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ASSESSMENT OF RAILROAD PROPERTY.

a copy thereof to the town clerk of each such town not less than five days before said rules and regulations shall take effect. Every such town clerk, on receipt of said copy, shall forthwith give, at the expense of the town, such further notice thereof as in his opinion is necessary to notify the inhabitants of said town of the provisions of said rules and regulations.

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SEC. 2. If any person shall have been injured by a dog or Pasteur treatother domestic animal affected or believed to be affected by vided by town. rabies, and a registered physician shall certify under oath that Pasteur treatment of such injury is necessary, the selectmen of the town, the mayor of the city, or the warden of the borough in which such injury was received shall, upon receipt of the certificate of said physician, immediately provide for said treatment, and the expense thereof shall be paid by said town, city, or borough.

reimbursed by

tax.

SEC. 3. When any town, city, or borough shall have paid Town to be for any such treatment, as provided by section two of this act, state from dog the treasurer of such town, city, or borough shall file a sworn statement with the comptroller of the amount so paid, and the comptroller shall draw his order on the treasurer for the amount certified in said statement, and the treasurer shall pay the same from moneys received by the state from dog licenses under the provisions of the general statutes.

SEC. 4. Every person who shall violate or neglect or re- Penalty. fuse to comply with any rule or regulation made under the provisions of section one of this act shall be fined not more than seven dollars.

Approved, June 28, 1907.

[Substitute for House Bill No. 330.]

CHAPTER 171.

An Act concerning the Assessment of Railroad Property for
Public Improvements.

Real estate of

for public

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: SECTION 1. All real estate, except railroad rights of way, railroad company belonging to any railroad corporation in this state, shall be sub- to be assessed ject to the same obligations as real estate belonging to individ- improvements. uals and private corporations concerning assessments of benefits and damages for municipal or public works and improvements, and the fact that any such real estate is held and used for railroad purposes shall not exempt it from assessment for special benefits on account of such municipal or public works and improvements.

Maintenance and
repair of
sidewalks;
removal of
snow.

SEC. 2. All such railroad corporations shall conform and be subject to the provisions and requirements of municipal charters and ordinances concerning the maintenance and repair of sidewalks and public places abutting their stations, whether passenger or freight, and concerning the removal of snow and ice from such sidewalks and public places.

Approved, June 28, 1907.

[Substitute for Senate Bill No. 141.]

CHAPTER 172.

Salary and expenses of probation officer.

An Act amending an Act concerning the Compensation of Probation Officers,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:

SECTION 1. Section six of chapter 142 of the public acts of 1905 is hereby amended by striking out in the tenth and eleventh lines thereof the words " and by the treasurer of the city, borough, or town in which such police, city, borough, or town court is held" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "and, in the case of probation officers appointed for city, borough, and town courts, in the same manner as the other officers of said courts are paid," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Probation officers shall be reimbursed for all necessary expenses incurred in the prosecution of their duties under this act, and shall receive compensation for actual service in cities of fifty thousand inhabitants or over at such rate not exceeding four dollars per day, and in all other cities and towns of the state at such rate not exceeding three dollars per day, as may be fixed by the court appointing such officers, said compensation and expenses to be paid, upon the order of the court, by the county treasurer of the county in which such superior court, criminal court of common pleas, or district court is held, and, in the case of probation officers appointed for city, borough, and town courts, in the same manner as the other officers of said courts are paid.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved, June 28, 1907.

[House Bill No. 29.]

CHAPTER 173.

An Act amending an Act concerning the Commitment and
Support of Poor Children of Sound Mind who are Cripples
or who are Afflicted with any Non-Contagious Incurable
Disease.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:

