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liam A. Churchill, with such other persons as shall associate with them for that purpose, are constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of The New Britain Gas Light Company, and by that name are empowered to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court in this state; to make and have a common seal, and the same to break, alter, or renew at pleasure; and the said company is hereby vested with all the powers, privileges, and immunities which are or may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes and objects of this act as hereinafter set forth; and said company is hereby authorized and empowered to manufacture, make, and sell gas, to be made from rosin, coal, oil, and any other material or materials, and furnish such quantities of gas as may be required of said company, in the city and town of New Britain, for lighting streets, stores, and buildings, or other purposes; and to enter into and execute contracts, agreements, or covenants in relation to the objects of said company, and to enforce the same; and said company shall be capable of purchasing, taking, and holding, and of granting, selling, and conveying, coal, coke, and any by-products of the company, and any estate, real or personal, necessary to give effect to the specified purposes of this company, and for the accommodation of its business and concerns; and the office and place of business of said corporation shall be in the city of New Britain.

SEC. 2. Section two of said charter is hereby amended by striking out the word "borough" in the third line of said section and inserting in place thereof the words "city and town," and by striking out in the ninth and tenth lines thereof the words "warden and burgesses of said borough" and inserting in place thereof the words mayor and common council of said city and the selectmen of said town, within the respective limits of said city and town."

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SEC. 3. The word "city" is hereby substituted for the word borough" " wherever the word "borough" occurs in sections five, six, and eight of said charter.

SEC. 4. Section two of the resolution amending the charter of said corporation, approved April 17, 1901, is hereby amended so that the aggregate amount of bonds authorized to be issued under and by virtue of said section shall not at any time exceed in amount the sum of four hundred thousand dollars.

Approved, April 30, 1903.

[House Joint Resolution No. 378.]
[164.]

CONCERNING AN APPROPRIATION IN FAVOR OF THE MERIDEN

HOSPITAL.

Resolved by this Assembly: That the resolution making an annual appropriation in favor of The Meriden Hospital, approved June 30, 1893, is hereby repealed.

Approved, April 29, 1903.

[House Bill, Substitute for House Joint Resolution No. 242.]

[165.]

AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR FITCH'S HOME FOR THE SOLDIERS FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDING

SEPTEMBER 30, 1905.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

SECTION 1. The sum of seventy-five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the two fiscal years ending September 30, 1905: For the soldiers' hospital board, for procuring a water supply for Fitch's Home for the Soldiers.

SEC. 2. The resolution approved June 17, 1901, making an appropriation for furnishing a water supply for Fitch's Home for the Soldiers is hereby repealed.

SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage.

SEC. 4. The resolution approved June 5, 1901, making an appropriation for furnishing a water supply for Fitch's Home for the Soldiers is hereby repealed. Approved, April 29, 1903.

[House Joint Resolution No. 201.]

[166.]

INCORPORATING THE SALISBURY SEWER COMPANY.

Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That Robert Scoville, George H. Clark, and Howard F. Landon, all of the town of Salisbury, and such other persons as may hereafter be associated with them for that purpose, their successors and assigns, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate under the name of The Salisbury Sewer Company, and by that name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, and may adopt and have a common seal and alter and renew the same at pleasure, and shall have all such other rights and powers as by law pertain to corporations in this state. Said corporation shall be located in the town of Salisbury.

SEC. 2. Said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered, within the limits of said town of Salisbury, to construct or cause to be constructed any sewer or sewers, with wells or catch-basins, and a sewage disposal plant or plants, it being hereby fully authorized and empowered to construct, maintain, and repair a thorough and complete system or systems of sewerage and drainage within the limits of said town, and to purchase, acquire, take, hold, lease, grant, sell, and convey any estate, real or personal, property, rights, privileges,

consents, and franchises, as the purposes of said corporation or the convenient transaction of its business may require.

SEC. 3. Said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered to place pipes, aqueducts, or sewers, with necessary fixtures and apparatus connected therewith, through, along, or in any of the highways, streets, avenues, and public grounds of said town of Salisbury; provided, however, the same are placed in conformity with the directions of the selectmen of said town.

SEC. 4. If said corporation, acting by a majority of its board of directors, shall at any time deem it expedient and necessary to take and acquire any land or interest therein, easement, water rights, or other property, rights, or estate, for the purposes expressed in this charter, and it cannot agree with the owner or owners of the property desired to be taken as to the amount of compensation or damages to be paid therefor, it may apply to any judge of the superior court, causing such notice as such judge may prescribe to be given to the adverse party of the pendency of such application and the time and place of hearing thereon; and thereupon such judge shall appoint three disinterested and judicious persons, and in case of vacancies. may appoint others in their stead, who shall, after reasonable notice to the parties, assess just damages and compensation, if any, to the respective owners or parties interested in the property so desired to be taken, which assessment shall be in writing, under the hands of said persons, and shall be returned with the application to the clerk of the superior court for Litchfield county; and within thirty days after such assessment shall be so returned, either party may file its or his objections to the acceptance of said assessment, and said court shall have power to hear and determine said objections, and to accept or reject said assessment in accordance with the rules of law and equity relating to condemnation proceedings, and the decision of said. court shall be final, subject only to an appeal to the supreme court of errors. If within six months from the final termination of said proceedings said corporation shall pay to the adverse party or parties the amount of such assessment, or in the event of his or their refusal to accept the same, or if he or they cannot be found or ascertained, then to the treasurer of Litchfield county for his or their benefit, it may enter upon and take possession of the property so acquired and taken.

