Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1859-12-10

NO. oo-An Act Relating to the Collection Of Taxes.
u is hereby enacted, &c;
SEC. /. Whenever any person, not resident of
this state shall be dena,ent in the payment of nny
tax legally assessed against him in this state and shall
not have known personal property in this state sui-
cent to satisfy such tax, the collector Of such tax
may in his own name, commence trustee suit, foun-
ded upon such tax, against such delinquent person.
md may summon any person trustee of such den-
quent person, and the service upon the process
shall be made and the same proceedings and Judgment
had ms is now provided by law in the OF trustee
suits.
SEc 2. 1t shall not be necessary in proceedings
under this act that such trustee shall have the amount
of ten dollars IN his hands before he can be adudgcd
such trustee, or that the tax IN suit should amount to
ten dollars
SEC. 3. In making declaration in such process
against such delinquent person, 1t shall be sufficient
to state conclsey therein thn the plaintiff Is such col
cctor and has tax against such delinquent person.
describing it with reasonable certainty, and that the
same tax remains due and unpaid
S. c. 4. Whatever may be realized on the Judgment
rendered in any such suit shall be applied (aftcr pay
ing the costs of suit) on the tax.
Approved November 81, 1859.
No. 36.-An Act in Addition b Chapter Eighty-one of
the Compiled Statutes, Relating to the Collection of
Taxes.
is hereby enacted, DC:
SEC l. Whenever n collector shall have for collec
ton tax against any person residing of the town
IN which the collector resides he may notify such
person thereof by letter containing statement of
the amount of such tax and of the time and place
when and where the collector will receive payment
thereof such letter shall be deposited in the post of
flee addressed to the person against whom such tax
Is, at his usual post Office
SEC. g. The time so appointed for the payment of
such tax shall not be less than twenty than
forty days from the time when the letter shall be de-
posted in the post Office, as aforesaid.
SEC. g. II the person 50 notified shall fail TO pay
such tax agreeaby to notice the collector may collect
such tax Of such person. and shall be entitled to six
cents per mile for all necessary travel in the collection
of such tax to be collected with such tax as other
costs III the collection of taxes collected, such
travel to be reckoned the in the service of
process by constables and sherfs.
Approved November Is, 1869.
No. 37-An Act in Addition to Chapter Eighty-one Of
the Compiled Statutes, Relating to the Collection of
Taxes.
II is hereby enacted, DC:
SEC. |. When any constable has heretofore deceas-
ed shall hereafter decease, who, If living, would be
liable to have an extent issued against him by the
state treasurer the state treasurer may give notice
to Of the selectmen Of the town in which such
constable collector of the amount of taxes in ar
for such constable and request payment thereof
and in the same shall not be paid within thirty
days after said notice and request the state
rer may issue an extent against the goods and chates
Of the inhabitants Of said town, and the shall be
collected in the same manner as is provided in section
thirty eight Of chapter eghty-one of the compiled
statutes; and the subsequent proceeding, and the liza
bilty OF all parties, towns and persons shall be the
same as is provided in of issuing extent, pur-
suant to said section thirty-eight.
SEC. 2. Whenever the sheriff OF the county in which
delinquent constable resides is interested, the state
treasurer may issue his extent to the high baf Of
said county.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved November q, 1859.
No 3s-An Act Altering the time of Holding the De-
cember Term OF the County Court in the County of
Windsor.
II is hereby enacted, &c:
SEC. l. The December term of the county court
for the county of Windsor shall hereafter be held
the first Tuesday in December, instead oil the time
now provided by law.
Approved November 81, 1859.
No. 39.-An Act to Alter the Time of Holding the
County Court in the County of Bennington.
II is hereby enacted DC:
SEC. L. The cotnty court, within and for the coun-
X Of Benpinfon shall G r., c \. "HI - nooho , s.
in each year.
SEC. g. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with
this act are hereby repealed.
Approved November 4, 1882
No. 4o-An Act for the Protection of the Monuments
and Tombs of Deceased Persons.
II is hereby enacted &c:
SEC. l. If any person shall remove or destroy, oil
procure or caused to be removed or DESTROYED, any
grave-stone or monument erected to the memory Of
any deceased person, any tomb, any part por
tion of any tomb, in which the body of any deceased
person is inferred, he shall be punished by fine moi
exceeding two hundred dollars nor less than twenty
dollars.
SEC. g. In addition to the penalty prescribed in the
first section of this act, the person persons of
Tending shall be liable TO action of trespass to bs
prosecuted in favor of the surviving heirs descend
ants of such deceased persons in the name Of all suct
surviving heirs descendants jointly, in the name
of any one more of them who will prosecute such
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umeIt or tomb removed or destroyed and all dam
age occasioned thereby.
SKc 3. This shall not extend to prohibit the
mova of the grave-stone monument erected to tn,
memory OF any deceased person, by the relatives o.
descendants of such deceased person, upon the re
mova of the body of the deceased for the purpose
re-nterment elsewhere; to cases when the bodie
of deceased persons shall be removed and renerreC
in other grounds by authority of the seectmen unde
the provisions Of the entitled ian act in relation t.
burial grounds, approved November IL, A. ID. 1867.
SEC. A. This act shall take effect from its passage.
| Approved November s, 1859.
No. Alan Act Regulating the Sales of Medicine
usually considered Posons
his hereby enacted, &c:
SEC l. 1t shall not hereafter be lawful for any apoth
ecary, druggist other person in this State to sell
give away any article articles belonging to the elias
of medicines usually depom,naed poisons; or in Othe
words, medicines of such qualities and properties a
to render them liable to use through mistake, careless
ness design, with speedily dangerous fatal con
sequences; except in compliance with the restriction
contained in this act
SEC. 2. Every apohecary druggist or other perso
who shall sell or give away any article or articles be
longing to the above mentioned class of medicines,
cept upon the prescription order OF physician Q
surgeon or upon the order of an apothecary drug
gist shall be required irst to register in book keT
for that purpose the name and age of the person oil
tanning such medicine; second the quantity sold
third the purpose for which it obtained; the da
and date which it was obtained; fifth, the nam
and residence of the person for whom the article II
tended; sixth, to carefully and conspicuousy mar
the word poison upon the label or wrapper of eac
package; seventh, to neither sell give away an
article OF the above mentioned class 10 minors of etl
or sex without orders from their parents proI
er person.
SEC 8. No apothecary, druggist or other perso
shall sell give away, under the restrictions of tn
act, arsenious acid popularity known as arsenic,
quantities less than pound without first thorough
ly mixing lamp black indigo Herewith in the pr
portion of one half ounce of lamp black, one ha
ounce of indigo, to the pound Of arsenc only undt
the exceptions mentioned in the first part OF sectio
two Of this act
SEC. 4. If any member of any household in tn
state any person thereat shall put away for use
some future period any active medicine poison III
BILE to be used by mistake, incautousy, with spee'
lily injurious or fatal effects, without first seeing th
said medicine or poison is well, egibly and conspic
ously labelled with the name thereof SHALL convi
tion of such offence before proper authority, be SUI
ject to the penalties of this act.
SEC. g. Any persons offending against the provi