Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1842-12-16

dred and FIVE, of the Revised Statutes, and the
laws regulating and governing the militia oil
the state, shall be presented to the auditor oil
accounts, who shall record the same, and II he
shall decide to disallow any such claim, IN
whole or in part, and the claimant shall feel
agrieved by such decision, the auditor OF &C
c0upts shall at the request Of the claimant,
refer il to the General Assembly but II the
: claimant shall neglect to apply to the General
Assembly ut their next session, the claim shall
be taken TO be adludcated, and no officer Of the
government shall, thereafter, entertain or con-
slider il. :,
i SEC. 8. Whenever any claim thus referred
shall be allowed, in whole or in part, by the
General Assembly, the act providing Tor lis
pavmcnt shall be framed so as to direct the au-
ditor of accounts to draw an order on the treas
urer for the amount so allowed, and the same
shall not he published among the laws OF the
session; but whether the Judgment oil the au-
ditor of accounts shall be affirmed or reversed,
. The action of the General Assembly shall be SO
Far conclusive that the subject shall not be
again considered by either house OF the General
Assembly except with the concent OF Two
thirds of its members.
SEC. 8. The auditor of accounts shall no.
tfy the states attorney of any county, in
which the state shall have any claim by reason
of any default forfeiture, fine imposed, judg-
ment recovered, or other thing. whereby a
right of action may have accrued TO the state,
to have or recover of any person for any goods
or effects detained, or not accounted FOR, or Tor
money in arrear, or for any delinquency where
BY the public interest has suffered, excepting,
always, state taxes and extents issued TO en-
force the collecton) and shall furnish the ev-
idence to sustain such claim, and said attorney
shall proceed forthwith, to secure and collect
= the same.
SEC. 10. In case of default Of any state s
attorney, the auditor OF accounts shall cause
suit to be brought against him in the name Of
the State of Vermont, before any court proper
/, to try the same, and shall take such measures
as 10 secure the interests OF the state whenever
il can be done.
SEC. IL. The auditor OF accounts shall
annually prepare and publish for the use Of the
General Assembly, edition not exceeding
seven hundred copies Of report, exhibiting
under appropriate heads, all the resources OF
revenue Of the state, with a specific and detailed
statement of its disbursements for the previous
, current fiscal year, TO which report he shall
append the report of the bank commissioner and
bank committee; and no report TO the governor,
or to the General Assembly, designed merely
to exhibit an account of moneys received or
disbursed on account OF the state, shall be,
hereafter, required.
SEC. ~. The treasurer shall, annually, on
the fifteenth day OF September, communicate
to the auditor OF accounts, statement of all
SUNS of money furnished TO county clerks to
J delray the contingent expenses of the courts,
the number of blank licenses for pedlers sent
TO said clerks, also all sums paid drafts of the
, quarter master general, the commissioners Of
the deaf, dumb, and blind, and the supernten-
dent of the state prison, and all payments and
advances made to, or for the use OF, any person,
to be disbursed on behalf the state.
SEC. IS The quarter master general shall
: be provided by the auditor of accounts with a
book of accounts at the expense of the state,
in which he shall make himself debtor for all
moneys drawn from the treasury or received
from any other source for the support of the
; militia; he shall open accounts with the quar-
ter masters OF the several regiments, in which
accounts all the items of charge made against
the state, and allowed by him, for military ex-
penses shall be specified, with the sum allowed
on each and all payments made by him shall
be receipted at the foot of the account by the
person receiving the money, or draft for the
same; all such payments shall pass TO the
, credit of the quarter master general, and no
, money shall hereafter be drawn from the
treasury, for any service or expense, appertain-
ing to the military department, except by the
quarter master general.
Sec. ID. The auditor of accounts shall an
nualIy report any modification which expert
ence shall prove 10 be necessary or eXpedient,
in order to procure faithful accounting for all
| public funds.
SEC. Is. The amount of the bonds Of the
p. several county clerks as required by the sxtieth
, section of the eleventh chapter of the Revised
Statutes, SHALL hereafter, be six thousand dol
lars.
SEC. 16. The ninth, tenth, eleventh, and
thrty-third sections of chapter eighth of the
e Revised Statutes, also the ffty-fourih, fifty
fifth, flly-sxth, ffty-seventh, sixty-frst aad
sixty-second, also the third, fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh division of section sixty
; three, and section sixty-five Of chapter eleven,
' also 80 much of section six Of chapter one
h hundred and seven, as authorizes the Judges OF
=, the supreme court to receive fees of the county
t clerks, and account with the treasurer for the
f same; also SO much of the twenty -frst, twenty
. second and twenty-flih sections of chapter one
! hundred and five, as authorizes the Judges OF
the county courts To draw orders on the state
{ treasury, and so much of the thirty-seventh
section of chapter eight, as requires the audit
, or OF accounts to transmit an abstract of orders
= drawn by him to the governor, are hereby re-
n pealed.
Sec. IL. The auditor of accounts and
- county clerks, SHALL severally receive for dis
', charging the duties imposed by the provisions
u OF this ACT upon those officers respectively, a
e compensation proportional to, and not exceed
S ing the rate of allowance for services as now
!. established by law.
: SEC. Is. This act shall take effect from
the first day of March next.
Approved Nov. 10, Is42.
No 3-4a 4ct 10 dioide the State into Copgressiona
e Districts.
r 1t is hereby enacted by the General Assembly Of
he NuN.. .(N Ill