(which is opposite to the house of Ezra Hall, in Marlborough,) and the point where the Gilead road intersects said turnpike, on the westerly side of said Gilead road. And when a commissioner so appointed shall have discharged his duty and made his report to said court, and the same shall have been accepted, the site of said gate shall be established accordingly; with power to collect tolls in conformity with the provisions of the charter of said company at said gate where it now stands, or when so removed.

AUTHORIZING THE HOP RIVER TURNPIKE COMPANY TO ERECT ONE WHOLE AND ONE HALF GATES ON SAID TURNPIKE.

PASSED 1837.

Upon the petition of the Hop River Turnpike Company, praying the general assembly to alter and amend their charter, that the several towns through which their road passes, shall be made liable to pay the damages assessed by the committee, who surveyed and laid out said road, to the individuals through whose land the same passed; and also to amend said charter so as to give the petitioners the privilege, when said road is made and completed to the acceptance of the commissioners appointed for that purpose, of erecting a whole toll-gate with full rates of toll on the eastern section of said road, and a half toll-gate on the western section of said road, or in some other way grant relief, as per petition on file, dated the 19th day of April, A. D. 1837, this assembly having enquired into the allegations contained in said petition, find the same true; and do thereupon

Resolve, That said charter be and the same is hereby so altered and amended, that when the damages shall have been paid by said company, said road completed and accepted according to the provisions of their said charter, that the petitioners be and they are hereby authorized and em powered, in lieu of the two half gates mentioned in said charter, to erect and establish upon the western section of said road one half toll-gate, and upon the eastern section of said road one whole toll-gate, at such places respectively, as said commissioners shall direct, and to collect and receive at said half toll-gate the same, and at said whole toll-gate double the rate of tolls, authorized by their said original charter to be taken at each of the said half toll-gates therein mentioned.

REPEALING CHARTER OF THE HOP RIVER TURNPIKE COMPANY.

PASSED 1851.

WHEREAS, the Hop River Turnpike Company was chartered in the year 1835, for the purpose of assuming and making a turnpike road from the village of Willimantic in the town of Windham, in the county of Windham, to the Boston turnpike road, at the Notch in the Mountain, in the town of Bolton, in Tolland county; and said company was organized under such act of incorporation, and built said road at an expense of more than five thousand dollars; and whereas, said franchise has become worthless in consequence of the successful operation of the Hartford, Providence and Fishkill Railroad, which runs parallel with said turnpike road, and said turnpike road has been abandoned by said company, and the gates thereon have been opened by the commissioners on said road, and notice thereof has been given to the clerk of said company, and said company has neglected to repair said road for more than one month since said notice, according to the provisions of the 43d section of the statute law of this state, entitled "An act concerning Highways and Bridges," and have, by vote of said company, signified a desire to surrender their said franchise to the legislature, and have their said charter repealed; therefore,

Resolved by this Assembly, That the act of incorporation of said Hop River Turnpike Company be and the same is hereby repealed; and the road belonging to said company leading from said village of Willimantic through the town of Windham, in the county of Windham, the towns of Columbia, Coventry, Andover and Bolton, in the county of Tolland, to the Notch in the mountain in said town of Bolton, shall be and remain a common or public highway, to be hereafter maintained or discontinued by said towns in the same manner as if the said highway had been originally laid out by the selectmen of said towns according to the provisions of the statute law of this state, in such case made and provided. Provided, that this resolution shall be void and of no effect, if either of the aforesaid towns shall, in a town meeting legally warned and held for that purpose, within sixty days after the rising of this assembly, by a major vote, disapprove of the provisions herein contained.

DISCONTINUING THE HOP RIVER TURNPIKE ROAD.

PASSED 1858.

Upon the petition of Seth S. Collins and others, showing to this general assembly that the Hop River Turnpike Company's road, running from the town of Bolton, in Tolland county, through the towns of Andover and Columbia, into the town of Windham, has been for the past two

years very much out of repair, and one of the bridges wholly impassable; that the said corporation have no corporate property except the road, and cannot be compelled to repair the same or pay any damages which may be received from travelers thereon, and further showing that the said road is a great thoroughfare and its continuance necessary for the accommodation of the public travel in the above mentioned

towns:

Resolved by this General Assembly, That said road be discontinued as a turnpike road, and said company be discharged from all future liability, charges or expenses for the maintenance of said road, provided said company shall retain the right to collect their dues and close up their concerns, the same as though this act had not passed. And said road shall hereafter be and remain a part of the public highway in the respective towns in which it is situated, to be maintained and treated in all respects as public convenience and necessity require, in the same manner as though said road had been originally laid out and made by said towns according to the provisions of the statute laws of this state, in such cases made and provided.

REPEALING CHARTER OF THE HUMPHREYSVILLE AND SALEM TURNPIKE

COMPANY.

PASSED 1856.

