The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1850-12-24

or persons so aggr;eved.
SIC. 9 Any railroad corporation now
chartered in this State, which shall neglect
for thirty days. after being requested in wri-
ting, add cssed TO the president or either of
the directors Of said road, and duly mailed
and signed by the person or persons in in
lcrest, to construct good and sufficient fence
on each side of their road, shall be subject
to the provisions Of the second section Of
this act
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect on the
first day of April next: Prorided. that no
company shall be compelled to build their
fence, under the provisions OF this act, while
the ground is frozen.
Approved Nov. 13. 1850.
No. 52-An Act relating 10 wines'e' in
suits in tdror Of or against Railroad Cor
p0rdtiOns
his hereby enacted ~ tie General 1ssem-
/ Hy ef The state Of Vermont, as Joltors:,
SEC. !. The stockhodcrsin any railroad
corporation shall unless otherwise disqusli-
! fed oe admitted as competent witnesses in
any cause or proceeding wherein such cor
poration is party or is interested.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage
Approved Nov. 10, 1850.
No jS.-.4n act relating to Torn Clcris
Noiaries Pubic, Masters in Chdncery, and
Coyny Cierls.
II is her,Jy cnaciedby the General Assem-
biy of the state Of Vermont, as follous:
Src. /. Town clerks, notaries public,
and masters in chancery shall have the same
power to take Acknowledgements Of dceds,and
other instruments, required by law to be nc
khowledged that justices Of the peace by
law row have; and jail such deeds, and other
instruments, so acknowledged, shall he as CT
fectual in law as it the same were acknow-
lodged before a Justice of the peace.
SEC .. County clerks, noiaries public,
and masters in chancery shall have the same
power to administer oa,hs AMI aflirmations
that Justices Of the peace by law now have.
SEC 3. Notaries public and masters in
chancery shall have the same power 10 take
dcpositions that justices by law now have;
and all depositions taken by a notary public
or a master in chancery, agrceably to law,
shall be admitted en- the trial Of any civil
cause, in any court Of law.
SEC A. This act shall take effect from
and after the first day of December next.
Approved Nov. c, 1850.
No. ji.-.ln let in addition To chapter hcen-
ty-sir of tie Recised Statutes entitled Of
justices IF he Peace.'
II IS hereig enacted By the General Assem-
Jly If he state If I'ermcnt, as .fohors;
SIC l. Whenever any suit shall be
pending before Justice, who shall die or re-
move without the State, before the day Of
trial Of said action, any other justice within
the same county, who may lawfully judge
4. Il sc .
decease of such justice, or his removal with
ont the State, take cognizance Of such suit.
and proceed to hear try and determine the
same, and render Judgment thereon, in the
same manner as il he had signed the writ
, originally and such judgment shall be as
ellectual to bind the parties, preserve all
liens, and charge bail, as if the same hs9
, been rendered by the justice who signed the
; writ.
, SEC. 2. Such justice shall make res
cord upon such wril of the fact of the de-
cease Of such justice, or Of his removal with
! out the State. as the case may be, which
: shall bcconclusive proof thereof; and that
. by reason thereof he will take cognizance of
! such suit.
f SEC. s. This act shall take efIec. from
its passage.
No. 55-An Act providing for the appoint.
d ment of Jail Commissioners.
:. 1t is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly Of the State of Vermont, as follows
SEC. l. The several county courts shall
= annually, at their first term after the first day
i OF December in each year, appoint three
!. commissioners of Jail delivery for each Jail
in their respective counties, who shall DO
+. sworn to the faithful discharge Of the duties
: of their office, and who shall hold their Of
T. fees for one wear, and until others are aps
J. pointed in their place.
s SEC. ,. The several jail commissioner:
now in office shall hold their respective Of
n fees until others are appointed, asrecably to
the provisions of this act.
Sic. S. The second section Of chapter
eleven Of the Revised Statutes, entitled "Oi
r. county officers" is hereby repealed.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from
$. its passage.
:: Approved Nov. 1S, 1850.
If No 56.-An Act to provide for compiling
-. the laws OF this Stare.
~ 1t is hereby enacted by the General As
70 sembly of The State of Vermont, rs follows
d SEC. |. The Governor is hereby author
10 lied 10 appoint some suitable person TO com
N pile, arrange, and pat into chapters unde
n, appropriate heads, the public acs and law
now in force, including the Revised Statutes
re- and the public acts and laws passed since III,
,y revision Of the Statutes, including the pub
n. lie acts of the present session, with suitable
in index to the same, and in such compilation
is 10 omit such acts or parts of acts as hav
.. been repealed, and arranging such acts n
have been altered by amendments SO far q