Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1861-12-06

as practicable, certified copy of each re-
port herein provided for to the Treasury
of this State. fg .i ID 1.-. Wf4
SEC. 3. The officer in command of any
detached company from this State connec-
ted with any other regiment in the SER
vice of the United States shall make or
cause to be made such returns and reports
of his company as are required by section
one of this act.
SEC. 8, The proviso to section second of
the act entitled "An act to provide for
the families of citizens of Vermont, mus
tered into the service of the United States"
approved April 81, 1861, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows; provided, that
no order shall be paid by the Treasurer
of the State for less than seven dollars
unless such soldier shall have died, or
been discharged from service; nor shall
such order be paid unless the name of the
soldier be found, by the Treasurer, upon
the rolls lodged in his office, as required
by the first section Of this act, and such
order of the soldier shall be countersiged
by the commanding officer of his company,
or by the acting Q. Master of the regiment
in which such soldier shall serve and no
money payable, or received under the
provisions of this act shall be subject to
attachment by trustee process.
SEC. 4, Minors and men without fami.
lies. in the service may draw orders upon
the State Treasurer for the seven dollars
per month due to them from the State up
on the conditions, and under the rcstric-
tions specified in the second section Of this
act.
SIC. 5. This act shall take effect on
the first day of December A. D. 1861.
Approved, Nov. 2l, 1861.
|
No. An act in amendment of section
four of an act for the better protection
of the Treasury, approved Nov. q
1860. rr.G gt. t......
II IS hereby enacted SC.
SEC. /. Section four of an act for the
better protection of the Treasury" ap
proved November 27, 1860, shall here
after read as follows: eff the Treasurer
g shall divert, misapply or conceal any o
" the public treasure he shall, on convic
+" ton thereof, be punished by imprison
"ment in the State Prison for q term O
"not less than two or more than tel
years" ef f @ .
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov. s, 1861.
No. S.-An act in addition to an ac
entitled, an act relating to the sure
ties of the late State Treasurer.
1t is hereby enacted &c,
SEC. |. The committee appointed by
t" the act relating to the sureties of tn,
late State Treasurer approved Nov 26
1861, are authorized in their discretion
to commence and prosecute any suit a
law or in equity in that name of the Stat,
of Vermont against said Treasurer, ant
any af his surities, and any other parties
to enforce and protect the rights of thi
State, and may employ counsel for tina
purpose; and said committee may also re
deem any property attached on any pro
cess in any suit now pending agains
said Treasurer or his surities, from am
mortgage or incumbcrance if in thcirjudg
ment the interest of the State require it
and the auditor of accouts is directed t,
draw all necessary orders upon the Treas
urcr of the State for that purpose: Pro
!. uided, that if all the assests Of the lat
state treasurer belonging to the state
growing out of the defalcation of sale
late treasurer, nowin the hands of am
person, shall be surrendered to the State
then said commissioners are hereby author
lied, if in their opinion it shall be for th
!. interest Of the State SO to do, to discharg
any or oil of the signers of said late treas
urcr's bonds who may prove, to the salts
faction Of said commissioners, that the,
have in no way participated in the use 0
treasury funds, for speculation or othe
! purposes; and provided that such dischar
&c shall not be SO construed as to impos
npop any person not discharged the pay