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rangement of one or more schools for teachers, provided the expenses shall not exceed the sum of two hundred dollars.

Resolved, That those, and those only, shall be entitled to instruction in said schools for teachers who shall declare their intention to teach in some public school of the state the ensuing year.

Resolved, That the superintendent be, and hereby is directed to convey seasonable and sufficient information to every school society, of the times and places of holding the schools for teachers.

Resolved, That the above report and resolutions be printed and distributed to the different school visitors and district committees.

SCHOOLS FOR TEACHERS.

PASSED 1848.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the superintendent of common schools be, and he hereby is directed to employ suitable persons to hold, at not more than sixteen convenient places, in the different counties of the state, in the months of September and October, annually, schools of teachers, not exceeding one week each, for the purpose of instructing in the best modes of governing and teaching our common schools; and the compensation of the persons so employed shall not exceed three dollars per day, in full for services and expenses for the time occupied in teaching and traveling to and from the several places where the schools may be held,-which compensation shall be paid from the civil list funds of the state; and the accounts of said teachers for services shall be taxed and audited by the superintendent of common schools, and presented to the comptroller, who shall draw an order for the same on the treasurer of the state.

Resolved, That the superintendent of common schools be, and he hereby is directed to give seasonable notice to each school society, of the times and places of holding said schools, and to give such other notice as he may deem expedient.

AUTHORIZING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF COMMON SCHOOLS TO HOLD MEETINGS OF TEACHERS, &C., IN EACH SCHOOL SOCIETY.

PASSED 1850.

Resolved, That the superintendent of common schools, in addition to the schools or conventions of teachers now provided for by law, be and hereby is authorized and directed to hold, or cause to be held, at least one meeting of teachers, school officers and parents, in each school society, for an address and discussion on topics connected with the organization, administration, instruction and discipline of our common schools: and

the comptroller is hereby authorized to draw an order or orders on the treasurer, payable out of the civil list funds of the state, for such disbursements as the superintendent may make in holding, and procuring persons to assist in holding the above meetings; provided, that the amount of such order or orders shall not exceed three dollars for each school society in which such meetings shall be held.

STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION AND TEACHERS' MEETINGS AND CONVENTIONS.

PASSED 1854.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars annually be, and the same hereby is appropriated to the use of the Connecticut State Teachers' Association, to be drawn by the order of the president of said association on the comptroller, to be paid from the civil list funds of the state. Provided, that said association shall furnish one copy of the Common School Journal and Annals of Education, each month, without charge, to the acting school visitor of each school society. Resolved further, That the superintendent of common schools be authorized to employ suitable teachers and lecturers to assist him in conducting the schools or conventions of teachers, for the purpose of instructing in the best modes of governing and teaching our common schools; and for the purpose of defraying the expenses of such schools or conventions, the superintendent may draw upon the comptroller for a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for each school or convention, to be paid from the civil list funds of the state.

Resolved, That all acts inconsistent with the foregoing resolutions be and the same are hereby repealed.

INCORPORATING THE WATERBURY ACADEMY.

PASSED 1848.

Upon the petition of William H. Scovill, Green Kendrick and William M. Pemberton, agents for the proprietors of Waterbury Academy, praying for an act of incorporation, as per petition on file, dated the 24th day of April, 1848:

Resolved by this Assembly, That Bennet Bronson, Jesse Porter, William H. Scovill, Aaron Benedict, William R. Hitchcock, Green Kendrick, William M. Pemberton and others, the proprietors of Waterbury Academy, situated in the town of Waterbury, in New Haven county, and

those who may hereafter associate with them, be, and they are hereby created, constituted and confirmed a body politic and corporate, by the name of "The Waterbury Academy," and by that name shall be, and hereby are made capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess, hold and enjoy, to them and their successors, real and personal estate of any kind and quality whatsoever, to any amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars, by will, deed or gift, and the same to sell, grant or alien; 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 and repeal at pleasure.

SEC. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall consist of shares of five dollars each, and the present proprietors of said academy whose shares have been paid in full shall be owners of the same number of shares in said corporation they now own in said academy. 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.

