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from fire. And the court of common council of each city, shall have power to designate and assign the limits to their said cities, within which no person or persons, shall be permitted in future to erect, use, or occupy any building or buildings of the kind, or for the use mentioned in this act, without licence from the court of common council; and to make by-laws relative to licensing and regulating cartmen, or truckmen, butchers, petty grocers, or hucksters, and common victuallers, under such restrictions and limitations, as to them shall appear necessary; and relative to raising and collecting a revenue, by duties and indirect taxes, within said cities; relative to the assize of bread, crackers, and biscuits, and other manufactories of flour, made and sold within said cities; and for securing to the inhabitants of cities, and other persons, the exercise of their rights, in the use of the public squares, streets and highways within said cities, free from obstruction and molestation; for designating the place or places for military parades, in or near said cities; for laying out and regulating public squares and walks; for regulating military parades and rendezvous, within the limits of said cities; and the marching of military companies with music in the streets of said cities; for preventing and punishing trespasses on public buildings; for defining the powers and duties of the city watch, and carrying them into effect; and relative to preserving the health of the inhabitants of said cities; relative to prohibiting and regulating the bringing in, and conveying out, or To inflict pen storing of gun-powder in said cities; and to inflict penalties and forfeitures of goods and chattels, for the breach of such by-laws; which penalties and forfeitures, shall be to the use of said cities respectively, or to such person or persons, as the by-laws shall direct, to be recovered by the treasurers of said cities, for the use of the same, or by the persons to whom forfeited, in an action on such by-law, brought to the city court, in said city where the offence is committed; in which action no apLimitation of peal shall be allowed: Provided, that no penalty shall exceed the sum of thirty-four dollars; and no forfeiture of goods and chattels, shall exceed the value of thirty-four dollars; and provided, that such penalties shall not exceed thirty-four dollars, for a quantity of gun-powder, not exceeding twenty-five pounds, and for each and evey further amount of twenty-five pounds, an additional penalty not exceeding fifteen dollars. And all penalties not exceeding seven dollars, may be sued for, before the mayor or aldermen of the city, in which the offence is committed and the defendant shall have liberty to appeal, when judgment is rendered against him, to the next,

alties.

How recoverable.

penalties and

forfeiturs.

eity court, to be holden in and for said city, in the same manner as in other cases provided, that no by-laws shall be made, repugnant to the laws of the state; and that all by-laws made by the court of common council, shall be approved by the cities, in legal meeting assembled, and shall be published, at least three weeks suc- By-laws to be cessively, in some newspaper in, or nearest the cities published. where made, before the same shall be of any validity. And all the by-laws of said cities, shall, at any time, with

Mayor, &c.

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in six months after they are made, be liable to be repeal- May be reed, by the superior court, or supreme court of errors, in pealed. the county to which the city belongs, if, on hearing, they shall be judged to be unreasonable or unjust. SECT. 21. The mayor, aldermen and common council of each city, shall have power to lay out new highways, streets, and public walks for the use of the cities, or to alter those already laid out, and exchange highways for highways, or to sell highways for the purpose of purchasing other highways, taking the same measures, in all respects, as are directed by law, in case of highways to be laid out by the select-men, for the use of their towns; and the party aggrieved, by the laying out of such streets, or highways, may have the same remedy, by application to the county courts, as is by law provided, in case of highways laid out by select-men.

SECT. 22. Each city shall have power to appoint inInspectors of spectors of every kind of produce, of the United States, produce. brought to such city for sale and exportation.

SECT. 23. All grants and leases of any real estate be- Grants and longing to either of said cities, signed by the mayor, and leases. sealed with the city seal, and approved by the city, in a legal meeting, and recorded in the town where the lands granted or leased lie, shall be effectual to convey such estate.

SECT. 24. Whenever the mayor of either of said cities, Vacancies in or any other officer eligible by the freemen, shall resign, office, how supor be removed, by death or otherwise, another shall be plied. elected in his place, and (if the appointment be annual) shall continue in office for the same time as the person whom he succeeds would have done, had he not resigned, or been removed.

SECT. 25. The mayor of each city, or in his absence, Mayor &c. to the senior alderman present, at any meeting of the city, or be moderator any court of common council, shall, ex officio, be modera- of meetings; tor thereof. A meeting of the city may be adjourned, which may from time to time, by a major vote of the freemen present. adjourn. And a special meeting of each city, may be called in such manner as said cities shall direct: and all questions, in a

Major vote to city meeting, shall be decided by a majority of the votes of the freemen present.

decide.

Firemen in the

ford.

SECT. 26. The common council of the city of Hartford city of Hart- may, on the first monday of July, annually, nominate and appoint thirty persons, living within the limits of said city, as fire-men, to serve in the two fire-companies, constituted in said city, by the by-laws thereof, to conduct the two fireengines within the same; and to nominate and appoint thirty persons to serve in an additional fire-company, constituted in said city, by the by-laws thereof, to work the fire-engines within the same, and shall, while actually serving in said fire-companies, be exempted from military duty.

Firemen in the city of NewHaven.

Inhabitants to be part of town.

Act may be altered.

composed of brick or stone.

SECT. 27. And the common council of the city of NewHaven may, at their annual meeting, in June, nominate and appoint two fire-companies, to consist of twenty men each, living within the limits of said city, to serve in the two fire-companies constituted in said city, by the by-laws thereof, to conduct and work the two fire-engines within the same; and shall, while actually serving in said companies, be exempted from military duty.

