ted with the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company, the united company shall be called The New Haven, Hartford and Springfield Railroad Company, and by that name shall enjoy all the privileges and be subject to all the liabilities of such company. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to exempt the capital stock of the Hartford and Springfield Railroad Company from taxation, as is provided by section eighteen of the act incorporating the same, passed May session, 1835.

Resolved, 3d. That the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company are hereby authorized to construct a branch at Hartford, to form a connection between their road and Connecticut river, and also a branch between their tracks easterly of Imlay's mill and westerly of their depot at Hartford, and thereby to have more convenient access to their said depot; said branches to be located and constructed according to the provisions of their charter.

Resolved, 4th. That whenever any person or corporation is interested in any stream or water-course which said Company has intersected, changed or crossed, or in any road or highway which said company has intersected, crossed or changed, and such person or corporation claims that said stream or water-course or said road or highway is not by said company restored to its former state, or in sufficient manner not to impair its usefulness, or that any road or highway which has been changed or altered is not put in as good repair as at the time of changing or altering the same, then, in all such cases, application may be made by said railroad company, or by such person or corporation to the superior court or any judge thereof, in vacation, and thereupon, after due notice given, said court or judge shall appoint three disinterested persons, who shall be sworn and who shall hear and determine said claim, and they shall have power to determine whether anything further shall be done by said company to comply with their charter; and their certificate under oath that said company have complied with their charter in the matters aforesaid, shall be final and conclusive upon the parties.

Resolved, 5th. That these resolutions shall be subject to alteration, amendment or repeal at the pleasure of the general assembly.

Resolved further, 6th. That the charter of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company, and all the resolutions altering or amending the same, and all resolutions of the general assembly of this state, conferring any powers or privileges on said company, be and the same hereby are declared and made subject to be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly; and the foregoing resolutions shall not take effect or be considered valid until the said Railroad Company, by a vote of their directors, shall give their assent to this resolution and every part thereof, and give public notice of their said assent, by filing a copy of said vote, duly authenticated, in the office of the secretary of this state, on or before the first day of July, 1844.

GRANTING TO THE HARTFORD AND NEW HAVEN RAILROAD COMPANY POWER TO EXTEND THE MIDDLETOWN BRANCH ROAD TO CONNECTICUT RIVER.

PASSED 1851.

Resolved by this Assembly, SEO. 1. That the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company be and they are hereby authorized, without in anywise prejudicing, impairing or varying any of the rights, privileges or franchises now vested in or enjoyed by them, to extend the Branch Railroad, now owned by them and which was constructed under the charter of "The Middletown Railroad Company," and the amendments thereto, from its present termination in the city of Middletown, to the Connecticut River, at some point on said river, in said city, not further south than the south line of Washington street.

Resolved further, SEC. 2. That in extending said railroad, said Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company shall have, and there are hereby conferred on said company, for the purpose aforesaid, all the powers granted to the said Middletown Railroad Company by its charter and the amendments thereto, relative to the location and construction of said road, and the taking of land for all necessary purposes connected therewith; and the commissioners of the said Hartford and New Haven railroad shall have, for the purpose aforesaid, all the powers conferred, and perform all the duties imposed, by said charter and amendments, upon the commissioners of the Middletown Railroad Company; and the time limited for the completion of said railroad to said Connecticut river, as aforesaid, is hereby extended for the term of two years from the last day of June, 1851.

AUTHORIZING THE HARTFORD AND NEW HAVEN RAILROAD COMPANY TO INCREASE THEIR CAPITAL STOCK.

PASSED 1852.

Upon the petition of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company, praying for an increase of their capital stock, as per petition on file:

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Hartford and New Haven Railroad Company be and they are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock, so that the same shall not exceed thirty thousand shares in the whole, including the stock already authorized and issued, by adding to said stock already issued six thousand five hundred additional shares, of one hundred dollars each, and that they be and are hereby authorized by their directors or otherwise, to cause the same to be issued at such time or times, and in such manner as they may deem expedient. Provided, this act shall take effect whenever the same shall have been accepted by the stockholders of said company at a legal meeting warned and held for that purpose, which acceptance shall operate to open the charter of said company and to subject the same to the control of the legislature.

