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LAWS OF VERMONT.
OCTOBER SESSION, 1858.
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u IS herebY enacted ~ hs GcneTdt HSS'""V
of The State Of Vermont, as fohows:
SEC. J.. Whenever any Justice OF the
Peace shall 20 out Of Office, and while ne
shall reside in the same county in which ne
held such Office. he may, as Justice OF tue
peace. make and certify copies of the records
of any official business done by him while in
Office: and all copies of records, so made and
certified, shall have the same validity as
though made and certified while such Justic'
of the Peace was in Office
SIC. g This act shall take effect from
its passage
No. AN ACT to prevent persons from
fraudulently burning their own buildings,
with intent to defraud Insurance Com
panies.
ms hereby enacted, dc.
SEC |. Every person who shall wliull y
and malicously burn, or cause or procure to
be burned, his own dwelling or any
other building owned by himself, with the
intent to defraud any Insurance Company,
shall be punished by imprisonment in the
State Prison not more than ten years, and
be fined not exceeding two thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. Ifany feme-coyert shall wiifully
and maliciously set fire. with intent to burn,
and with intent to defraud any Insurance
Company, to any dwelling house, or other
| building owned by her Husband or herself,
or by her husband and herself jointly, she
shall be punished by imprisonment in the
States Prison not more than ten years, and
| fined not more than one thousand dollars.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from
| its passage.
| No. 9. AN ACT in amendment of section
six of Chapter forty of the Compiled Stat
| utes.
| II is hereby enacted, de-
| SEC. l. Sect six of chapter forty Of
/ the Compiled Statutes is 30 amended as to
read as follows: "In cases proper for issu-
| ing a writ of audita guereIa, the same shall
be allowed and signed by Judge OF the
Supreme Court, or Judge of the Court to
which the same is made returnable.
SEC. .. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
No. 4. AN ACT to avoid delay in suits at
| Law
| II is hereJy enacted, dc.
SIC. l. Any Judge of the Supreme Court
may, upon the application OF any party in
any suit pending in any County Court IN
this State, and on such notice OF such appll-
cation to the adverse party, or his attorney
| as SucU Juunc sIlull tulllh ItuSohupiV' N""0N
the Clerk of the Court in which such cause
is pending to issue commission to such per
son as such Judge shall appoint, to take the
testimony of any person residing or benG
| without this State, and such testimony shall
be taken either upon heterogeneous settled
| upon the order of such Judge, or upon ora
| examination, as such Judge shall direct.
Sec. 2. All testimony taken in pursuance
| of this act nav be read on trial of the caus
for which it shall be taken, subject to sucf
legal objections as may arise upon it.
No. 5.-An Act in relation to suits bcfor
. Justices of the Peace.
his hereby enacted, dc.
Sec. |. In no action brought before jus
tice of the Peace, shall the suit be made re
turnablc at the residence or dwelling-hous
| of the plaintiff, unless he be an innkeerer
, Approved, November 8, 1858.
No. 6.-An Act laying tax on the Count.
of Caledonia
G IL is hereby enacted, dc.
r SEC. |. There is hereby assessed a tax O
q thirteen cents the dollar, the list of tn
polls and ratcable estate of the inhabitants G
the County of Caledonia, for the year on
: thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, 70
/. the purpose of paying the Liabilities and meet
ing the current expenses of said County.
y SEC . The Treasurer of said County
d directed, on or before the first day of Januar
n AID, 1859, to issue his warrant to the fir
constable of the several towns in said Count.
for the collection of said tax, in the san
\ manner State taxes are required to be colec
ed.
Is SEC 3. The sclectmcn of the several low
d in said County shall make out and deliver
the first constables of their respective town
o on or before the 18th day of January 1859,
: tax bill for the collection of said tax, i'll Il
e same manner rs they are required to do
:, the case of State taxes.
II SEC. 4. The first constables in the sever
e Towns of said County, shall collect and pa
d over to the Treasurer of said County, Il
/ amount of said tax by the first day of Marcl
l. A. D., 1859.
Approved, Nov. 5, 1858.
/, No. An Act relating to dispositions
+ IL is hereby enacted, DC.
&c Sec. |. Whenever neither the party
l. any suit, nor his attorney reside in this Stat
l. the adverse party residing in this State ma
6 take dispositions to be used in such case, witt
q out notice to such non resident party or a
e torney, but in all such cases such testimon
u shall be filed in the court in which such caus
u is pending, at least twenty days before tn
-' time of trial.
a Approved, Nov. Q, 1858.
n No. San Act relating to the replevin
h intoxicating Liquors.
e II is hereby enacted, dc.
A Sec |. Whenever any liquor seized by a
a officer, as intoxicating, &C., shall be replevie
y y from his possession, the same shall not be d.
livered by the replevying officer to the claiu
+ ant, but be held by such officer until the flint
determination of the replcvn suit, whereupo
!, the same shall be delivered to the plaintiff
y replevin, if the judgment shall be for hin
. but otherwise it shall be delivered to the d
: fendent in the replevn, or to such officer
y shall have warrant or authority to hold {
u destroy the same under the original seizul
proceedings.
= Sec. 2. No proceedings except final exec,
;. ton on seizure of any intoxicating liquC
= shall be stayed or delayed by any replevi
y thereof, but such seizure proceedings sha
:. proceed to final Judgment thereon in ii
u same manner as if no repevin had bee
commenced.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from i
. passage.
Approved Nov, 10, 1858.
n No. Am Act relating to Historical Collec
i ions and publications.
q as hereby enacted, DC.
: Sec. |. Any Town at their annual Marc
3 meeting may authorize their selectmen
y contract with some person to prepare an
publish the early history of such town, at Il
n expense of the Town under such restriction
a and regulations as such Town shall prescrib
Approved, Nov. Is, 1858.
!. No. lO.-An Act relating to Mechanics Liel
~ ms hereby enacted, dc.
Sec. l. Any person who shall perform an
labor, or furnish any materials in this Sta
for ar towards the building repairinp fifth