Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1856-01-18
LAWS OF VERMONT.

LA NS UF fEhMUNI l..
No. So.-An act relating to appeals from the de-
cisions of commissioners.
1t is hereby enacted, sc.
Sec. /. In all appeals to the county court from
the allowance of claims by commissioners in the
probate court, the county court may, on motion,
order the claimant to give security for costs to
the executor administrator of the estate against
which such claims are prosecuted.
Sec. =. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved, November 2, 1855.
No. 81 An act in addition to chapter fifteen of
compiled statutes, relating to the measurement
lumber.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. l. The selectnen, on application of seven
freeholders of their town, shall appoint or
more surveyors of lumber for such town, and on
application of any person interested, any such
surveyor may measure lumber, and shall be enti-
tied to receive from the persons making the ap-
piication the sum of twenty-five cents for each
thousand feet measured.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved, November a. 1856.
No. San act amending section forty-seven of
chapter fifteen of the compiled statutes, relat-
ing to the fees of surveyors of wood.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. l. Section forty-seven of chapter fifteen
of the compiled statutes is hereby so amended as
to read as follows:
The selectmen, on the application ofseyen free
holders of their town, shall appoint one or more
surveyors of wood for such town, and on applica-
tion of any person interested, any such surveyor
may measure wood or bark, and shah be entitled
to receive, from the person making application to
him therefor, four cents per cord for the first ten
cords and one cent for each additional cord,
measured by him upon such application.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved, October Il, 1855.
No. sS.-An act prescribing the standard meas
urement of wood and bark.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. l. A pile of wood or bark, four feet wide,
four feet high and eight feet long, well packed,
shall constitute cord.
Sec. 2. The length of all cord wood exposed
to sale shall be so estimated as to include only
half of the kcrf.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved. November 10, 1855.
No. a4-An act for the protection of orchards.
gardens, nurseries, &c.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. l. Any person who shah wilfuIly and
maliciously enter any orchard. garden or nursery
and take away, mutilate or destroy any tree,
shrub, or vine, or STEAL take, and carry away, any
fruit or flower, without the consent of the owner
thereof, shall be deemed guiltyof misdemeanor,
and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the
county jail for term not exceeding three months
or both of said punishnents in the discretion of
the court having jurisdiction of the same.
| Sec. 2. Section twenty-six of chapter one
hundred and four of the complied statutes is
hereby repealed.
| Approved, November 2, 1855.
No. a5.-An act in alteration of chapter one hun
dred end four of the compiled statutes, relating
to offenses against private property.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
| Sec. 1. Every person who shall wilfully and
maliciously burn, set fire to the clearinghouse
of another, out-buildings adjoining thereto. or
so burn or set fire to any other building which
| shall cause the burning of such dwellng-house.
shall be punished by Imprisonment in the states
prison during the term of his or her natural Ii fs
or for such shorter term the court shall in their,
discretion, deem adequate to the degree of the
offense.
Sec. 2. The provisions of sections two and
four Of chapter one hundred and four of the com
piled statutes, far as the same are inconsistent
with the provisions of this act, are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved, November a, 1866.
No. 36.-An act to authorize the transportation
| of convicts.
| 1t is hereby enacted, &c.
| Sec. /. The proper authorities of the State of
New York shall have the same power and author
ity to detain and transport through the territory
of this State, persons convicted of offenses, and
1 ~ ~ ScAAAo0 Al OF
the State of New York, which they have to de-
tain and transport them in the territory of the
said State of New York.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from its mas
sage.
Approved, November Il, 1856.
No. 37.-An act in amendment of chapter ninetv-
six of the compiled statutes, relating to the
preservation of sheep.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. l. If any ram shall be found going al
large, of the premises and out of the enclosure
and possession of its owner or keeper, between
the first day of August and the first dav of De-
cember in any year, without being marked as
provided in the second section ofthe act to which
this is an amendment, the owner or keeper Of
such ram shall forfeit and pay to the person who
shall take up and secure the same, five dollars as
penalty for suffering him to go at large as afore-
said.
Sec 2 This act shall take effect from its pas
sage, and section three of chapter ninesy-six Of
OF the compiled statutes is hereby repealed.
Approved, November Il, 1856.
M AZ An ac+ 10 o,,od L..