INCORPORATING THE HARTFORD AND PROVIDENCE RAILROAD COMPANY.

PASSED 1847.

Resolved by this Assembly, SEC. 1. That the several powers and privileges granted by the resolve of the general assembly, A. D. 1833, incorporating the Manchester Railroad Company, be and the same are hereby revived and renewed, except so far as modified by this resolve.

SEC. 2. That with John Mather, Royal S. White, Solomon Porter, and Samuel Kellogg, the surviving corporators under the original charter, there be associated N. O. Kellogg, D. F. Robinson, M. W. Chapin, Daniel P. Crosby, Calvin Day, Joseph B. Gilbert, Asa Jillson, Andrew T. Judson, and that the powers, duties and responsibilities of the original corporators be and the same are hereby conferred and imposed on the corporators herein above named.

SEC. 3. That the said company be, and they are hereby authorized to increase their capital stock to an amount not exceeding two millions of dollars; and to construct their railroad on the most feasible and expedient route to the village of Willimantic, in the town of Windham; and to build a branch for the village of Rockville; and to assume the name of the Hartford and Providence Railroad Company; provided, that it shall be the duty of said company to build and maintain all needful fences on the line of the said road.

SEC. 4. That the said railroad company may connect and make joint stock, or any lawful contract with any other company or companies, in this or an adjoining state, for the use of their road or structures, and for the running of cars and engines, and the transportation of persons, goods and merchandise thereon.

SEC. 5. That the time for organizing the said company and filing the location of the route is hereby extended from the first day of December, A. D. 1839, to the first day of December, A. D. 1850.

SEC. 6. That so much of the eighteenth section of the original charter as exempts the capital stock of said corporation from taxation be hereby repealed.

SEC. 7. That this act may at any time be amended, altered or repealed by the general assembly.

AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE HARTFORD AND PROVIDENCE RAILROAD COMPANY.

PASSED 1848.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly convened, SEC. 1. That the Hartford and Providence Railroad Company be and they are hereby authorized to commence their road at any convenient point in the town of Hartford, and to connect and make joint stock or common interest with any other railroad company or com

panies, in respect to the whole or any portion or portions of the road or roads of the said company or companies, and in respect to depots or other structures and accommodations, necessary or expedient for the uses and convenience of the said company or companies, or either of them. And said company is authorized therefor to take such land or real estate as may be necessary, in addition to the way originally prescribed by the charter of said company, not exceeding two hundred and fifty feet in width, and for a distance or distances, in all, not exceeding two thousand feet in length; and to construct such extension and branch or branches, within the limits of said Hartford, as may be expedient or necessary for the transportation of freight and passengers to and from, and to facilitate and make the most convenient connection with any other road or roads and the river. And said company may, at any time before the completion of their road, alter and change any part of the location thereof, or discontinue such part thereof as in their opinion convenience or necessity may require to be changed or discontinued, subject as to all the provisions of this section, to the approval of the commissioners of said road.

SEC. 2. And for the purpose of crossing Connecticut river, said company are hereby authorized and empowered to erect a bridge, at some suitable point above the existing bridge at Hartford, for the sole and exclusive accommodation of the travel on the said railroad; and it shall not be lawful for said company to permit the passing of said bridge by carriages of any description, other than those which are adapted to the traveling on said railroad, nor by horses not attached to such railroad carriages, nor by persons on foot, nor for any other travel whatever, except by such persons, carriages or horses as may be employed in the immediate service of said railroad company. And a suitable draw shall be erected in said bridge, by said company, and placed over the channel of said river, at the west end of said bridge, not less than thirty feet wide, and all vessels shall be permitted at all times to pass said draw without payment of tolls, and suitable persons shall be provided by said company to open and shut said draw, on due notice of the approach of said vessels.

