and maintain a house of public worship for said society at said place, and said society shall pay the expense incurred in procuring said report to be accepted.

RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE STRICT CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE TOWN OF WOODBURY-PASSED, OCTOBER 1816.

Upon petition of Jesse Minor, and others.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the petitioners and their associates be, and they are hereby incorporated into a distinct Ecclesiastical Society by the name of "The Strict Congregational Society of the Town of Woodbury," and that the limits of said society shall be and remain co-extensive with the limits of said town of Woodbury, and that said society shall have, and enjoy all the privileges, and immunities of the regular located and incorporated Ecclesiastical Societies of this State, and whereas said society has the same limits and boundaries as said first Ecclesiastical Society, the members belonging to said strict Congregational Society shall be designated by enrolling their names with the clerk of the society to which they belong, and it shall be the duty of the clerks of such society to enroll the same acccordingly, and the inhabitants of said town, and those who may hereafter become inhabitants thereof, or residents therein, may elect to which of said societies, he, she, or they will belong, agreeable to the provisions of the thirteenth section of the act entitled an act for forming, ordering, and regulating societies.

And any of the members of the respective societies shall have liberty at any time hereafter within the month of March annually, to leave the society to which he or she may then belong, and attach him or herself to, and become a member of the other society, by enrolling his or her name as aforesaid with the clerk of the society to which he or she may attach him or herself, and shall thereupon be exempt from being taxed for the future expenses of the society which he or she may have so left as aforesaid.

And said strict congregational society are hereby authorized, empowered and directed to meet at some convenient time and place within the limits of said society, to organize themselves, and choose officers for said society for the current year; the inhabitants of said society to meet for the purpose aforesaid in pursuance of a notification or warning to be given under the hands of Jesse Minor, Benjamin Judson, and Reuben Martin, or either two of them, to be posted in two public places within the limits of said society, at least five days previous to such meeting.

RESOLVE ANNEXING PART OF THE SOCIETY OF UPPER HOUSES IN

MIDDLETOWN, TO WORTHINGTON SOCIETY IN BERLIN.

PASSED, MAY 1790.

Resolved by this Assembly, That all that part of the said second or Upper Houses Society, lying in the town of said Berlin, excepting the farm or lot of land on which said Israel Wilcox now lives, be, and the same is hereby annexed to, and from henceforth shall be and remain a part of the said society of Worthington: Provided always, that nothing in this resolve contained, shall be construed to prevent the said second or Upper Houses Society from collecting all such society rates or taxes as are now laid or due from said petitioners, or either of them, or from any other person liable to pay said taxes.

IN ADDITION-PASSED, MAY 1794.

Upon petition of Enoch Kelsey and others, praying that the part of Wethersfield within the following bounds, be annexed to Worthington, viz. beginning at the north-west corner of said Enoch Kelsey's farm, near his dwelling house, and running a line from that spot eastwardly in the line of said farm to an highway, and from said highway continuing the same line to an highway leading from Newington, then turning southerly by said last highway to the north-east corner of a tract of land called Beckley's farm, and from thence a straight line about one hundred and thirty-five rods easterly, to the north-west corner of Solomon Beckley's common lot, thence keeping that line eastward to the end of said lot, about one hundred and twenty rods, on land belonging to Samuel W. Williams Esq., from thence nearly south a straight line to the north-east corner of Stoddard lot, so called, now belonging to the heirs of John Beckley, and from thence in the line of said lot to Middletown line, on land belonging to the heirs of Col. John Belden:

Resolved by this Assembly, That that part of said town of Wethersfield hereinbefore described, be, and the same is hereby annexed to said Parish of Worthington accordingly, for parochial purpose merely, and shall hereafter be holden and considered as part and parcel of said Parish of Worthington.

IN ADDITION-PASSED, MAY 1797.

Upon petition of Simeon North, Joseph Crofoot and David Woodruff.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the said Simeon North, Joseph Crofoot and David Woodruff, together with their lands and estate in said town of Berlin, be, and the same are hereby annexed to said society of Worthington, and that they the petitioners be hereafter considered as inhabitants thereof, and as such entitled to the common privileges of said society, and liable to pay taxes therein.

TITLE XV.

FERRIES.

RESOLVE GRANTING A FERRY AT DERBY NARROWS.

PASSED, OCTOBER 1806.

Upon petition of Levi Smith of Derby.

Resolved by this Assembly, That liberty to keep said ferry, and to take the fees which now are, or shall hereafter be established by law, be, and the same hereby is granted and confirmed to said Levi Smith, the petitioner, and to his heirs and assigns at all times hereafter, during the pleasure of this Assembly, any former grant to the contrary notwithstanding.

AN ACT ALTERING THE FARE OF THE FERRY AT DERBY NARROWS.

