At a General Assembly holden at New Haven on the Second Thursday
of October, A. D. 1787.
Upon the petition of the inhabitants of the Parish of North
Fairfield in the County of Fairfield and of the inhabitants of that
part of the Parish of Norfield which lies in the Township of Fairfield
in said county, praying to be incorporated into a distinct and separate
town, as per petition on file.
Resolved by this Assembly that all the inhabitants who live
within the limits of the Parish of North Fairfield in the County of
Fairfield, and all the inhabitants who live in that part of the Parish
of Norfield, which lies in the Township of Norfield, in said county,
be and they hereby are incorporated into a distinct, separate town
by the Name of the Town of Weston, with full power and authority to
have, use, occupy and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunities,
which pertain to the several towns in this state respectively, with
the following exception only, to wit, that they be allowed but one
representative to sit in the General Assembly of this state, and that
all the lands which are contained within the line and limits of the
Parish of North Fairfield aforesaid, and all the lands which are contained
within the lines and limits of that part of the Parish of Norfield
lying in Fairfield aforesaid be and belong to said Town of Weston,
bounded in the manner following (viz) west on the east line of Norwalk;
southerly on the Parishes of Greens Farms, Greenfield and Stratfield;
easterly on the Parish of North Stratford, running westerly from the
dwelling house now occupied by Walker Sherman, then running westerly
on said line until it comes to the westerly corner of said New Stratford
Parish; from thence a strait line to the dwelling house of Abraham
Higgins including said house within the Parish of North Fairfield,
from thence in the same direction until it comes to the southerly
line of the Town of Newtown, and on all other parts of the line of
said Newtown and on the Town of Redding untill it comes to the said
easterly line of Norwalk . . . And it is further resolved that the
line as mentioned above running from the westerly corner of New Stratford
to Newtown southerly line be and the same is and shall be hereafter
considered as a dividing line between the said Parish of New Stratford
and the Parish of North Fairfield.
And be it further resolved that said inhabitants incorporated
as aforesaid shall be entitled to their part and proportion of all
the publick securities and bills emitted by this state now in the
hands of the treasurer of said Town of Fairfield which part and proportion
shall be estimated according to the list of those persons who at the
time of passing this resolve belonged to and were inhabitants of that
part of said North Fairfield lying in said Township of Fairfield,
and of those who at the time of passing this resolve belonged to and
were inhabitants of that part of Norfield as before described, but
that said persons or inhabitants incorporated as aforesaid have no
part or share in any publick monies or publick stocks belonging to
said Town of Fairfield, and that according to said lists they take
their proportion of the poor of said Town of Fairfield, and according
to the same lists pay their proportion of the debts due and owing
from said Town of Fairfield. And that said persons or inhabitants
incorporated as aforesaid shall be entitled to receive from the Town
of Stratford in the county aforesaid such proportion of the school
monies and other public monies and public stocks, which at the time
of passing this resolve belonged to the said Town of Stratford as
is the right of said persons, or inhabitants of said Parish of North
Fairfield, who live within the limits of said Town of Stratford according
to their lists, and according to said lists shall be entitled to all
debts due and owing to said Town of Stratford, and that according
to said lists they take their proportion of the poor of said Town
of Stratford and pay their proportion of all debts due and owing from
said Town of Stratford to the passing of this resolve.
And it is further resolved that all sheriffs and other officers
shall have full power and authority to levy and warrant or execution
that now is or may be granted against the said Town of Fairfield for
any debt due at the time of passing this resolve, or for any tax granted,
or to be granted on any list brought in before or at the present session
of the General Assembly, upon the persons or estate of any inhabitants
living within that part of said incorporated limits which belonged
to said Town of Fairfield who is liable to pay said debt or tax, in
the same manner as if this resolve never had passed. And all sheriffs
and other officers, in like manner shall have full power and authority
to levy any warrant or execution that is or may be granted against
the said Town of Stratford, for any debt due or any tax granted or
to be granted as aforesaid, upon the person or estate of any inhabitant
living in that part of the Parish of North Fairfield which at the
time of passing this Resolve belonged to the said Town of Stratford,
and who is liable to pay said debt or tax.
