(Substitute for House Joint Resolution No. 264 Special Law 232)
Resolved by this Assembly: that the Town of East Haddam, at
any legal meeting hereafter called for that purpose, may by a majority
vote transfer and convey to The Cove Burying Ground Association, a
Corporation located in said Town, all its right, title and interest
in and to the ancient public burying ground known as the Cove Burying
Ground, situated near Salmon River Cove in said Town of East Haddam;
and thereafter said Association shall, upon accepting such conveyance,
have power to prefer complaints under section 4053 and 4115 of the
general statutes for the purpose of quieting and settling the title
to said burying ground and for the purpose of enlarging the same as
occasion may require. But in the event of the dissolution of said
Association or the failure of the Association and its successors in
title for the space, of three years to properly care for and maintain
said burying ground, all its rights, title and interest derived from
said Town shall revert thereto. (approved May 11, 1903)
Voted, that the report of the Burying Ground Committee on the
Cove Burying Ground be accepted, and the Selectmen instructed to sign
a resolution of the General Assembly approved May 11, 1903, special
laws of Connecticut of 1903, page 173 the Town transfer and convey
all its right, title and interest in and to the Cove Burying Ground
to the Cove Burying Ground Association, a corporation located in East
Haddam and that the Selectmen are hereby authorized and directed to
execute a proper conveyance of the same. (Town meeting October 3,
1904)