cripples and

ables at

Chapter 51 of the public acts of 1903 is hereby amended by Admission of inserting, after the word "The" and before the word "Chil- incurables to the dren's in the twelfth, sixteenth, and twenty-seventh lines Home for Incurthereof, the word "Connecticut," so that said chapter as Newington. amended shall read as follows: Whenever there shall be found in any town in this state any pauper or indigent child of sound mind who is a cripple, or who is afflicted with any non-contagious incurable disease, the selectmen of said town may make application to the court of probate for the district in which said town is situated for the admission of said child to the home for incurables now established at Newington under the auspices of The Connecticut Children's Aid Society Corporation, and if upon inquiry said court shall find that said child is a proper subject to be received into said home, it may order said selectmen to take such child to said home to be kept and supported for such length of time as said court may deem proper; provided, that said The Connecticut Children's Aid Society Corporation shall not be required to receive any child so committed, unless in the judgment of said society it can conveniently receive and care for such child at the time of commitment; and provided, further, that said The Connecticut Children's Aid Society Corporation shall have the right to return to their respective towns any child or children so committed, who shall be pronounced by the physicians employed by said society, after due examination, to be unfit for retention. Said selectmen shall not take or commit any such child to said home until the order of said court has been approved by the governor, and no child shall be received by said home to be supported in any manner by the state without the approval of the governor. There shall be taxed by the comptroller two and one-half dollars a week for each week such. child shall remain at said home, and said The Connecticut Children's Aid Society Corporation shall make its bill therefor quarterly and present it to the governor, upon whose approval it shall be paid by the treasurer, and the balance shall be paid

by the parents or grandparents of said child, or, if the child is a pauper, by the town in which said child belongs; provided, that the sum to be paid by the parents or grandparents of said child, or by the town where said child belongs, shall not exceed one dollar a week in addition to the amount paid by the state. Approved, June 28, 1907.

[Substitute for Senate Bill No. 137.]

CHAPTER 174.

Remanding of cause; costs.

An Act amending an Act concerning Appeals to the Supreme
Court of Errors.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:

Section 809 of the general statutes is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "provided, however, that if, at the time of the decision upon said appeal, the judge from whose decision said appeal was taken shall have died, ceased to hold office, or become incapable of performing his duties as such judge, said court shall remand said cause to the court wherein the decision of said judge was filed, and said court shall proceed to final judgment thereon and issue execution for the costs thereof in the same manner as if said cause had been tried and decided by said court," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: The supreme court of errors, after deciding an appeal taken under section 807, or in case of its abandonment, shall remand the cause to such judge, to be proceeded with by him to final judgment; and the whole costs of such proceeding shall be taxed in favor of the prevailing party, and said judge may issue execution therefor; provided, however, that if, at the time of the decision upon said appeal, the judge from whose decision said appeal was taken shall have died, ceased to hold office, or become incapable of performing his duties as such judge, said court shall remand said cause to the court wherein the decision of said judge was filed, and said court shall proceed to final judgment thereon and issue execution for the costs thereof in the same manner as if said cause had been tried and decided by said court.

Approved, June 28, 1907.

[Substitute for House Bill No. 412.]

CHAPTER 175.

An Act amending an Act concerning the Abuse of Female
Children.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:

Penalty for

tent to carnally

child.

Section 1150 of the general statutes is hereby amended by adding at the end of said section the words " and any person assault with inprosecuted for carnally knowing and abusing any female under know female the age of sixteen years may be convicted of the offense mentioned in this section," so that said section as amended shall read as follows: Every person who shall make an assault upon the body of any female, under the age of sixteen years, with intent to carnally know and abuse said female, shall be imprisoned not more than ten years; and any person prosecuted for carnally knowing and abusing any female under the age of sixteen years may be convicted of the offense mentioned in this. section.

Approved, June 28, 1907.

[Substitute for Senate Bill No. 199.]

CHAPTER 176.

An Act concerning Unexpended Balances of Appropriations.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:

"balances to be

the treasury

road improve

Section 96 of the general statutes is hereby amended to read as follows: The treasurer shall, except as hereinafter provided, Unexpended cover back into the treasury all unexpended balances belonging covered back into to any specific appropriation six months after the close of the except those for period covered by said appropriation, and the comptroller is ment. hereby authorized to draw orders on said appropriations during said six months for the payment of expenses properly incurred, or the fulfilment of contracts properly made during the said period, and for no other purpose; provided, however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations for the improvement of public roads, which appropriations shall be continuous and no part thereof shall be covered back into the treasury. The treasurer shall specify the amount of each balance so covered back in the book of estimates next succeeding the time when said balances are covered into the treasury.

Approved, June 28, 1907.

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