And that the inhabitants of said Town of Weston shall hold their
meeting at the publick meeting house in said Parish of North Fairfield
on the fourteenth day of November next at two o'clock in the
afternoon, and that Samuel Wakeman, Esq. of said Weston shall be and
he is hereby empowered and authorized to cause said meeting to be
warned and said Samuel Wakeman shall preside as moderator of said
meeting untill a moderator shall be chosen, at which meeting said
Town of Weston shall have liberty and authority to choose all such
town officers as other towns in this state have a right to choose,
who shall be vested with the same power which like officers in said
other towns are vested, and shall continue in office untill others
shall be chosen and sworn in their stead.
RESOLVE INCORPORATING THE TOWN OF WESTPORT
Passed May, 1835
Resolved by this Assembly, That the parts of the several towns
of Fairfield, Norwalk, and Weston, in Fairfield county, lying within
the following limits, namely: commencing at the northwest corner bound
of the Town of Fairfield, on Sturges' highway, so called, and
running southerly, in the center of said highway, to a point half
a mile south of the crop highway, so called; thence westerly to a
stone bridge in the highway, south and near the dwelling house of
Lockwood Jarrod; thence southerly in the center of said highway last
mentioned, past the dwelling house of Hackwood Baker to where said
highway turns westerly; and thence southeasterly to the west fence
of the old burying ground in Green's Farms; thence following
the course of said fence, to Compo creek, so called; thence following
the east side of said creek to Gallup's cross-bridge, so called,
the east end thereof; thence in a due south course to Long Island
Sound; again commencing at the first mentioned bound, and running
westerly, in said Weston, across Aspatuck and Saugatuck rivers, passing
north of the dwelling-house of Ruel Sherwood, to the dividing line
between the towns of Weston and Norwalk, at a stone bridge in the
highway, a little south of the dwelling-house of the late Daniel Dikeman,
deceased; thence northerly in said highway, on the line between said
Weston and Norwalk, to the northeast corner boundary of said Norwalk;
thence following the dividing line between Norwalk and Wilton to a
stone bound on said dividing line in the highway northwesterly of
the dwelling-house of the late James Fellow, deceased, and near an
oak tree, long known as a town bound between said Norwalk and Wilton;
thence southerly to the center of the road, at the four corners, so
called, near the blacksmith's shop lately occupied by Davis Olmstead,
deceased; thence in the center of said highway passing David M. Fellos'
dwelling-house southerly to the barn commonly known by the name of
Murry's barn; thence southerly to a stone bridge over Saugatuck
brook so called, a little west of Joseph Scribner's on the old
county road, so called; thence southerly to the center of the highway
leading round Duck pond so called, and following the center of said
highway until it passes the head of said pond; and thence in a due
south course to Long Island Sound; south on Long Island Sound embracing
the islands situated south of said territory in Long Island Sound
and in this state, with all the inhabitants residing therein, be,
and the same is hereby incorporated into a distinct town by the name
of "Westport"; 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.
Said new town shall pay such proportion of all debts and claims
now due and accrued against each of the towns from which it is taken;
and of all such debts and claims as either of said towns shall hereafter
be liable to pay by reason of any claims now existing, except claims
on contract for building any new townhouse, which house is not now
completed, or for money borrowed for that purpose, as the list of
1834 of the part taken from any such indebted town bears to the whole
list of such town the same year.
And the poor of said towns of Fairfield, Norwalk, and Weston,
who were born within the limits hereby incorporated, and who have
not gained a settlement elsewhere, and who have gained a settlement
within said limits, shall be deemed inhabitants of said town of Westport,
and shall be maintained accordingly whether said poor are now maintained
by said towns or not; and said town of Westport shall be liable to
maintain all such poor of the towns from which it is taken as are
or may be absent therefrom, provided such person or persons at the
time of their departure belonged to either of those parts of said
towns hereby incorporated, or resided therein.
That the collectors of the state and town taxes of the respective
towns of Fairfield, Norwalk, and Weston aforesaid are hereby authorized
to collect their respective taxes already laid, in the same manner
as though this resolve had not passed; but if the taxes thus collected
by either of the towns last mentioned exceed the whole amount of such
debts and claims against such town as the town hereby incorporated
is bound by this act to pay its proportion, then such town shall pay
over to said Westport such proportion of the balance left as the list
of the part hereby taken from such town on which such tax is laid
bears to the whole list of such towns the same year.
