and the same is hereby increased to the sum of forty-six dollars per month; he having lost his right hand, forearm, and right eye while on duty September 15, 1864, as a member of the First Light Battery, Connecticut militia. SEC. 2. The pension of thirty dollars per month granted to Richard H. Clark of Clinton, under a resolution approved March 15, 1889, is hereby increased to the sum of forty-six dollars per month; he having lost his right hand and forearm while in line of duty in the military service of the state. SEC. 3. The payments under this resolution shall commence on April 1, 1903. Approved, May 11, 1903. [House Joint Resolution No. 318.] MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE ERECTION OF MEMORIAL AND THE SIXTH AND TENTH REGIMENTS OF Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That the comptroller be and hereby is authorized and directed to draw his order on the treasurer for the sum of three thousand dollars in payment of bills contracted for the erection of memorial tablets or monuments by the First Light Battery and the Sixth and Tenth Regiments of Infantry, whenever such bills shall have been approved by the quartermastergeneral. SEC. 2. Said tablets or monuments shall be located and erected in accordance with the provisions of the special laws governing the erection of memorial tablets. SEC. 3. The sum of three thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the objects hereinbefore specified. Approved, May 11, 1903. [House Bill, Substitute for House Joint Resolution No. 254.] [235.] AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE HARTFORD HOSPITAL FOR THE TREATMENT OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: The following sum is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the object hereinafter specified for the two fiscal years ending September 30, 1905: For the Hartford Hospital, for the maintenance of its experimental hospital for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, ten thousand dollars. Approved, May 11, 1903. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 107.] [236.] AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE NEW HAVEN COUNTY ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1905. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: The following sum is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the object hereinafter specified for the two fiscal years ending September 30, 1905: For the New Haven County Anti-Tuberculosis Association, for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, twenty-five thousand dollars. Approved, May 11, 1903. [House Bill No. 471.] AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MERIDEN HOSPITAL FOR THE TWO YEARS ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1905. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: The following sum is hereby appropriated to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, in full compensation for the object hereinafter specified for the two fiscal years ending September 30, 1905: For The Meriden Hospital, six thousand dollars. Approved, May 11, 1903. [House Bill No. 470.] AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE MERIDEN HOSPITAL. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: The comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his order on the treasurer in favor of The Meriden Hospital for a sum not exceed ing twenty thousand dollars, such money to be expended by the directors of said The Meriden Hospital in the erection of a new building and in providing additional accommodations for carrying on the business of said hospital. Approved, May 11, 1903. [House Joint Resolution No. 218.] [239.] LOCATING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN NORWALK AND WESTPORT AND VALIDATING CERTAIN OYSTER GROUND TITLES IN ADJACENT WATERS. Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That the boundary line between the towns of Norwalk and Westport, from a point in the middle of the stone bridge over the Saugatuck brook, a short distance west of the former residence of Joseph Scribner on the old county road, socalled, shall run from said point in said bridge in a straight line south ten degrees and fourteen minutes west, a distance of six thousand and six feet, to and across the shore road, so-called, to the middle of Duck Pond street, so-called, passing through four granite monuments set on said line, at a distance of fifty-six feet, one thousand and thirty-four feet, three thousand three hundred and twenty-four feet, and five thousand nine hundred thirty-four and eighty-four one-hundredths feet, respectively, from said bridge; thence from the middle of Duck Pond street, along the center line of said street southerly a distance of one thousand five hundred and fifty-nine feet; thence in a straight line south five degrees and fifty-eight minutes east, passing through a granite monument set sixteen and thirty-two one-hundredths feet southerly from the center of Duck Pond street, to a granite monument set at high water line on the southerly side of Canfield's island; at which point the following angles apply to certain triangulation stations of the United States coast and geodetic survey, namely: from Chimon's island, station 2, erected 1882, to meridian, or true south, eleven degrees and fifty-four minutes; to Copps island station, erected 1885, seven degrees and fourteen minutes; to Cockenoes island, station 2, erected 1882, seventy-one degrees, forty-six minutes, and thirty seconds; to Canal, one hundred and twenty-seven degrees, forty-five minutes, and thirty seconds; to Burnham's barn cupola, one hundred and thirty-eight degrees and twenty-eight minutes; to magnetic north of 1835, one hundred and ninety-seven degrees and fifty-two minutes; to Chimon's island, station. 