SECT. 28. The inhabitants living within the limits of each city, shall be and remain a part of the town within which such city is situated.

SECT. 29. If this act, or any of the provisions contained in it, shall be found inconvenient, or in any respect inadequate, the same may be altered, or revoked, on representation of either of said cities, by the general assembly. And this act shall be a public act.

CHAP. II.

An Act to secure the cities of Hartford and NewHaven from damage by fire, by regulating the mode of building.

SECT. 1.

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E it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly convened, Buildings to be That all meeting-houses, and dwelling-houses to be erected within the limits hereinafter described, and all other buildings, having a chimney, fire-place, or stove, to be erected within the same limits, shall have their outer walls composed entirely of brick, or of stone, and mortar; and all additions to be made to any house, or other building, already erected, or hereafter to be erected, within the same limits, shall have their outer walls entirely composed of brick, or stone, and mortar ; provided such addition have in it a chimney, fire-place or stove.

SECT. 2. And the aforesaid regulations shall take place, Limits in and be established, in all parts of the city of Hartford, Hartford. comprehended within the limits following, to wit: beginning at the dividing line between Front-street and Schoolstreet; thence running through the middle of the following streets, to wit, westwardly, through School-street and Mill-street, to Maiden-lane; thence northwardly, through Maiden-lane and Trumbull-street, to Main-street; thence south-easterly, through a part of Main-street, and eastwardly, through Morgan-street, to the place where Morgan-street intersects Meadow-lane; thence due east to the bank of Connecticut river; thence southwardly, on the bank of Connecticut river, to the north side of the large store formerly owned by William Ellery; thence westwardly, in a straight line, to the north-west corner of the distillery formerly owned by George Merrill, and lately by Normand Butler; thence southwardly, to the place of beginning.

SECT. 3. And the aforesaid regulations shall take place, Limits in and be established, in all that part of the city of New-Ha- New-Haven. ven, comprehended within the following limits, to wit: beginning near the house of Gilbert Totten, in the centre of Water-street, where the centre of Meadow-street intersects the said Water-street; thence up the centre of Meadow-street, to the place where that line intersects the centre of George-street, and comprehending all the land lying within one hundred and fifty feet of the westerly line of said street; thence up George-street, in the centre thereof, to a point one hundred and fifty feet west of the westerly line of Temple-street, and including all the land lying within one hundred and fifty feet of the southwesterly line of said street; thence running easterly, in the line parallel with Temple-street, to a point one hundred and fifty feet south of the southerly line of Crownstreet; thence westerly, in the line parallel with Crownstreet, and one hundred and fifty feet from the southerly side thereof, to a point one hundred and fifty feet west of High-street; thence northerly, in a line parallel with Highstreet, one hundred and fifty feet west of the westerly side thereof, to a point one hundred and fifty feet north of the northerly side of Elm-street; thence easterly, in a line parallel with Elm-street, and one hundred and fifty feet from the northerly side thereof, to a point one hundred and fifty feet easterly of State-street; thence southerly, in a line parallel with State-street, and one hundred and fifty feet from the easterly side thereof, to a point one hundred and fifty feet northerly of Court-street; thence easterly, in a line parallel with Court-street, and one hundred and fifty feet from the northerly side thereof, to a point one hundred and fifty feet easterly of Olive-street; and thence

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by a line parallel to Olive-street, and one hundred and fifty feet from the easterly side thereof, to a point one hundred and fifty feet easterly of that part of Water-street where Olive-street intersects the same; thence to the outside of the Pier, or end of Long-wharf; and thence to the place of beginning; including all the lands within said lines.

SECT. 4. Every person who shall erect, add to, or cause to be erected or added to, any building, within the limits aforesaid, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall forfeit and pay to the treasury of the county in which the offence is committed, a fine of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars, according to the nature and aggravation of the offence.

SECT. 5. And in addition to the fine aforesaid, all dwelling-houses erected, or added to, contrary to the provisions of this act, within the limits aforesaid, shall annually be assessed fourfold, in the list of that town and city, in which they are situated; and other buildings erected or added to, contrary to the provisions of this act, shall be annually set in such lists at the sum of thirty dollars, and it shall be the duty of the assessors to set the same accordingly, in the lists of said towns and cities; and all such houses and buildings shall be forever afterwards rated accordingly, in all taxes whatever, so long as such houses or buildings remain.

SECT. 6. And each of the said cities of Hartford and New-Haven, in legal meeting assembled, shall have power, annually, to appoint a committee of not less than three persons, whose duty it shall be, from time to time, to examine, and enquire, in the city to which they belong, whether the mode of building, within the limits aforesaid, be conformable to this act, and report all breaches thereof, to the attorney for the state, in the county where the offence is committed, that the same may be prosecuted. And this act shall be a public act.

CHAP. III.

An Act regulating Side-Walks, in the cities of
Hartford, New-Haven, and Middletown.

SECT. 1. BE it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep

resentatives, in General Assembly convened, That the courts of common council of the cities of Hartcouncil to reg ford, New-Haven, and Middletown, shall have power, from time to time, as public convenience may require, to designate and fix the width, course, height, and level of

ulate side

walks.

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