The first meeting of said town of Westport shall be held on
the third Tuesday of June, 1835, at the Presbyterian meeting-house
in said Westport, and Thomas F. Rowland, Esq., and in case of his
failure, James C. Loomis, Esq., shall be moderator of said meeting,
and shall warn said meeting by setting up a notification of the same
on the oak tree near said meeting-house and at such other place or
places as either of said persons may deem proper, at least five days
before said first meeting.
And said town of Westport shall at said first meeting have all
the powers incident to other towns in this state, and full right to
act accordingly; to elect town officers, and the officers so elected
at such meeting shall hold their offices until others are chosen and
sworn in their stead.
CONSTITUTING THE TOWN OF EASTON
Passed 1845
Upon the petition of Levi Coley and others, of the town of Weston,
praying for the incorporation of a new town:
Resolved by this Assembly, That all that part of the town of
Weston that lies easterly of a line commencing at the intersection
of the south line of the town of Redding and the east line of the
Mile of Commons, so called, thence following the said east line of
Commons southerly until it strikes the Aspetuck river, thence following
the center of said river southwesterly, until it strikes the north
line of the town of Fairfield, with all the inhabitants belonging
and residing within said limits, be and remain a distinct and separate
town, by the name of Eason. And the inhabitants aforesaid and their
successors forever, residing and belonging within said limits, shall
have, retain and enjoy all powers, privileges and immunities of other
towns in this state, with the right of sending one representative
only to the general assembly of this state. All the rest and residue
of said town of Weston shall continue and remain a town by the name
of Weston, with all the powers, privileges and immunities now enjoyed
by the town of Weston, except that said town is to have the right
of sending one representative to the general assembly only.
Provided, nevertheless, that this grant shall be void and of
no effect, unless the inhabitants of the town of Weston (not including
those within said new town of Easton) shall, at a meeting to be legally
warned and held at the academy near the Congregational meeting house
in said Weston, on or before the fourth Monday of June, A. D. 1845,
pass a vote relinquishing all claim to two representatives, and consenting
forever hereafter to have but one representative to the general assembly
of this state, and cause a copy of such vote, duly certified by their
town clerk, to be lodged in the office of the secretary of this state,
to be by him recorded and kept on file as evidence of such relinquishment
and consent; which meeting shall be warned in the manner herein after
provided for the warning of the first meeting of the town of Weston.
And said new town shall pay its proportion, according to the list
of 1844, of all debts, charges and expenses, suits, petitions and
claims already due and accrued, commenced or existing against said
town of Weston, or for which said town may hereafter be made liable
by force of any claim now existing. And the poor of said town of Weston
who were born within the limits hereby incorporated and have not gained
a settlement elsewhere in this state than in said town of Weston,
or who have gained a settlement in said town of Weston by residence
or otherwise within said limits, shall be deemed inhabitants of said
town of Easton, and shall be maintained accordingly, whether said
poor are now maintained by said Weston or not. And said town of Easton
shall be liable to maintain all such poor of said Weston as are or
may be absent therefrom; provided such persons at the time of departure
belonged to that part of the town of Weston incorporated into the
town of Easton. The collectors of state and town taxes in the town
of Weston are hereby authorized to collect their respective taxes
already laid and their respective rate books not yet perfected may
be made out by the same persons and in the same manner as though this
resolve had not been passed.
The said new town of Easton shall belong to and constitute a
part of the probate district of Weston; and shall also belong to and
constitute a part of the tenth senatorial district. The said new town
of Easton shall be entitled to six jurors, and the said town of Weston
shall be entitled to four jurors.
The first town meeting of said new town of Easton shall be holden
at Staples' academy, in said town, on the first Monday of August,
A. D. 1845, and Walker Sherwood (or in case of his failure, Eli Adams)
shall be moderator thereof, and shall warn said meeting by setting
up a notification of the same on the public sign-posts of said new
town, and such other places as either of said persons may deem proper,
at least six days before said first meeting. Said town shall have
all the powers at said first meeting incident to other towns in this
state, and full right to act accordingly; and the officers elected
at said first meeting shall hold their offices until others are chosen
and sworn in their stead.
The first meeting of the town of Weston (after the passage of
this resolve) shall be held at the academy near the congregational
meeting house, in said town, on the fourth Monday of June, A. D. 1845,
and David Patchen (or in case of his failure, Oliver C. Sanford) shall
be moderator thereof, and shall warn said meeting by setting up a
notification of the same on the public sign-posts in said town, and
such other places as either of said persons may deem proper, at least
six days before said first meeting. And said town shall have full
right at said meeting to elect officers of said town, who shall hold
their offices until others are chosen and sworn in their stead.
