1883.] OLEOMARGARINE.-COURTS. [Substitute for House Bill No. 52.] 257 CHAPTER LXI. An Act concerning the Sale of Oleomargarine and other Articles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in oleomargarine be plainly SECTION 1. No person, firm, or corporation shall offer for sale Packages of or have in his or its possession for sale or exchange either of the and similar articles known to commerce as "Oleomargarine," "Butterine," substances to or "Suetine," or any substance made in imitation of butter and labeled as such. not made wholly from milk, without having the name of such article or articles plainly stamped or written on the cover or enclosure thereof. articles to have SEC. 2. Any person, firm, or corporation who shall offer, Dealer in such expose, or shall have in his or its possession for sale or exchange sign. any of the articles named in the preceding section, shall have a sign conspicuously posted with letters not less than four inches in height, wherever such article or articles are sold or offered for sale or exchange, the name of every such article sold or offered for sale or exchange, with the additional words "for sale here." SEC. 3. Any person or persons being convicted of a violation Penalty. of this act shall be fined seven dollars or be imprisoned not less than ten nor more than thirty days, or both. SEC. 4. Chapter one hundred and twenty-one of the public Repeal, acts of 1878 (page 337) is hereby repealed. Approved, April 4, 1883. [House Bill No. 286.] CHAPTER LXII. An Act relating to Courts. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in and It shall be the duty of the reporter of the decisions of the Dates of supreme court of errors to insert after the syllabus of each case argumentand the date of the argument and the date of the decision. Approved, April 4, 1883. printed in Conn. Reports. 258 Trout fishing in Penalty. When this takes effect. Fishing in Letting vehicles on Sunday not FISHERIES.-LETTING VEHICLES ON SUNDAY. [Jan., [House Bill No. 198.] CHAPTER LXIII. An Act regulating Fisheries. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. No person shall take any speckled trout from the running waters in the town of Cornwall before the first day of April, 1885. SEC. 2. Every person who shall violate this act shall be fined not more than seven dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect April fifteenth, 1883. [House Bill No. 133.] CHAPTER LXIV. An Act in addition to an Act regulating Fishing in the Housa- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Every person who shall take or attempt to take any fish in or from the Housatonic river, between the bridge known as Zoar Bridge and the dam of the Ousatonic Water Company, otherwise than with a hook and line, or troll, shall be punished by a fine of not more than seven dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both. Approved, April 4, 1883. [Substitute for House Bill No. 209.] CHAPTER LXV. An Act relating to Letting Vehicles on Sunday. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section sixty-two of chapter nine, title twenty of the general unlawful. Gen. statutes (page 522), relating to the letting of vehicles on Sunday, Stat., p. 522. is hereby repealed. Approved, April 4, 1883. 1883.] RAILROAD RETURNS.-SAVINGS BANKS. 259 [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 39.] CHAPTER LXVI. An Act relating to the Annual Returns of Railroad Companies. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in returns and SECTION 1. The annual returns made by the several railroad When railroad companies, and by trustees operating a railroad, shall be made report shall be! to the railroad commissioners on or before the fifteenth day of made. November; and the railroad commissioners shall make their report to the general assembly not later than the fourth week of its session. SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are Repeal. hereby repealed. Approved, April 4, 1883. [Substitute for House Bill No. 115.] CHAPTER LXVII. An Act for the Protection of Eagles. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Every person who shall shoot, snare, or kill in any way any Eagles eagle shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty protected. dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days for every such bird so shot, snared, or killed. Approved, April 4, 1883. [Substitute for House Bill No. 30.] CHAPTER LXVIII. An Act relating to Investments by Savings Banks. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Acts 1880, p. 522. Savings banks may purchase the legally authorized promissory Investments by notes of towns, cities, boroughs, and school districts of this state savings banks, in addition to investments now allowed by law. Approved, April 12, 1883. COSTS.-GRAND JURORS AND CONSTABLES. [Jan., [Substitute for House Bill No. 11.] CHAPTER LXIX. An Act relating to Taxation of Costs. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. Section eighteen of part six, chapter thirteen, title twenty of the general statutes (page 543) is hereby amended so that the same shall read as follows: The state's attorney in each county shall examine the bills of costs arising from the board of prisoners in the jails of such county after conviction, and certify to their correctness; and a judge of the superior court shall tax the same, and the clerk of such court shall draw his orders upon the state treasurer for the amount of such bills of costs, and pay the same to the county treasurer. SEC. 2. Section twelve of chapter one hundred and eighteen of the public acts of 1879 (page 465) is hereby repealed. Approved, April 12, 1883. Grand jurors to be sworn and ed. [Substitute for House Bill No. 258.] CHAPTER LXX. An Act amending an Act relating to Grand Jurors and Con stables. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section one of chapter two of the public acts of 1882 (page the fact record- 120) is hereby amended so that the same shall read as follows: Acts 1882, p. 120. Every person who shall hereafter be elected grand juror or constable shall, before the commencement of his term of office, or within thirty days thereafter, take the oath of office before some proper officer, who shall certify in writing to that fact, and such certificate shall be recorded in the records of the town wherein such grand juror and constable resides. Approved, April 12, 1883. 1883.] JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.-EDUCATION. 261 [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 10.] CHAPTER LXXI. An Act ratifying the Election of Justices of the Peace. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: idated. SECTION 1. No election of justices of the peace at any elect- Election of jusors' meeting held on the first Monday of October, 1882, shall be tices in 1882 valdeemed invalid by reason of any defect or omission in the warning of such meeting; and in all cases where justices of the peace were elected at the electors' meeting held on the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, 1882, such election is hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed; and in all cases where justices of the peace have been elected at a special meeting, the petition for, or warning of, which was in any manner defective, such election and all official acts, otherwise legal, done by the persons so elected, are hereby ratified, validated, and confirmed. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. [Substitute for House Bill No. 251.] CHAPTER LXXII. An Act concerning Trepasses on Oyster Grounds. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: grounds. Every person who shall wilfully commit any trespass or injury Penalty for treswith eel spears or other implements on any designated oyster pass on oyster ground on which oysters are being cultivated shall be fined not exceeding seven dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding thirty days, or both, for each offense. Approved, April 12, 1883. [Senate Bill No. 86.] CHAPTER LXXIII. An Act concerning Education. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Education, how SECTION 1. There shall be a state board of education, com- State Board of posed of the governor, lieutenant-governor, and four persons constituted. appointed by the general assembly, one in each year, and selected Gen. Stat., p. 14. one from each congressional district, who shall hold office for four |