PASSED, MAY 1814.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Council and House of Representaives in General Court assembled, That the fare for the transportation of each four wheel carriage with one man, and one horse, across the ferry at Derby, at the Narrows, shall be twelve cents five mills, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

RESOLVE GRANTING A FERRY FROM THE LANDING IN EAST HADDAM, TO HADDAM-PASSED, MAY 1811.

Resolved by this Assembly, That licence and authority be, and the same is hereby granted to George Lord of East Haddam, and Eber Rutly of Haddam, their heirs, executors and assigns, to have, use and keep a ferry across Connecticut river from East Haddam landing to Haddam, at the place where the same has been usually kept by said Lord and Rutly; and licence and authority is hereby granted to said Lord and Rutly, their heirs,

executors and assigns, to take and receive all the emoluments, profits and fare which may arise from the transportation of passengers and other things across said river by said ferry to the sole use and benefit of them, the said Lord and Rutly, their heirs, executors and assigns, during the pleasure of this Assembly, and subject to such alterations and regulations as this Assembly may in future adopt.

And the said Lord and Rutley, their heirs, executors and assigns shall at all times during the continuance of this grant, keep a sufficient and suitable boat or boats in good repair for the purpose of transporting passengers, horses, carriages, and every thing proper and necessary to be transported in ferry boats across said river, and shall procure and keep in constant readiness, a sufficient number of men as circumstances may require to manage said boat or boats in transporting passengers, and whatever else may be necessary to be transported as aforesaid.

And the fare of said ferry, shall be and remain the same as is now established by law.

RESOLVE GRANTING LIBERTY OF A FERRY AT HADDAM ISLAND,

PASSED, MAY 1814.

Upon petition of Calvin Brainard, and others.

Resolved by this Assemby, That the memorialists have license and authority, and license and authority is hereby granted unto the said memorialists, to use and keep a ferry at the place above mentioned, and to take and receive all the emoluments, profits and fare which may arise from the transportation of passengers, and of any and every thing necessary to be transported across said ferry for and during the space of fifteen years from the rising of this Assembly, and after the expiration of the said fifteen years, during the pleasure of this Assembly.

ACT-PASSED, MAY 1814.

Be it enacted by the Governor and Council and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled, That the fare of the ferry near Haddam Island shall be as follows, viz. for each man horse and load eight cents, for each footman, three cents, for each led horse, five cents, for each ox or other neat kine, eight cents, for each sheep, swine or goat, one cent; and the fare for every two wheeled carriage with one man and draft horse, shall be double, and for every four wheeled carriage, one man and draft horse, treble the fare for a man, horse, and load, as above stated, and for every additional person or horse, or other beast, the same as above stated.

RESOLVE ESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FERRY BETWEEN HART

FORD AND EAST-HARTFORD—passed, maY 1806.

Whereas the boundaries between the two ferries established across Connecticut river, between the towns of Hartford and East Hartford near the centre of the city of Hartford are not ascertained, whereby disputes may arise between the occupiers of said ferries, as to the limits within which they may respectively take in passengers on both sides of the river, which to prevent, and also for the settling said boundaries.

Resolved by this Assembly, That the Honorable Elizur Goodrich and Eliphalet Terry, and Ezekiel P. Belden, Esquires, be, and they are hereby appointed a committee to view the places on both sides of the river, for taking in passengers crossing said ferries, and to ascertain, limit and fix the boundaries between said ferries, within which the occupiers of said ferries may respectively take in passengers on either side of the river, which boundaries when so ascertained, limited and fixed shall be, and remain the boundaries between said ferries.

And the said committee are hereby directed and required to give notice in writing at least six days before they meet, to one or more of the selectmen of each of said towns of Hartford and East-Hartford, of the time of their meeting upon said business; and said committee shall make return of their doings to the session of this Assembly in October next, and until said report shall be acted upon by this Assembly, the boundaries so to be fixed by said committee, shall be the boundaries between said ferries.

RESOLVE PASSED, OCTOBER 1806.

Whereas a committee was appointed by the General Assembly at their session in May last, to view the places on both sides of Connecticut river, used as ferries between Hartford and East-Hartford, and to ascertain, limit, and fix the boundaries between said ferries; and whereas said committee have made report to this Assembly, which has been accepted and approved.

Resolved by this Assembly, That until a road leading to the south ferry, so called, shall be opened in the town of East Hartford, and made convenient for public travel, the boundary between said ferries, on the east side of said river, shall be a line drawn and running on the north side of John Jones's wharf, parallel thereto to the east end thereof, and twenty-five feet distant therefrom in all its parts, and from thence easterly a direct line to the west side of said Jones's dwelling house in the centre thereof, and that after said road shall be made as aforesaid, said wharf and a direct line, drawn from the north-westerly corner thereof to said Jones's house as aforesaid, shall be the boundary between said ferries on the east side of said river; and that on the west side of said river, the boundary between said ferries, shall be the south-easterly corner of the brick store of Watkinson & Co. be