purposes of an academic or collegiate school, to an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars; to sue and be sued, defend and be defended in all courts and places whatsoever; to have a common seal, and the same to change or alter at their discretion; to appoint all proper officers, instructors and agents; to elect suitable persons to fill any vacancies which may occur in their number by death, removal from said Guilford, resignation, or otherwise; and to make all such regulations, rules and by-laws, and to compel the due observance thereof by suitable penalties, as they may deem expedient, not inconsistent with the trusts committed to them, nor with the laws of this state nor the United States.

Provided always, that this resolve may be altered, amended or repealed by the general assembly.

AMENDING CHARTER OF THE LITCHFIELD FEMALE ACADEMY.

PASSED 1854.

SEC. 1. Resolved, That the Trustees of the Litchfield Female Academy shall be elected annually, by vote of the stockholders of said corporation, each share to be entitled to one vote in such election.

SEC. 2. That there shall be a meeting of said corporation, and an election of trustees for said academy, to be held at said academy in said Litchfield, on the tenth day of July, A. D. 1854, at two o'clock in the afternoon, notice thereof to be given by Stephen Deming, by publishing over his signature a call therefor, in the Litchfield Enquirer, a paper published in said Litchfield, at least one week previous to said tenth day of July, A. D. 1854.

SEC. 3. That said academy buildings may be used for the education of males as well as of females, and trustees elected under this resolution shall have the same powers as are conferred by said act of incorporation, except that they shall be elected annually, at such times and places as the by-laws of said corporation shall prescribe.

SEC. 4. That so much of the act incorporating the Litchfield Female Academy, as provides that the trustees thereof shall hold their office during life, and that said academy buildings may not be used in the education of males, and all such parts of said act of incorporation as are inconsistent herewith, be, and the same are hereby repealed.

SEC. 5. This resolution shall take effect on its passage.

INCORPORATING THE NEWTOWN ACADEMICAL ASSOCIATION.

PASSED 1838.

Upon the petition of Henry Beers and others, praying for the incorporation of an Academical Institution in the town of Newtown:

Resolved by this Assembly, That Henry Beers, David H. Belden, David V. B. Baldwin, with all others, who are or shall be associated with them, be, and they are, with their heirs and assigns, made and established a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Newtown Academical Association," to be located in Newtown, in the county of Fairfield, for the purpose of promoting education, and by that name they and their heirs shall be, and hereby are, authorized and empowered to purchase, hold and possess, to them and their successors, any goods, chattels and effects; also to purchase, hold and possess, to them and their successors, any such lands, tenements and hereditaments in the county of Fairfield, as shall be necessary for the views and purposes of said corporation, not exceeding in the whole, twenty-five acres, unless the same be taken in payment of, or as security for debts due the corporation, and the same to sell and dispose of at pleasure. Also to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any court of record, or elsewhere; and said corporation may use a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure.

The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed fifteen thousand dollars; and a share of said stock shall be twenty-five dollars, and be deemed and considered personal estate, and be transferable only on the books of said company, in such form as the trustees of said company shall prescribe.

The stock, property and affairs of the corporation shall be managed by not less than three and not more than five trustees, one of whom they shall appoint their president, who shall hold their offices for one year: which trustees shall be stockholders, and citizens of the United States, and shall be annually elected at such time and place as the regulations of said corporation shall prescribe. A majority of the trustees shall on all occasions when met in said town of Newtown, constitute a board for the transaction of business, and a majority of the stockholders present at any legal meeting, shall be capable of transacting the business of such meeting, each share entitling the owner thereof to one vote.

The said president and trustees for the time being, or a major part of them, shall have power to fill any vacancy which may happen in their board, by death, resignation or otherwise, for the then current year, and to appoint and employ, from time to time, a secretary, treasurer, and such other officers and laborers, who shall hold their offices until others are chosen in their stead, as they may think proper for the transaction of the business and concerns of said company, and also to make and establish such by-laws, rules and regulations, as they shall think expedient for the better management of the concerns of said corporation, and the same to alter or repeal: Provided always, that such by-laws, rules and regulations be not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States.

If it shall so happen that an election of trustees shall not take place in any year at the annual meeting of the corporation, the said corporation shall not for that reason be dissolved, but such election may be held thereafter, on any convenient day within one year, to be fixed on by the trustees, they previously giving public notice thereof.

The trustees may call in the subscriptions to the capital stock, by installments, in such proportions, and at such times and places, as they may think proper, giving such notice thereof as the by-laws and regulations of said company shall prescribe.

For all debts which may at any time be due from said company, the stockholders thereof shall not be responsible in their private capacity, but the property and estate of said corporation.

The said Henry Beers, David H. Belden, and David V. B. Baldwin, are authorized to open books for subscription to said corporation, and to call the first meeting of the stockholders; and all who shall subscribe twenty-five dollars or upwards, shall be considered as stockholders, at such meeting, which meeting may determine the manner of becoming stockholders in said corporation, and the times and places of holding their fu ture meetings, and mode of warning the same; may elect trustees, to remain in office until others are elected in their stead, and transact such other business as may be necessary to carry into effect the object of said corporation.

This grant shall be subject to be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly.

INCORPORATING THE NORWICH FREE ACADEMY.

PASSED 1854.

