Chap. XIII. Listers. cessary to keep said ferry according to law; and on failure of said town to provide for said ferry as by law required, to make complaint against said town to proper authority, to the end that said town may be compelled to keep said ferry according to law; each of which com- Their com missioners shall receive the sum of three dollars for eve- pensation. ry day by him spent in performing the duties of his appointment, to be paid by said town of Middletown: always provided, that this mode of keeping the ferry shall Provise. continue during the pleasure of this assembly. General Assembly, May Session, 1812. SYLVANUS BACKUS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROGER GRISWOLD, Governor. Attest. THOMAS DAY, Secretary. CHAP. XIII. An Act in additon to "An Act for the direction of Listers in their office and duty." § 1. BE it enacted by the Governor and Council and House of Representatives in General Court non-residents assembled, That the stock in the banks of this state be- Bank stock longing to any person or persons not inhabitants of this belonging to state, and standing in his or their names on the books of to be set in the such banks on the 20th of August in each year, shall be set in the list at three dollars on every hundred dollars, and shall be liable to all taxes, as is provided relating to bank stock owned by inhabitants of this state. § 2. Be it further enacted, That the listers in each town in which a bank or banks are established, shall sometime between the 20th of August and the 10th of September in each year, apply to such bank or banks, and obtain the names and "amount of stock of all stockholders in said banks, respectively, who are not inhabitants of this state and the respective cashiers of such banks shall, on application as aforesaid, deliver to the said listers a certificate of the names of such owners of stock with the amount holden by each owner, and such listers shall insert such stock in the respective lists in the same manner as is by law provided in regard to the property of nonresidents. And the respective collectors of the state tax in such towns, shall be the collectors of all the taxes arising on such stock. 3. Be it further enacted, That the banks aforesaid shall pay all the taxes due on the aforesaid stock, and shall have a lien on such stock to reimburse the amount there list. Banks to pay taxes, and have a lien on the stock. 1 Proviso. Limitation of actions on negotiable notes. Two next ses Chap. XIV. Limitations. Chap. XV. Courts. of: and the collectors aforesaid shall pay over to the treasurer of this state, for the use thereof, all such sums of money as may be collected by virtue of this act. ※ § 4. Provided, That the stock hereby directed to be set in the list shall not be deemed any part of the list of the town, to increase their state tax, or to enable them to draw a greater proportion of the school monies. General Assembly, May Session, 1812. SYLVANUS BACKUS, Speaker of the House of Representatives: ROGER GRISWOLD, Governor. Attest. THOMAS DAY, Secretary: CHAP. XIV: An Act for the limitation of actions on negoti able Notes. BE E it enacted by the Governor and Council and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, That no suit, process, or action, shall be brought on any promissory note, made and executed after the rising of this as sembly, for the sum of thirty-five dollars, or more, for the payment of money only, and made payable to any person or persons, his, her, or their order, or to bearer, but within six years next after the right of action shall accrue. Provided nevertheless, That the time the maker of makers of such note shall be out of this state, shall not be computed as a part of the time limited by this act. General Assembly, May Session, 1812. SYLVANUS BACKUS, Speaker of the House of Representativės. ROGER GRISWOLD, Governor. Attest. THOMAS Day, Secretary. CHAP. XV. An Act establishing the times and places of holding the Superior Court in the County of New-London. Bit enacted by the Governor and Council and Houst of Representatives in General Court assembled, That sions to be at the two next Sessions of the Superiour Court within and New-London; for the county of New-London, shall be holden at New Chap. XV. Courts. London. And the two next succeeding Sessions shall be then two at holden at Norwich, at the times by law established; and Norwich, &c. so alternately, two Sessions at New-London and Norwich, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. General Assembly, May Session, 1812. SYLVANUS BACKUS, Speaker of the House of Representatives. ROGER GRISWOLD, Governor, Attest. THOMAS DAY, 'Secretary. SPECIAL SESSION, AUGUST, 1812. CHAP. I. An Act to raise certain Volunteer Corps. § 1. BE it enacted by the Governor and Council and Military ex. empts associ- House of Representatives in General Court as sembled, That whenever a sufficient number of able bodied men, exempt by law from military duty, to form a full company of infantry, shall associate for that purpose, and ed. equip themselves to the acceptance of the commander in chief, and engage for a term not less than three years, unless sooner discharged by law, the commander in chief, upon application to him made, shall issue his order to some suitable person to lead said company to a choice of the same number and grades of commissioned officers, as Company offi the companies of infantry in the militia now have; which cers how ap pointed. officers, when approved by the commander in chief, shall be commissioned by him; snd such volunteer companies shall be entitled to the same number of non-commissioned officers and musicians as the companies of infantry in the militia, and to be appointed in the same manner; and the commanders thereof may enlist from exempts from time to time to fill such volunteer companies; and whenever a sufficient number of companies shall be raised the commander in chief may form them into baitallions and regiments; and as occasion may require form such regiments into brigades and divisions, and the field Field officers how appoint and general officers shall be appointed and commissioned ed. by the commander in chief. § 2. And be it further enacted, That said volunteer May be called shall be liable at any time, to be called out by the come mander in chief for the defence and protection of the state, out for the de |