FOR TOWN CLERKS.

You, A. B., being chosen to be town clerk of the town of

do swear that you will faithfully execute the duties of said office for said town, according to your best skill, and according to law; so help you God.

FOR FENCE VIEWERS, LEATHER SEALERS, GRAND JURORS, REGISTRARS, SEALERS OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, TYTHING MEN, SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS, INSPECTORS OF PROVISIONS, GAUGERS, HAYWARDS, TOWN TREASURERS, SOCIETY TREASURERS, SCAVENGERS, COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS, &C.

You swear that you will faithfully and impartially execute the duties of the office of whereunto you are appointed, for the year ensuing, and until another shall be chosen in your place, and sworn; and that you will, in every particular, conduct therein according to law; so help you God.

FOR ASSESSORS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF RELIEF, AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION.

You swear that you will truly, faithfully, and impartially, discharge the trust reposed in you, according to your best judgment, and according to law; so help you God.

FOR SOCIETY CLERKS.

You, A. B., being chosen clerk of this society, do swear that you will faithfully execute the duties of such clerk, according to your best skill, and according to law; so help you God.

FOR SCHOOL DISTRICT CLERKS.

in

You, A. B., being chosen clerk of the

of such clerk, help you God.

school district

do swear that you will faithfully execute the duties according to your best skill, and according to law; so

FOR APPRAISERS OF PROPERTY TO BE CONVEYED TO THIS STATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SCHOOL FUND.

You solemnly swear that, without partiality, or prejudice, you will appraise the estate which may be presented to you, according to the present true and just value thereof in cash, and according to your best judgment; so help you God,

TITLE XLVIII.

AN ACT TO PREVENT THE ADULTERATION OF OILS.

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

SECTION 1. That all oils, sold under the various names of sperm, summer, fall, and winter, oils, shall be deemed to be pure sperm

oil.

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Pure sperm oil.

SECT. 2. The test of pure sperm oil, shall be Southworth's Test. Oilometer.

SECT. 3. All oils, sold under the names aforesaid, which shall be Liability for selling adulterated adulterated from pure sperm oil, shall be deemed whale oil, and the olls. seller shall be liable to the purchaser for the difference in value between sperm oil and whale oil, unless the adulteration is disclosed to the purchaser at the time of sale.

SECT. 4. Any person, who shall sell any oil, commonly known Penalty for sellby the names specified in the first section of this act, which has been ing adulterated adulterated by a mixture of whale oil, or of inferior oils, and shall not disclose to the purchaser the full amount of the adulteration, shall forfeit fifteen dollars, for every such offense, to be recovered in an action of debt, in the name, and for the benefit, of any person who shall sue for the same.

TITLE XLIX.

AN ACT CONCERNING LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS.

1822.

Limited partnerships may be formed.

General partners,

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

SECTION 1. That limited partnerships, for the transaction of busi ness, may be formed according to the provisions of this act; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to authorize any such partnership for any banking purpose whatever, or for any business connected with insurance.

SECT. 2. All partnerships, formed under this act, shall consist of special partners, one or more partners, jointly and severally responsible, according to the law relating to partnerships, who shall be called general part ners, and one or more partners, furnishing funds or capital to the partnership stock, whose liability shall extend no further than the funds or capital, which he or they shall have furnished to said stock, and who shall be called special partners.

Name of firm.

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made and se

knowledged.

SECT. 3. Every such partnership shall be conducted under a company name, or firm, consisting of the names of the general partners only; and if any special partner's name shall be used, or inserted, in said company name, or firm, such special partner shall be liable as a general partner, but nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any special partner from examining into the state and progress of the partnership, and advising as to its management.

SECT. 4. The persons forming any such partnership shall make, Certificate to be and severally sign, a certificate, which certificate shall contain the company name or firm, under which said partnership is to be conducted, and the names of all the general and special partners, with their several places of residence, and shall designate which of the general partners are authorized to transact the business of the partnership, and to sign the partnership name, and also the amount of capital furnished by each special partner, and the period at which the partnership is to commence, and terminate; and such certificate shall be acknowledged by the persons signing the same, before one of the judges of the supreme court of errors, or a judge of the supe rior court, or the judge of the court of probate for the district in which the town is situated, where the principal business of the partnership shall be carried on, and shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of such town, and a copy thereof shall be evidence of the matters therein contained; and the partnership shall be responsible only for the acts of the partners designated as aforesaid; and if the partnership shall, at any time, have places of business, situated in different towns, a copy of said certificate shall, in like manner, be filed in town.

every

such

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be sworn to, &c.

