The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-11-21
LAWS OF VERMONT.
SECRETARY OF STATES OrrICE, }
Montpelier, Oct. 81 1914


newspapers printed in this state, agreeaJl
to The provisions Of chapter fnM of IL
p Rerised Statutes.
JAMES Mem. SHAFTER,
Secretary Of State.
J, No. Gan Act to repeal "an act rela,in
to the punishment of capital crimes" az
proved November 10, 1912.
IS 1t is hereby enacted by the General As
. sembly of the State of Vermont as follows
81. When any person shall be convic
i ed OF any crime punishable with death
The sentenced to suffer such punishment
he shall at the same tim, be sentenced Il
solitary confinement in the state prison, IN
til such punishment shall be inflicted
! " NO person so sentenced and impris
oned, shall be executed in pursuance O
such sentence previous to the expiration O
one year from the day such sentence wa,
! pronounced, nor until the court which pas
sed the sentence of death shall have issued
their warrant under the seal of said court
directed to the sheriff of the county where
the state prison is situated, commanding
the said sheriff to cause the SAID sentence
to be carried into execution.
3d. Said court shall, within three
months after the expiration OF one year
from the day Of passing sentence of death
against any person, issue their warrant to
the sheriff of the county in which the
state prison is situated, agreeoby to the
provisions of section two of this act, and
the sentence shall, at the time directed by
the warrant, be executed within the walls
OF the prison, or in the enclosed yard of
the same, unless, previous to that time, the
legislature OF the state shall have commu-
ted the punishment Of such person.
"a. The sherlfof said county shall be
present at the place Of execution, unless
prevented by sickness or other casualty,
and also two Of his deputies designated
by him. lie shall request the states al
torney of the county and twelve citizens,
including surgeon. or physician. and shall
permit the counsel Of the prisoner, such
minister of the gospel as The prisoner shall
desire, and his relatives, to be present, and
such officers of the prison, deputies, con.
stables and military guard as he may deem
best, and no others
IS. When sheriff shall innict the pun
lshment Of death upon any convict in o.
bedence to warrant as aforesaid, he
shall return a copy thereof, with his dongs
thereon, to the Office of the Secretary of
State as soon as may be, and shall also re-.
turn the original warrant with his doings
thereon, to the court from which said war.
rant issued, and the clerk shall subjon to
to the record Of the sentence, brief alb
stract orthe sheriii's return upon said war
rant.
90. All laws or parts Of laws inconsis,-
cnt with the provisions of this act are re-
peaed; provided, that any conviction had
or Judgment or sentence rendered accord |
ing to the provisions of said laws, shall
be carried into effect in the same manner
us ifsad laws had not been repealed or
this &C, passed
81. This act shall take eHec, from its
passage.
Approved, Oct. I'd, 1874.
No :. An Act relating to common schools.
1t is hereby enacted by the General As.
sembly Of the State Of Vermont as follows:
81. When the children Of any school
district shall become so numerous, as in
the opinion of the prudential committee, to
require more than one teacher, the clerk
of such district shall, on application of
such committee, call a meeting of such
district for the purpose o: ascertaining the
views Of the district thereon.
32. fla, such meeting, majority of the
legal voters shall vote to have two or
more schools in the district at the same
time, such district may vote to erect as
many school houses in the district as shall
be found necessary, and shall by vote, or
in such other manner as the legal voters
present may determine, fix on the loca-
ion Of such school house or houses.
So. Any such district so composed of
several schools, may by a vote Of majori.
y of such district al any meeting legally /
warned for that purpose, direct the teachers
IF the higher or central school of the dis
riot, to teach any ofthe sciences or high. ,
n branches of thorough education which
nay not by existing laws have been au-
horned.
81. The prudential committee OF such
district, or a committee appointed for that
purpose shall have power to examine as
o the age and qualifications Of the chill ,
lren. and dsignate the school they shall
ach attend.
So Children. not raining in such dis ,
rct, shall not be permitted TO attend the :
higher school Of such district, except with
he consent of the prudential committee, d
Who may prescribe the terms upon which
hey may be admitted.
Approved Oct. 80 1874. q
10. S.-AS Act relating to Common S
Schools
Ii is hereby enacted By the General As a
emily of the State Of Vermont, as follows: y
81. AT any meeting Of any school dis
-ict, legally warned, the legal voters in {
lch district may instruct the prudential b
ommil,ce to omit, in making up the tax il
i'll for the support Of schools. the names of {
UGH persons as are not able to pay their {