2, erected 1882, three hundred and sixty degrees. From said granite monument on Canfield's island the boundary line runs meridian or true south across the waters of Long Island sound and Grassy island to the boundary line between the states of Connecticut and New York, passing through a granite monument set on Grassy island; all bearings on the line described being from true meridian. SEC. 2. Nothing in the foregoing section shall in any way affect the designation heretofore made of any oyster grounds or oyster plantation, or the title to or record of the same; and all such designations and all transfers and records of such designations and transfers, otherwise according to law, shall not be deemed invalid because not made by the authorities of, or recorded in, the town in which said grounds lie; but all such designations, transfers, and the records thereof, are hereby validated and confirmed. SEC. 3. This resolution shall not affect any suit now pending. Approved, May 11, 1903. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 220.] [240.] AUTHORIZING DENOM PALMER AND JOHN DUFF TO CONSTRUCT SEA-WALLS. Resolved by this Assembly: That Denom Palmer and John Duff, both of the town of Greenwich, be and they are hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain sea-walls in front of land owned by them, situated in said town of Greenwich, at Cos Cob, so-called, and bounded as follows: Northerly by land of Frank T. Palmer and the highway, easterly, southerly, and westerly by the Mianus river, so-called; and they are hereby authorized to fill in and 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 marks, are hereby granted to said Denom Palmer and John Duff, their heirs and assigns; said heirs and assigns to have all the said rights and privileges hereby granted to said Denom Palmer and John Duff. Approved, May 11, 1903. [House Joint Resolution No. 241.] CONCERNING THE TAKING OF LAND BY THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE FOR SEWERAGE PURPOSES. Resolved by this Assembly: That The Connecticut Agricultural College is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a system of sewerage for its buildings and grounds, and for that purpose is authorized and empowered to take such land or lands in the town of Mansfield as the trustees of said college may deem necessary and sufficient. If said trustees cannot agree with any owner or owners upon the amount to be paid for land thus taken, they may apply in the name of the said college to the superior court in the county where the land lies, and if said court is not in session, to any judge of the superior court. The said court or judge, after due notice of such application has been given, shall appoint a committee of three disinterested men, who, after being sworn and having given reasonable notice to the parties interested, shall view the land, hear the evidence, ascertain the value, assess just damages to the owner or owners, and report their doings to such court or judge, who may accept the same, or, in case of any irregularity or improper conduct on the part of the committee in the performance of their duty, reject it, and in case of rejection such court or judge shall appoint another committee, who shall proceed in the same manner as provided for the first committee. Approved, May 11, 1903. [Substitute for House Joint Resolution No. 268.] [242.] AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF HARTFORD TO RE-PLOT MOUNT PLEASANT ADDITION TO ZION HILL CEMETERY. Resolved by this Assembly: That the city of Hartford be and it is hereby authorized to re-plot and lay out anew, in such manner as the common council of said city shall direct, so much of the Mount Pleasant addition to Zion Hill cemetery in said city as now is or hereafter from time to time may become the property of said city. Approved, May 15, 1903. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 36.] REIMBURSING CLARENCE DUNN OF VERNON FOR INJURIES RECEIVED WHILE IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE. Resolved by this Assembly: That the sum of one hundred dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated to Clarence Dunn of Vernon, a private in Company C, First Regiment Connecticut national guard, to reimburse him for injuries received while in the active service of the state. Approved, May 15, 1903. [Senate Joint Resolution No. 218.] CONFIRMING THE RIGHT OF THE CONNECTICUT RAILWAY AND LIGHTING COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT ITS RAILWAY ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET IN ANSONIA. Resolved by this Assembly: That the right of the Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company to locate, construct, maintain, and |