Passed December 1790.
Resolved by this Assembly, That a straight line from the mouth of Dudley's Creek in said Hamonasset river, running south 50 deg. 10 min. east to West Rock so called, upon the sound, being 216 rods, be, and the same is hereby established to be the dividing line between the said towns of "Guilford and Killingworth." And that the lands lying east of said line be, and the same are hereby annexed to the said town of Killingworth, exclusive of the power and authority in town meetings to make rules and ordinances for regulating the fisheries of clams and oysters, which power and authority is hereby reserved to the town of Guilford in the same manner as though this alteration in the line between said towns had not been made.
Passed May 1826
Resolved by this Assembly, That all that part of the town of Guilford, lying east of the following lines, viz: beginning at the centre of Munger's Island on the margin of the Sound; thence in a right line to the extreme point of land between the East and Neck Rivers; thence to the channel of the East River; thence following the channel of the East River as far north as the abutment of Chittenden's landing; thence easterly to the north-east corner of said wharf; thence north-easterly in a right line to the Parish line a little south of David Dudley's dwelling house, where the centre of the road intersects said Parish line; thence on the Parish lines of East Guilford and North Bristol, to the north line of the town, with all the inhabitants residing therein, be, and the same is hereby incorporated into a distinct town, by the name of "Madison;" and the inhabitants aforesaid, and their successors forever residing within said limits, shall have and enjoy all the powers, privileges and immunities, which are enjoyed by other towns in this State, with the privilege of sending one Representative to the General Assembly of this State.
And said new town shall pay its proportion, according to the list of 1825, of all debts, charges, expences, suits, petitions and claims already due and accrued, commenced or existing against said town of Guilford, or for which said town may hereafter be rendered liable, by force of any claim now existing; and the poor of said town of Guilford, who were born within the limits hereby incorporated, and have not gained a settlement elsewhere, or who have gained a settlement by residence within said limits, shall be deemed inhabitants of said town of Madison, and shall be maintained accordingly, whether said poor are now maintained by said town of Guilford or not; and said town of Madison shall be liable to maintain all such poor of said town of Guilford, as are or may be absent therefrom, provided such poor person or persons, at the time of departure, belonged to that part of the town of Guilford, hereby incorporated into the town of Madison. The collectors of the State and town taxes, in the town of Guilford, are hereby authorized to collect their respective taxes already laid, and in their rate books contained, in the same manner as though this resolve had not passed.
Said new town shall be entitled to their just proportion of any town property according to the list of 1825, excepting the Town House, which shall belong to the town of Guilford; and if the two towns do not agree as to dividing the property of said town, or as to the amount of debts, the County Court for the County of New Haven, are hereby authorized and empowered to make said division or apportionment, giving reasonable notice to the parties concerned.
The first town meeting in said town of Madison, shall be holden at the Presbyterian meeting house in the Society of East Guilford, on the third Monday of June, A.D. 1826, and Frederick Lee Esq. shall be moderator thereof, and shall warn said meeting by setting up a notification thereof on the public sign posts in the societies of East Guilford and North Bristol, and at such other places as he may deem proper, at least six days before said first meeting.
Said town of Madison shall have all the powers at said first meeting incident to the other towns in this State, and full right to act accordingly; and the officers elected at such first meeting, shall hold their offices until others are legally chosen and sworn in their stead.
Approved June 20, 1860
Upon the petition of John B. Norton and others, praying for the annexation of a part of the town of Branford to the town of Guilford:
Resolved by this Assembly, That all that part of the town of Branford lying east and south of a line commencing at a large cedar tree on the shore of Long Island Sound, a little south-west of the house of Nelson T. Crowell; thence, running north five degrees west of the magnetic meridian, eighty rods, to a stake and stones; thence, north seventeen degrees east, ninety-two and a half rods, to a stake and stones on the south bank of the New Haven, New London and Stonington Railroad; thence, north seventy-two and a half degrees east, seventy-three rods, to an ancient bounds on the line between said towns; and bounded south by said Long Island Sound; with all the inhabitants residing thereon, be and the same is hereby incorporated into and made a part of the town of Guilford, and the same is also, in like manner, annexed to and made a part of the Leete's Island school district, in said Guilford: always provided, however, that the jurisdiction of the fisheries in said sound waters, in front of said territory so annexed, shall remain a part of and be subject to said town of Branford, as fully as if this resolution had not passed. And this act shall take effect from and after the first day of September next.
Approved July 14, 1871
Resolved by this Assembly:
Section 1. That so much of the town of Guilford as lies within the bounds commencing at a heap of stones on land of Wooster Ives, at the North Branford town line, and running easterly forty-five rods, to the bridge across or on the highway; thence easterly across the land of the estate of Levi Fowler, deceased, one hundred and twenty-five rods, to a heap of stones on the highway; thence north-easterly along said highway three hundred and seventy-four rods, thence easterly by a highway twelve rods, to the corner of land of estate of Henry Eliot, deceased; thence northerly, by the easterly line of said last mentioned land, to the line of the town of Durham; and thence along said Durham line, westerly, to the line of the town of Wallingford, with all the inhabitants residing therein, be, and the same is hereby annexed to and made, to all intents and purposes, a part of the said town of North Branford.
