for the incorporation of co-operative and industrial unions," is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 2. The charter so filed shall set forth the name of the company, the town and county, the mode and manner in which the corporate powers granted by this act are to be exercised, the duration of the charter which shall not exceed twenty-five years, the number of trustees or directors, and the mode and manner of electing them for the first year, and of filling vacancies, the period for the commencement and termination of its fiscal year, and the amount of capital to be employed in the transaction of its business; but no company shall be organized under this act with a capital of less than one thousand dollars, nor shall the declaration or charter of any company proposed to be formed be filed as required by the first section of this act except upon due and sufficient proof to be made to the Secretary of State, upon the oath of at least two of the coporators, that the whole amount of said capital has been subscribed in good faith and at least ten per cent thereof actually paid in, in cash.

§ 2. Section five of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

5. The business off the companies incorporated under this act shall be managed and conducted by a president, a board of not less than three directors and a treasurer, who shall be chosen annually by the stockholders, and shall hold their offices until others are chosen and qualified in their stead, and by such other officers as they may prescribe by their by-laws. At election of officers, and at all other meetings each stockholder shall have one vote and no more. Companies organized under this act shall have the word "co-operative," as a part of their corporate or business name wherever used, either in advertising or transacting their business.

§ 3. Section six of said act is hereby amended so as to read as follows:

§ 6. The corporators or trustees or directors, as the case may be, of any company organized under this act shall have power to make such by-laws not inconsistent with the laws of this State, as may be deemed necessary for the government of its officers and the conducting of its affairs, and the same to alter and amend at pleasure; and they may also, by such by-laws, provide as to the manner of paying in the capital stock, and the manner of issuing certificates thereof, as to the manner of conducting the elections in said company, as to the control of its affairs that each officer shall have, as to the number of shares each stockholder may hold, as to the manner of compelling the transfer or exchange of stock any one stockholder may acquire, in excess of such number of shares as to the manner of distributing the profits, and in such proportion as may be thought proper upon the labor and patronage in the business of said company; as to the amount and time for which debts may be contracted, and as to the time and manner in which the trustees or directors shall make reports, and render accounts, as to the condition of the company and its affairs. But every such company shall at the beginning of each

fiscal year fix and determine the maximum per cent of dividend which may be apportioned upon the stock out of the profits which may accrue during the year.

84. The title of said act is hereby amended so as to read "An act incorporating co-operative companies."

§ 5. All acts or parts of acts so far as they are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

LAWS OF 1882, CHAPTER 384, AMENDING PENAL CODE.

Unlawful Assemblages.

SECTION 451. Whenever three or more persons,

1. Assemble with intent to commit any unlawful act by force, or, 2. Assemble with intent to carry out any purpose in such a manner as to disturb the public peace, or,

3. Being assembled, attempt or threaten any act tending toward a breach of the peace, or an injury to person or property, or any unlawful act, such an assembly is unlawful, and every person participating therein by his presence, aid or instigation, is guilty of a misde

meanor.

But this section shall not be so construed as to prevent the peaceable assembling of persons for lawful purposes of protest or petition.

LAWS OF 1882, CHAPTER 384, AMENDING PENAL CODE.

Conspiracy Law.

SECTION 170. No conspiracy is punishable criminally unless it is one of those enumerated in the last two sections. And the orderly and peaceable assembling or co-operation of persons employed in any calling, trade or handicraft for the purpose of obtaining an advance in the rate of wages or compensation, or of maintaining such rate, is not a conspiracy.

LAWS OF OTHER STATES.

CONNECTICUT.

REVISED STATUTES, 1875, TITLE XI, CHAPTER I.

Instruction of children-Duty of parents and guardians. SECTION 1. All parents and those who have the care of children shall bring them up in some honest and lawful calling or employment; and shall instruct them or cause them to be instructed in reading, writing, English grammar, geography, and arithmetic. And every parent, guardian, or other person having control and charge of any child between eight and fourteen years of age, shall cause such child to attend some public or private day school at least three months in each year, six weeks at least of which attendance shall be consecutive; or to be instructed at home at least three months in each year in the branches of education required to be taught in the public schools; unless the physical or mental condition of the child is such as to render such attention or instruction inexpedient or impracticable.

Employing children without having them instructed.

