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| Sec. >. When any court shall order any per- |
son TO be confined in the state prison, aggrceabiy
| to the foregoing section, the superintendent oi
said prison is authorized t, receive such person,
and such person, so confined az aforesaid, shall
| be supported " the expense OF the state. ana
the said superintendent shall put such person to
such reasonable labor as he may be capable OF
performing, and may subject him to such rea-
| sonable discipline as his condton and circunl-
stances shall seem to require. Approved Nov
3, 1911,
l3-An Act, in Addition to Chapter sixtyfve sec
ton forty five, of the revised Statutes.
| Il is hereby enacted dc That the oath requir-
cd by the fourth clause Of said section, may be
administered by the authority therein named, or
by any Judge or justice or other person, duly
empowered to administer oaths; a, certificate
whereof by the authority administering the
same, shall be returned TO such probate court,
before issuing the license therein contemplated.
Approved Nov. |, 1S4l.
l4.-An Act Relating to the Election Of Representa-
i tves TO Congress.
II is hereby enacted dc. That SO much of the
existing law as requires the election of repre-
sentatves to represent this state in the Congress
OF the United States, TO he held on the first
Tuesday of September, A. d. 1912, is hereby
| repealed. Approved Nov. II, 1S4l.
l5.-An Act, to Apportion Senators in the State Lee
gislature.
IL is hsrcby enacted dc That, until new
: census of the United States shall he taken, and
new arportonment Of state senators be made,
the several counties in this state shall be entitled
TO elect the following number of senators, TO
f wit bennington county, two Windham coun-
S ty, three Windsor county, four; Rutland
county, three Orange county, three; Wash
$ ington county, two Chittenden county, Two ;
g Caledonia county, two; Franklin county, three;
Add son county, two; Lamoill county, one
|. Orleans county, one Essex county, one; Graz d
: Isle county, one Approved Nov. ii, l94l'
, lG-AN ACT RELATl Nc TO THE GRAND LIST
y 1t is hereby enacted &c. l. All real and
personal estate owned by the inhabitants of,
: or situated in this state. shall hereafter be
h set in the Grand List at one per cent. off
= value, and be liable to taxation, subject tc
t. the exceptions hereinafter specified.
=. The term real estate shall be construed
!. to mean all lands within this state, all build.
le ings affixed to the same, all trees and under.
e. wood growing thereon, and all mines, miner.
II ais, quarries and fossils in and under th'
~ same.
u 3. The term personal estate, as used il
this act, shall be construed to include all chat
ed ties, moneys, and effects of every descrip
ton, all ships and vessels, whether at hom
Z or abroad, all debts due from solvent debtor
~, whether ON account, note or contract, bond
Al mortgage or other securely, whether sue
tn debt is due at the time of making said list
or or to become due thereafter &; all none
ire loaned or debts secured on real or person;
&c estate, where by the contract, such estate
"o to be conveSe ed on the payment Of tie sur
H.. loaned, or any part thereof, with or wiho,
interest all public stock OF securities, IA
stock in moncd or other corporations, wlc,l
Ted er incorporated IN this state or not, exceI
~, such stock as may be owned in corporation
he out OF this state and taxed IN the state whcr
rs. such corporation is located
vn 4. All polls of the male citizens of tn
M, state, over the age of twenty-onc years, an
'ss under the age of sixty years, shall be set
fn' the list at one dollar each.
Of 8. The following property shall be exeml
sa- from taxation, andbshal not be set in Il
if list:
nd FIRST. All real and personal estate owl
I'd bv this state or the United States.
md SECOND. All real and personal esla
" granted, scqucsered or used for public, p
GUS or charitable uses.
SeJ THIRD. Al household furniture of ever
person, not exceeding five hundred dola
'.e in value, and all wearing apparel, all Priva
a. and professional Libraries, all farmers an
ati mechanics, tools necessary to carry on tt
md ordinary business Of their respective occup;
sor tons, and such provisions as shall appear
on the assessors TO be necessary for the consumI
ton Of the family ofsuch person for one yea
'g' and the polls Of such persons as the liste
ap- shall deem so infrm as to be unfit subjec
nld of taxation, and all sheep, cattle and hors
Le which have not been wintered one winte
cs and hay and other produce sufficient to vii
nt ter out his stock, and all lands leased by Il
ice several towns for the purposes of cducaio
be such as common school lands, and all
NY lands owned by, or leased for the use of co
a, a. eges, academies, or other public schools al
ba, all lands leased for the support Of the go
zen PEE, blu, the private buildings situated
me the lands aforesaid shall not be exempt fro
had taxation, hut shall be appraised and set
the list of the owner thereof in the san
~. manner as other real estate.
6. All real estate shall be assessed al
for Sc, in the list IN the town where such esta
the is situated, to the person who shall be 4
,ai' last owner or possessor thereof, on the iii
49,, day of April in each year and in case su
AMI estate is mortgaged, the mortgagor shall, {
are all the purposes of taxation, be deemed (
owner, until the MORTGAGE shall take pc
ton session, after Which the mortgage shall
we'd deemed the owner.
ace Z. All wharves erected in any of I
l. waters of Lake Champlain and not will
iscd the limits of any town, with all the buildr
-, thereon, shall, for the purposes of taxati
IRE be deemed as being within the town ado
,hn ing which they are situated.
r of s. All real estate subject to taxation, ;
of sessed and placed in the list as provided
axe this act, shall be held for the payment of
me taxes, legally assessed thereon, and may
' ian sold for the payment of such taxes in t
.; on same manner as ifsuch estate was owned
on or the person to whom the same shall be
hall sessed, at the time Of assessment, and at (
ling time Of sale.
the 9. All personal estate liable TO taxati