their charter notwithstanding: and that so much of said road as said. company are hereby released and discharged from keeping and maintaining, be and the same hereby is declared to be the duty of said town of Sharon to keep and maintain in repair. And whereas, by releasing said company from maintaining a part of said road, it may become necessary to re-locate the gate established thereon; therefore,

Resolved, That the county court for the county of Litchfield be and they are hereby empowered to appoint a commissioner, on the application of said company, to examine into the expediency of changing the site of the same; 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.

DISCONTINUING PART OF SHERMAN AND REDDING TURNPIKE ROAD.

PASSED 1846.

Upon the petition of Samuel H. Barnes and others, showing to this assembly that they are the owners and proprietors of land adjoining a road called the Sherman and Redding turnpike road, (said road being an easement owned by a company of individuals called the Sherman and Redding Turnpike Company,) incorporated by the general assembly of the state of Connecticut, at the May session thereof, 1834; that said turnpike road was never necessary for the public accommodation, and that it has been for more than six years last past wholly and entirely abandoned; that said road, by reason of the neglect of the company aforesaid has now become and has been for more than six years past impassable for cattle, carriages and carts, and has become wholly and entirely useless as a highway; that said company have for more than six years neglected and refused to repair any part of said road or the bridges across the same; and that said bridges have many of them become useless, by reason of said neglect to repair the same, and are now mostly impassable; that many of the sluices upon said road have been carried away, and that said company have for a number of years refused and still refuse to replace the same,-praying for a discontinuance of a part of said road. Whereupon,

Resolved by this Assembly, That so much of the Sherman and Redding turnpike road as lies between the lime-kiln on a piece of land near the boundary line between the towns of Danbury and Brookfield, formerly owned by Levi S. Platt, deceased, and the point of intersection of said turnpike road with the highway leading from said town of Danbury to Newtown, near the dwelling house of James Dibble, in said Danbury, be and the same is hereby discontinued as a public highway.

DISCONTINUING A PORTION OF THE SHERMAN AND REDDING TURNPIKE

ROAD.

PASSED 1852.

Upon the petition of Samuel Mead and others, of Danbury and Brookfield, against Sherman and Redding Turnpike Company, for discontinuance of part of said road, as per petition on file:

Be it resolved by this Assembly, That such portions of said Sherman and Redding turnpike road as lies between the north line of Samuel H. Barnes' land, in said Danbury, near the boundary line between the towns of Danbury and Brookfield, to the point of intersection of said turnpike road with the highway leading from said Danbury to New Milford, and from the point of intersection, on the north of said turnpike road, with the said highway leading from Danbury to New Milford, to near the dwelling house of Edward Wildman, in said Brookfield; also those portions of said turnpike as lies between the north and south line of George Hoyt's land, in said Danbury, and between the north and south line of Ephraim D. Barnard's land, in said Danbury, excepting such roads as cross and intersect said turnpike road, be and the same are hereby discontinued as a public highway.

REGULATION OF TOLL ON SHETUCKET TURNPIKE.

PASSED 1840.

Upon the petition of Benjamin Reynolds and others, complaining of the exaction of unreasonable toll by the Shetucket Turnpike Company:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Shetucket Turnpike Company shall have no right to collect toll at the west toll gate on their road in the town of Preston of any person or persons going to or returning from grist mill on horseback or in carriages; provided such person or persons do not travel on said road more than four miles.

STAFFORD MINERAL SPRINGS TURNPIKE COMPANY.

PASSED 1839.

WHEREAS, the Stafford Mineral Springs Turnpike Company Have neglected to hold their annual meetings, and to choose their necessary officers, and have abandoned their road leading from the village in Tolland northeasterly, through the towns of Tolland, Ellington and Stafford, to Massachusetts line; and whereas, said company have neglected to repair said road, agreeable to the order of the commissioners thereon, according to the provisions of the 4th section of the statute entitled "An act relating to Turnpike Roads," whereby their act of incorporation has become forfeited; and whereas, it appears to this assembly that the stockholders of said company desire that their act of incorporation may be vacated, annulled and revoked, and that public convenience and necessity require that said road should be and remain a common highway, liable to be maintained or discontinued by the several towns within which the same is located; therefore,

Resolved by this Assembly, That the act of incorporation of said Stafford Mineral Springs turnpike company be and the same is hereby vacated and revoked, and the road belonging to said company, leading from the village, in Tolland, through the towns of Tolland, Ellington and Stafford, in the county of Tolland, to Massachusetts line, shall be and remain a common or public highway, and shall be maintained, repaired or discontinued by said town, in the same manner as though said road was origi nally laid out by the selectmen of said towns respectively, and accepted by the said towns according to the statute law of this state.

