232 General powers of private CORPORATIONS. -SALES UPON EXECUTION. [Jan., of the owner of said.Jake,so that the section when amended shall read as follows: Any person who shall take any fish with hook and line on the waters of said lake, without the consent of the owner of said lake, between the fifteenth day of November and the fifteenth day of March, shall be fined seven dollars, together with the costs of prosecution. Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 6.] CHAPTER III. An Act concerning Corporations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. Every private corporation may, when no other corporations, provision is specially made, receive, purchase, hold, sell, and convey, real and personal estate as the purposes of the corporation shall require, not exceeding the amount limited in its charter; may sue and be sued, complain and defend in any court; have a common seal which it may alter at pleasure; elect, in such manner as it may determine, all necessary officers, fix their compensation and define their duties and obligations; and may make by-laws, consistent with law, for its government, the regulation of its affairs, and the management of its property. To have name indicating them SEC. 2. The name of every such corporation which shall be to be corpora- hereafter created shall indicate that it is a corporation. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved, February 27, 1883. tions. Sale of spiritu ous liquors on execution. [Substitute for House Bill No. 43.] CHAPTER IV. An Act concerning Sales upon Execution. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Spirituous and intoxicating liquors may be levied upon and sold on execution in the same manner as other personal property without a license therefor; provided no such sales shall be in quantities of less than five gallons. Approved, February 27, 1883. 1883.] CIVIL PROCESS.-ESTATES. 233 [Substitute for House Bill No. 175.] ᏟᎻᎪᏢᎢᎬᎡ Ꮩ. An Act relating to Imprisonment on Civil Process. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. No execution issued for costs in an action of sum- Execution for mary process shall be levied on the body of the defendant. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved, February 27, 1883. [Senate Bill No. 8.] CHAPTER VI. An Act to amend an Act relating to Estates of Deceased and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in costs not to be levied on the body. trustee of to accept, SECTION 1. Section thirteen of part two, chapter eleven, title Proceedings on eighteen of the general statutes (page 381) is hereby amended by insolvent inserting after the word "accept" in the second line thereof the debtor refusing words or having accepted, shall die or resign," and by erasing dying, or from the fourth line thereof the words "within two months after Gen. Stat., p. the creation of such trust," so that said section when so amended 381. shall read as follows: When the trustee of the estate of an insolvent debtor shall refuse to accept, or having accepted, shall die or resign, and no person shall have been appointed by the court in his stead who will accept, then, upon written application of the debtor, or of any creditor, such court shall direct such applicant to give notice to all persons interested, by advertisement in a newspaper, to appear at such time and place as it shall appoint, and be heard relative to the termination of such trust; and upon such hearing, if no suitable person appears who will accept the trust, such court shall order the same to be terminated. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect upon its passage. resigning. 234 Jurors summoned to attend that term. Acts 1880, JURORS. VOTING DISTRICTS IN KILLINGLY. [Jan., [House Bill No. 35.] CHAPTER VII. An Act amending an Act relating to Jurors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section four of chapter eighty-two of the public acts of 1880 court to remain (page 541) is amended by adding at the end of said section the lawful jurors for following: provided, that any jurors who shall have been summoned to attend any term of the superior court, court of common pleas, or district court, shall remain lawful jurors for the term of court for which such jurors have been summoned. Approved, March 7, 1883. p. 541. Killingly divided into [Substitute for House Bill No. 53.] CHAPTER VIII. An Act amending an Act dividing the Town of Killingly into Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. That the town of Killingly be, and the same is voting districts, hereby, divided into three voting districts, for the accommodation of the electors therein, at electors' meetings held for the purpose of voting for such officers as are by law to be voted for at such meetings. So much of said town as was in the year 1870 embraced within the limits of the first, third, fifth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth school districts in said Killingly shall be and remain the first voting district; so much of said town as was in the year 1870 embraced within the limits of the fourth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth school districts in said Killingly shall be and remain the second voting district; all that part of said town not included in the first and second voting districts shall be and remain the third voting district. Acts 1870, SEC. 2. Section one of chapter sixty-five of the public acts p. 423, repealed. of the year 1870, and all other acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed. Approved, March 7, 1883. 1883] CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.-INSOLVENT DEBTORS. 235 [House Bill No. 231.] CHAPTER IX. An Act amending an Act relating to Costs in Criminal Prosecutions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: justice in crimvacated. p. 542. Section fifteen of part six, chapter thirteen, title twenty of the Appeal from general statutes (page 542), is hereby amended by inserting after judgment of the word "made," in the fourth line thereof, the words "and the inal cause how costs of his commitment and his board in jail, if he shall have Gen. Stat., been committed in default of bonds on his appeal," so that said Psection as amended will read as follows: Any person appealing from the judgment of a justice of the peace, adjudging him to pay a fine and costs only, may pay the same at any time before the session of the appellate court, without further cost except for the copy of record, if such copy shall have been made, and the costs of his commitment and his board in jail, if he shall have been committed in default of bonds on his appeal; which payment shall vacate the appeal and restore the judgment. Approved, March 7, 1883. [Substitute for House Bill No. 116.] CHAPTER X. An Act relating to Insolvent Debtors. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in insolvent debtor committee. The examinations of insolvent debtors and witnesses provided Examination of for in chapter eighty-one of the public acts of 1879 (page 430) may be had may be taken and had before a committee appointed by the court before a of probate, who shall certify and return the same to such court Acts 1879, p. 430. immediately after the final examination, or at such time as said court shall direct; and whose compensation shall be the same as provided in said act for the court of probate when holding such examination. Approved, March 7, 1883. 236 costs on com for Girls. 94. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR GIRLS.-INSURANCE. [Jan., [Substitute for House Bill No. 92.] CHAPTER XI. An Act amending an Act relating to the Connecticut Industrial Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Payment of Section three of chapter two, title eight, of the general statutes mitment to In-page 94), relating to the Connecticut Industrial School for Girls, dustrial School is hereby amended to read as follows: Said authority shall Gen. Stat., p. transmit a certified copy of the items of the costs on such complaint to the clerk of the superior court for the county in which the trial was had, within thirty days after the trial, and said costs shall be taxed and paid as costs are taxed and paid in criminal causes coming to the superior court from an inferior court. Approved, March 14, 1883. Protection of town records. Acts 1879, p. [Substitute for House Bill No. 127.] CHAPTER XII. An Act in relation to Town Records. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. In every town where a fire-proof safe, vault, or building for the protection of its records against fire has been 395; 1880, p. 517. provided, it shall be the duty of the town clerk to keep all of said records in such safe, vault, or fire-proof building, except when the same shall be in actual use for the purpose of examination or entry. Penalty. companies may wind storms. SEC. 2. Town clerks who shall fail to comply with the próvisions of this act shall be fined not more than fifty dollars. Approved, March 14, 1883. [House Bill No. 95.] CHAPTER XIII. An Act concerning Fire Insurance Companies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Fire insurance SECTION 1. All insurance companies, organized under the laws insure against of this state, having power to make insurance against loss by fire, are authorized to make insurance against loss by wind storms, tornadoes, and cyclones, provided the same shall be clearly expressed in the policy. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. Approved, March 14, 1883. |