Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1860-12-13
Appsoycd November Is, 1850.
No. $.---An act to provide for the Estabiishmen
and Enlargement Of School House Yards.

No, $.---An act to provide for the Establishment
and Enlargement Of School House Yards.
II ia hereby cnacAd, &c.
SIC. |. Whenever, in The opinion of a0y
so',ooi district, expressed by vote of such dis
,rict at legal meeting warned for that purpose
it shall become necessary to haze more land at
tached 10 the school house Of snch district, for
the accommodation and convenience Of The same;
and it the owner or owners Of such lands sha
refuse to convey the same by deed to said dis.
tric,s, shall demand M unreasonable sume thcro-
for, such district, BY thcir prudential committee,
may apriy to the seiectmcn Of she town in
which such districts is loeAtod, whose duty il
shalt be to locate and set out such lands. and
when the sane stall have been determined pen
BY them, to cause the aGne to no surveyed and
they shall proceed 10 ascertain what damages
shs4l be sustained by tho o%hcr or owners of the
same but before thoy shall determine the a.
mount of damages with any ore may sustain.
they shall cause him 10 bo notified OF the time
aud place Ct hearing, either personally or by
leaving written n0tce at the reidenoe Of sunh
owrer or owners Of the land F.; and when troy
shall make their report, stating particularly all
their proceedings ard their decision, with their
survey and appraisal Of damages if any. and
shall Gle the same in the town clerks oico in
tho town where such lands are situsted, and
shall cause the sano to he there recorded.
SEC. 8. Before tho school district Onter On
such lands, is shall pay, or tender 70 such ow.
ners, the amount Of such damages so appraised
by said sOlectmcn.
SEC. 3. If the 0guor or owners or such land
shall not accept of damages 20 appraised by
said seco!mcn. the prudential committee Of such
district may, on behalf Of such district agree
with the owner or owners of such aui. to re
fer the question Of damages 70 ere or more dis
interested persons, whose award shall he made
in writing and shall be final,
SEC. 4, II any psra,n intor's in the land
which the Se!e0tmon mag have located aud uet
out shall be dissatisfied with such location, Or
with tho compensation awarded for his damage
he may make application in wiring by petition
TO the county court in the Same county, at their
next stated term, and any Number OF p,ranna
aggrcyod may join in the Fotitoo and the
petition, together with u citation for that par
pos, shall he served On one or more Of the pru.
Dental committee Of such sCh0aI district, al least
twelve days before tue session of the cgunty
court, and the court shall appoint three d;etin.
tarestcd commissioners 40 inqnir0 into the con
Fcnioncc and the necessi Ul such lands and thp
amount required, as we'll I'll sac matter Of dln,-
ages which may have been sustained by the
persona interested iheFn.
SEC 5. The commissioners shall! give six
DAYS nutico to one or more OF lhe Erudtntini
committee Of Buch school district, Vi The time
and the place when and where they sill makr
such inquiry, and hcAr ,ho paltiee and on
he report OF such commissioners The court may
establish Or set aside such location. or such
parts thereof as shall appear just, and may reu
der Judgment for the petitioner to recover ,
gainst such school district such suu Tor dAn.
ges as shall appear to said court to be just and
reasonable, and the Gear, may tax costs for ei-
her parry as shall appear to no just
Sac, 6. When application shall be made TO
the county court. az provided in tho two pre-
cedng sections, the opening Of the lot q land
Surveyed and laid ont by the selec'meu shall be
stayed Until the decision OF the county cOuit in
tie premises; and such court fix tho time Tor
opening the same and the payment Of damages,
and if such damages shall no, b. paid within
the time limited, tho court may award eXeou-
ton for the same
Approved November % 1860
~. 4,--An Act in addition TO IN Act entitled
- An Act prOgidias for District Schools in
certain c4ses, approved November q, 1850
Il htrdy tHdcieJ, &c;
zee |, The act 80 which this act is an ad
.i'ion thliI he 30 construed as to extcd to every
school district which shall, Tor TIE period ii
tour months next after the time GAcd by aw
for the annual school meeting, omit or neglect
t. c.us" L common school OF any grade to be
taught in such district
SIC. .. This act ahali take elect from its