SEC. 3. Whenever the road of the said company shall intersect any stream or water-course, or any road or highway, or whenever any road or highway shall have been altered in accordance with the provisions of their charter, the said company may apply to any judge of the superior court, who may, by law, judge between the parties, who, after notice given, may appoint three disinterested persons to determine whether said corporation have complied with the provisions of their said charter, in respect to such roads or water-courses; and whenever approved by them their decisions shall be final.

SEC. 4. And in case any person or persons required by any of the provisions of the charter to be notified, shall have no place of residence in this state known to the occupant of the land on which said road passes, or to any of the directors or commissioners of said company, then, a notice published six weeks successively, in a newspaper printed in Hartford, stating what proceedings are intended by said company to be instituted, shall be sufficient notice to such non-resident landholder; and when the place of residence of any such landholder is known to the occupant of the land, or any director or commissioner of the company, and is out of the state, then a duplicate original notice, or a true and attested copy of

the original notice, deposited in the post office, post-paid, directed to such person, six weeks before the hearing is to be had, shall be sufficient notice according to said charter; or, any judge may give an order of notice, as in case of a bill in equity, in any of the cases aforesaid.

SEC. 5. And the directors of said company shall have power to fill any vacancy in their number, that may be occasioned by resignation, death or otherwise; and to make, establish and alter or repeal, as shall from time to time be expedient, the by-laws, rules and regulations of said company. And the commissioners of said road shall be denominated "Commissioners of the Hartford and Providence Railroad Company," anything in the original charter of said company to the contrary notwithstanding; and shall be appointed annually, after the commencement of said road.

SEC. 6. And it shall be lawful for the directors of said company, from time to time, to borrow such sum or sums of money upon the credit of said company, as to said directors shall appear necessary and proper, for the completion of their road and the purchase of materials, locomotives, cars, lands and the erection of warehouses, work-shops and other necessary buildings, at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per cent. per annum; and for securing the re-payment of moneys so borrowed, full power and authority is hereby granted to the said directors, to pledge or hypothecate, by way of bond, with or without seal, mortgage, trust or otherwise, the railroad by them owned or constructed, or to be constructed, under their charter, or any portion or portions of the same, with any or all its privileges, appendages, appurtenances, implements, cars, engines and personal estate, and other property, franchises and chartered rights of said company; and said company shall be allowed to retain possession of said personal property so pledged, hypothecated or mortgaged, as aforesaid; provided, the deed or deeds of the same shall be deposited for record in the office of the secretary of this state, whose duty it shall be to record the same. Provided, that the amount of money borrowed, on an issue of the bonds of said company, shall at no time exceed one third of the amount expended for the construction of their railroad, exclusive of the bridge across Connecticut river, which amount so expended shall be ascertained by oath of the principal engineer of said company.

SEC. 7. And the said company are hereby authorized to extend their said railroad from the village of Willimantic, through the towns of Plainfield and Sterling, to the eastern line of this state, in the direction of Providence, on such route as they shall deem most expedient; subject to the approval of the commissioners of said road and the provisions of the original charter, as revised and amended by the general assembly, in 1847, and the provisions of this act. Provided, that if said Hartford and Providence Railroad Company shall not expend the sum of at least one hundred thousand dollars in grading and constructing that part of the line of their road, authorized in this section, west of the town of Plainfield and east of the village of Willimantic, in the most direct and feasible route to meet the Providence and Plainfield Railroad Company, on or before the first day of May, A. D. 1850, or shall not construct and complete and put in operation the railroad or way in this section authorized, on or before the first day of May, A. D. 1852, then the rights, privileges and powers in this section granted shall be and become null and absolutely void. Provided, also, that the New York and Boston Railroad Company may