INCORPORATING THE SAVINGS BANK OF TOLLAND.

PASSED 1841.

Upon the petition of Jeremiah Parish and others, of the town of Tolland, in the county of Tolland, praying for an act of incorporation for a saving society in said Tolland county, as per petition on file, dated the 30th day of April, 1841, will appear:

Resolved by this Assembly, SEc. 1. That Jeremiah Parish, Loren P. Waldo, Oliver K. Isham, Chauncey Griggs, Elijah W. Smith, Eli J. Smith, Elijah Ashley, Jesse Carpenter, Albert M. Hawkins, Zalmon A. Storrs, Novatus Chapman, Joseph Bishop, Solomon L. Griggs, Ariel Ladd, Obediah P. Waldo, N. O. Kellogg, George Kellogg, William S. Coggswell, Elisha Johnson, Rufus B. Chamberlain and Thomas Clark, be and they hereby are incorporated by the name and style of "The Savings Bank of Tolland," and that they and such others as shall be duly elected members of said incorporation, shall be and remain a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title aforesaid, forever.

SEC. 2. That said corporation shall be capable of receiving from any person or persons disposed to obtain and enjoy the advantages of said corporation, any deposit or deposits of money, not exceeding two hundred dollars from any individual in any one year, and to use and improve the same for the purposes, and according to their discretion, as herein provided.

SEC. 3. All deposits of money received by said corporation shall be used and improved to the best advantage, by loaning the same in a manner not inconsistent with the laws of this state, or by investing the same by purchase in bank stock, or any other public stock of any state, and disposing of the same as the interest of said corporation may require; and the income or profits thereof shall be applied as dividend among the persons making the deposits, their executors and administrators, in just proportion, with such reasonable deduction as may be chargeable thereon; and the principal of such deposit or deposits may be withdrawn by the owner or owners thereof, or by any other person or persons duly authorized for said purpose, on giving notice of such intention in writing, and lodging the same with the secretary of said corporation at least four months previous to withdrawing such deposit or deposits.

SEC. 4. Said corporation, at their annual meeting, shall have power to elect by ballot any other person or persons to be members of said corporation.

SEC. 5. Said corporation may have a common seal, which they may change and renew at pleasure; and all deeds, conveyances, grants, covenants and agreements, made by their treasurer or any other person by their authority and direction, shall be good and valid; and said corporation shall at all times have power to sue and may be sued, may defend and shall be held to answer by the name and style aforesaid.

SEC. 6. A meeting of the members of said corporation shall hereafter be held at Tolland, in said Tolland county, some time in the month of June,

annually, and at such other times as they shall judge expedient; and any ten members of said corporation, the president, a vice president, treasurer or secretary, being one, shall be a quorum. And said corporation, at their annual meeting in June, shall have power to elect a president, vice president, five directors and all other such officers as to them shall appear necessary; which officers, so chosen, shall continue in office one year, and until others are chosen in their room.

SEC. 7. No member of said corporation shall be the hirer or borrower, or surety of any hirer or borrower, of the funds of said institution, or any part thereof. And no president, vice president or trustee of said corporation shall be entitled to or receive any compensation for his services.

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SEC. 8. Said corporation hereby are and forever shall be vested with power of making by-laws for the more orderly managing of the business of said corporation, provided the same are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state.

SEC. 9. Jeremiah Parish and Oliver K. Isham, Esqrs., be and they hereby are authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation, by causing notice to be given personally to the members thereof, of the time and place of holding said meeting, at least three days before the day of such meeting; and said meeting shall be held in the month of June, 1841, in said town of Tolland.

SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the president and directors of said corporation to make an annual report to the general assembly, containing an account of the amount of deposits and dividends declared and made. Provided always, that this resolution, or any part thereof, may be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly.

INCORPORATING THE WATERBURY SAVINGS BANK.

PASSED 1850.

Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly convened, SEC. 1. That Aaron Benedict, James P. Summers, Christopher C. Post, Philo Brown, Edward S. Clark, Edward B. Cooke, Gideon L. Platt, Norton J. Buel, Scovill M. Buckingham, John S. Mitchell, William H. Scovill, Willard Spencer, Dyer Ames, Jr., Rufus E. Hitchcock, Charles B. Merriman, William R. Hitchcock, Theodore S. Buel, Nelson Hall, Julius Hotchkiss, Charles Benedict, Abram Ives and John P. Elton, be and they hereby are incorporated by the name, style and title of the "Waterbury Savings Bank," and they and such others as shall be duly elected members of said corporation, as is in this act provided, shall be and remain a body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title aforesaid, forever.

SEC. 2. Said corporation shall be capable of receiving from any person or persons any deposit or deposits of money, not exceeding four hun

dred dollars, either directly or indirectly, from any individual, in any one year, and to use and improve the same at their discretion, as herein after provided.

SEC. 3. All deposits of money received by said corporation, shall be used and improved to the best advantage, by loaning the same, by order or consent of a majority of the directors, on mortgage of real estate unincumbered, equal in value to double the amount of the loan secured thereon; except to an amount not exceeding one-quarter of the amount actually on deposit in said corporation, which said sum may be invested in the purchase of stocks of the United States, or bank stock in any bank in this state, or on undoubted personal security; provided that said stocks may be sold from time to time to such an amount as will meet the demands for deposits; and the income or profits thereof shall be divided and applied among the persons making the deposits, their executors or administrators, in just proportions, with such reasonable deductions as may be chargeable thereon; and the principal of such deposit or deposits may be withdrawn by the owner or owners thereof, or by any other person or persons duly authorized for that purpose, on giving notice of such intention in writing, and lodging the same with the secretary of said corporation, at least three months previous to withdrawing such deposit or deposits.

