1727. 1888,83396 1886. Rev. 1888, §§1935 1936. 1870. Rev.1888. §3470 for the confinement of offenders sentenced thereto; furnish materials for their work, direct the kind of labor, and the manner and place in which it is to be performed, either in or out of the workhouse; and make any lawful regulations necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this chapter.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 2960. Sec. 53. Duties of masters. The master shall receive all persons lawfully sent there, and keep them employed in such labor as they shall be able to perform and if any one of them shall refuse to work in a proper manner, may put him in close confinement until he shall obey orders, and in case of great obstinacy or perverseness, may reduce him to bread and water until he shall be brought to obedience.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 2962. Sec. 54. Profits may be shared with employees. Any corporation organized after May thirty-first, 1886, under any general or special law, may, by its board of directors, distribute to the persons employed in its service, or to any of them, such portions of the profits of its business as said board may deem just and proper. Any corporation organized on or prior to May thirty-first, 1886, may give to its board of directors the power to make such distribution, by a majority vote of all the stockholders at a meeting warned, and held for the purpose.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 3342. Sec. 55. Security from contractors for labor; liability of company. Every company, in making contracts for the building of its road, shall require sufficient security from the contractors for the payment for all labor thereafter to be performed in constructing the road by persons in their employ; and the company shall be liable to the laborers employed for labor actually performed on the road, if, within twenty days after the completion of such labor, they shall, in writing, notify its treasurer that they have not been paid by the contractors.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 3606. Sec. 56. Safety couplers on freight cars. Every company, operating a railroad located wholly or partly in this state, shall cause every freight car built or purchased for use on such railroad to be provided with couplers so arranged as to render unnecessary the presence of any person between the ends of the cars for the purpose of coupling the same.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 3762. Sec. 57. Couplers to be approved by commissioners. No couplers shall be placed on any such freight car. nor shall any couplers be substituted for any in use, until the same shall have been approved by the commissioners, and such couplers shall be hung at such height above the railroad track as shall be designated by the commissioner.General Statutes, 1902, Section 3763. Sec. 58. Penalty. Every railroad company which shall permit a violation of any provision of Sections 3762 or 3763 shall forfeit fifty dollars to the state for every such violation.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 3764. Sec. 59. Certain employees to wear badges. All the conductors, brakemen, and baggagemen, employed upon the passenger trains of any company, when on duty shall wear, in a conspicuous place, a badge showing their respective duties and the name of such company.--General Statutes, 1902, Section 1882. Rev.1888,§3537 1882. Rev.1888, §3538 1882. Rev.1888, §3539 1856. Rev.1888, §3549 1853.1854 Rev.1888, §3566 1897.ch.241,81 1895,ch.221,§2 Sec. 60. Number of brakemen. Upon every train run, or intended to be run, upon any railroad in this state, at a greater average speed than thirty miles an hour between stations, and including more than two passenger cars, one brakeman shall be kept at the brake of each car, but when the double action brake is used on any such train, but one brakeman need be kept upon and for every two cars connected with such train. The commissioners may grant permission to any company to reduce the number of brakeman required upon passenger trains, when such company has adopted a system of brakes to be operated by the engineer, which in the opinion of the commissioners will render such number of brakemen unnecessary. The commissioners may revoke such permission when they consider that public safety requires; and on such revocation the company shall place upon its trains the number of brakemen required by law.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 3799. Sec. 61. Commissioners may order platforms to be inclosed. When the railroad commissioners deem it necessary, in the interests of the public, or of the employees concerned, that the platforms of any or all of the cars operated by any street railway company should be protected by gates or vestibules, or that fenders should be placed upon such cars, said commissioners may order the company operating such cars to inclose the platforms thereon with gates or vestibules, or both, or to place fenders upon such cars, of such kind and in such manner as they may deem necessary and proper, first giving such company reasonable notice to appear and be heard, and may, after similar notice, modify or revoke any such order. The commissioners shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction over the inclosing of such platforms and the placing of fenders on such cars; but nothing in this section shall prevent any such company from inclosing its platforms or placing fenders on its cars without such order.General Statutes, 1902, Section 3869. Sec. 62. Penalty. Any company operating such 1897,ch.241,§2 car or cars which shall neglect or refuse to comply with any order relating to platforms made pursuant to Section 3869 shall forfeit to the state twenty-five dollars for each day of such neglect or refusal.General Statutes, 1902, Section 3870. Sec. 3870. Repeals all inconsistent provisions of municipal charters and ordinances. 67 C. 216. cars. Sec. 63. Sunday laws not applicable to electric No law affecting travel, business, or labor on Sunday, or the operation on Sunday of any railroad or railway, shall apply to any railroad company or street railway company so as to prohibit or limit the operation on Sunday of electric cars.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 3875. Sec. 3875. A street railway company is liable for negligence resulting in injury to passenger riding for pleasure on Sunday. 66 C. 272. Sec. 64. Exemption of homestead to one thousand dollars. Any person owning and actually occupying as a dwelling any building may execute a written declaration of his desire and intention that the same, together with any other real estate occupied and used by him in connection therewith, shall be held by him as a homestead exempt from execution, which declaration shall be executed and recorded like a deed of land, or may be expressed in any conveyance of any such property: and thereupon such property to the extent of one thousand dollars in value shall as a homestead be exempt 1899,ch.63 1885. Rev.1888,82783 1855,1867 Rev.1888, §3019 from attachment, execution, or judgment lien for any debt or liability of such person incurred after the record of such declaration or conveyance, so long as such property shall be actually occupied by the owner as a dwelling; and if the same shall be sold for the payment of any such debt or liability after his decease, excepting expenses for his funeral and last sickness, such sale shall be subject to the right of occupation of such property by the widow or husband of the decedent, if any, for life, and by his children during their minority; and such right of occupation shall be free from attachment, execution, or judgment lien for any debt or liability of such widow, husband, or children. Any homestead right of exemption may be released as to the whole or any part of the property so exempted, provided the husband or wife, if any, of the owner join in the declaration of release; the husband or widow may release his or her right of occupation in any such property; and the guardian of any minor child may, with the consent of the court of probate, release the right of occupation of such child in any real estate. All such releases shall be executed and recorded like deeds of land. No person shall have a homestead exemption in more than one dwelling at the same time.-General Statutes, 1902, Section 4065. Sec. 65. Certificate of lien to be recorded. No such lien shall be valid, unless the person performing such services or furnishing such materials, within sixty days after he has ceased so to do, shall lodge with the town clerk of the town in which said building is situated a certificate in writing, describing the premises, the amount claimed as a lien thereon, and the date of the commencement of the performance of services or furnishing of materials, stating that the amount claimed is justly due, as nearly as the same can be ascertained, and sub |