property as a common carrier upon the highways and elsewhere, to determine, alter, and regulate the fares and rates to be charged for its services as such common carrier, and to construct, maintain, and operate a railway, with single or double tracks and necessary turn-outs and switches, within the towns of Windham, Mansfield, Willington, and Stafford, as follows: Commencing at the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad station at the foot of Railroad street, in the city of Willimantic; thence northerly on Railroad street to Main street; thence easterly on Main street to Church street; thence northerly on Church street to Valley street; thence easterly on Valley street to Jackson street; thence northerly on Jackson street and the highway to Mansfield Center; from Mansfield Center northwesterly on the main highway to South Willington passing through Spring Hill, Storrs, and Mansfield, to and through Willington avenue and South street to East Main street in Stafford Springs, with the right to cross any public highway that it may be necessary to cross by reason of passing over private lands or highways; and said company is hereby further authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and operate a railway as aforesaid upon private land near to any of the routes mentioned herein, to connect any such routes, or to deviate from any such routes and again to re-enter the same, or to use and occupy any public highway within either of said towns; provided the general direction of said route northerly is not changed, and at any time hereafter to erect and maintain poles, with wires strung thereon, and other fixtures and structures necessary or convenient for the conduction of electricity within the limits of any highways of said towns, or on private lands, for the purposes of this charter; and said company is hereby authorized to sell electricity for light or power and to erect poles and maintain wires to convey the same in any town in which it is herein authorized to lay its tracks, except in those towns where an organized company now exists and is actually engaged in the business of furnishing electricity for power and light. SEC. 6. This corporation shall have the right, within the towns mentioned in this charter, to take, in the manner provided by the laws of this state for the taking of land or any interest therein, for railroad purposes by railroad companies, such real estate of any nature as its directors shall consider necessary for the construction, maintenance, or operation of any part of a railroad, railway, tramway, and lines of poles and wires for the conduction of electricity, which its directors shall locate upon private property, in accordance with this charter. SEC. 7. Said corporation may take any abandoned, unused, undeveloped, or unproductive water power, not already acquired by a manufacturer for the purpose of further developing his own business, together with any land or other real property, or right of interest. therein, connected therewith, in the towns of Windham, Mansfield, Willington, Coventry, Ellington, and Tolland, that may be necessary to conduct and carry on the business of said company, and, if it cannot agree with the owners as to the amount of damages to be paid therefor, it may apply to any judge of the superior court for the appointment of appraisers to estimate all damages that may arise to any person from the taking and occupation of any such property for such purpose; and, after reasonable notice of said application shall have been given to all parties in interest, such judge shall appoint three disinterested appraisers, who shall be sworn and give reasonable notice to said parties in regard to the time and place of making such estimate, and, after viewing the premises, and hearing the applicants and such of said parties as shall appear at such time and place and ask to be heard, shall estimate such damages, and shall return an appraisal of such damages in writing to the clerk of the superior court in the county where the land lies, who shall record it; and, when so returned and recorded, and the damages appraised to such parties shall have been paid or deposited with the treasurer of the county in which the land lies, subject to their order, said corporation may enter upon and use said property for the purpose for which the same shall be taken as hereinbefore provided. When any lands or other real property, or interest therein, of any feme covert married before the twentieth day of April, 1877, infant, person non compos mentis, or person having a conservator, or any cestui que trust, or of the estate of any deceased or insolvent person, shall be necessary for the construction or maintenance of any power plants, dams, reservoirs, or transmission lines, said land or other real property, or interest therein, may be taken upon notice herein provided for being given to the husband of such feme covert, the guardian, either natural or appointed, of such infant, the conservator of such person non compos mentis or other person having a conservator, the trustee of such cestui que trust, or the executor, administrator, or trustee in insolvency of such estate, as the case may be; and they may respectively release all damages for any such property so taken as fully as if the same were holden in their own right. When any land or other real property, or interest therein, shall have been taken and the damages appraised and paid or deposited as above provided, a description of said property, certified by the secretary of said corporation, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the town where such property is situated. SEC. 8. The selectmen of the town of Willington shall locate the tracks of said company in the village of South Willington, and the location by said selectmen of said tracks shall be final. SEC. 9. Said company may make any contract or agreement with reference to the time and manner of running its cars in connection with any cars running on other railways within the state of Connecticut, and may also lease or sell its railways, franchises, and property to any corporation which is organized under the laws of this