Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1858-02-05
RETURNS OF BIRTH, MARRIAGES.
AND DEATHS.

We invite the attention of school district
clerks, and all others interested, to the sec
ond and third sections of the act relating to
the registry and returns of births, marriages
and deaths. They are as follows:
SIC The clerks in the several school districts in
eaeh town shall annually in the month Of February as
Yraih nom actual inquiry or otherwise all the births
and deaths which have happened in their rcspcctiye ais
ulct alns the year next proceeding the first Of Janu-
ay together with such facts concerning said births and
deaths as are required by the first section OF this act and
hal make an accurate return thereof 10 the clerk Of the
town in which such school district is situated an ~ III
fore the first day Of March, and the said district clerk or
other person persons authorized perform his duties
aud make such returns shall be entitled to receive from
lhe treasury ~ such town five for each and every
hIth and death so returned And every person afpre-
sau Tho shau neglect or refuse to make the re-
qurcd by this section shall be liable to fine Of not les,
than three dollars for each neglect or refusal.
SEC 3. Every justice Of the peace minister shall
make record Of each marriage solemnzed before him.
ogehe with all the facts relating marriages, required
by the first section Of this act aud such justice or min
lser shall annually in the mouth Of February or from
time 20 time, copy Of the record for the wear
next preceding the first day Of January To the clerk Of
the town in which the marriage was solennized and
every person as aforesaid who shall neglect or refuse to
make the returns required by this section shall be liable
refusal. 7'''' VI
We copy also the following paragraph from
the instructions by the Secretary of State.
10 clerks OF School Districts especially in popuous
owns ana changing population, it is suggested that
much Vigilance will be necessary to ascertain ali The
brths and deaths and requisite circumstances occurring
m their Precincts and they directed to begin their
Investigations at the commencement Of the year and IN
make Their record each month consecutivoly and when
practicable to 1.-THE apparent cause Of death nno
information derived personally from the physician who
may have attended the deceased.
o. WILLIAM T. BADGER, Esq, formerly Of This tovp
Is one OF the Democratic Members Of the Kansas Lepis
lature from Atchison county.-Tk Patriot
Mr.. Badgers wife and family are still resi-
dents of Montpelier. Surprising they were
now and had been for several years, residents
of Kansas and Mr.. Badger leaving them
there, should come to Montpelier, and having
remained here for a year or more, the people
of Montpelier should elect him to represent
the town in the General Assembly, would he
be allowed to take and retain his seat?-
Would the civil authority of the town even
allow him to uote for Representative VIII
the Patriot please inform us.
~ We call attention to the article under
our Educational head on the fourth page
The suggestions are all to the point, and it is
not too late to carry some of them into effect
the present winter especially that part re-
latng to visiting schools. If the Committee
who furnish these articles for the press would
seek to make them as short as possible. there
would be more surety of their being general
ly read and of course greater good would
result from their publication.
I11s. b. Colby, Esq. of Montpelier. VT. and
Charles S. Bradley, Esq. of Rhode Island.
have been admitted Attorneys and Counsel
Tors of the Supreme Court of the U. S.
~ VIM. S. Tuckerman, the mail robber
has been bound over, in the sum of 500, 900.
Tor trial on the 4th Tuesday in February
- The Hastings Mimi Independent
speaking of the winter in that section. saws
The winter has been remarkably pleasant.
the present week being the coolest we have
had'-The people are as busy, as blitho and
gay, as in any spot we have ever visited, and
so Tar as we are concerned we have never felt
better, or enjoyed winter more. We are
aware that this winter the most exaggerated
reports are current relative to our territory
ono OF which gives a most distressing account
OF Hastings. Now we are prepared TO saw
having seen so much Of the winter, and being
familiar with the people, that the story Of
suffering so far as this locality is concerned
is graceless falsehood We have snow. we
have winds, but not an avalanche nor tenn
pest, as persons in the States would be led to
believe from reading the wholesale reports
circulating there. For health, enjoyment.
and profit of labor, Minnesota is the place. in
our opinion above all others.