Resolved by this Assembly, That all that part of the town of
Windsor lying northerly of a line commencing on Connecticut river,
at the northeast corner of the sixth school district, in the first
society of said Windsor, thence following the north line of said district
to the northwest corner thereof, thence westerly to the junction of
the Suffield and Poquonnock road, with the road leading to Rainbow,
thence westerly to the southeast corner of the center school district
of the Turkey Hills society, thence following the south line of said
district to Granby town line, with the inhabitants residing therein,
be and the same is hereby incorporated into a distinct and separate
town, by the name of WINDSOR LOCKS; and the inhabitants aforesaid,
and their successors forever, residing within said limits, shall have
and enjoy all the privileges and immunities which are enjoyed by other
towns in this state, with the right of sending one representative
to the general assembly of this state. And said town of Windsor Locks
shall pay its proportion of all debts and claims already due, or for
which said town of Windsor may hereafter be made liable by force of
any claim now existing, and all expenses which have been or may hereafter
be incurred in repairing the injuries to highways and bridges in the
present town of Windsor, caused by the late freshets, according to
the list of 1853 in such proportion as the list of the town of Windsor
Locks, as hereby constituted, bears to the list of the town of Windsor,
as hereby constituted.
And said new town shall be entitled to its proper proportion
of the town deposit fund, and all other property belonging to said
present town of Windsor, except Scantic ferry, town records and books,
according to the last enumeration of scholars in said town. And the
poor of said town of Windsor, who were born within the limits hereby
incorporated, and have not gained a settlement elsewhere in this state
than in said town of Windsor, or who have gained a settlement in said
town of Windsor by residence, or otherwise, within said limits, shall
be deemed inhabitants of said town of Windsor Locks, unless, at the
passage of this resolve, they shall reside in the town of Windsor,
as hereby constituted, and shall be maintained accordingly, whether
said poor are now maintained by said town of Windsor or not, and said
new town shall also be liable to maintain all such poor persons of
the present town of Windsor, as are absent therefrom. Provided such
persons, at the time of departure, have a legal settlement in that
part of the present town which is hereby incorporated into a new town,
and all legal inhabitants of the present town of Windsor, now residing
therein, are hereby declared to be inhabitants of the town in which
they reside at the passage of this resolve. And if, after the organization
of said towns, as established by this act, the selectmen of said towns
do not, on or before the first day of December, 1854, agree as to
the division of said town deposit fund, and all other property not
herein before excepted, belonging to said present town of Windsor,
the paupers, and the debts, and claims now outstanding against said
present town of Windsor, then the selectmen of either of said towns,
as thus organized, may apply to Benjamin Pinney, Esq., of Ellington,
or to Ralph R. Phelps, of Manchester, either of whom is hereby authorized
and empowered to divide said funds, property, paupers and outstanding
claims, and to ascertain and determine the amount of the lists, and
number of the inhabitants of said towns respectively, which division,
whether made by said selectmen, or by either of the persons above
named, shall be final and conclusive.
And in case said division shall be made by either of said last
mentioned persons, the selectmen of both said towns shall be first
duly notified of the time and place, when and where said division
is to be made; and the expense of such service shall be borne by said
towns, in the proportion of their respective lists, as they shall
be ascertained in manner aforesaid.
The collectors of the state, town and other taxes, in the present
town of Windsor, are hereby authorized to collect their respective
taxes already laid, and in their respective rate-books contained,
and pay the same over for the benefit of said towns of Windsor and
Windsor Locks, in proportion to their respective lists, to be ascertained
as aforesaid.
Said town of Windsor Locks shall pay all expenses which shall
be hereafter incurred under any application for laying out or discontinuing
highways within the limits hereby incorporated, and all assessments
of damages which are or shall be assessed to owners of lands, across
which said roads shall be laid, and the said applications now pending
shall be committed to the control of the said town of Windsor Locks,
and be managed by the selectmen of said town, without any interference
on the part of the said town of Windsor.
The first town meeting of the said town of Windsor Locks shall
be held on the first Monday of July, 1854, at nine o'clock in
the forenoon, at the hall of the American hotel in said Windsor Locks;
and Lucius B. Chapman, and in case of his failure, Charles H. Dexter,
shall be moderator of said meeting, and shall warn said meeting, by
setting up a notification of the same on the public sign-post, in
said town of Windsor Locks, and in such other places as he shall think
proper, at least six days before said meeting. And said town of Windsor
Locks 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.