SEC. 4. Said corporation shall, at their annual meeting in June, elect by ballot any other person or persons to be members of said corporation, in case of any vacancy, so that the members shall not be reduced below thirteen in number.

SEC. 5. Said corporation may have a common seal, and all deeds, grants, covenants and agreements, made by any person with their authority and direction, according to the by-laws of said corporation, shall be good and valid; and said corporation may sue and be sued, may defend and shall be held to answer by said corporate name.

SEC. 6. A meeting of the members of said corporation shall be held at Waterbury, in the month of June, annually, and at such other timés as they shall judge expedient; and any seven members of said corporation, the president or vice president, secretary or treasurer, being one, shall be a quorum. And said corporation, at their annual meeting, shall elect a president, vice president, not less than five directors, and such other officers as shall appear to them necessary, which officers shall continue in office one year, and until others are chosen in their stead. ́

SEC. 7. No president, vice president or director of said corporation, shall be entitled to or receive any compensation for his services as such, and no member thereof shall be the hirer or borrower, or surety for any hirer or borrower, of the funds of said corportion, or any part thereof.

SEC. 8. Said corporation shall have the power of making by-laws for the more orderly management of the business of the corporation, provided the same are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state.

SEC. 9. Gideon L. Platt and Charles B. Merriman are hereby authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation, by causing personal notice to be given to the members thereof of the time and place of holding said meeting, in the month of June, 1850.

SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the president and directors of said corporation to make annual reports to the general assembly, of the deposits and dividends made and declared. Provided always, that this act

may be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE WILLIMANTIC SAVINGS INSTITUTE.

PASSED 1842.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly convened, SEC. 1. That Oliver Kingsley, Jr., John Tracy, Lloyd E. Baldwin, James D. Hosmer, Joshua B. Lord, Royal Jennings, Samuel Lee, Horace Hall, William L. Jillson, Laban Chase, Newton Fitch, Lewis Gager, Lucian H. Clark, Amos Palmer, W. C. Clark, be and they are hereby incorporated by the name and style of the Willimantic Savings Institute; and that they and such others as shall be duly elected members of said corporation, shall be and remain a body politic and corporate, by the name and style aforesaid.

SEC. 2. Said corporation shall be capable of receiving from any person or persons any deposit or deposits of money, not exceeding two hundred dollars, either directly or indirectly, from any individual in any one year; and to use and improve the same at their discretion, as herein after provided.

SEC. 3. All deposits of money received by said corporation, shall be used and improved to the best advantage, by loaning the same, by order or consent of a majority of the directors, on mortgage of real estate or other undoubted security, and in a manner not inconsistent with the laws of this state; and the funds of said corporation may be vested by purchase in bank stock in any bank in this state; and said society may dispose of the same from time to time, to such an amount as will meet the demands for deposits; and the income or profits thereof shall be divided and applied among the persons making the deposits, their executors or administrators, in just proportions, with such reasonable deductions as may be chargeable thereon; and the principal of such deposit or deposits may be withdrawn by the owner or owners thereof, or by any other person or persons duly authorized for that purpose, on giving notice of such intention in writing, and lodging the same with the secretary of said corporation, at least four months previous to withdrawing such deposit or deposits.

SEC. 4. Said corporation shall, at their annual meeting in June, elect by ballot any other person or persons to be members of said society, in case of any vacancy, so that the members shall not be reduced below twelve in number.

SEC. 5. Said corporation may have a common seal, and all deeds, grants, covenants and agreements, made by any person with their authority and direction, according to the by-laws of said society, shall be good and valid; and said corporation may sue and be sued, may defend and shall be held to answer by said corporate name.

SEC. 6. A meeting of the members of said society shall be held at said

Willimantic, in the month of June, annually, and at such other times as they shall judge expedient, and any seven members of said corporation, the president or vice president, treasurer or secretary, being one, shall be a quorum. And said corporation, at their annual meeting, shall elect a president, vice president, five directors, and all such officers as to them shall appear necessary; which officers shall continue in office one year, and until others are chosen in their room.

SEC. 7. No president, vice president or trustee of said corporation, shall be entitled to or receive any compensation for his services; and no member thereof shall be the hirer or borrower, or surety for any hirer or borrower, of the funds of said corporation, or any part thereof.

SEC. 8. Said corporation shall have the power of making by-laws for the more orderly managing of the business of the corporation, provided the same are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state.

SEC. 9. Oliver Kingsley, Jr., Esq., is hereby authorized to call the first meeting of said corporation, by causing personal notice to be given the members thereof, of the time and place of holding said meeting, in the month of June, 1842.

SEC. 10. It shall be the duty of the president and directors of said corporation to make annual reports of the deposits and dividends declared and made.

Provided always, that this act may be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly.

INCORPORATING THE WINDHAM COUNTY SAVINGS BANK.

PASSED 1855.

Resolved by this Assembly, SEC. 1. That William James, George Danielson, Edwin Ely, Orville M. Capron, Hezekiah L. Danielson, Samuel Reynolds, Horatio Webb, Willard Leavens, Freeman James, Edwin Dunlap, Henry Hammond, John Snow, Jr., William Alexander, Marvin A. Dexter, Amos D. Lockwood, Daniel P. Tyler, Elisha Danielson, William B. Wright, Lysander Warren, William Humes, Frederick P. Coe, Henry Hutchins, be and they hereby are incorporated by the name, style and title of the "Windham County Savings Bank;" and that they and such others as shall be duly elected members of said corporation, as in this act provided, shall be and remain a body politic and corporate, by the same name, style and title, forever.

SEC. 2. The said corporation hereby are and forever shall be vested with the power of making by-laws for the more orderly management of the business of the corporation, provided the same are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this state or of the United States; they may also have a common seal, which may be changed and renewed at pleasure; that all deeds, conveyances and grants, covenants and agreements, made