THE SALE OF THE NORWICH HORSE RAILROAD.

Upon the petition of George Pratt and Charles Bard, both of the town of Norwich, in the county of New London, trustees of the Norwich Horse Railroad Company, showing to

this assembly that under and by authority of the provisions of an act of the legislature of this state, passed at the May session, A. D. 1869, said Horse Railroad Company were authorized to issue interest bearing bonds to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, and to mortgage the road and property of said company to secure payment of the same; and that said company accepted the provisions of said act; that under the provisions of said act, bonds were issued by said company in the sum of five hundred dollars each, numbering from one to two hundred inclusive, signed by their president and treasurer, bearing date the first day of October, A. D. 1869, payable to David Smith and Charles Bard, both of said Norwich, or bearer, in ten years from April 1st, 1870, with interest at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, payable semi annually on the first days of October and April in each year; that to secure the payment of said bonds, the said company executed a mortgage to said David Smith and Charles Bard, their successors and assigns, in trust of all the property real or personal then owned or thereafter to be owned by said company, including their railway tracks and route authorized by their charter and the amendments thereof, its super-structure, switches, turnouts, rolling stock, cars, horses, rights, franchises, and the franchise to be and exist as a corporation; and that said mortgage was, under the vote of said corporation, duly executed by the president and treasurer of said company, duly acknowledged and recorded in the records of said town of Norwich, to which said deed the following covenants, agreements, and provisions were annexed: "And the said Norwich Horse Railroad Company do hereby covenant and agree to and with said Smith and Bard, trustees, their successors and assigns in said trust, that said company shall and will well and truly pay said sums of money in said two hundred bonds mentioned at the time, in the manner and at the place specified therein; and in case said company shall make default in the payment of said two hundred bonds or any part of them, or any interest that may accrue thereon, then it shall be lawful for the said trustees to proceed and foreclose this mortgage in the manner prescribed by law; or provided they shall be duly authorized by the general assembly of this state, said Smith and Bard, trustees, and their successors and assigns in said trust, may, at their option, instead of foreclosure as aforesaid, in case any default of payment is made as aforesaid, enter upon and take possession of all the property, rights, franchises, premises and privileges hereby conveyed or mentioned and intended so to be, and sell the same at public