state, and may buy or lease the railways, franchises, and property of any such corporation, or consolidate with any such corporation; provided, that, upon the consummation of any such purchase, sale, consolidation, or lease, a certificate, subscribed and sworn to by the president and secretary of this company, shall be filed with the secretary of the state, set ting out in full the terms of such agreement of purchase, sale, consolidation, or lease. This corporation may issue its mortgage bonds to pay the price of any purchase made under the provisions of this section, to an amount not exceeding fifty per centum of said price, and shall also have the power to purchase, hold, and sell the stock, bonds, and choses in action of the corporations with which it is authorized by this section to consolidate. The capital stock of this corporation may, in addition to said seven hundred thousand dollars hereinbefore authorized, be increased from time to time by amounts equal to the authorized capital stock of any corporation all of whose property shall be acquired by this corporation by purchase under the provisions hereof. SEC. 10. Said company is authorized and empowered to connect its tracks for business purposes with the tracks of any other street railway situated near any of its termini, and to make traffic agreements with other street railway companies, and to run its cars over the tracks of other companies with the consent of such companies. The superior court, or a judge thereof, upon proper application, may fix the terms upon which cars of this company may be run over the tracks of other companies if the terms upon which such privilege may be enjoyed cannot be agreed upon. Approved, July 18, 1905. [Substitute for House Bill No. 276.] AN ACT AMENDING AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF DISABLED SOLDIERS, SAILORS, AND MARINES OF THE CIVIL WAR, AND THEIR WIVES AND WIDOWS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. Section three of an act providing for the support of disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines of the civil war, and their wives and widows, approved June 9, 1903, is hereby amended to read as follows: Said board shall have power to expend said appropriation in such cases as it may deem necessary and proper, in aiding in the support of said soldiers, sailors, and marines and their wives, and said widows, all of whom said board shall deem to be of good character and habits, upon proof satisfactory to said board that such soldiers, sailors, or marines, by reason of age, or disability not the result of bad habits, are unable to support themselves and their wives and are without adequate means of support for themselves and their wives, and that said widows for the same reasons are unable to support themselves and are without adequate means of support. Provided, that the soldier, sailor, or marine applying for such aid shall have been married prior to June 27, 1890, and has lived continuously with such wife since marriage and up to the date of the application for aid, absence by reason of illness, occupation, or residence in a soldiers' home ex cepted, and shall continue to live with and support such wife while such aid is being furnished; and shall have the sole power to determine the time for which such aid shall be extended and the amount and character thereof, which amount shall not in any case exceed six dollars per week in value. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. [House Bill No. 399.] AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROPAGATION OF LOBSTERS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. The sum of ten thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the commissioners of fisheries and game, to enable said commissioners to purchase or lease land and buildings, and construct or lease suitable fixtures, buildings, or waters for hatching, rearing, and propagating lobsters at or near Noank, for the public waters of this state, and to defray the expense of hatching, rearing, and propagating the same, as the said commissioners may deem expedient. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 218.] [499.] CREATING A COMMISSION OF FIVE PERSONS TO EXAMINE EXISTING RUPT PRACTICES AT ELECTIONS, AND TO RE- OF 1907. Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That a commission consisting of five persons be selected by the governor and the presiding officer of the senate and house of representatives within thirty days after the rising of this general assembly, none of whom shall be members of either house, to take into consideration the existing laws relating to primaries, and the laws prohibiting corrupt practices at elections, both in this state and elsewhere, and to report to the general assembly of 1907, such bill or bills or such proposed legislation as in their opinion are required and are best calculated to secure fair nominations and elections and to prevent corrupt practices at primaries and elections. SEC. 2. Said commission shall serve without pay, but their expenses shall be paid by the treasurer of the state, upon an order of the comptroller, who shall before giving such order, find that the amount of such expenses has been incurred. Approved, July 19, 1905. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 219.] [500.] PROVIDING FOR A PORTRAIT OF THE GOVERNOR TO BE PLACED IN THE CAPITOL. Resolved by this Assembly: That the secretary of the state is hereby authorized and directed to procure a portrait of Governor Henry Roberts and cause the same to be placed in the capitol, and the comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his order on the treasurer for the expense thereof. Approved, July 19, 1905. STATE OF CONNECTICUT. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, HARTFORD, August 22, 1905. I hereby certify that I have compared the printed copy in this pamphlet contained with the engrossed bills of Special Laws passed by the General Assembly of the State of Connecticut at the January session, 1905, and that the same is a correct copy of the Special Laws aforesaid as engrossed and on file in this office. THEODORE BODENWEIN, Secretary. |