Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1860-12-14

Sic. 8. Section one of chapter ninety
f one of the compiled statutes is hereby re-
pealed.
Approved November p, 1860.
No. 46.-AN ACT in addition to chapter
twelve of the Compiled Statutes, relating
to the Duties of County Judges and
County Treasures.
his hereby enacted Sc.
SIC. |. All claims which have or may
hereafter accrue against amy county in this
state shall be examined and allowed by the
assistant judges Of the county court for such
county, aud a statement of each claim, with
+ the amount allowed thereon, shall be certlii-
ed by them 10 the county clerk, who is here
10y authorized to draw an order therefor up
on the county treasurer, and no money shall
hereafter be paid out of any county treasury
in this state, except upon the order OF the
county clerk.
SEC. ?. 1t shall hereafter be the duty
of each county clerk TO keep on file in the
county clerks office all statements or vouch-
ers furnished him by the assistant Judges
upon which he may have drawn orders up
on the county treasurer, and also to keep
record of ali such orders; which record
shall state the number of each order, its
4 date, its amount, TO whom payable, ard as
near as may be for what purpose drawn,
and the book containing such record shall
be kept or file in the county clerks Office.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be the duty OF each
county clerk, within three days after the
drawing of any order upon the county treas
urer, lis number, its date, its amount, to
whom payable, ard as near as may be for
what purpose drawn, and no such order
shall be paid by the treasurer, or endorsed
as accepted by him, until the abstract shall
be lodged in his office.
SEC. 4. The treasurers of the several
counties in this state shall annually, ON or
before the eighth day of January of each
and every year. prepare and lodge with the
assistant Judges of their respective coun-
ties full report of their several accounts
as tleasurers for the year ending on the
first day of said January, exhibiting the
amount and sources of revenue OF their re-
specive counties. aud each item thereof; |
also all sums paid by them as such treasur-
ers, giving the number, date and amount of
each order paid, to whom made payable,
and for what purpose drawn, and the
amount of interest if any, paid thereon;
also the amount of Indebtedness of their
respective counties, if any shall exist, to-
gether with copy Of the abstracts of all
orders then unpaid.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the as
sistant judges in the several counties, I'M
upon the receipt of the report OF
the county treasurer, as mentioned in the
preceding section, to compare the same with
the record of the county clerk as to the Or
lers drawn upon the county treasurer for
the time embraced in said report, and after
causing all errors therein to be corrected,
if any shall exist, it shall be their duty 10
cause such report to be filed in the county
clerks office.
SEC. 6. The assistant judges shall, an
lually, and within six days after the receipt
If the report of the county treasurer, as
provided in section four of this act, publish
80 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 7
treasurer, the Indebtedness of the county,
and such other facts relating to the fl
nancial condition of the county as they
shall deem important; such publication
shall be made in one or more newspapers |
published in the county, and if no newspa-
per is published therein, then insome news
papers which have a general circulation in
said county.
SEC. 7. All acts and parts Of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby repealed. |
Approved November &c, 1860.
No. H.-AN ACT increasing the duties
of town treasurers, justices of the peace,
court auditors states attorneys, iailers
and the secretary of state.
u IS hereby 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, require said justices
to furnish in writing, a statement embracing
the name OF the person prosecuted, his age,
nativity, occupation, offence and sentence,
a copy of which shall be made by said
treasurer, and forwarded on or before the
second Thursday of October in each year,
to the secretary of state.
SEC. 2. Every justice of the peace,
neglectng to furnish to the treasurer Of the
town in which trial may be had writ
ten statement in accordance with the pro-
visions of the previous section, shall be La
BILE to a 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 half TO the person making the
complaint against such justice.
SEC. 3. The court auditor in each
county shall require every justice of the
peace in his county, to furnish a written
statement Of the name Of the party by him
bound over for trial, with the age, nativity
and occupation of said person, before al
lowing any costs Of trial in The prosecution
Of the same; and said auditor shall make a
copy thereof and transmit the same on or
before the second Thursday of October an
nually to the secretary Of state.
| SEC 4. The states attorney for each
county shall transmit annually, on or before
the second Thursday of October,to the sec
rotary of state, a statement Of the name of
every person convicted on indictment or in
formation in his county, with the age, nativ-
ity, occupation of such person, and the
crime by him committed.
SEC. 5. Every jailer in this state shall
annually transmit TO the secretary of state,
on or before the second Thursday of Octo-
Der in each year, statement Of the name,
age, nativity and occupation of every per-
son committed to his Jail the preceding year,
together with statement of the offence al