Be it further Resolved, That the town deposit fund of the said
town of Weston shall belong to and be divided between said towns in
proportion to the number of their respective inhabitants. Always provided,
that if, after the organization of said town of Easton the selectmen
of the aforesaid towns do not agree in the division of the paupers
or funds and property belonging to said towns on or before the 15th
day of March, A. D. 1846, the selectmen of either town may apply to
Alva Gray, of Westport, George Peck, of Fairfield and Levi Edwards,
of Monroe, who, or either two of them, are hereby authorized and empowered
to divide said paupers and funds and property in manner and form aforesaid;
which division shall be final and conclusive; first notifying the
selectmen aforesaid of the time and place when the same shall be made.
AN ACT TO SET OFF WESTON TO THE PROBATE DISTRICT OF WESTPORT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:
Sec. 1. That the town of Weston shall hereafter belong to and
constitute a part of the probate district of Westport.
Sec. 2. The Town of Easton shall be one probate district by
the name of district of Easton. The probate records of the district
of Weston shall remain in the district of Easton, and all business
begun and now depending in the district of Weston shall be continued
and finished in the district of Easton.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from and after its passage.
Approved, July 22, 1875.
ESTABLISHING AND CONFIRMING THE BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN THE TOWNS
OF WESTON AND WILTON
Whereas, upon the petition of the selectmen of the towns of
Weston and Wilton, in Fairfield County, it has been made to appear
to this general assembly that, by the act or resolution of the general
assembly incorporating the town of Wilton, passed in 1802, it was
provided that the easterly boundary of said town shall commence at
the southeasterly corner of the society of Wilton, and run thence
north (twenty-two degrees thirty minutes west) six miles twenty-nine
chains to the northeast monument dividing the towns of Reading, Ridgefield,
and Norwalk; that said southeasterly and northeasterly corner bounds
are well settled and duly marked, and no dispute has ever existed
in regard to them; that a line run from said southeast bound in the
direction and to the distance mentioned in said act leads to a point
far distant and to the eastward of said northeast monument, and would
include in the town of Wilton a large territory which has always been
treated and recognized as embraced within the towns of Weston and
Reading, and would not touch the town of Ridgefield; that, on the
other hand, if a straight line were drawn between said southeasterly
and northeasterly corner bounds, it would make the town of Reading
and Weston respectively to embrace tracts of land over which they
have never exercised nor claimed jurisdiction; that there is a permanent
rock situated in a stream or millpond at the village of Georgetown
so-called, between the supposed lines before mentioned, which rock
is marked with lines crossing each other and with the letters N. F.
R., which has been, from time beyond the memory of men now living,
reputed to be the bound where the dividing line between the ancient
towns of Fairfield and Reading intersected the boundary line of the
ancient town of Norwalk, and, since the incorporation of the towns
of Weston and Wilton, to be also the place of intersection of the
boundary-lines of the town of Reading, Weston, and Wilton, and that
a line running from said southeast bound of Wilton to the intersection
of said cross-lines on said rock has, from time immemorial been generally
reputed to be and has been generally recognized as the boundary line
between said towns of Weston and Wilton; that said petitioners have
caused said last-mentioned line to be surveyed as a straight line
between said southeast bound and said rock, and have agreed on the
same as a proper and true boundary line between said towns, but that
doubts have been suggested whether the same is the lawful boundary,
and embarassments arise from time to time, growing out of the same:
therefore,
Resolved by this Assembly:
Sec. 1. That the boundary line between the towns of Weston and
Wilton, in Fairfield County, is hereby declared to be, and is fixed,
confirmed, and established as follows: viz: beginning at the southeasterly
corner of the town of Wilton, at present marked by a heap of stones
on a ledge on the westerly side of an old highway, and thence running
northerly in a straight line to the point of intersection of said
cross-lines upon said rock situated in the stream or millpond at the
village of Georgetown, socalled, which rock is marked with the letters
N.F.R. And the selectmen of said towns of Weston and Wilton shall
cause suitable monuments to be erected and maintained on said line,
at the joint expense of said towns and as required by law.
Sec. 2. This resolution shall not be so construed as to affect
any pending suit, nor the title to any lands, nor any boundary line
between adjoining proprietors of lands.
Approved, March 9, 1877.
