Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-01-04
LAWS OF VERMONT, A. d. 1850.

ton in the Newspapers
No 4e-An act in addition to chapter twelve of
the Compiled Statutes relating to the Duties of
County Judges and County Treasurers,
1t IS hereby enacted By the General As
sen,by Of the State Of VermO"t, as fol-
lo,oS: .e- r-#
Sec All claims which have or may hereafter
accrue against any county in this state shall De
examined and allowed by the assistant Judges OF
the county court for such county, and statement
of each claim with the amount allowed thereon
shall be certified by them to the county clerk VINO
is hereby authorized to draw an order thereior
upon the county treasurer, and no money snail
hereafter be paid out of any county treasury IN
this state, except upon the order OF the county
clerk. f
So It shall hereafter be the duty Of each county
clerk to keep on file in the county clerk once
all statements or vouchers furnished him by lhe
assistant Judges upon which he may have drawn
orders unon the county treasurer, and also to keep
n record of all such orders; which record shall
state the humber of each orderts date its amount
to whom payable, and as near as may be for what
purpose drawn, and the book containing such re-
cord shall be kept on file in the county clerk 5
office. ..s..
Sec Itshall be the duty of each county clerk
within three days after the drawing of any order
upon the county treasurer, to transmit TO shch
treasurer an abstract of such order giving us
number, its date its amount, to whom payapie'
and 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.
"a The treasurers of the several counties IN
this state shall annually, on or before the elgth
day of January of each and every year. prepare
and lodge with the assistant judges of their re-
spective counties full report OF their several az
counts as treasurers 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; also all sums paid by them
as such treasurers, giving the number date ana
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 II any,
shall exist, together with copy of the abstracts
of all orders then unpaid.
IS 1t shall be the duty of the assistant judges
IN the several counties, Immediately upon the re-
cent 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 orders drawn upon the county treasurer Tor
the time embraced in said report and after causing
all errors therein to be corrected, if any shall eX-
ist it shall be their duty to cause such report TO
be filed in the county clerks office.
Sc The assistant judges shall, annually, and
within six days after the receipt of the report OF
the county treasurer, as provided in section foui
of this act publish 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, ant
such other facts relating to the financial condi
ton of the county as they shall deem important
such publication shall be made in one or more
newspapers published in the county, and If nc
newspaper is published therein, then in some
newspapers which have general circulation IL
said county.
81 An acts and parts of acts inconsistent will
this act are hereby repealed,
Approved November 26, 1850.
No 4T-An act increasing the duties of town treas
urers, justices of the peace, court auditors
states attorneys. jailors and the secretary o
state,
1t Is hereby enacted, &C.:
Sec | The treasurer of each town in the stat
shall before allowing orders of justices OF tn
peace, drawn on account of criminal prosecutions
require said justices to furnish in writing state
ment embracing the name of the person prose
cuted, his age, nativity, occupation otlense an
sentence, copy of which shall be made by sal
treasurer and forwarded on or before the secon
Thursday of October in each year, to the sccretar
of state 4 ..r,..! .L....
So Every justice of the peace, neglecting t
furnish to the treasurer of the town in which
trial may be had, a written statement in accort
ance with the provisions of the previous section
shall be liable to penalty of five dollars, one ha
of which shall be paid into the treasury of sue
town in which the trial may be had, and the otht
half to the person making the complaint again'
such justice.
So The court auditor in each county shall r
quire every justice Of the peace in his county
furnish a written statement of the name of I'll
party by him bound over for trial, with the ag
nativity and occupation of said person, before a
lowing any costs of trial in the prosecution
the same and said auditor shall make a cor
thereof and transmit the same on or before ii
second Thursday of October annually to the Sc
rotary of state
s4 The states attorney for each county sha
transmit annually, on or before the second THU
day of October to the secretary of state, stat
ment of the name of every person convicted {
Indictment or information in his county, with Il
age, nativity, occupation of such person, and Il
crime by him committed.
SO Every jaior in this state shall annual
transmit to the secretary of state on or before Il
second Thursday of October in each year, stat