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the clerk of the superior court in New London county, 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 New London county, subject to their order, said corporation may enter upon and use said property for the purposes 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 operation of said railway, said land, or other real property or interest therein, may be taken upon the 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 persons 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. 5. The capital stock of said corporation shall not exceed six hundred thousand dollars, and shall be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, which may be issued from time to time and as the directors may judge advisable, and such shares shall be personal property, and shall be transferable only on the books of the corporation by the stockholder or his attorney in such manner as the by-laws of the corporation shall prescribe.

SEC. 6. The corporators named in the first section of this resolution, or a majority of them, may open books to receive subscriptions to the capital stock of said corporation at such times and places as they may appoint, and shall give such notice thereof as they shall deem reasonable, and shall receive such subscriptions under such regulations as they may adopt for that purpose; and in case the subscriptions shall exceed six hundred thousand dollars, they may reduce and apportion the same as they may deem for the best interests of the corporation.

SEC. 7. The corporators named in the first section of this resolution, or a majority of them, shall call the first meeting of the stockholders of said corporation in such manner and at such time and place and upon such notice as they may determine for the choice of directors. and the transaction of any other proper business. At all meetings of the stockholders of said corporation, each share of stock shall be entitled to one vote, which vote may be cast by the stockholder in person or by lawful proxy.

SEC. 8. The property and affairs of said corporation shall be managed by not less than five and not more than nine directors, who shall be stockholders and shall be chosen annually by the stockholders, and shall hold their offices for one year and until others shall be chosen in their stead; and said directors shall choose one of their number to be president, and shall also choose a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the by-laws of the corporation shall prescribe, who shall hold their offices until others shall be chosen in their stead.

SEC. 9. The directors may fill any vacancy which may happen in their board for the current year. The directors may make such by-laws, rules, and regulations in relation to the stock, property, business, and affairs of the corporation as they may from time to time deem necessary.

SEC. 10. All meetings of the stockholders of said corporation, after the first, shall be called in such manner as shall be prescribed by the by-laws; and the stockholders present or legally represented at any meeting lawfully called shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

SEC. 11. In case any election of directors shall not be made on the day appointed by the by-laws, said corporation shall not for that reason be dissolved, but such election may be held at any subsequent meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose by the authority of the board of directors.

SEC. 12. The directors may require the payment of the subscriptions to the capital stock of the corporation at such times and in such instalments and upon such notice as they may prescribe, and, in case any stockholder shall refuse or neglect payment of any such instalment for the period of thirty days after the same shall have become payable, the stock of such person may be sold at public auction upon giving at least twenty days notice thereof in some newspaper published in New London county; and if the proceeds of such sale shall be insufficient for the payment of such instalment, such person shall be liable to the corporation for any such deficiency. If the proceeds of the sale shall be more than sufficient for the purposes aforesaid, said corporation shall account to such stockholder for the surplus.

SEC. 13. Said corporation may issue its bonds and secure the same by mortgage of its property and franchise to the extent and in the manner now provided by the general statute law of this state relating to the issue of bonds by street railway companies.

SEC. 14. Said corporation may contract with any other street. railway company or carrier for the transportation of persons received. from or delivered to said companies upon such terms and conditions. as may be agreed upon between said companies.

SEC. 15. 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 or running from Westerly to Watch Hill in the state of

Rhode Island. Said company may also lease or sell its railway, franchises, and property to any corporation which is either organized under the laws of this state or is a company whose only railway runs from Westerly to Watch Hill in the state of Rhode Island, 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 setting out in full the terms of the 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. This company 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 six hundred thousand dollars 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. 16. The provisions of the general statutes relating to street railways shall apply to this resolution, except in so far as they are herein modified and excepted.

SEC. 17. No freight except the property of the company operating said railway shall at any time be carried over any part of the railway herein authorized to be constructed.

Approved, May 11, 1903.

[Substitute for House Joint Resolution No. 111.]

[220.]

INCORPORATING THE LUMBER DEALERS' ASSOCIATION OF

CONNECTICUT.

Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That The Lumber Dealers' Association of Connecticut, a voluntary association organized under the laws of this state, be and the same hereby is created a body politic and corporate, and, in addition to the powers, privileges, and franchises now held and enjoyed by it, shall be and remain a corporation under the terms of this resolution.