SEC. 5. Said corporation may mortgage any part of its real or personal estate, with or without its franchises, to secure the payment of any debts, obligations, or liabilities incurred by it in its business, as its board of directors may direct, under, pursuant, and subject to the provisions of its by-laws made in relation thereto. Said corporation may borrow money, incur debts and liabilities, and issue its bonds and obligations therefor, to such amounts, at such rates, and on such terms, as its board of directors may from time to time direct, and secure the payment of the same as above provided.

SEC. 6. The capital stock of said corporation shall be two thousand dollars, divided into shares of twenty-five dollars each, with the privilege of increasing the same to any amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, by a two-thirds vote of the stock of said corporation at a meeting called for that purpose, but no stock shall be issued unless the same shall be paid for in cash. Subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation shall be made in such manner and on such terms as a majority of the corporators named in the first section of this resolution shall prescribe, and when twenty per centum of the capital stock has been paid in, they may proceed to organize said corporation, calling for that purpose a meeting of the stockholders at such time and place and upon such notice as they shall deem proper.

SEC. 7. The stock, property, and affairs of said corporation shall be managed by a board of directors, consisting of not less than three nor more than seven as may be provided in the by-laws adopted by said corporation. All vacancies occurring in said board may be filled as may be provided in such by-laws.

SEC. 8. The persons first above named and such other persons as shall be elected or appointed in accordance with the by-laws of said corporation shall be the first directors thereof, and their term of office shall continue until the first Monday of July, 1904, and until others are chosen in their stead. Thereafter the board of directors shall be elected annually at a meeting of the stockholders thereof to be held at such time and place as the corporation by its by-laws may appoint.

SEC. 9. The said corporation may adopt by-laws not inconsistent with this resolution or with the laws of the state for the regulation of corporations, and said by-laws may be altered, repealed, or amended, by a two-thirds vote of the stock at any meeting called for such purpose.

Approved, April 29, 1903.

[House Joint Resolution No. 217.]
[167.]

AUTHORIZING AUGUSTUS I. MEAD TO CONSTRUCT SEA-WALLS.

Resolved by this Assembly: That Augustus I. Mead be and is hereby authorized and empowered to build, construct, and maintain a sea-wall or sea-walls in front of and adjoining land owned by him in Greenwich, on Long Island sound, situated on the westerly side of Bush's harbor, so called, bounded northerly by land of Jennie H. Knapp, easterly by the waters of Bush's harbor, southerly by land of George F. Foote, and westerly by the shore road, and to fill in and grade the space within said walls as he may deem expedient; provided, however, that the same shall not impede public navigation; and the space so filled or to be filled as aforesaid is hereby granted to said Augustus I. Mead, his heirs and assigns.

Approved, April 29, 1903.

[House Joint Resolution No. 216.]

[168.]

AUTHORIZING AUGUSTUS I. MEAD TO CONSTRUCT SEA-WALLS.

Resolved by this Assembly: That Augustus I. Mead be and he is hereby authorized and empowered to build, construct, and maintain a sea-wall or sea-walls in front of and adjoining land owned by him in Greenwich on Long Island sound, situated on the westerly side of Bush's harbor, so called, bounded northerly by the channel of Horse Neck brook, easterly by the waters of Bush's harbor, southerly by land of Lizzie R. Cummings, and westerly by the shore road; and to fill in and grade the space within said walls as he may deem expedient; provided, however, that the same shall not impede public navigation. And the space so filled or to be filled as aforesaid is hereby granted to said Augustus I. Mead, his heirs and assigns. Approved, April 29, 1903.

[House Joint Resolution No. 213.]
[169.]

AUTHORIZING WHITMAN S. MEAD AND CHARLES N. MEAD TO CONSTRUCT SEA-WALLS.

Resolved by this Assembly: That Whitman S. Mead and Charles N. Mead be and hereby are authorized to construct a sea-wall or seawalls in front of their land in the town of Greenwich, bounded northerly by land of William J. Smith and a highway known as the Addington road, easterly by private way leading to Long Island sound, southerly by land of H. L. Cammann, and westerly by Indian harbor; and to fill in and to grade the space within said walls as they may deem expedient; provided, however, that the same shall not impede public navigation. And the space so filled or to be filled as aforesaid, and the space adjoining said land between high and low water mark, is hereby granted to the said Whitman S. Mead and Charles N. Mead, their heirs and assigns; said heirs and assigns to have all the said rights and privileges hereby granted to the said Whitman S. Mead and Charles N. Mead.

Approved, April 29, 1903.

[House Joint Resolution No. 230.]
[170.]

AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE UNITED ILLUMINATING COMPANY.

Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That The United Illuminating Company, a corporation organized and existing under a charter approved June 15, 1899, may furnish, and each and every town and incorporated district in any town in which said com

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