The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-12-13
No. AN ACT relating to the election

No. AN ACT relating to the election OF
Representatives 10 Congress.
1t is hereby enacted by the Genera Assem-
BIZ of the State Of Vermont as follows:
See. |. Each Congressional district in this
state snail be entitled TO elect enc representa-
tive TO represent this state in the Congress of
the United States, who shall be an inhabitant
o. ihe same district.
Sec O. Section thirty-one of chapter one
ofIhe Revised Statutes is so amended as 10
read as follows: The first constable, and in
ca>, Of his neglect, the town clerk, and in
Gaze Of The neglect of both, the selectmen or
either of them, in each town in this state, al
least iwelve DAYS before the first Tuesdays of
September in the year l643 and in the year
'Sii and iwelve days before the first Tues
CT September, biennially, thereafter, shall
- up notifications, at the usual places OF
.:aluiag fee mems meetings in said towns
- eclively, !or the purpose of electing such
. .taiiVe.
17- :. Section forty-one of said chapter is
50 amended as 10 read as follows: A certifi-
Il o. the number Of votes for each candi-
14e tshen az every meeting hereafter to be
holdeu as prescribed Ivy section forty OF said
. a3ter one, signed, recorded, sealed up and
sulerscrbed as now provided by law. shall
By the presiding officer of such meeting, be
clvered TO the clerks OF the respective coun-
lies IN SUCH district, within one week next af-
Ter such meeting.
See. i. Section forty-two OF said chapter one
Is 80 amended as 10 read as follows The
several clerks to whom the vo:eS shall be de
lrcred as aforesaid, shall meet on the sec
on1 Tuesday succeeding the time of holding
said meeting. at the following places in the
respective districts, TO wit. in district number
me at the courthouse ia Manchester /; in dis
trci number TWO, at the congregational meet
ing house in Royaltoa in district number
three at the courthouse in Burlington and
ia district number four, al the courthouse in
DanviIle and proceed publicly to canvass
said votes, and declare tie persons having a
majority of all the votes duly elected as such
representative as aforesaid, and give notice
thereof to the Governor of this state within
one week from the time set for canvassing
such votes
Sec. 5. In case the convention, called by
Inc council Of censors to meet. on the first
Wednesday ofJanuary next, shall so alter the
constitution of this state as TO require the leg
lsialure TO hold rs session in pursuance OF the
llTst article of amendment proposed by them,
lhen the certificate of votes for representative
10 congress required by section thirty-seven
OF said chapter one, 10 be delivered to the can
Vasslng committee of the General Assembly,
snail instead thereof delivered To the county
Clerks OF the respective counties, 10 be can
'assed and the said clerks shall proceed in
all things as provided in section four Of this
Get.
Sec. 6. Sections twenty-nine and thirty of
Chapter oae ofthe Revised Statutes, and "an
acl il addition to an act relating to the cleo
ION Of members ofcongress," approved Nov.
IL, ioal, are repealed.
Sec I. Ihl9 act snail take effect from its
Usage.
Approved NOv. u, 1912.
No. .. AN Az relating to the punishment
of capital crimes.
!, 1t Is hereby enacted by. the General Assem-
by OF the State of Vermont, as follows:
Sec. l. If any person shall commit any
Inc which by the laws of this state, is pun
fha6ie with death, and shall be thereof con
N,ted, such person shall thereupon !be SEN
'eaced TO solitary confinement in the state
fson, until the punishment of death shall be
ilaic,ed.
Sec. 2. Ifany person shall hereafter be con-
Hcled of any crime. heretofore committed by
such Person, which by The laws Of this state
Is punishable with death, such person shall
Wereupon be sentenced to solitary confine
nlent In The state prison until the punishment
q death shall he inflicted.
sec ). No person, upon whom sentence
" uea'h shall be passed by the county court
- any county IN this state, shall be executed.
~ pursuance oil such sentence, within one
yer lr"m tie time of passing such sentence,
no al Il -. IL
Il such case be certified by the clerk of said
court under the seal thereof, to the governor
u thls rtate, nor until warrant shall be is