The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1842-11-29


of revenue of the state with specific and
detailed statement of its disbursements for the previ-
Gus current fiscal year; to which report he shall APP
pend the report of the bonk commissioner and bank
committees; & report to the governoro to the Gen
eral Assembly, designed merely to exhibit
OF moneys received or discussed Oh account OF the
state, shall be, hereafter, required.
SEC. IL. Tho treasurer shall, annually, the
fifteenth day of September, communicate to the au-
dltor OF accounts, statement of all sums oil money
furnished to county clerks to dGfray the contingent
expenses of the courts, the number of blank licenses
for pedlcrs sent to said clerks, also all sums paid
drafts of the quarter master general the commission
of the deaf, dumb, and blind and the superlnten
dent of the State prison, and all payments and adj
made to, for the Of any pers on, to be
disbursed on behalf the state.
SEC. l3. The quarter master general shall be provI
ded by the auditor Of accounts with a book o. accounts
at the expense of the state, in which he shall make
himself debtor for all moneys drawn from the treasury
received from any other for the support Of
the militia; he shall open with the quarter
mas ers of the several regiments, in which
all the items of charges made against the state, and al
lowed by him for military expenses shall be specified,
with the sum allowed each; and all payments
made by him shall be ecepted ut the foot Of the
by the person receiving the money, draft for
the same; all such payments shall pass to the credit
Of the quarter muster general, and no money shall
hereafter be drawn from the treasury, for any
vice expense, appcrtaning to the military depart
ment except by the quarter master general.
report any modification which experience shall prove
to be necessary expedent, in order to procure n
faithful accounting for all public funds.
SEC. Is The amount of the bonds ofthe several
county clerks as required by the sixteth section of
the eleventh chapter of the Revised Statutes, shall,
hereafter, be six shousard dollars
| SEC. 10. The ninth, tenth, eleventh and thirty
third sections Of chapter eighth Of the Revised Stat
ues, also the 6llyfourth, fifty fifth, fifty sixth, fifty
seventh sixty first and sxty-second also the third
Cnnrfh fifth sixth and seventh division of
tythree, and section sixty five of chapter eleven, al
much of section six OF chapter one hundred and
seven authorizes the judges of the supreme court
receive fees of the county clerks, and account with
the for the same also much of the TWEEN
ty-rst, twenty second and twenty fifth sections OF
chapter hundred and FIVE, authorizes the Judg
of the county courts to draw orders the state
treasury, and much Of the thirtysevenh section Oh
chapter eight, as requires the auditor Of accounts to
transmit abstract Of orders drawn by him to the
governor, are hereby repealed
Sec. II. The auditor Of accounts and county
clerks shall. seyeraly receive, for dschagng the
duties imposed by the provisions of this act upon
those officers respectively, compensation proper
toned to- and exceeding, the rate of allowance
for services as established by law
| Sec IS. This act shall take effect from the first
day of March next. Approved Nov. IL, ISL
| No g. I'm .4ct TO diuide the State into COns res
sionaL Districts
II is hereby ed by the General Assembly Of the
| State of Vermont, as follows
Sec. l. The State of Vermont is hereby divided
| into four Congressional Districts.
| SEC. 2 The first district shall be composed of
the counties of Windham, Bennington and Rutland.
| SEC 8. The second district shall be composed OF
! the counties of Windsor and Orange.
Sec. 4. The third district shall be composed of
the counties of Addison, Chitenden, Franklin, and
! Grand ISLE
the counties of Washington, Caledonia, Essex, Or
| leans and Lamoie.
| SEC 6. This act shall take effect from and after
its passage. Approved Nov. 7, 1872.
No A. I'm .4ct, reLating 10 the election Of Rep
| resentatiUes 10 Congress.
| 1t is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of
| the State of Vermont, as follows:
Sec /. Each Congressional district in this state
shall be entitled to elect representative to repre-
sent this state in the Congress of the Tn ted States,
who shall be an inhabtant ofthc same district.
SEC. 2 Section 81 of chapter one oil the Revised
| Statutes is so amended as to read as follows: The
first constable and in of his neglect, the town
clerk and in of the elect Of both, the select
men, or either of them, in each town in this sate at
least twelve days before the first Tuesdays in the
wear Is4s and the year 1884, and twelve days be-
fore the first Tuesday of September, blennIaiiy,
thereafter shall up notifications at the usual Pia
| ces of warming freemens meetings, notifying the
freemen TO meet on said first Tuesday Of September
ot the time and place designated by law for holding
freemen's meetings in said towns respectively, Tor
the purpose of electing such representative.
Src 3. Section IL of said chapter is so a
mended as to read as follows A certificate OF the
number of votes for each cand date taken at every
meeting hereafter be holden as prescribed by sec
ton 40 of said chapter one, signed, recorded, sealed
up and superscrbcd now provided by law, shall;
by the presiding officer Of such meeting be Delivered
TO the clerks of the respective counties in such DIS
trict. within one week next after such meeting.
SEC 4 Section Az of said chapter one is so a.
mended as to read follows The several clerks to
whom the votes shall be delivered aforesaid, shall
meet on the second Tuesday succeeding the time of
holding said meeting, at the following places in the
respective districts to w.t. in district No. l. at the
co,rt honse in Nanches tcr in district number two,
at the congregational meeting house in Royalton; in
district number three, at the court house IN Burning
ton: and in district No l. at the court house in Dan
Vile and proceed publicly to canvass said votes and
declare the persons having nlaorty OF all the votes
duly elected as such representative us aio esad, and
rive notice thereof the Governor oil this state with
in one week from the time set for canvassing such
votes.
SEC. ). In case the convention, called by the
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