General Assembly Acts and Public Notices 1878 Compilation
A dense summary of acts passed by the General Assembly in 1878 covering public records access for school districts, ferry tolls, deputy sheriffs in Fairfield County, harbor masters, crime penalties, warehouse regulations, taxation, civil actions, and railroad accounting. Includes multiple house bills approved in March 1878 with details on enforcement, fines, and administrative changes.
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General Assembly
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Senate
House of Representatives
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Senate Bill on License Fees for Blind Persons
Senate Bill No. 22 enacts license fee prohibitions on towns cities and boroughs for blind residents. It prohibits taxation of such license fees and supports blind individuals producing goods by hand. The act supersedes any conflicting prior laws as to these provisions.
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Senate
Honge of Representatives
General Assembly
Gmrs
Poten
Anand
Bea & Bo
Reeds Bt
House of Representatives
Warehead
Board of managers to appoint agent for exhibition act
An act repeals part of chapter one hundred of the acts of 1877 and authorizes the board of managers to select an agent to carry out the exhibition objects. It allows expenditures from appropriations as the board deems fit and reports on industries and arts presented.
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Renate
House of
General Assembly
Railroads Annual Reports and Leasing Authority Provisions
The text outlines forms for railroad annual returns and penalties for noncompliance, detailing data items such as passenger and freight tonnage, mileage, and personnel. It also covers the leasing of railroads requiring stockholder approval by two thirds, with notice and meeting requirements, approved March 27 1878.
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Senate
House of Ties
General Assembly
Norta Arpose
Act Concerning Rights of Married Women
Text appears fragmentary but indicates an act about married women's rights and property in general. Provisions reference separate rights and mechanisms by a married person, mentioning the term general council and assertions of property held by a wife.
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Senate
House of Tives
Repeal of Court Trial in Favor of Jury for Offenses
An act repeals a provision allowing trial by court instead of jury for offenses. After passage all pre age-of-pled condition indictments in the superior court must be tried by jury. The act takes effect on passage and does not affect those who elected court trial before this act.
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Ape Senate
House of Speeneninteree
General Assembly
An Act on County Commissioners Reports on Liquor Licenses
An act requires the county commissioners of Severn counties to report each November to the governor and general assembly. The report lists the number of liquor licenses issued in the year ending Oct 31, by town and license type, and the amounts received, with the disposition of funds. The report must be signed by a majority and sworn? certified.
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Senate
General Assembly
House of Representatives
Severn
Savings Bank Tax Provisions and Town Meeting Validation
The act imposes a one quarter of one percent franchise tax on deposits of savings banks and societies with partial early payment rules and exemptions. It also validates the October 1877 town meeting in Putnam and other towns, ratifying votes and officers, with provisions taking effect on passage.
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Putnam
Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
Wagner Hall
Quinebaug Hall
Quinebaug
Washington
Act on Expenses of Contestants for General Assembly Seats
The act limits contestants for General Assembly seats to no more than one hundred dollars for attorney fees and expenses plus legal fees of witnesses summoned with the committee on contested elections approval. No contestants in either house appear to exceed this cap.
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General Assembly
Senate
Time of tax payment on insurance premiums enacted
House Bill No 179 Chapter LXVI provides that returns by agents of insurance companies from other states and foreign countries must report premiums received and taxes paid in January, as required by the public acts of May session A D 1875.
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Senate
House of Representatives
General Assembly
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Board of Equalization
Savings Societies
United States
Savings Banks
House of
Act to punish escape of convicts from the State Prison
An act to punish the escape of convicts from the State Prison. Provisions describe penalties for inmates who escape or attempt escape while in lawful custody, with sentences to apply as of the time of escape or attempted escape and in force at that moment.
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Senate
House of Peeroeenlasiyee
General Assembly
Ans
Public safety exits required for churches schools and halls
The text reports that courts or local authorities in cities towns and boroughs must ensure all churches schoolhouses and public halls used for gatherings have ample exit facilities for safe speedy egress. They may close facilities that fail to comply until requirements are met.
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Goditcuen
Senate
House of Representatives
Court of Common Cornell
Divorce Act Expands Connecticut Superior Court Jurisdiction
House Bill 218 in the General Assembly grants exclusive jurisdiction to the superior court for divorce petitions. It lists grounds including adultery fraudulent contract willful desertion three and seven year absence habitual intemperance cruelty and crimes involving conjugal duty. The act repeals a prior statute and does not affect petitions already pending.
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Senate
House of Hepr Ricrarch
General Assembly
Superior Court
Connecticut
Enacted Provisions on Electors and Town Meeting Schedule
Fragmented text discusses general assembly action on electors and town meeting timing in November. References to a board of selectmen and town election procedures appear, with notes of continued coverage on the fourth page.
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Board of Selectmen and Town
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