242 Sale of the bonds. Exempt from taxation. Faith of State pledged for payment. Destruction of redeemed bonds. Private acts 1867, p. 246. Sinking fund. Repeal. Acts of 1882, p. 172. Fishing in received in exchange are required by law to be canceled and destroyed. SEC. 3. The treasurer shall cause to be prepared the bonds and coupons authorized under this act, and by and with the advice and consent of the governor, may either advertise and sell the same, or exchange the same for any of the bonds herein authorized to be redeemed, in such manner and in such sums as he may deem to be for the best interest of the state; provided, that he may reject such bids or portions thereof as he may deem to be not for the interest of the state; and also provided, that no bonds shall be sold or exchanged at or for less than the par value thereof. SEC. 4. The bonds of the state of Connecticut which shall be issued under this act shall be exempt from taxation by or under state or municipal authority. SEC. 5. The faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are hereby pledged for the payment of the interest and the redemp tion of the principal of said bonds according to the tenor thereof. SEC. 6. Schedules of all bonds redeemed or received in exchange, or purchased on account of the sinking fund at any time in this state, shall be prepared, and the bonds shall then be destroyed in the manner directed in a resolution providing for the burning of bonds held for the account of sinking fund, approved May thirty-first, A. D. 1867. SEC. 7. The treasurer, by and with the advice and consent of the governor, may establish a sinking fund for the purpose of redeeming the bonds authorized by this act, and may from time to time make purchase of the bonds of this state at a price not exceeding par and interest for the account of such sinking fund; provided that the amount expended for such account in any one year shall not exceed two hundred thousand dollars, unless special authority shall be given by the general assembly. SEC. S. So much of section one, chapter ninety-nine, of the public act approved April nineteenth, 1882, as relates to the issuing of three and one-half per cent. bonds for the purpose of redeeming the bonds now outstanding and issued under the public act approved January fifteenth, A. D. 1864, as conflicts with this act, is hereby repealed. Approved, April 4, 1883. [House Bill No. 197.] CHAPTER XXV. An Act regulating Fishing in Mudge Pond. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Every person who shall set or draw any net or seine, draft or drag-net, or take any fish by spearing in the waters of Mudge pond in the town of Sharon, shall be fined not more than seven dollars, or imprisoned not more than thirty days. Approved, April 4, 1883. 1883.] FISHING IN TAUNTON LAKE.-PURITY OF WATER. 243 [Senate Bill No. 20.] CHAPTER XXVI. An Act relating to fishing in Taunton Lake. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Taunton Lake, SECTION 1. Every person who shall take fish of any kind Fishing in from Taunton lake, in the town of Newtown, or who shall in Newtown, molest, injure, or disturb the spawn or young of any fish in said regulated. lake, between the first day of February and the first day of July, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both. Stat., p. 225. SEC. 2. So much of section twelve, part two, chapter four, Repeal. Gen. title sixteen, of the general statutes (page 225), as relates to fishing in said Taunton lake, is hereby repealed. Approved, March 21, 1883. [House Bill No. 173.] CHAPTER XXVII. An Act to Protect the Purity of Water supplied to Towns, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: court to prevent water. SECTION 1. Whenever any land or building is so used, occu- Petition to pied, or suffered to remain, that it is a source of injury to the defilement of water stored in any reservoir used for supplying any town, city, or borough with water, or to any source of supply to any such reservoir, the authorities of such town, city, or borough having charge of said water, may bring their petition to the superior court in and for the county in which said town, city, or borough is located, for relief. SEC. 2. Said court upon such petition shall have full power Power of court. to order the removal of any building, to enjoin any use or occupation of any land or building, which is detrimental to said water, or make any other order, temporary or permanent, which in its judgment may be necessary to preserve the purity of said water. SEC. 3. In cases where the law requires compensation to be Compensation made to any person whose rights, interests, or property are injuriously affected by said orders, such court shall appoint a committee of three disinterested freeholders of the county who shall determine and award the amount to be paid by such authorities before such order is carried into effect. to party injured. how enforced. SEC. 4. For the purposes of this act said court is vested with Decree of court, all the powers of a court of equity and may enforce its decrees in any lawful manner. Approved, March 21, 1883. 244 CUSTODY OF CHILDREN.-SALES BY POLICE. [Jan., Proceedings against good repair. [Senate Bill No. 26.] CHAPTER XXVIII. An Act concerning the Custody of Children. