Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1860-12-21

or who shall advise, encourage or promote
such fight, shall be punished by imprison-
ment in the state prison not more than five
years, or by imprisonment in the county Jail
not more than one year and fine not exceed
ing one thousand dollars.
See 3. Every person, an inhabitans or
resident of this state, who shall, by previous
appointment or engagement made within
this state, leave the state and engage in a
fight with another person, without the limits
thereof. shall be punished by imprisonment
III the state prison, not more than five years,
CT fine not exceeding five thousand dollars.
Sec, ). This act shall not in any manner
affect the provisions of any statute heretofore
enacted against duelling.
Sec 4. This act shall take effect from Its
passage.
Approved November %, 1860.
No. 45.-AN ACT in amendment OF chapter
nlnety-one of the Compiled Statutes in re-
lation to the Preservation If Public
Health
HH hereby enacted, &c.
Sec l. Section one of chapter ninety-lne
Of the complied statutes shall be SO amended
as to read as follows
If any person shall b, infected with the
small pox, the selectmen of the town in which
such person shall be, shall Immediately pro-
vide place rs remote from inhabitants as
shall be convenient, and remove the person
50 infected to such place, unless in the opin-
ion Of the attending physician the life Of such
person would be endangered by the removal,
and in all cases by requiring immediate vac
cination, and otherwise, to take the most
prudent means to prevent the spreading Of
the disease.
Sec. ,. If any person shall be infected
with the small pox near the line of an al
joining town 50 ~ to expose the inhabitants
thereof, the selectmen of SAID adjoining town
may in their discretion, exercise all the au-
thority and take all the precautionary mea-
sures prescribed in the first section Of this
act.
Sec 8. Section one Of chapter ninctv-one
of the compiled statutes is hereby repealed
Approved November p, 1860.
No. 46.-AN ACT in addition to chapter
twelve of the Compiled Statutes, relating
t. the Duties of County judges and County
Treasurers.
Il is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec l. All claims which have or may
NeTtdltcT dtcTuc any county III lIlS
state shall be eqaminel and allowed by the
assistant judges of the county court for such
county, and a statement of each claim, with
the amount allowed thereon shall be certified
by them to the county clerk, who is hereby
authorz d to draw an order therefor upon the
county treasurer, and no money shall here
after be paid on. Of any county treasury in
this state, except upon the order Of the
county clerk.
See. >. 1t shall hereafter be the duty Of
each county clerk t. keep on file in the
county clerks office all statements or vouch-
ers furnished him by the assistant judges up
on which he may have drawn orders upon
6 s4 S OF All s! Orders, ?nH With rd:5r shall
state the number Of each order, its date, its
amount, to whom payable, AMI as near as
may BE- for what purpose drawn. and the
book containing such record shall BE- kept On
file IN the county Jerk : Office
Sec 3 l. shall be the duty Of each county
clerk, with three days after tie drawing Of
any order upon the county treasurer, to
transmit = such treasurer an abstract Of such
order, giving its numb-r,itS dat, It's omount,
t. whom payable, and As near as may be for
what purpose drawn, Al! n such order shall
b. paid by the treI~urrr. or cu !)r>el rs accent
Ell by him. until ,he abstract shall BE- l1Is3l
in his Office.
Sc. /. The tgelsar,rs of the several
counties in ihi, STATE shall annually, On or
before the eigh,h day IF January Of each
and every year. replre and lodge with the
assistant judges OF their respective counties
full report Of their several accounts as trea-
slrers for the year ending on the first day
Of said January. exhibiting the amount and
sources of revenue Of their respective counties
and each item thereof; alS) al sums
pad by them As such treaSurers, giving the
nuuiber. date and amount Of each order paid,
to whom made payable. and fJr what pur-
pos, drawn, and the amount of interest. if
any, paid thereon also the amount Of indebt-
edness of their respective Countless III any shall
exist. together with copy Of the abstracts
of all orders then unpaid.
Sec. ). 1t shall BE- the d0ty of the assist
ant Judges in the several COUNTIES, Immediate
lyunon the receipt of the report Of the county
treasurer, as mentioned in the preceding see
ton. to compare the same with the record of
the county clerk as t. the orders drawn upon
the county treasurer for the time embraced
in said report, and after causing all errors
therein to be corrected ifany shall exist, it
shall be their duty to cause such report to be
filed in the county clerks Office.
See. 6. The assistant judges shall, annu-
ally, and within six days after the receipt of
the report Of the county treasurer, as provi.!-
ed in section four of this act publish 50 much
and such parts of said report as to show the
income OF the county for the time embraced
therein, the amount paid by the treasurer,
the Indebtedness OF the county, and such 9th
or facts relating to the financial condition Of
the county as they shall deem important
such publication shall be mad, in one OF
m re newspapers published in the county,
and if no newspaper is Published therein,
then in some newspapers which have Il gen
eral circulation in SAID county.
Sec I. All acts and parts Of act, incon-
sistont with this &C. are hereby repealed.
Approved NoYenb3r &c, 1850.
No. FAN ACT increasing the duties of
town trcasurers, Justices Of the peace, court
auditors. state 5 attorneys. .jlilers and lie
secretary Of state.
his hereJv enacted &c.
SEC |. The treasurer of each town in the
state shall, before allowing orders Of justices
Of the peace, drawn on account of criminal
prosecutions, quire said justices to furnish
In writing, Il statement embracing the name
of the person prosecuted his age, nativity,
occupation, offence and sentence, 4 copy Of
which shall be made by said treasurer, and
forwarded on OF before the second Thurday
q October in each year. to the Secretary of
state.
SEC. 2. Every justice of the peace, ne
glecting to furnish the treasurer OF the town
in which trial may be had written state
ment in accordance with the provisions oil the
previous section, shall b. liable to Il penalty
of five dollars, one half of which shall be
paid into the treasury of such town in which
the trial may be had, and the other halt to
the person making the complaint against
such justice.