CHAP. 110 Treatment and confinement of persons suddenly insane. Repeal. [House Bill No. 790.] CHAPTER 110. An Act concerning the Detention of Violently Insane Persons. SECTION 1. Any person who has suddenly become in need of care and treatment in a hospital for the insane may be confined in such hospital, either public or private, for not more than twenty days without order of any court. At the time of delivery of such person to such hospital there shall be left in the hands of the person in charge thereof, a certificate signed and sworn to by some reputable physician not more than three days prior thereto, stating that, after a personal examination made not more than three days prior to the date of such certificate, he is of the opinion that the person therein named is in need of immediate treatment and the reasons therefor. If such person shall have been admitted to any state hospital for the insane, the person in charge thereof shall, immediately upon the delivery of such person to such hospital, notify the comptroller, in writing, who shall cause proceedings to be instituted for the commitment of such person in the court of probate having jurisdiction in the town where such hospital is located, and, in case such person shall be committed upon application of the comptroller, the state agent shall collect from the towns in which such person has a settlement, or from such person or persons as may be liable for his support, the amount expended for such commitment and for the support and benefit of such person in the manner provided in sections 1660, 1662 and 1667 of the general statutes. Except when otherwise provided by the general statutes, no person shall be committed or admitted to or detained in a hospital for the insane without an order of a court of probate, provided, when a person who has suddenly become clearly and violently insane is brought to such hospital, such person may be received and detained therein for not more than twenty days without order of a court of probate, in accordance with the provisions of this act. SEC. 2. Chapter 184 of the public acts of 1919 is repealed. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. CHAP. 111 [Substitute for House Bill No. 389.] CHAPTER 111. An Act concerning Divorce. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in upon conviction of When any married person shall have been convicted in the Granting of diverce superior court of an offense against chastity, which offense certain offenses. would be ground for a divorce or an annulment of the marriage, any person aggrieved may petition the court before which such conviction was had, at the same term, and, upon notice to the person so convicted, the court may grant a divorce, annulment of the marriage, or such other relief as said court may determine. No provision of this act shall be construed so as to affect the right of any aggrieved person to apply to the civil side of said court for similar relief. Approved, April 27, 1921. [Substitute for Senate Bill No. 235.] CHAPTER 112. An Act concerning the Use of Seines in Ponds and Lakes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 3205 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: No person shall draw, set or use any seine, pound, gill or set net in any pond or lake; provided seines or nets not over thirty feet in length and not over five feet in width may, unless otherwise specially provided, be used for taking minnows for bait, except in brooks or streams inhabited by trout. The possession by any person of any such net upon the shores of any pond or lake, or the possession of fish and net shall constitute prima facie evidence of a violation of this section. The provisions of this section shall apply to that part of Bantam river lying between Little Pond and Bantam Lake. Approved, April 22, 1921. Use of sets, seines, restricted. nets or pounds, CHAP. 113 Complaint for relief from order of court for support of poor [House Bill No. 231.] CHAPTER 113. An Act concerning Relief from Support of Poor Persons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 1652 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: Any defendant in any action brought under either persons by relatives. section 1650 or section 1651 of the general statutes may at any time thereafter prefer his complaint to said court against such survivor, the state agent, selectmen or other persons, plaintiffs in such action, to be relieved from such contribution; and if said court shall find that he, being liable under said section 1650, is required to contribute to an amount beyond his ability, or beyond what is requisite for such support, or that he, being liable under said section 1651, is required to contribute beyond the amount received by him from the estate of such deceased, or beyond what is requisite for such support, it may again direct how much, if anything, he shall contribute therefor. If the contribution of the person or persons liable to support such poor person, as fixed by the court, be insufficient for such support, the remainder of such support shall be furnished by the state or said town. Approved, April 22, 1921. Orders for support of certain poor persons. [House Bill No. 229.] CHAPTER 114. An Act concerning Support of Poor Persons. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 1650 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: When any person shall become poor and unable to support himself or herself, and family, and shall have a husband or wife, father or mother, grandfather or grandmother, children or grandchildren who are able to provide such support, it shall be provided by them; and if they shall neglect to provide it, the state agent, the selectmen of the town, the husband or wife or any of such relatives, or the conservator of such poor person, may bring a complaint therefor to the superior court of the county in which such poor person resides, against such husband or wife or any of such relatives able to provide; which court may order the defendant or defendants to contribute to such support, from the time of serving such complaint, such sum as may be reasonable and necessary and may issue execution monthly or quarterly for the same, which, when collected, shall be paid to said state agent, selectmen, conservator, husband, wife or other person needing support, for that pur pose, as the court may order. When such complaint is brought by the state agent, selectmen, conservator, husband or wife, the court, or any judge thereof in vacation, may require the defendant or defendants to become bound with sufficient surety to the state, town, conservator, husband or wife, to abide such judg ment as may be rendered on said complaint. Approved, April 22, 1921. CHAP. 115 [House Bill No. 773.] CHAPTER 115. An Act concerning Capital Stock of Co-operative Corporations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in of state. SECTION 1. Section 3604 of the general statutes is Franchise fees to be amended to read as follows: The amount of capital stock of paid to the secretary any co-operative association organized under the provisions of chapter 190 of the general statutes shall be fixed by its articles of association at any sum not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars, and shall be subject to the same franchise tax as the capital stock of other corporations organized under the general law, which tax shall be paid to the secretary of the state. The association may increase or diminish the amount and number of shares of such stock at any meeting of the stockholders specially called for such purpose, and within five days after the passage of any vote increasing or diminishing such stock, shall cause such vote to be recorded in the town clerk's office of the town where its business is carried on, but no shares shall be issued for less than its par value. SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage. CHAP. 116 Contracts for sale of personal property on condition to be recorded in town clerks' office. Notice of intent to sell to be filed. Fee for filing. [Senate Bill No. 152.] CHAPTER 116. An Act amending an Act concerning Sales of Personal Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in SECTION 1. Section 4744 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: All contracts for the sale of personal property, conditioned that the title thereto shall remain in the vendor after delivery, shall be in writing, describing the property and all conditions of said sale, and shall be acknowledged before some competent authority and filed within a reasonable time in the town clerk's office in the town where the vendee resides; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to household furniture, musical instruments, phonographs and phonograph supplies, bicycles or property exempt from attachment and execution. SEC. 2. Section 4745 of the general statutes is amended to read as follows: Notices of intent to sell, bills of sale, conditional sales, chattel mortgages and all other instruments relating to personal property, when left for filing with any town clerk shall be indexed by him and kept in files used exclusively for the filing of such instruments. A filing fee of one dollar shall be collected for each such instrument. SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its passage. State forester may lands. certain [House Bill No. 626.] CHAPTER 117. An Act concerning the Acceptance of Land for State Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Section 2168 of the general statutes is amended to read as purchase and receive follows: The state forester may buy land in the state suitable for the growth of timber, at a price not exceeding eight dollars per acre, to the amount of the appropriation for that purpose, which land shall be deeded to the state and shall be called a state forest, and he may accept deeds and devises of such land which may be offered to the state without cost. Approved, April 22, 1921. |