DISCONTINUING A PORTION OF THE STAFFORD MINERAL SPRINGS TURNPIKE ROAD.

PASSED 1858.

Resolved, That that portion of the Stafford Mineral Springs turnpike, leading from Hartford to Worcester, commencing at a point where a new highway intersects said turnpike, near the dwelling house of Isaac Brown, in Stafford, running southerly to the school house in district No. 9, in the East society in Stafford, be and the same is hereby discontinued.

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REPEALING CHARTER OF THE STILL RIVER TURNPIKE COMPANY.

PASSED 1844.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the charter of the Still River Turnpike Company be and the same is hereby repealed, and that said company are forever released from all obligations to keep said road in repair. And that so much of said road as lies in the towns of Winchester and Colebrook, respectively, shall be assumed and kept in repair as public highways by said towns.

REPEALING THE CHARTER OF THE TOLLAND AND MANSFIELD TURNPIKE

COMPANY.

PASSED 1847.

Resolved, That the charter of the Tolland and Mansfield Turnpike Company be and the same is hereby repealed, and that the road lately belonging to said company be and the same is hereby made a common or public highway of the several towns in which the same lies, and shall hereafter be repaired by said towns respectively, in the same manner and to the same extent, and also subject to the same regulations in all respects as to its continuance or discontinuance, as it would have been had said road been originally laid out by the selectmen of said towns respectively, by and with the advice and consent of said towns, and that said company be discharged from all liability to repair the same; and that said company be allowed to exercise all necessary corporate powers to settle and close up the concerns of said company in the same manner as if said charter had not been repealed, for the term of six months from and after the first day of July, 1847, and to prosecute and defend to final judgment and execution, in all suits that may be commenced for or against said company within six months, and at the end of said six months said company shall be dissolved.

Resolved, That Jeremiah Parish, Elisha Stearns, Abijah Ladd, Elijah W. Smith and Alvin Kibbe, 2d, act as special directors in closing the affairs and business of said company, with full powers to appoint such officers and agents as may be necessary to effect the object of closing the concerns and business of said Tolland and Mansfield Turnpike Company.

DISCONTINUING A PART OF THE TORRINGTON TURNPIKE ROAD.

PASSED 1838.

Upon the petition of S. W. Collins and others, praying for the discontinuance of a part of the Torrington turnpike road:

Resolved by this Assembly, That that part of the Torrington turnpike road lying between the dwelling house of Luther Higley, in Canton, and the east end of said road, be discontinued as a turnpike road, and that so much of the act of incorporation of the Torrington Turnpike Company, as requires said company to keep and maintain that part of said road, be and the same is hereby repealed; and that said company are forever discharged from all liabilities from repairs and damages on the same.

And that part of said turnpike road which is hereby discontinued, shall hereafter be a free public highway, and shall be kept and maintained in good repair by the town of Canton.

REPEALING CHARTER OF THE WASHINGTON TURNPIKE COMPANY.

PASSED 1843.

Upon the petition of Calvin H. Downs and others vs. the Washington Turnpike Company and others, praying for sundry causes therein set forth, that the charter of said turnpike company might be repealed; said petition was duly served on said turnpike company, and on the towns through which said road extends, and returned to this assembly, and upon enquiry into the allegations contained in said petition, this assembly do find that said turnpike company has neglected to repair their road for more than the space of one month after the time limited by the commissioners on said road for that purpose, and notice thereof in writing given to the clerk of said company; that said road and the bridges thereon have for a length of time been in such a condition as to expose the travelers thereon to inconvenience and danger; that one or more of the towns through which said road extends have been compelled to put repairs thereon, at the expense of such towns, for the accommodation of their inhabitants, and that other sufficient reasons exist for the repeal of said charter; therefore,

Resolved by this Assembly, That the resolve of this assembly incorporating the Washington Turnpike Company, and all resolves of this assembly in alteration thereof or in addition thereto, be and the same are hereby repealed; and the road of said turnpike company shall be and remain