Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1841-05-05
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1904. =" II is hereby enacted by i. 5
al Assembly of the State Of yermo.'
if any person or persons shall a.
move, or disturb the remains of
person. inferred within this s,,,.
aiding, assisting or abelting ,bs,a
conviction thereof before the Suprpms =
such person or persons shall nav
the Treasury Of the State, in a :.
exceeding one thousand dollars; o.
licly whipped, not exceeding tbir,
stripes; or Imprisoned, not exceed.
year; or any or all of said punisbus'
the discretion Of said COURT
There was propiso to this, m
friends, or the public, 10 remove ia.
cases, which must be done in The D.,
and before witnesses. Look at ~
and compare il with The license Or rp,s
Here, if my brother or sister, nv s.
children die and are buried, The dua
decaying body is considered SACRED
man dare to disturb it, aud can p,,,.
dct, be is disgraced by public Min.
fined or imprisoned atthe discretion !
court. But if the same man dem.,I
pays for license to retail inloxic,,;,.
quors, he may destroy the life Ofrhe ne,
and dearest friends have on espb
There is no remedy. While ny ffis1i
living, he is of no consequence in he !.
of the retail license law. But whe,
law has destroyed them, and they an
in their grave, then the law touchir
dead, steps up and says, Touch that y
less lump if Iou dare! IF you rena
or attempt to remove it, even if it b
your Improvement in the science of !,
my although you may, on disseedi:
learn the structure of the human frame
thereby save the lives of many of yoaI
low beings, you shall be fined, uKi.
/ and imprisoned at the discretion Of
Supreme Court If this law was Pasa!
crafty the friends of the deceased WIN
/ crafty the friends of the living SIGN
strong drink, by al least Withdrawing
sanction Of Ian TO those who prove /
destroyers2
An act passed in 1877, gives the o.
OF a grist-mill one-sixteenth part oil The !
for grinding il, and one sixtY-fourh
more for boiling it; and if he takes
more he is liable on proof, to pay three
lars TO the owner of the erist.
The act on nuisances reads as fopo7
THAT no person shall, from and ali
first day of April 1914, commence Ct
tinue the business of butchering il
slaughter house erected, or hereafter
erected, in any town in this State, VI
the appreciation of a majority Of lie
men and justices of the peace Of such
in wiring, describing the place Of
slaughter-house, and Limiting the tim,
ing which such person shall be by
| permitted TO carry on the business of
ering as Aforesaid &c. TIE pena
ten dollars per day, SO long as lie b
shall carry on his business without Ii
even should he do il two miles froa
t dwelling house. Deer and fish, also
| rats, must be spared al certain seas
! for a certain time, for the benefit Of &C
nifty. But man, the noblest Of all ii
NAL creation, mus be destroyed for a
sum of money paid into the Treas
the State, county or town, by bis b
and for The sole purpose Of filling hi
purse. Yes, and no remonstrance fl
selectmen, or any Of the town authU
even the majority Of the ireemen
town, nor the petitions of hundreds o
of drinking men can avail anything
vent the retailer from procuring bis
The Legislature says, II shall be ii
Of Judges of the County Courts to
any man who asks for il, on his pa
certain sum of money TO Them &c.
| II bias been asserted, and no doubt
ed by many, that were all laws lie.
men 10 sell intoxicating liquors as
repealed, the hood-9ates OF intemf
would be thrown open wide, and that
enness would stalk abroad much nor
II now does. But ] should like to
how man would go to work 10 IN
the flow of water by hosting "a gal
was already up TO the extremity of the
il was designed to close. Or how be
: fall tree that was already On the
Or where is the sense in keeping
around field that does no good? 1t
f to me there is great error in the MI
some Deonla I'm regard n the Iicepse 8