SEC. 2. Said corporation shall be hereafter known as The Lumber Dealers' Association of Connecticut, and by that name shall have perpetual succession, and it may lease, purchase, hold, and possess so much of personal or real property as shall be deemed by the directors, from time to time, necessary for its uses and objects.

SEC. 3. The objects of this corporation shall be to protect and forward the business interests of its members; to promote friendly and social relations among its members; to facilitate the collection of the claims of its members and the diffusion of information concerning trade, dealers, credits, and other matters of interest to the members of the association; and to coöperate with similar associations in other states.

SEC. 4. The affairs of the association shall be managed by a president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, and a board of twelve directors, four of whom shall be elected each year to serve for a term of three years. The president, vice-president, and secretary and treasurer shall be ex officio members of the board of directors, and shall be elected annually with the other four directors; all of the officers and directors shall be elected by ballot. Each certificate of membership shall entitle the holder or holders, if given to a firm, to one vote, which may be cast in person or by proxy.

SEC. 5. The members of said corporation shall adopt, from time to time, such by-laws for the government of the corporation, not in conflict with law, as it shall deem necessary or convenient, including the terms of admission and qualifications of membership, at a meeting or meetings duly warned for that purpose; and the method of warning all meetings of the corporation and of the directors shall be prescribed in the by-laws which shall be recorded in the record books.

SEC. 6. Said corporation, upon the acceptance of this resolution as hereinafter provided, shall succeed to all rights, privileges, franchises, and property of every description of said voluntary association, and shall be liable for all the indebtedness of every description of the same, and nothing herein shall be construed to impair the obligation of such indebtedness.

SEC. 7. This resolution shall not take effect until it shall be accepted by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a meeting duly warned for that purpose, to be held within one year from the approval of this resolution. A certificate containing a true copy of the vote accepting this resolution, signed by the secretary, shall be filed in the office of the secretary of the state within three months after such vote shall have been passed.

SEC. 8. Until the next annual meeting the affairs of the corporation shall be managed by the present directors and officers under its existing by-laws, the same being subject to amendment from time to time according to the usual course of business of such association.

SEC. 9. All business of the corporation shall be transacted by a quorum, such quorum to consist of that number which the by-laws shall prescribe, and at all meetings of the corporation each member shall be entitled to one vote on each and every question.

Approved, May 11, 1903.

[Senate Joint Resolution No. 207.]

[221.]

INCORPORATING THE NORWICH, MYSTIC, AND WESTERLY STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.

Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That Costello Lippitt, William B. Young, Henry H. Gallup, Reuben S. Bartlett, Aaron Lucas, and Edwin H. Knowles, together with such other persons as they may associate with them, be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate by the name of The Norwich, Mystic, and Westerly Street Railway Company, and by that name shall have power to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court in this state; to make and have a common seal, make by-laws, acquire and hold real and personal property; and to transact any business and enjoy any privileges and exercise any powers not prohibited by law to street railway corporations.

SEC. 2. The capital stock of said corporation shall be fixed in amount by the incorporators, or a majority of them, and from time to time thereafter by the directors of said corporation in an amount not to exceed seven hundred thousand dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each. The incorporators named in the first section of this resolution, or a majority of them, may receive subscriptions to the capital stock at such time and place and upon such notice as they shall think desirable, and may call the first meeting of the corporation at such time and place and upon such notice as they shall deem proper, at which meeting directors shall be elected to hold office until the next annual meeting, and any other proper business may be transacted.

SEC. 3. The affairs of the corporation shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of such a number as the by-laws of the corporation shall prescribe. The directors shall appoint such officers and agents of the corporation as the by-laws may prescribe, and such other agents as they may deem best.

SEC. 4. Annual and special meetings of the corporation shall be called and held in the manner prescribed by its by-laws. At each annual meeting directors shall be chosen to hold office until the next annual meeting and until their successors are chosen and qualified.

SEC. 5. This corporation is authorized to transport persons 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 and double tracks and necessary turnouts and switches within the towns of Norwich, Preston, Ledyard, Stonington, and North Stonington, and upon the routes hereinafter set forth, to wit: Beginning in the city of Norwich at a point to connect with the track of The Norwich Street Railway Company at the corner of Main and North Main streets; thence running easterly through Main street in

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