SECT. 5. No such partnership shall be deemed to be formed under this act, until the certificate required in the preceding section shall have been recorded by the town clerk of the town, where the same shall have been filed, in a book to be kept, at all times, open for public inspection, in his office. And at the time of making such record, such of the general partners, as are authorized to transact the business of the partnership, shall make oath to the actual and bona fide advancements to the capital stock, made by the special partners, according to the record; and if any person shall be guilty of willful Advancements to false swearing in the premises, he shall be deemed to have committed perjury, and shall be punished accordingly. And all the partners, interested in any such partnership, shall see that the requirements of this section, and of the next preceding section of this act, are complied with, and if the same shall be neglected, or if a false record shall be made, all the partners, interested in such partnership, shall be liable to all the engagements thereof as general partners; and each town clerk shall be entitled to the sum of twenty-five cents for every record made by him, in pursuance of this act.

ship to be pub

SECT. 6. The partners, in any partnership, formed under this act, Terms of partnershall publish the terms of the partnership, so recorded, for at least lished, &c. six weeks after such record is made, in at least one newspaper published within the county in which their business shall be carried on, and if no newspaper is published in said county, then in a newspaper published in an adjoining county.

accountable, &c.

SECT. 7. The general partners, in every such partnership, shall General partners be liable to account to each other for their management of the joint concern, according to the law relating to partnerships.

vanced in eash,

SECT. 8. All advancements to the capital stock, by the special Capital to be adpartners, shall be made in cash payments, and no part of the capital, and not to be furnished by such partners, shall be withdrawn, either in the shape withdrawn, &c. of dividends, profits, or otherwise, at any time within the period during which the partnership shall be continued, nor shall any special partner, under any circumstances, be considered as a creditor, or allowed to claim as a creditor, in case of the insolvency or bankruptcy of the partnership.

brought.

SECT. 9. All suits, brought by any such partnership, shall be in Suits, how the names of the general partners only, and suits against such partnership shall be brought against the general partners only, except in cases where the special partners shall be rendered liable as general partners, in which cases suits may be brought against all the partners.

Renewal of part

SECT. 10. Whenever the time, fixed in any such partnership, for 1888. the continuance of the same, shall have expired, and the several per-nership. sons constituting the partnership shall choose to continue it beyond the time originally agreed upon for its duration, a certificate shall be made, acknowledged, and recorded, in the manner prescribed in the fourth and fifth sections of this act, a certified copy of which certificate shall be evidence of the matters therein contained; and at the time of making the record of such certificate, such of the general partners, as are authorized by the partnership to transact the partnership business, shall make oath that the several sums mentioned in said certificate, as contributed to the capital stock, were actually paid, at the commencement of said partnership, and that said sums have not been lost, spent, or squandered, and have not been drawn out, or any part thereof, and that the capital stock of said partnership is entirely unimpaired, and also that they believe the partnership to be

Terms of partnerbe published.

solvent, and able to pay all the claims against it; and every such partnership, which shall be continued after the term for which it was formed, and not so renewed, shall, after the expiration of said term, be deemed a general partnership.

SECT. 11. The partners, in any partnership, so renewed or conship continued, to tinued, shall publish the terms of the partnership, recorded as aforesaid, for at least three weeks, in a newspaper published in the county in which their business is done, and if no newspaper is published in said county, then in a newspaper published in an adjoining county; and said partners, after having complied with said several provisions, shall be entitled to the same privileges, and be subject to the same liabilities, during the time for which their partnership is continued, that they were during the first term of their partnership.

TITLE L.

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE SUPPORT OF PAUPERS.

CHAPTER I.

OF SETTLEMENT.

Admission of inhabitants.

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

SECTION 1. That no foreigner, or person, who is not an inhabitant of this state, or of some state, district, or territory, of the United States, who shall come to reside in any town in this state, shall gain a settlement in such town, unless admitted by a vote of the inhab itants, or by consent of the civil authority and selectmen of such town, and a majority of such civil authority and selectmen, convened, and acting as one board, shall be a quorum for that purpose.*

Citizens of other states not foreigners. Windham v. Norwich, 1 Root, 408. Foreigner gains no settlement in any town by commorancy. Somers v. Barkhamsted, 1 Root, 398. Subject of Great Britain, domicilated in Connecticut before treaty of peace, not regarded as an alien. Hebron v. Colchester, 5 Day, 169. Aliens acquired settlement by act of 1781, when. Griswold v. Stonington, 5 C. R. 367. Settlement of a female inhabitant, not affected by her marriage with a foreigner. Lebanon #. Hebron, 6 C. R. 45.