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in In all controversies before the superior court between husband and wife as to the custody of minor children of the marriage, the court shall have power to assign the custody of such children to either parent according to its best judgment upon the facts of the case, and upon such conditions and limitations as it shall deem proper. Approved, March 21, 1883. [Senate Bill No. 48.] CHAPTER XXIX. An Act concerning Highways in Boroughs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Whenever any borough shall have assumed the care of the borough failing highways and sidewalks within its limits, and the authorities of to keep ways in such borough shall fail to keep such highways and sidewalks in good and sufficient repair, the same proceedings may be had against such borough and the authorities thereof, to secure the repair of such highways and sidewalks, as are provided by chapter ninety-two of the public acts of 1879, (page 445,) to be taken against any town which neglects the repair of its public roads. Approved, March 21, 1883. Sale of unclaimed articles in possession of police departments. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 46.] CHAPTER XXX. An Act authorizing the Sale of Articles in the Possession of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. The board of police commissioners, or other authority having charge of the police department of any city, may sell at public auction any and all articles found, or stolen articles recovered, and any and all articles which have hitherto, or hereafter may come into the possession of such department, in the performance of the duties of its members, and which have remained in the possession thereof for one year or more. 1883.] FISHING IN FRESH POND.-SALARY OF GOVERNOR. 245 SEC. 2. Before such sale, such authority shall cause the time Advertisement. and place thereof, and a description of such of said articles as are of the appraised value of five dollars or more, to be advertised at least once a week, for four successive weeks, in some daily newspaper, published in said city, if any there be, otherwise in some weekly newspaper published therein. SEC. 3. The proceeds of such sale, after deducting the expenses Disposition of thereof, shall be paid to the city treasurer, who shall keep the avails. same as a separate fund to be used and applied for the relief of sick, injured, or disabled policemen, and which shall be expended under the sole direction of said commissioners or other authority in charge, and upon their orders only. Approved, March 21, 1883. [House Bill No. 195.] CHAPTER XXXI. An Act relating to Fishing in Fresh Pond, Stratford. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Fresh pond, SECTION 1. No person shall use any seine, net, trap, or con- Fishing in trivance of any kind other than a hook and line, for catching Stratford. fish in Fresh Pond, in the town of Stratford. SEC. 2. Every person who shall violate the provisions of this Penalty. act shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both. Approved, March 21, 1883. [Substitute for House Bill No. 158.] ! CHAPTER XXXII. An Act relating to the Salary of the Governor. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened : The salary of the governors hereafter elected shall be four Salary of thousand dollars per annum. Approved, March 21, 1883. 2 governor. 246 ATTACHMENT OF REAL ESTATE.-POUNDS. [Jan., Attachment of real estate, how effected. Repeal. Gen. Acts 1875, p; 63; Acts 1882, cap. lxxv, p. 159. Sale of impounded animal, the Owner neglecting to redeem or replevy. [Substitute for House Bill No. 103.] CHAPTER XXXIII. An Act concerning Attachment of Real Estate. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. Real estate shall be attached by the officer lodging in the office of the town clerk of the town in which it is situated a certificate that he has made such attachment, which shall be indorsed by the town clerk with a note of the precise time of its reception, and kept on file, open to public inspection, in the office of said town clerk; and said attachment, if completed as hereinafter provided, shall be considered as made when such certificate is so lodged. The certificate shall be signed by such officer, shall describe the land attached with reasonable certainty, and shall specify the parties to the suit, the court to which the process is returnable, and the amount of damages claimed; and he shall, within four days thereafter, leave in the office of such town clerk a certified copy of the process under which the attachment was made, with an indorsement of his doings thereon; and unless the service shall be so completed, such estate shall not be holden against any other creditor or bona fide purchaser. SEC. 2. Section four of chapter two, title nineteen, of the general statutes, (page 402,) as amended on page 63 of the public acts of 1875, and chapter seventy-five of the public acts of 1882, (page 159,) are hereby repealed. Approved, March 21, 1883. [Substitute for House Bill No. 113.] CHAPTER XXXIV. An Act relating to Pounds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in If the owner of any impounded sheep, swine, goats, geese, or other creature, who is known, shall neglect or refuse to replevy or redeem such sheep, swine, goats, or geese for the period of eight days, or any other creature for the period of twenty days, after he has been notified according to law of such impounding, any constable of the town in which such pound is situated, having previously notified the owner of the time and place of sale, may sell such creatures at public auction to the highest bidder, and after satisfying the damage, poundage, and the reasonable expense of supporting and selling the same, shall pay over the residue of the avails to the owner thereof. Approved, March 28, 1883. |