Upon the petition of Russell Hubbard and others of Norwich, county of New London, praying for an act of incorporation for a Free Academy, in said town of Norwich, as per petition on file, dated May 5th, 1854:

Resolved by this Assembly, That Russell Hubbard, William P. Greene, William A. Buckingham, William Williams, Henry B. Norton, John Breed, Caleb B. Rogers, William W. Coit, James L. Greene, Daniel Tyler, Samuel C. Morgan, Israel M. Buckingham, Lafayette S. Foster, David Smith, John F. Slater, Charles Osgood, Erastus Williams, Lorenzo Blackstone, John A. Rockwell, Leonard Ballou, Charles J. Stedman, John P. Gulliver, Charles N. Farnham, Edward O. Abbott, Charles Tracy, Albert H. Álmy, Lucius W. Carroll, Jedediah Spaulding, Stephen W. Meech, Jeremiah S. Webb, Henry Thomas, Christopher C. Brand, Charles Johnson, Ebenezer Larned, Jr., Elisha Edwards, Andrew J. Currier, and their successors be, and they hereby are constituted a body cor porate and politic, by the name of "The Norwich Free Academy," and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and be capable in law to purchase, receive, hold and convey all kinds of property requisite and con

venient for the purposes of a school; to sue and be sued; defend and be defended in all courts and places whatsoever; may have a common seal, and change and alter the same at their discretion; appoint proper officers and agents; elect residents of said town of Norwich, to fill the vacancies occuring in their number by death, resignation, or removal from said town, so that hereafter the number of said corporators shall be maintained at twenty-five, when from any of these causes it shall be reduced below that number; aud make such regulations, rules and by-laws, as they shall deem expedient, to carry out the objects of the corporation, not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States.

Provided always, that this resolve may be altered, amended or repealed by the general assembly.

INCORPORATING THE NORWICH HIGH SCHOOL

PASSED 1858.

Upon the petition of James Stedman, Hiram P. Arms, John T. Wait, George Bliss and Wolcott Huntington, for and on behalf of the members of the "Norwich High School Association," praying for an act of incorporation, as per petition on file, dated the 1st day of May, A. D. 1853:

Resolved by this Assembly, That James Stedman, Hiram P. Arms, Henry Thomas, Daniel W. Coit, John T. Wait, Wolcott Huntington, Henry B. Tracy, George Bliss, Chauncey K. Bushnell, George D. Fuller and others, members of the "Norwich High School Association," and owners of certain real and personal estate, now held in trust for said association, and those who may hereafter associate with them, be and they hereby are created, constituted and confirmed a body politic and corporate by the name of the "Norwich High School," for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a school for the instruction of youth in various branches of learning, on the green in the first school society in Norwich, and by that name shall be and hereby are made capable in law and authorized and empowered to purchase, take, hold, occupy, possess and enjoy to them and their successors forever, real and personal estate of any kind and quality whatever, to any amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and the same to sell, alien and dispose of at pleasure; to sue or be sued, plead or be impleaded, defend or be defended, in any court of record or elsewhere, to have and use a common seal and the same to break, alter and renew at pleasure; and to ordain, establish and carry into effect such by-laws and regulations as shall from time to time be deemed necessary or useful for the well ordering and governing of the affairs of said corporation, not repugnant to the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States, and the same to alter or repeal at pleasure.

SEC. 2. The capital stock of said corporation, consisting of any and all real and personal estate whatever, of which said corporation may be possessed, excepting donations, gifts, bequests, devises and legacies, which may be made to said corporation, shall be divided into shares of twentyfive dollars each, and issued from time to time by the directors of said corporation; provided, however, that the number of such shares shall not exceed four hundred; and the present members of said association, whose shares have been paid in full, shall be owners of the same number of shares in said corporation that they now own in said association. And said shares shall be personal estate, transferable on the books of the corporation, and any written assignment by the respective owners thereof, shall be good and valid when registered on the books of said corporation,

and not before.

SEC. 3. The present members of said association may be at any time required by the directors of said corporation, to cause their shares to be registered against their respective names on the books of said corporation, within such period as said directors shall limit, not less, however, than one year from the time of giving public notice, which notice shall be published six months successively, in a newspaper printed in said town of Norwich; and all shares not registered within the time so limited, shall be forfeited to the corporation, and may be by them held or sold and assigned.

SEC. 4. Said corporation may appoint any number of directors, not exceeding five, a secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary.

SEO. 5. The directors of said corporation shall have power to superintend, regulate and direct all the concerns of the corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the by-laws thereof, and to appoint their own chairman and clerk. The board of directors, and the secretary and treasurer heretofore elected by said association, shall be the first directors and the first secretary and treasurer of said corporation. All officers shall continue in office during the pleasure of the stockholders, or for such limited time only as the by-laws may prescribe. In case of the death, resignation or refusal to act of any director or other officer of said corporation, the board of directors shall fill the vacancy, and the person so appointed by said board of directors, shall discharge the duties of the office to which he is so appointed, until another person is elected in his place by the stockholders of said corporation, at a legal meeting of the same called for that purpose.

SEC. 6. The stockholders present at any legal meeting shall have power, by their major vote, to transact and perform the business thereof, and respectively be entitled to one vote for each share; provided, no one stockholder shall be allowed more than thirty votes, whatever may be the number of his shares; and provided also, that no person, at any meeting after the first, shall vote by virtue of any shares which are not registered in his own name on the books of said corporation. And at any meeting legally warned for that purpose, the stockholders shall have power to tax themselves in proportion to their shares, for the purpose of repairing the buildings, or improving the same or the premises therewith connected, so far as it may be deemed for the interest of said corporation; and in case of neglect or refusal of any stockholder to pay said tax, his or her share