Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1848-11-23

inclination said commissioners shall think proper
and they shall make estimates of the expense thereof
ana report to the court issuing their commission, the
order SO made upon such town, and the said esti-
mates and said court may, for sufficient reasons, ac
cept or reject SAID report in whole In part and
der such town or towns to grade the bills upon sach
highway, in such manner and to such an inclination
as they shall deem proper.
SIC g If, in the opinion of said commissioners
any town would be exclusively burdened by defrav-
ing the whole expense OF such bridge or road or IRA
ding of such bills, said commissioners shall make ex
animation of all the circumstances relating To snch
bridge or rosd and the grading of such hs relation
to their public uty,th expense fbuildng or repair
ing such brdgeor dnd the grading Of such hls:the
ability such town to bear such expense and hebene6t
to such town and other towns in the vicinity, derived
from the construction or repair Of snch b. dge road,
and the grading Of such hills; and it. upoa such *
animation the commissioners shall be Of opinion that
such town would be excessively burdened by defay.
ng all the expense aforesaid, they shall give reason.
able notice to or more of the select mel Of such
towIs as they shall deem especially benefited, by
such bridge road grading Of the time and pace at
which such towns may be heard in the premises and
ftipon such hearing, said commissioners shall be Of
opinions that such town towns ought to bear any
portion of said expense they shall appoon such part
thereof, as they shall deem Just and reasonable, to
any other town or towns which they shall deem bene-
fitted by such bridge road, to be paid by such
town or towns in the proportion aforesaid and said
commissioners shall tbereupon, make report of their
dolngs to said court and such court may thereupon,
assess the town or towns benefited, according to
such report a. make order on the same, as now pro-
vided by law; in case of roads and bridges.
An Act providing for tender ofamends in certain
cases.
IL is hereby enacted, SC.
In all cases where persons have sustained injuries
in consequence of the insuficieney Of highways, ex-
ceptng injuries to the person, the town in which the
accident happened, may, by of their Sc
ectmen at any time tender to the party injured uf-
sufficient amends therefor; and also, such town may
in the manner above named, make such tender after
the commencement of an action to three days before
the sitting Of the court if such action is brought be-
fore the county eourtor to %enyiour hours before the
time IF trial if before Justice Of the Peace, by in
GLIDING the 'costs which shall have accrued at the
time such tender is made and if afterwards sued to
recover damages for such injuries and in all cases
when the tender was made after the commencement
of action if such action be further prosecuted.
such town may set forth such tender in their plea
prove the same under the general issue in the usual
form, bringing the money rendered into court and
if the damages assessed for such injuries shall not
exceed the amount rendered, the detendent shall
recover his costs.
Approved Nov. 9th, 1913.
An act relating to manner of appointing Surveyors
Of Highways.
II is hereby enGced, &c.
The seectmen of the several towns in the State are
hereby required to make out and present list of cam
idaes for surveyors of highways in the several dis
trcts thereof to the annual townmeetngs oftheir
pectye towns for approval.
Approved Nov. g 1913.
An act in amendment Of act relating to the grand
list
1t is hereby tnacted &c.
The sixteenth section of an act entitled can act re-
ating TO the grand list" approved Nov II, l84l, is
amended to read as follows; in the owner OF
an lntccuped real estate shall be unknown to the as
SCISSORS the shall be set in the list either in the
name of the original grantee, or by such other descrp
ton, in the ludgemento Of the assessor shall best
designate the same; and whenever any division ofthe
original rights Of grantees, has been shall be made,
in whole or part the assessors shall assess and set in
the list each lot of every division, separately from the
other lets of the right, and in all cases. where
original rights of grantees have been diyded the as
SCISSORS in the several towns shall, IN making up the
grand list for 1919, appraise and set in the list each
lot separately IN all cases where the same has not
been done
An act making further provisions for the management
OF the State finances.
II is hereby enacted &c,
Sec. |. The Auditor of accounts against the State
shall hereafter perform the several duties formerly re-
quutu VI ulc III treasury WHOSE
Office is hereby abolished.
Seq, The Quarter Master General shall annu-
ally submit his record Of allowances and the accounts
and claims upon which he has drawn orders during
the preceding year, 10 one of the legislative commit
tees Of claims whose duty it shall be to examine into
the propriety and economy Of the same and report
thereon.
SEC. g. The Treasurer Of the State shall annually
furnish abstracts of all the orders paid by him during
% the preceding year, drawn by the Auditor of ac-
counts, and the Quarter Master General, TO the Com
mtees who have their allowances under examination
and SAID committee shall carefully compare said alb
= stracts with the allowances of those officers
Sec. A. Whenever it shall be found that any claim
has been allowed by reason Of mistake or fraud by any
court auditor other officer the same SO erroneous
allowed may be recovered of the person. to whom the
: order upon such allowance was made payable in an
action for money had and received to be brought in
the name Of the Treasurer Of the State and such al
e owance shall be no bar TO recovery in such action.
= Approved November ID, 1913.
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