CHARTER OF THE City of New Britain AN ACT CONSOLIDATING THE TOWN AND CITY REVISING THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF NEW BRITAIN. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General CITY LIMITS. members. SECTION 1. All the inhabitants, being electors of this state, dwelling in the town of New Britain, being the community Corporate hitherto incorporated and known under the name of the city of New Britain, together with the inhabitants of that part of the town of New Britain not hitherto within the limits of said city, are hereby constituted and declared to be and remain forever one and the same body politic and corporate, by the name of the city of New Britain; to have perpetual succession; to be Corporate name one person capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded in all suits whatsoever, and of purchasing, holding, and conveying any estate, real and personal; to have a common seal with power to change the same; and to hold and exercise powers Successor to of town. such powers and privileges exercised by said city as are perpetuated herein, together with all the additional powers and privileges herein and hereby conferred. SEC. 2. All the property and rights of action and all serights, property curities and liens therefor, including liens for taxes, of the town and obligations of New Britain are hereby transferred to and vested in said city of New Britain, and said city is hereby and by the acceptance of this act made liable for all debts, dues, and obligations of every kind of said town of New Britain now due or hereafter to become due, and shall perform all the duties and have and exercise all the rights of said town, and any person having any claim or right of action against the said town of New Britain may enforce the claim against the said city of New Britain in the same manner as if said claim or right of action had originally accrued Transfer of against said city of New Britain. The present officers of said property to city. town, at the expiration of their respective terms of office, shall turn over to the corresponding officers appointed under this act all property of said town in their possession, and shall execute all papers necessary for a complete transfer of title. All sums of money, by whosoever payable, which but for the provisions of this act would be paid to the town treasurer, shall, when this act takes effect, be payable to and receivable by the treasurer of the city of New Britain. First tax district. Second tax district. TAXATION. SEC. 3. Said city, for the purposes of taxation, is hereby divided into two districts. The first taxing district shall comprise all the territory within the limits of the city of New Britain as set forth in section one, being the limits of the town of New Britain. The second taxing district of said city shall comprise all that portion of territory of the city of New Britain lying within the limits hereinafter set forth, viz: Beginning at a stone monument at the northwest corner of the present city; thence running easterly on the present north city line nine thousand nine hundred (9,900) feet to a stone monument at the present northeast corner of the city; thence continuing easterly in the same straight line twenty-eight hundred and fourteen (2,814) feet, more or less, to a stake or monument in the west line of the town of Newington; thence southerly along the west line of said town of Newington four thousand four hundred and forty-nine and one-half (4,4491) feet to an old monument; thence southerly in nearly a straight line on the said west line of the town of Newington six hundred and fifty-nine and one-half (659) feet to a stone monument on the south side of the highway known as Newington road; thence continuing southerly in nearly a straight line eighteen hundred and sixteen (1,816) feet along the said west line of the town of Newington to a stone monument; thence southerly in nearly a straight line on the said west line of the town of Newington twenty-one hundred and forty-five (2,145) feet to a stake or monument; thence westerly nearly at right angles with the last mentioned line four thousand two hundred and forty-six and one half (4,2461) feet to a stake or monument, said last mentioned line being parallel to and two hundred (200) feet south of the south line of Rutherford street; thence southerly, parallel to South Stanley street and two hundred (200) feet from the east line of said street, three hundred and ninety-two and two-tenths (392.2) feet to a stake or monument; thence southeasterly, parallel to the east line and two hundred feet therefrom, two hundred and fifty-seven and seventenths (257.7) feet to a stake or monument; thence southerly, parallel to and two hundred (200) feet from the east line of South Stanley street, eleven hundred and sixty (1,160) feet to a stake or monument; thence southwesterly, parallel to and two hundred (200) feet from the east line of said South Stanley street, six hundred and eighty and one-half (680) feet to a stake or monument; thence southerly, parallel to and two hundred (200) feet from the east line of said South Stanley street, three hundred and fifty-four and eight-tenths (354.8) feet to a stake or monument, said stake or monument being situated fifty feet south of the highway known as South street; thence westerly, parallel to the south line and fifty feet therefrom, a distance of three hundred and five (305) feet to a point in the center of the right of way of the New Britain branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company; thence southerly, along the center line of said right of way of said railroad company, a distance of twelve hundred and seventy (1,270) feet, more or less, to the north line of the town of Berlin; thence westerly, along the north line of the said town of Berlin, seven thousand three hundred (7,300) feet, more or less, to a stone monument at the present southeast corner of the city limits; thence westerly in a continuous straight line four hundred and twenty-nine |