Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-11-29


penalty for suffering him to get at large as
foresaid.
Sec. 4 This act shall take effect from its
,assage, and section three of chapter nlnety-slx
{ the compiled statu ties is hereby repealed.
Approved, November 18th, 1855.
70. 3S.-An act to amend chapter eighty-eight
of the Compiled Statutes, relating to the du.
ties of selectmen in case of the discovery OF
the bodies of deceased persons.
IT'S hereby enacted by the General Assembly
IF the State of Vermont, as follops:
+. Sec. When the seleetmen of any town IN
his State shall be informed that the dead body
IF any person, supposed to have died by caus-
nifty or violence, is found lying within such
town, such sslectmen may. when in their opIn-
ion the public good requires it, but not other
wise, apply to any justice of the peace of the
same county, who shall proceed to enquire the
cause and manner Of the death Of such person.
Sec. 2. Such justice Of the peace shall have
power to summon witnesses to appear before
him to give evidence touching such death and
may make the testimony Of any person who can
give evidence concerning suchsdeath.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be the duty Of such justice
to reduce the substance of the testimony of each
witness to writing. and return the same to the
county court at their next stated term in the
county in which it is taken, together with on
account of the fees and expenses, which. after
having been duly audited by said court, shall DO
treasury.
Sec. 4. In case of a felonious killing, the
officer who takes the testimony shall have power
to bind by way of recognizance any witness in
the case for their appearance at said court.
Sec. .. All acts and parts of acts. incon-
sistent with this act. are hereby repealed.
Approved, November I'd, 1855.
No. 80. An act to provide for the support Of
transient insane persons.
II us hereby enacted by the General Assembly Of
the State Of Vermont, as toiio,Us:
Sec. /. All insane transient persons in any
town in this State, destitute of the means to
maintain and support themselves, and who have
no relatives that are bound by law to support
them, and who have no legal settlement in any
town in this State, shall be maintained and sup
ported by the State, at the insane asylum.
Sec. 2. The selectmen in any town shall, on
the application of the overseer Of the poor Of
such town make examination and inquiry ,wbeth-
er such insane transient person had sufficient
ability to maintain and support himself, and
also whether such person has any relatives in
this State, who are bound by law to support
him, and whether such person has any legal
settlement in any town in this State and may
institute court of inquiry before the judge of
probate Of the district in which such town is
situate who shall examine the evidence offered
by the selectmen and such other evidence as
shall be offered in the case and if In his opin-
ion such insane transient person has no legal
settlement in this State, and no relatives within
the State who are bound by law to support him,
and is destitute of the means Of supporting
himself, and has not come or been brought into
the State for the purpose Of obtaining the bene
ft of the provisions of this act, such judge Of
probate shall issue his order for the removal Of
such insane person to the Vermont asylum for
the insane, in the town of Brattleboro' to be
there supported.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the officer, OF
other person appointed by said judge Of probate
to transport such insane person to the asylum
and to leave with the superintendent or trus
tees of the asylum, or some one of them, true
copy Of such warrant, with his return thereon
which shall be a sufficient warrant for receiving
such person into said asylum.
Sec. 4. The costs and expenses incurred by
the removal of any insane transient person Il
Vermont asylum, Us aforesaid, shall be paid ant
discharged by the town instituting such inqui
ry.
Sec. S. Whenever such person shall be law
fully discharged from said asylum, it shall b
the duty Of the town so causing him to be re
moved to said asylum to take chargeof and sup
port such person in the same manner as if h,
had not been removed from such town, and an,
town not complying with the provisions of thi
section shall pay to any town suffering damage
therefrom all such damage, to be recovered il
an action ON the case.
Approved, Nov. IA, 1855.
No. 40.-An act 10 to amend section thirty-nin
Of chapter eighteen of the compiled statutes
entitled I" the support and removal Of pau
pers and the relief Of the insane poor"
It's hereby enacted by the General Assembl,
Of the STATE of Vermont, as foliows:
| Sec. l. Each town shall share in the appro
priation made in sections thirty seven and thir
tyeigbt of said chapter, in proportion to tn,
number of its insane poor in the asylum, the ex
pense Of transporting them, ut the rate of eigh
cents per mile, on the nearest practicable rout
from their respective residences to the asylum
and the length of time they shall have beef
there, at the rate Of one dollar and seventy-fv
cents per week, during the year next proceeding
the month of August annually.
Sec. 2. Section thirty-nine of the eighteenth
chapter of the compiled statutes is hereby re
pealed.
Approved, Nov. IA, 1855.
No. 42.--An act providing for the erection of
monument over the grave Of Ethan Allen.
Whereas The courage, the perseverance, tn
sagaeity, and the virtue OF Ethan Allen, zeal
ously and constantly exercised in unfolding tn
rights and liberties Of the people Of the New
Hampshire Grants, and his successful efforts il
establishing the sovereignty of the State Of Yer
mont, against the active opposition of New
Hampshire and New York, the waverng neu
trality of the federal government, and the art
full overtures Of the British crown, have justl
rendered his name foremost in the early histor
OF this State, and entitle it to the grateful an
reyerent remembrance Of the citizens thereof
and Whereas, the monument, erected to his mem
DRY by his family, has become dilapidated, an
the inscription thereon effaced Therefore,
IL is hereby enacted by the General Assembly O
toe STATE Of Vermont, as folloWs
Sec. l. The Governor is hereby directed I
appoint, as soon as may DO, committee cor
sisting of two suitable persona, whose duty
shall DO to cause TO be erected monument q
the burial place of Ethan Allen, in the town
Burlington, upon such plan and with such in
scrptions as shall be approved by the Governor
and cause the same to be properly and secured
protected against injury, at an expense to th
State not exceeding two thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. The committee 90 appointed sha
keep accurate accounts of all the expenses ar
ing under this act and such account, when az
proved BY the Governor, shall be paid out
the treasury of the State Provided, such el
penses shall not in the whole exceed the sum {
two thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. "A sum not exceeding two thousan
collars Is hereby appropriated for tho purpos
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