Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1858-12-11

elected shall expire.
Approved, Nov. 25, 1853
No. t4-An Act to secure Freedom to all persons with
IN this State
II is hereby o,octed, Dec,
SEC. |. No person within this State shall
BE- considered as property, or subject as such,
to sale purchase, OF delivery; nor shall any
person, within the limits of this State ut any
time. be deprived Of liberty or property with
out due process of law.
SEC. 2. Due process Of law mentioned in
the preceding section of this act shall, in all
cjses, be defined to mean the usual process and
forms in force by the laws of this State and is
sued by the courts thercof and under such pro-
cess such person shall be entitled to trial by
jury.
SEC. 3. Whenever any person i'll this State
shall be deprived of liberty, arrested, or dctain
cp on the ground that such person owes service
or labor to another person, not an inhabitant of
this state, either party may claim trial by jury
and, in such case, challenges shall be allowed to
the defendant agrceably to sections four and five
of chapter one hundred and eleven of the COM
piled statutes.
SEC. 4. Every person who shall deprive or
attempt to deprive any other person Of his or
her liberty, contrary to the provisions of the
preceding sections of this act, shall, on conyic-
ton thereof, forfeit and pay fine not exceed
drei dollars, or be punished by imprisonment
in tbc state nrision for a term not exceeding TEN
years ProrjIed. that nothing in said preceding
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rest Vi in'PIlsoh uiiuer eAlsliiiS laws lor COLI
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an African whether such African is or NAV have
been slave or not. nor color of skin or COM
plexion shall disoualify any person from being,
or prevent any person from becoming a citizen
of this state. nor deprive such person of the
rights and privileges thereof.
SEC 6, Every person who may have been
held as a slave who shall come. or be brought
or be in this state with or without the consent
of his or her master or mistress. or who shall
come, or be brought, or be, invohntarilv or in
any way in this state. shall be free
SEC. I. Every person who shall hold. or at
tempt to hold. in this state. in slavery. or as a
slave. any person mentioned rs slave in the
sixth section of this act. or any free nerson in
any form, or for any time however short under
the pretence that such person is or has been a
slave. shall. on conviction thereof he imprison.
ed in the state prison for term not less than
one.year. nor more than fifteen wears. and be
fined not exceeding two thousand dollars.
SIC. 3. All acts and narts of acts inoons;..
tent with the provisions Of This act are herebv
renealed
SEC. @ This ort shall taLo ef,oct from, ire
passage
approved, November 20 1898.
M 55An Act - addition =, ,,o so..o., ,o,. ,u,,
spect to the Militia.
II is hereby el,qctcd, De.
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,h;s sta,n sho1, h 'no mint" "
~, t tl'''ti oe VI untu nv
OF the provisions OF section twenty-five of AL act
cnuEed IAN act III relation to the militia" APP
proved Nov I'm 1872, the field officers OF such
r dnn t ma DC elected ny the commissioners
U,nut'S Vi VA? sr,oi"i coni!diIcS III eacn resl,
tho so;I 40 ,5, i,'' ietn y,
ie ,,o'nI Co., ~, s i-.,' 60 ~
t;on i; naob rn,,n',,t P'a at' th .hoii bo
oraani,od w.. ,I;o nn,n,o,nr Nv hns 81 ,;,
al ,,inoo ~ W. ~. h;'- J:,oi a. ''i',.
soh ., ,'I,." ~ Wv l i'.
ot;or ro,,oroi' 81 ',,,i I;,; TaH E
oIncta3 h' to AMY uo''s ,l' - Sr. y"
tot;,1os ~ fnirt ASsor'IJ'. a,,,so,d'a T., ,',;d
t;Io fyn 81 tbn stat"tn of ~ is o,.,''
and thp several division br;Todn and re,;nnnt'
at.T oce"a ubo ha ,nS;n,od anu ; eh.,
by sau tltc I'VE.
SEC. =. The sixth section OF an act entitled
''an act in relation to the militia" approYcd Oc-
toher 18th, 1911, is hereby repealed.
Approved, Nov. %, 1858.
No. GoHh b Ae to fSe f mgWay' rom the 'e-
III Is Ae'eoy e""eted' &C.
SEC. |. No person Shall gain any right OF
interest within the limits of any highway in this
State, solely by the possession and occupation
OF any portion OF such highway
Approved, November %, 1888.
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NO mJ. fems 10 hs"""! surveyors 4
,,y
SEC l. Al highway surveyors and street
commissioners hereafter elected ot tho ornuo
Mech ,neo,inas in tho ros,nct;,a tn,r,,s i, tb;
STATE shall hid oficc for one yeor from tbc Grs
dav If Anil nnyt sncceod;nc thn;r election
Srr > Al f;gb,yo, sTr,,.yors orJ str.o
comm;ssioncrs sbdll refnrn tbc;. t,x XII XIX tn ~,
sottIn tbe;r occo,,ts Win thc scirctn,o,, cf o
rcsncct;yc towns, bctwccn the first anJ d6l
doIs of Anil in eacb vc,r
SrC 2 al acts AID nor,s of acts ro,r :,
force inconsistent with The foreroino arc hero
bv reneacd o.
nrnrn,,oJ No, oa 1919
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