Act No. 151, approved April 20, 1921, as amended by Act No.
160, approved June 6, 1967.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF INCOME RECEIVED FROM THE STAPLES
GUARDIAN FUND BY THE TOWN OF WESTON TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR WESTON
STUDENTS ON THE BASIS OF NEED.
Sec. 1. Number 151 of the special acts of 1921 is amended to
read as follows: The guardians in trust of the poor appointed by the
towns of Easton and Weston under the provisions of the will of Samuel
Staples, late of Fairfield, deceased, which will is dated January
7, 1787, and is recorded in Fairfield probate records, are authorized
to sell and convey all of the real estate held by said guardians in
trust under such terms and conditions as such guardians shall find
most expedient and to invest the proceeds thereof in accordance with
the laws relating to the investment of trust funds and to pay the
income thereof to the towns of Easton and Weston in such proportions
respectively as the number of enumerated pupils in each town bears
to the total number of enumerated pupils in both towns. Said guardians
in trust and their successors in office shall give bonds to said town,
subject to the approval of the first selectmen of said towns in such
form, with sureties thereon, and in such sum not less than the amount
of said fund, which bonds shall be conditioned for the faithful discharge
of the duties of such guardians.
Sec. 2. The town of Weston shall pay over the income received
from the Staples Guardian Fund to a scholarship committee, the members
of which shall be appointed by the Weston Guardians of The Staples
Guardian Fund and approved by the Weston board of selectmen. Said
committee shall be called the Staples Scholarship Committee of Weston
and shall administer the income received to provide college scholarships
for Weston residents on the basis of financial need. The members of
said committee shall give bonds to the town of Weston, subject to
the approval of the first selectman of Weston as to form and the sureties
thereon, in a sum not less than the amount of the average annual income
apportioned to the town of Weston, and conditioned for the faithful
discharge of the duties of such committee members.
Approved June 6, 1967.
SPECIAL ACT NO. 84
AN ACT INCORPORATING THE GEORGETOWN FIRE DISTRICT
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:
Sec. 1. All of the electors of this state, inhabitants of the
towns of Wilton, Redding and Weston, dwelling within the following-described
limits of said towns: Commencing at a point where the Weston-Redding
town line meets the westerly side of the Saugatuck river, thence following
the westerly side of said river in a northerly direction to the school
district boundary line separating Diamond Hill and Little Boston school
districts near Burr's corner, thence following said line separating
said school districts in a westerly direction to the Florida school
district line, thence southerly following said Florida school district
line to the Ridgefield town line, thence continuing southerly following
said Ridgefield town line (being the Ridgefield-Redding town line)
to the Wilton town line, thence westerly following the Wilton town
line (being the Wilton-Ridgefield town line), to the westerly line
of Wilton school district No. 10, thence southerly and easterly following
said school district line to the Weston-Wilton town line, thence easterly
to a point on the Georgetown-Weston state road where said road crosses
Samuelson's brook, so called, at the center line of said brook,
thence continuing easterly following said center line of said brook
to a tributary brook flowing from the north into said Samuelson's
brook, thence northerly following the center line of said tributary
brook and continuing northerly in a straight line to the Weston-Redding
town line, and thence easterly following said town line to the point
of beginning, are constituted a body politic by the name of The Georgetown
Fire District, and shall be an entity in law capable of suing and
being sued in all courts, and of purchasing, holding and conveying
any estate, real and personal, and may have a common seal and alter
or change the same.
Sec. 2. Said corporation is authorized to provide for the extinguishment
of fires and to lease, accept, take over or purchase land within its
limits and to erect or cause to be erected upon such land a building
or buildings for the housing of all fire apparatus owned by it or
by any fire department located therein, and for the accommodation
of members of such fire department, which building or buildings may
also be used for district meetings; and said corporation may also
accept, take over or purchase any apparatus deemed necessary or advisable
by it for use in the extinguishing of fires in said district.
Sec. 3. Said corporation is authorized to hold meetings at any
point within said district for the performance of the purposes of
said corporation and to fix the compensation of such officers and
other agents of the corporation as may be needed for the performance
of the work incidental to the carrying on of the objects herein authorized.
Sec. 4. The officers of said district and their powers and duties,
except as herein provided, shall bear the same relation to the purposes
for which said district is incorporated as officers of school districts
and their powers and duties bear to the school district affairs and,
except as otherwise provided, the laws relating to school districts,
mutatis mutandis, shall apply to said The Georgetown Fire District.