§ 2. No child under the age of fourteen years shall be employed by any person to labor in any business, unless such child shall have attended some public or private day school, where instruction was given by a teacher qualified to instruct in orthography, reading, writing, English grammar, geography and arithmetic, at least three months of the twelve next preceding any year in which such child shall be so employed; and any person who shall employ any child contrary to the provisions of this section shall forfeit $100 to the State for each offense.

Children discharged from employment to go to school must be sent to school.

§ 3. Every parent, guardian, or other person having control and charge of any child, between eight and fourteen years of age, who has been temporarily discharged from employment in any business in order to be afforded an opportunity to receive instruction or schooling, shall send such child to some public or private day school for the period for which such child may have been so discharged; unless the physical or mental condition of the child is such as to render such attendance inexpedient or impracticable.

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Informing officers - Penalty.

§ 4. State's attorneys in their respective counties, and grand jurors in their respective towns, shall inquire after and make presentment of all offenses against the provisions of the preceding sections; and any person who shall violate any provision of the first or third section shall be fined five dollars, for the use of the town in which he resides, for every week (not exceeding thirteen weeks in any one year), during which he shall have failed to comply with any of said provisions.

School visitors to inspect factories.

§ 5. The school visitors in every town shall, once or more in every year, examine into the situation of the children employed in all its manufacturing establishments, and ascertain whether all the provisions of this chapter are duly observed, and report all violations thereof to one of the grand jurors of the town.

State agent.

6. The State Board of Education may take such action as it may deem proper to secure the due observance of all the provisions of this chapter, and may appoint an agent for that purpose.

Duties of selectmen.

§ 7. The selectmen in every town shall inspect the conduct of the heads of families, and if they find any who neglect the education of the children under their care, may admonish them to attend to their duty; and if they continue to be negligent, whereby the children grow rude, stubborn and unruly, they shall, with the advice of a justice of the peace, take such children from their parents, or those who have the charge of them, and bind them out to some proper master, or to some charitable institution or society incorporated in this State for the care and instruction of such children, males till twentyone, and females till eighteen years of age, that they may be properly educated, and brought up in some lawful calling.

Town regulations respecting truants and vagrant children.

8. Each city and town may make regulations concerning habitual truants from school, and any children wandering about its streets or public places, having no lawful occupation, or business nor attending school, and growing up in ignorance, between the ages of seven and sixteen years; and such by-laws, also respecting such children, as shall conduce to their welfare and to public order, imposing suitable penalties, not exceeding twenty dollars for any one breach thereof, but no such town by-laws shall be valid, until approved by the Superior Court in any county.

Who may prosecute- Jurisdiction of prosecutions.

§ 9. Every town, and the mayor and alderman of every city, having such by-laws, shall annually appoint three or more persons, who alone shall be authorized to prosecute for violations thereof. All warrants issued upon such prosecutions shall be returnable before any justice of the peace, or judge in the city or police court, of the town or city; who shall receive such compensation as the city or town shall determine.

Arrest of truants without warrant.

§ 10. The police in any city, and bailiffs, constables, sheriffs and deputy sheriffs in their respective precincts, shall arrest all boys supposed by them to be truants from school, between eight and sixteen years of age, who habitually wander or loiter about the streets or public places, or anywhere beyond the proper control of their parents or guardians, during the usual school hours of the school term; and may stop any boy under sixteen years of age, during such hours, and ascertain whether he is a truant from school; and if he be, shall send him to such school.

Mode of prosecution.

§ 11. Any truant arrested a third time under the provisions of the preceding section shall be taken, if not immediately returned to such school, before the judge of the criminal or police court, or any justice of the peace in the city, borough or town where such arrest is made; and if it shall appear that such boy has no lawful occupation, or is not attending school, or is growing up in habits of idleness or immorality, or is an habitual truant, he may be committed to any institution of instruction, or of correction, or house of reformation in said city, borough, or town, or, with the approval of the selectmen, to the State Reform School, for not more than three years.

Warrant and hearing- Fees.

§ 12. In all cases arising under the provisions of the two preceding sections, a proper warrant shall be issued by the judge of the criminal court of the city, or by a justice of the peace in the borough or town, where such arrest is made; and if the father, if living, or if not, the mother or guardian of such boy, shall be notified, if such parent or guardian can be found, of the day and time of hearing. The fees of the judge or justice shall be $2 for such hearing; and all expenses shall be paid by the city, borough or town in and for which he exercises such jurisdiction.

Suspending judgment.

§ 13. After the hearing in any such case, such judge or justice of the peace may, at his discretion, indefinitely suspend the rendition of judgment.