SEO. 3. The present proprietors of said academy may be at any time. required by the trustees 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 trustees shall limit, not less than one year from the time of giving public notice, which notice shall be published six weeks successively, in a public newspaper printed in said town of Waterbury; 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 trustees not exceeding seven, a secretary, treasurer, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary.

SEC. 5. The trustees shall have power to superintend, regulate and direct all the concerns of the corporation, subject nevertheless to the bylaws thereof, and to appoint their own chairman and clerk. All officers shall continue in office during the pleasure of the stockholders, or for such limited time only as the by-laws may prescribe.

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 academy or improving the same, or yard or fences which may be deemed necessary or convenient for said corporation; and, in case of neglect or refusal of any stockholder to pay said tax, his or her share or shares therein

may be sold at auction, giving the stockholder, so refusing or neglecting, six days' notice previous to the day of sale, which notice shall be in writing, signed by the treasurer, and left with such stockholder, or at his usual place of abode, and the balance, if any, after paying such tax, and the expense of sale, shall be returned to said stockholder.

SEC. 7. The first meeting of said corporation shall be warned by the present trustees of said academy, by a notification signed by them and set on the sign post in said Waterbury, and published in the Waterbury American two weeks successively before said meeting. And all future meetings of said corporation shall be held at such time and place and upon such notice as the stockholders shall, by their by-laws, prescribe.

SEC. 8. It shall be the duty of the present trustees of said academy or those who have the legal interest of the academy property in trust for the proprietors, and they are hereby authorized and empowed to convey to said corporation all the present academy property, and upon such conveyance being made all the title to said property shall be vested in said corporation.

SEC. 9. This act may be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly.

TITLE II.

AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETIES.

INCORPORATING CANTON UNION AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

PASSED 1856.

Resolved, That those who have subscribed the articles of association of the Canton Union Agricultural Society, or who may hereafter subscribe them, shall be, and are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the Canton Union Agricultural Society; to be governed and regulated by the aforesaid articles, and by that name shall be capable in law to hold property of any nature, to an amount not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, and manage, dispose of, and alien at pleasure; to sue and be sued, to plead and be impleaded in any courts whatsoever; to have and use a common seal, such as may be agreed on by the corporation; to make and carry into effect such by-laws and regulations as may be deemed expedient, to manage the affairs and effect the objects of the society, not repugnant to this act or the laws of this state, or of the United States, and generally to do all acts appertaining to the business of the society.

That the proceedings of the meetings of said society, holden on the sixth day of March and on the fifth day of May, A. D. 1856, be binding upon the society, in the same manner as though they were had by the corporation, after the passage of this act; provided, nevertheless, that this grant be not in force until adopted by the said society, at a regular meeting, as the basis of their future proceedings; provided also, that this grant may be altered or repealed, at any time, by the general assembly.

INCORPORATING THE CONNECTICUT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

PASSED 1852.

SEC. 1. Resolved by this Assembly, That Charles H. Pond, Robbins Battell, William A. Mead, Henry A. Dyer, David S. Fowler, James T. Pratt, Thomas Cowles, Ephraim H. Hyde, 2d, Charles Robinson, William P. Stone, Henry P. Havens, Edwin Newbury and William Holman, together with such persons as may hereafter become associated with them, be, and they are hereby incorporated, by the name and style of "The Connecticut State Agricultural Society.""

SEC. 2. The object of the society being the improvement of agriculture, horticulture and the household arts, they shall be, and are hereby for those purposes made capable in law to have, purchase, receive, possess and enjoy to them and their successors, land, rents, tenements, hereditaments, goods, chattels and effects of what kind and quality soever, necessary to give effect to the purposes of this society, and the same to sell, grant, demise, alien and dispose of, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts in this state or elsewhere. SEC. 3. The said society shall have power to appoint such officers as they may deem expedient, and also to make, ordain, establish and put in execution such by-laws and regulations as shall be deemed necessary and convenient for the well ordering and government of said society, and not contrary to this act and the laws of this state and of the United States, and to do and execute all and singular the matters and things which to them may or shall appertain to do, subject to the rules and provisions herein above prescribed.

SEC. 4. This act may be altered, amended or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly.

CONNECTICUT STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.

PASSED 1856.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars be appropriated annually from the treasury of this state, for the use

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