or Bloomfield, in Hartford county, to some convenient point in the town of Suffield, upon the northern boundary line of this state, through any or all of the towns of Bloomfield, Simsbury, East Granby, Granby, and Windsor, as fully and completely as if said power had been originally conferred by said resolution. The power hereby conferred upon said railroad company is in addition to the power conferred upon them by said resolution to locate and construct their said railroad from some convenient point in the town of Canton to some convenient point in the town of Suffield. Approved, June 25th, 1873. [46.] AMENDING THE RESOLUTION INCORPORATING "THE NEW MILFORD FIRE ASSOCIATION," PASSED IN 1863. WHEREAS, all owners of buildings residing within the limits of said fire association eastwardly of Great Brook, so called, do not desire to remain within the limits of said association, and said association consents "that they may withdraw from the same: therefore, Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That the first section. of the resolution incorporating "The New Milford Fire Association," be, and hereby is amended so that the first two courses of the limits of the said fire association shall be described as follows, to wit: "Beginning where the great brook, (so called) unites with the Housatonic river, thence following said great brook to a point where the straight line from the school house in district number nineteen to the main entrance of the cemetery crosses said brook; thence on said line to said main entrance of said cemetery:" provided, nevertheless, that said alteration of said limits shall take effect only on condition that the persons so as aforesaid allowed to withdraw from said association shall relinquish and give up all right, title and interest they may have in and to the property of said association. SEC. 2. This resolution may be altered, amended, or repealed at the pleasure of the general assembly, and shall not affect any suit now pending. Approved, June 25th, 1873. [House Joint Resolution No. 49.] [47.] AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL SOCIETY OF CONNECTICUT. Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. Persons contributing at any one time for the use of said society the sum of fifty dollars, shall be members thereof for life; persons contributing at any one time the sum of twenty-five dollars, shall be members for ten years. SEC. 2. Persons contributing at any one time for the use of said society the sum of five hundred dollars, shall be directors thereof for life. The society shall annually choose, by ballot, four directors, and as many more as may at any time be necessary to make the number of elected directors equal to that of the life directors. The elected directors now in office shall, before the next annual meeting of the society, enroll themselves by lot into three classes of four each; one class to hold office for two years from and after said annual meeting; one class to hold office for one year from and after said meeting; and one class to hold office until said meeting; and all directors hereafter elected shall hold office for three years, and until others are chosen in their stead. SEC. 3. Any person contributing at any one time for the use of the society the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars, shall be entitled during his life to nominate and keep, from time to time, subject to the rules of the society, one person as a patient in the hospital of said society, who shall have the benefits thereof free of expense, and who may be removed and his place supplied by another at the pleasure of such contributor. Any person contributing at any one time the sum of one thousand dollars, shall be entitled to the same privilege for any three months which he may select in each year and every year of his life; and all persons so contributing one thousand dollars and upwards, shall be vice-presidents of said society for life. SEC. 4. Section first of an act entitled "An Act in alteration of an Act to establish a State Hospital," passed May session 1834, is hereby amended by striking out the words "property real and personal to the amount of thirty thousand dollars," and substituting therefor the words "property real and personal to such an amount as may be necessary for the charitable purposes of said society." SEC. 5. Said society shall make a report to the general assembly annually, of the condition of its hospital, number of patients, and state of its finances, including its receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year next preceding. SEC. 6. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, June 25th, 1873. [House Joint Resolution No. 5.] [48.] UPON THE REQUIRING THE COURT OF PROBATE, FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST- Resolved by this Assembly: That the court of probate for the district of Westport be, and hereby is authorized to grant letters of administration on the estate of Charles Adams, late of the town of Westport, deceased, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, June 25th, 1873. [49.] AMENDING THE CHARTER OF THE NEW BRITAIN TURNER'S SOCIETY. Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That the New Britain Turner's Society be, and are hereby authorized and empowered to buy, sell, and own real estate to the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars; anything in their charter to the contrary notwithstanding. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from the day of its passage. Approved, June 25th, 1873. [House Joint Resolution No. 43.] [50.] AMENDING CHARTER OF NORWALK SAVINGS SOCIETY. Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That the next annual meeting of the Norwalk Savings Society shall be held on the fourth Wednesday of July next, and subsequently on the fourth. Wednesday of July in each year; any nine corporators, the secretary or treasurer being one, shall constitute a quorum, and shall elect, by ballot, a board of nine directors, who shall hold their offices as follows: three for the term of three years; three for the term of two years, and three for the term of one year; and the term for which the directors so elected shall hold their respective offices shall be determined by lot; and said savings society shall on the fourth Wednesday of July, A. D. 1874, and annually thereafter, elect three directors for the term of three years; and all directors shall hold their offices for the full term for which they are elected, unless sooner disqualified, and until others are elected in their stead. Said directors shall, at their first meeting, elect from their own number a president and vicepresident, and shall appoint a secretary and treasurer, and such other officers as may be necessary for the transaction of the business of the corporation; shall hold stated meetings at least twice in each month; shall manage the affairs of, and determine all loans made by the corporation. SEC. 2. That section 1 of the amended charter of said savings society, approved July 2d, A. D. 1868, and all acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, June 25th, 1873. [House Bill No. 108.] AN ACT IN ALTERATION OF AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTORS AND ELECTIONS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. That the ballot boxes, at the electors' meeting in the second voting district, in the town of Reading, shall be opened for the reception of votes, and shall 68 FRIENDLY SONS OF SAINT PATRICK SOCIETY, SEYMOUR. remain open for such purpose from the hour from which said meeting is warned, until half-past three o'clock in the afternoon of said day, when the same shall be closed. SEC. 2. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. Approved, June 25th, 1873. [52.] INCORPORATING THE FRIENDLY SONS OF SAINT PATRICK SOCIETY OF SEYMOUR. Resolved by this Assembly: SECTION 1. That William Hayes, Dennis O'Callaghan, Matthias Bunyan, Francis McMorrow, Charles McCarthy, Michael Regan, Patrick Mahoney, Daniel Mahoney, William Mahoney, Jeremiah Driscol, John Colman, John Bradley, Timothy O'Brien, Peter Sullivan, Edward Strapp, William Corbett, members of the corporation known as the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick, of Seymour, Connecticut, and such other persons as now are, or shall hereafter become members of said corporation or association, together with their successors, be, and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, under the present constitution of said corporation and association, for the purpose of rendering, under certain conditions, assistance to sick members of said corporation, and their families, and aid in the payment of the funeral expenses of the members of said corporation; and by that name said corporation shall have perpetual succession; shall be capable of sueing and of being sued in all courts of law and equity, or elsewhere; may have and use a common seal, and may alter the same at pleasure; may take a lease or leases of, purchase, take, hold, occupy, possess, enjoy, sell, lease, convey, and otherwise dispose of, at pleasure, any estate, real, personal, or mixed, as shall be necessary or proper for the uses and purposes of said corporation, not exceeding in value the sum of twenty thousand dollars, shall have power to adopt and enforce their by-laws, in the manner in said constitution prescribed: provided, that amendments to or alterations of said constitution or such by-laws as the said corporation or association shall adopt, shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the state, or of the United States. SEC. 2. This resolution may be altered or amended at the pleasure of the general assembly. SEC. 3. This resolution shall take effect from its passage. |