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, May 24, 1955
The highway commissioner is directed to take
over responsibility for maintenance of those sections of route 146
in the towns of Branford and Guilford presently maintained by said
towns.
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.
