The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-11-30
the act regulating the militia approved
November jst, 1887.
Approved Nov. /, l843.

No. % AN ACT, TO PROVIDE FOR THE
DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY,
STORED WITH WHARFINGERs & OTHER
sToRE-HoUsE KEEPERS.
IL IS hereby enacted By the General As
sembly Of the State Of Vermont as
foLLot0s:
Sec. /. If any articles Of personal
property which are, or may hereafter be
stored with any wharinger or public
store.house keeper in this State, without
any special contrac; for The keeping here
of, shall not be claimed by the owner or
consignee, within one year from the time
such articles were stored, and the legal
charges thereon for freight and storage
remaining unpaid, the person having the
same in store, may cause such properly,
o. any portion thereof to be sold by the
sheriff of the county where the same may
be stored.
Sec. 2. Such sheriff shall sell all such
property at public auction, and shall gave
notice of such sale, by publication in some
newspaper printed in the town or county
where such property is stored, three weeks
SUCCESSFULLY, the last of which shall be
not less than four weeks before said sale
and if there be no newspaper printed in
such county, then such notice shall be
inserted 10 the newspaper printed neares:
thereto, in this State. Said advertisement
shall stale the time and place OF sale, the
description Of the property, quantity, quail
ity aud marks Of the articles 10 be sold,
the time when stored, and the names of
The owners, or their agents or cons!gnees,
when known.
Sec. 8, If the owner or consignee
shall not claim said properly and pay all
legal charges thereon, and for advertising
the same, before the day of sale, the sher-
if shall proceed 10 sell said property and
make return of the same 10 the treas
urer of the county where such property
is stored, with his affidavit of the truth of
such return. And after deductng the
customary charges and expenses Of the
sale, said sheriff shall pay, 10 the person
having said properly in store, all legal
charges thereon, and the balacce, if any,
he shall pay TO the treasurer OF said coun-
~. The money, so paid to the treasurer
of such county. shall be kept for the ben
Eft of the owner of the property SO sold,
and be paid 10 him on producing satisfac-
DRY evidence of his right.
Approved Oct. 81, 1913.
No. 23.--AN ACT, IN RELATION TO THE
= r ~
OF spIRITUous LIQUORS.
IL IS hereby enacted By the General
Assembly of The State Of Vermont, That
sections six, twelve and thirteen, OF chap
Ter eighty-three of the Revised Statutes.
are repealed.
Approved Nov. /, l643.
No. 24.-AN ACT, IN ADDITION TO
CHAPTER sIXTY-sEvEN OF THE Re-
vIsED STATUTES, ENTITLED "OF THE
MAINTENANCE OF ILLEG1TIMATE
CHILDREN"
IL IS hereby enacted By the General As,
sembIy Of the Stale Of Vermont as
foLioWS:
Sec. /. Any single woman who has
been, or shall hereafter be, delivered of a
bastard child, aud shall neglect or refuse
10 charge any person with being the faith.
er of such child, within thirty days after
such child is born, according to the pro-
visions Of the first section OF chapter sixty.
seven of the Revised Statutes, 10 which
his is an addition, then the overseer of
he poor OF the town which is charged,
'r likely to be charged, with the support
If such child, may make written COM
DIainst against such single woman, TO
some justice OF the county, setting forth |
such facts, and ;hereuPon the justice shall
ssue his warrant against such single |
TO bring her before him 10 be
examined upon oath.
Sec. 2. The justice. when such single
woman is brought before him, shall ex
anime her upon oath and take her exam.
nation in writing, and thereupon issue
MS warrant, and cause the person, by her
charged with being the father of said bas.
ard child, to be brought before him, and
he same proceedings thereon had, as are
provided in the act to which this is an
addition, as though such single woman
had made complaint in writing, under
oath, as therein provided, against the per-
son charged by her with being the father
Of said child.
Sec. 5. The answer or testimony of
such single woman, upon the eXamna-
ion aforesaid, shall not subject said single
woman to n proseculiOn or conviciion nm |
Ter chapter ninely,nine, section two, Of
he Revised Statutes.
Sec. 4. The proceedings against the
person charged with being the father of
said child, shall be in the name Of the
overseer of the poor of the town, prose.
cutting such complaint.
Sec. 5. No compromise made with,
or discharge given 10, such person so
hnr oI do