Section 2. That all the territory described and bounded in the foregoing section of this resolution, with all the inhabitants thereof, be, and the same is hereby, annexed to and made part of the Wallingford probate district: provided, that this resolution shall not interfere with any estates now in settlement, or any suits now pending.
Approved, April 14, 1881
Resolved by this Assembly: That Mystic Island be, and it is hereby, added to and made a part of the fourth voting district of the town of Stonington: and Faulkner's Island be, and it is hereby, added to and made a part of the town of Guilford.
Approved, April 1, 1885
Resolved by this Assembly: That all that part of the town of Branford lying east and south of the line commencing at a point in the center of Hoadley's Creek, at Leete's Island, so called, where the present boundary line between Branford and Guilford crosses said creek, and running southerly from said point along the center or channel of said creek to the mouth of said creek on Long Island Sound, with all the inhabitants residing therein, be and the same is hereby incorporated into and made a part of the town of Guilford, and the same is in like manner annexed to and made a part of the Leete's Island school district in said Guilford; provided, however, that the jurisdiction over all the fisheries in the waters of Long Island Sound which lie south of the territory hereby annexed, and which are now within and under the jurisdiction of the town of Branford, shall remain a part of and be subject to said town of Branford as fully as if this resolution had not passed; and provided further, that the town of Guilford shall pay to the town of Branford on or before August first, 1885, such proportion of the present indebtedness of the town of Branford as the assessed valuation of the taxable property in said transferred territory bears to the whole grand list of said Branford.
Approved March 19, 1931
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. There shall be in the town of Guilford a commission, which commission shall be known as "The Guilford Soldiers' Monument Commission." The members of said commission shall be as hereinafter set forth.
Section 2. Said commission is authorized to receive, hold, invest and reinvest the sum or sums of money on deposit in The Guilford Savings Bank, in the name of "Guilford Soldiers' Monument Association."
Section 3. Said commission is empowered to use so much of the income of said fund as, in its opinion, is reasonable and necessary to maintain the soldiers' monument erected on the green in the town of Guilford in memory of those who served in the civil war, and to make all necessary repairs thereto.
Section 4. Any income not used for said purpose may be either added to the principal of said fund or allowed to accumulate for future use on said monument, whichever in the judgment of said commission is advisable.
Section 5. Said commission is authorized to accept other properties, moneys, gifts or donations and to hold the same for the purposes aforesaid, or as set forth in the deed of conveyance or gift to said commission.
Section 6. Said commission shall consist of three residents of the town of Guilford of which the first selectman and the treasurer of the town of Guilford shall be, ex officio, members, and the third member shall be appointed on or before the first day of September, 1931, by the board of selectmen for the term of three years beginning September 1, 1931, and triennially thereafter the board of selectmen shall appoint one member of said commission for the term of three years.
Approved, May 26, 1941
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
The highway beginning with the southerly end of route number 77 in the town of Guilford, thence along Broad street in the town of Guilford to Whitfield street, south along the west side of the Guilford green to route number 146, is included in the trunk line system of highways.
Approved June 18, 1965
Number 201 of the special acts of 1951 is amended to read as follows: Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-147 of the general statutes, the tax collector of the town of Guilford, with the approval of the state tax commissioner, may omit from his monthly report to the treasurer of the town the list of names of persons from whom tax moneys were collected. The cash report kept by the tax collector shall be examined monthly by the treasurer.
Effective October 1, 1973
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
The state board of education and the Connecticut State Advisory Council on Vocational Education shall conduct a feasibility study with respect to an East Shore Career Education Center to serve the towns of Branford, East Haven, North Branford and Guilford and report the results thereof, with recommendations, to the governor and the general assembly on or before February 15, 1974.
Approved May 27, 1976
Section 1. The time within which the board of tax review of the town of Guilford shall determine the appeals of all taxpayers claiming to be aggrieved by the doings of the assessor of said town in making assessments for and upon the grand list of 1975, and complete its doings on all matters pending before it is extended to May 28, 1976. Said board shall mail each appellant written notice of the disposition of his appeal within one week after said date. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by the action of said board may appeal therefrom within two months from the date of the action by said board as provided in section 12-118 of the general statutes.
Sec. 2. Nothing in this act shall affect such rights as any taxpayer may have to relief under the provisions of section 12-119 of the general statutes and the time for initiating actions for relief under said section is extended to December 1, 1976.
Sec. 3. The time within which the town clerk is required to transmit an abstract of the assessment lists to the tax commissioner as provided in section 12-120 of the general statutes is extended to June 30, 1976.
Approved June 19, 1979
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-344 of the general statutes, the town of Guilford, in preparing its annual budget recommendations shall follow the procedure set forth in section 7.3(b) of the charter of the town of Guilford, as approved by a majority of the electors on November 7, 1978.