Sec. 5. The first meeting of said The Georgetown Fire District
shall be held on June 12, 1933, at seven o'clock p.m., eastern
standard time. Benjamin B. Banks, Arthur A. Smith and David T. Wahlquist
shall be a committee to call said first meeting of said district by
posting a notice, designating the time and the place of holding the
same, on the signpost in each of said towns of Wilton, Redding and
Weston five days before the time designated in said notice for the
holding of said meeting, and one of said committee shall preside at
said meeting until a presiding officer shall be chosen. Said meeting
shall proceed to organize and elect officers who shall serve until
the next annual meeting of said fire district and until others shall
be elected and shall have qualified in their stead. At any meeting
of the district, a majority of the electors present shall be sufficient
to transact business.
Sec. 6. The annual meeting of said district shall be held on
the second Tuesday of June, in each year, at seven o'clock p.m.,
eastern standard time.
Approved March 29, 1933.
SPECIAL ACT NO. 149 of 1933
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE REMOVAL OF A PORTION OF THE TOWN OF
WESTON FROM "DISTRICT NO. 10 OF THE TOWN OF WILTON"
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:
Sec. 1. Number 173 of the special acts of 1911 is amended by
removing from "District No. 10 of the Town of Wilton", incorporated
by said act, that portion of the town of Weston included in said district;
and the town of Weston is relieved from any obligation for any portion
of the expense of maintenance of the public school in said district.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1933.
Approved April 10, 1933.
SPECIAL ACT NO. 567 of 1939
AN ACT ABOLISHING THE FORGE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF WESTON.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:
The Forge school district in the town of Weston is abolished,
and the assets of said district are transferred to the town of Weston.
The town of Weston is authorized to receive, and the county commissioners
of the county of Fairfield are authorized to pay to the town of Weston,
all moneys held by said county commissioners or by any other subdivision
of the state for and on behalf of said Forge school district. All
moneys and assets so received by the town of Weston shall become a
part of the general funds of said town.
Approved June 24, 1939.
SPECIAL ACT NO. 620 of 1955
AN ACT REGULATING HAWKERS AND PEDDLERS IN THE TOWN OF WESTON
Sec. 1. The term "hawker" or "peddler" as used in this act,
shall mean any person, whether principal or agent, who goes from town
to town or from place to place in the same town selling or bartering
services or selling or bartering, or carrying for sale or barter,
or exposing therefor, any goods, wares or merchandise, either on foot
or from any animal or vehicle.
Sec. 2. No person shall engage in the business of a peddler
or hawker in the town of Weston without having first obtained a license
to do so from the board of selectmen or the first selectman of said
town. Every applicant for such a license shall complete and sign,
under oath, an application form showing information to identify such
applicant properly and the nature of the business covered by the license
granted pursuant to such application, including the following information:
The name, residence, mailing address, age and citizenship of the applicant;
the company or companies represented by the applicant, a description
of the services, goods, wares or merchandise to be sold by the applicant
within the town of Weston pursuant to such license and the company
or companies rendering, manufacturing and distributing the same; the
state of registration and the marker number of any vehicle to be used
by the applicant in carrying on the business permitted by said license;
the state issuing and the number assigned to any operator's license
used by such applicant in the operation of this vehicle in such manner;
and a full description of any crime of which the applicant may have
been convicted, showing the date of the conviction, the court in which
the same took place, the terms of any sentence passed on such conviction
and whether the applicant is now on probation. After such application
has been completed and signed as aforesaid and upon the payment of
a license fee of five dollars, the board of selectmen or the first
selectman, as the case may be, shall issue to the applicant a license
permitting him to engage in the business of a peddler or hawker, as
defined herein within the town of Weston, subject to the provisions
of this act, which license shall be valid for a period of one year
from the date of issuance.
Sec. 3. Every person engaged in the business of a peddler or
hawker shall display such license conspicuously upon his person.
Sec. 4. No person engaged in the business of a peddler or hawker
shall enter the private premises of any person in the town of Weston
where a posted sign forbids soliciting or peddling or contains a direction
to that effect.
Sec. 5. Any person who violates any provision of this act shall
be fined not more than fifty dollars for each such violation.