Upon the petition of the Humphreysville and Salem Turnpike Company, showing that heretofore, to wit, at a general assembly of the state of Connecticut, holden at Hartford on the first Wednesday of May, A. D. 1832, the said Humphreysville and Salem Turnpike Company was, by a resolve of the general assembly, duly incorporated by the name of the "Humphreysville Turnpike Company," with power to construct a turnpike road from the Falls bridge, so called, then in the town of Derby, but now the town of Seymour, to Salem bridge, in the then town of Waterbury, now Naugatuck, and that said turnpike road was afterwards during the said year last mentioned laid out and constructed by said company, and has ever since been kept open for public travel by said company, until on or about the 1st day of January, A. D. 1853, when the same became useless and valueless to said company, and has ever since been abandoned by them, and praying that the said charter and resolve of incorporation may be repealed, as per petition on file:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the charter of the Humphreysville and Salem Turnpike Company, granted by a resolve of the general assembly, at its May session, A. D. 1825, and all powers and privileges therein conferred, be and the same hereby is revoked and repealed.

DISCONTINUING A PORTION OF THE HUNTINGTON TURNPIKE ROAD.

PASSED 1852.

Resolved, That so much of the Huntington turnpike as is west of the eastern abutment of Berkshire bridge, formerly so called, including said eastern abutment, be discontinued as a turnpike road; provided, that this act shall not take effect until said turnpike company shall have executed and delivered to the treasurer of the town of Bridgeport, for the use of said town, a bond with surety, conditioned for the payment to the treasurer of the town of Bridgeport, of the sum of four hundred and fifty dollars, whenever the said town shall have rebuilt said Berkshire Bridge, in a good and sufficient manner, to the acceptance of Samuel Beardsley, of Trumbull, Street H. Keeler, of Westport, and John Gould, of Fairfield, or any two of them, they being hereby appointed a committee to examine and determine the sufficiency of the same, when rebuilt as aforesaid; said bond with surety so to be given as aforesaid, to be made, executed and delivered to the acceptance and satisfaction of the individuals aforesaid, or any two of them, they being hereby appointed a committee to determine the sufficiency of said bond with surety so to be given as afore

said.

REPEALING CHARTER OF KILLING WORTH AND HADDAM TURNPIKE COMPANY, AND DISCONTINUING THEIR TURNPIKE ROAD.

PASSED 1850.

Upon the petition of John D. Leffingwell and others against the Killingworth and Haddam Turnpike Company, and the towns of Clinton, Killingworth and Haddam, praying for reasons therein set forth, for the repeal of the charter of said company, and that said towns may be required to maintain and support said road, as per petition on file, dated the 15th day of April, 1850; the said petition was legally served on said turnpike company and each and all of said towns, and returned to and entered in the docket kept by the secretary, and the petitioners appeared, but the said defendants or either of them did not appear; and now this assembly having inquired into the several allegations contained in said petition, do find each and all of them true; whereupon,

Resolved by this Assembly, That the charter of the said Killingworth and Haddam Turnpike Company, as granted in 1813, and the addition thereto of 1815, be and the same are hereby repealed; and the said road of said company is hereby discontinued as a turnpike road. And said turnpike road and branch thereof, as laid out and established by said company, in virtue of said charter, is hereby made and declared to be a town.

road, to be maintained and kept in repair by said towns respectively, each that part thereof which is situated within the same, as other town roads are maintained and kept in repair.

AUTHORIZING CHARLES STEVENS TO SELL REAL ESTATE IN BEHALF OF THE KILLING WORTH AND HADDAM TURNPIKE COMPANY.

PASSED 1854.

WHEREAS, at the time of the repeal of the charter of the Killingworth and Haddam Turnpike Company, by the general assembly in 1850, said corporation owned one or more small pieces of real estate, situate in the county of Middlesex, which have not been disposed of, and by misapprehension and mistake no power was reserved to said corporation to dispose of the same; therefore,

Resolved by this Assembly, That Charles Stevens, Esq., of Clinton, be and he is hereby authorized and fully empowered to sell and convey said real estate, and any part thereof, in such manner as he shall deem most for the interest of those who were members of said corporation at the time of said repeal, and such conveyance or conveyances shall be good and effectual to pass the title thereto to the grantee or grantees, in fee simple forever. And the avails of such sale or sales, after deducting his reasonable expenses, he is to pay over to said members of said corporation, and their legal representatives, on demand.

Provided, however, that if said corporation at the time of said repeal, was legally indebted to any person or persons, the said members thereof shall be liable therefor as joint and several debtors, to the amount of their respective interests in said clear avails of such sale or sales.

APPOINTING DANIEL B. BRINSMADE AND OTHERS A COMMITTEE TO PERFORM THE DUTIES SPECIFIED IN A RESOLVE PASSED MAY SESSION, 1837, ON THE LITCHFIELD AND PLYMOUTH TURNPIKE ROAD.

PASSED 1888.

Upon the petition of the Litchfield and Plymouth Turnpike Company, dated on the 26th day of April, A. D. 1838, as on file will appear :

Resolved by this Assembly, That Daniel B. Brinsmade, Nathaniel Stevens and Erastus Lyman, Esquires, be and they are hereby constituted and appointed a committee to execute the powers and perform the duties