Sec. 6. This act shall not apply to sales by farmers and gardeners
of the produce of their farms and gardens, or to the sale, distribution
and delivery of milk, teas, coffees, spices, groceries, meats and
bakery goods, to sales on approval or to conditional sales of merchandise,
or to the solicitation or sales by any charitable or other nonprofit
organization.
Sec. 7. This act shall become effective fifteen days after the
publication thereof in a newspaper having a circulation in the town
of Weston.
Approved Aug. 11, 1955
APPENDIX A
Public Act No. 75-387
An act Concerning Amendments to the Inland Wetlands Act
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:
Sec. 1. Section 22A-42a of the General Statutes is repealed
and the following is substituted in lieu thereof:
(a)Â
The inland wetlands agencies authorized in section 22a-42, shall
through regulation provide for the manner in which the boundaries
of inland wetland areas in their respective municipalities shall be
established and amended or changed.
(b)Â
No regulations of the inland wetlands agency including boundaries
of inland wetland areas shall become effective or be established until
after a public hearing in relation thereto is held by the inland wetlands
agency, at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity
to be heard. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be
published in the form of a legal advertisement, appearing in a newspaper
having a substantial circulation in the municipality at least twice
at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than twenty-five
days nor less than fifteen days, and the last not less than two-days,
before such hearing, and a copy of such proposed regulation or boundary
shall be filed in the office of the Town, city or borough Clerk as
the case may be, in such municipality, for public inspection at least
ten days before such hearing, and may be published in full in such
paper. Such regulations and inland wetland boundaries may be from
time to time, amended, changed or repealed, by majority vote of the
inland wetlands agency, after a public hearing, in relation thereto,
is held by the inland wetlands agency, at which parties in interest
and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard and for which notice
shall be published in the manner specified in this subsection. Regulations
or boundaries or changes therein shall become effective at such time
as is fixed by the inland wetlands agency, provided a copy of such
regulation, boundary or change shall be filed in the office of the
town, city or borough Clerk, as the case may be. Whenever an inland
wetland agency makes a change in regulations or boundaries it shall
state upon its records the reason why the change was made. All petitions
submitted in writing and in a form prescribed by the inland wetland
agency, requesting a change in the regulations or the boundaries of
inland wetland area shall be considered at a public hearing in the
manner provided for establishment of inland wetlands regulations and
boundaries within ninety days after receipt of such petition. The
inland wetland agency shall act upon the changes requested in such
petition within sixty days after the hearing. The petitioner may consent
to extension of the periods provided for in hearing and for adoption
or denial or may withdraw such petition. The inland wetlands agency
may require a filing fee to be deposited with the agency to defray
the cost of publication of the notice required for a hearing.
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Effective March 16, 1977.
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SPECIAL ACT NO. 77-40
AN ACT CONCERNING SUBMISSION OF THE TOWN BUDGET IN WESTON TO
THE ELECTORS IN REFERENDUM.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-7 of the General Statutes with respect to the petition process for referendum on any item on the call of any town meeting, the town of Weston may submit the town budget to the electors in Weston for their approval in a referendum in accordance with the procedure for such submission and approval in referendum as provided in the charter of the town of Weston as amended November 2, 1976.
Approved May 31, 1977
Special Act No. 79-27
AN ACT ALLOWING THE TOWN OF WESTON TO PAY EXPENSES OF THE GEORGETOWN
FIRE DISTRICT ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE WESTON SECTION OF THE DISTRICT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in
General Assembly convened:
Section 1. The town of Weston may appropriate funds for and
contract with the Georgetown fire district for fire protection services
within the Weston section of the Georgetown fire district. If the
town of Weston enters into such a contract with the Georgetown fire
district for any fiscal year, then the town of Weston may pay any
fire district tax bills rendered by the Georgetown fire district for
such fiscal year on property taxable within the Weston section of
the Georgetown fire district. Any appropriation for payment of such
fire district tax bills, or contract with the Georgetown fire district,
and any payment of such fire district tax bills must be approved by
the legislative body of the town of Weston.
Section 2. The town of Weston shall have the power, to the same
extent as any of its taxpayers within the Georgetown fire district,
to challenge the validity of any, some or all of the tax bills rendered
by the Georgetown fire district for property in the Weston section
of said district based on improper assessment procedures, failure
to equalize assessments within the district, or failure to properly
levy the taxes, or any other basis on which the assessment and levy
of the taxes does not conform to the correct procedure for a municipal
corporation to assess and levy property taxes.
