Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1861-12-05

such sums as the Superintendent of the State
Prison shall require, not exceeding in the whole
eight thousand dollars which bonds shall in all
other respects conform to the conditions and
limitations Of section 9 of an act entitled ian
act making an appropriation for arming, &c.,
the Militia of tlis State"
SEC. 9. The Superintendent of the State
Prison shall receive said bonds so issued by the
Treasurer upon his rcquisi,ion and Herewith
pay the outstanding debts of the Vermont State
Prison, but he shall not dispose of said bonds
at less than their par value. Said Superintend-
ent shall render his account of his doings un-
der this act, to the Auditor of Accounts, and
said Auditor of Accounts shall make report of
the same to the next Legislature.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved Nov. 81, 1851.
No. 3S.-An act in relation to the appointment
of Jail Commissioners
II is hcreby enacted, &c.
SEC. /. Whenever tie office of Commission
er of Jail delivery in any County shlll become
vacant by death, removal, or otherwise, the
Judges of the County Court in the County in
which such vacancy occurs, maysiat any time,
fill such vacancy by the appointment of another
person, who shall be sworn to the faithful dis
charge of the duties of such office, and shall
hold such Office subject to the provisions of sec
ton l0i of chapter 13 of the Compiled Statu-
ties.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved Oct. 80, 1861.
No. 30.--An act to repeal sections six, seven,
eight and nine of chapter ninety-one of the
Compiled Statutes, entitled "An act for the
encouragement and promotion of Agriculture,
Domestic Manufactures and the Mechanic
Arts.
II is hereby enacted, DC.
SEC. l. Sections six, seven, eight and nine
of chapter nnety-nine of the Compiled Statutes
are hereby repealed
SEC. 2. This act shall not affect any claim
which any County shall have for any n oney or
account OF Agricultural exhibitions which have
been made the present year.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its
passage
Approved Nov s, 1861.
No. 4O.-An act authorizing Selectmen to light
covered bridges.
II is heyeby enacted, DC.
SEC. l. The selectmen Of the several towns
in this State are authorized, in their discretion
to place lamps, or the necessary appliances fol-
gas, in such of tie covered bridges in their re-
spective towns, for the purpose of lighting sucf
bridges, and cause the same to be properly
lighted and taken care Of at such times and OF
snch occasions as they shall see fit, and as the
safety and convenience of the travel upon sucl
bridges may require, at the expense of their re-
spective towns.
SEC. .. This act shall take effect from it,
passage.
Approved Nov. s, 1861.
No. 41.-An act to prevent the circulation o
counterfeit and altered Bank Bills.
II is hereby enacted, DC.
| SEC |. ANY and every Bank now establish
| ed, or which may be established under the au
! thority Of this State, which shall receive in
| payment or upon deposite or for red mptior
from any other. Bank, or from any person oil
| persons, any counterfeit Bank Bill. shall write
or stamp upon such Bank Bill the word "coun.
tertcit," adding thereto or hereunder the namt
of the Bank, ard the initials of its officer by
which such writing or stamp shall be made
SEC. 2. Any Bank Note or Bill which ma,
have been altered from its original denomina
tion or amount to some other shall in like
manner be stamped with the word "altered," il
such manner as to give notice of Its altera
ton.
SEC. 3. If any Bank or its officers shall, by
mistake or inodyertence, make any such writing
| or stamp upon a Bank Note or Bill which i,
not counterfeit or altered, the Bank or its office
shall not be answerable in damages for any
sum greater than the actual loss or damag,
which such mistake or inadvertence may pro
duce, in no case to exceed the amount of sucl
| Bill-eXcept in cases where it appears that th
stamp or writing was frauduently made.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from it
passage.
Approved Nov. s, 1861.
No. 42.-An act relating to Bank loans 10 thi
State and the United States.
II is hereby enacted, de-
SEC. /. Section seventy-four of chapte
eghty-four of the Compiled Statutes, shall no
be SO construed as to prevent any Bank from
loaning to the State of Vermont, or to III,
Government of the United States, sum ex
ceeding ten per cent. of its capital stock
SEC. .. "An act in addition to chapter eigh
ty-four Of the Compiled Statutes, relating Il
Banks, approved April 26, 1861" is hereby re
peaed.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect from it
passage.
Approved Nov. 20, 1861.
| No. 4I.-An act to alter the time Tor holding
the County Court in the County of Orange.
II is hereby enacted DC.
SEC. |. The County Court for the County o
Orange shall hereafter be held on the thirt
Tuesday of June, and the second Tuesday o
January of each year Prorided, that this ac
snail not abolish, nor in any way affect the tern
of the Court now appointed TO be holden oil
the third Tuesday OF January, A. d. 1862.
Approved Nov 20, 1861.
No. 4S.-An act providing for the division O
the lands reserved for public uses in tn
charter of the town of Belvidere.
Whereas, in the charter of the town of Bel
yidere to John Kelley, there was reserved 70
public uses the "usual quantity of land reserves
in other townships chartered by this State /;
and tohereas, the said John Kelley, or his heir
or grantees did, in the survey of said town, &C
tually set apart for said uses lots numbers
1862. 1863, l64, l65, l66, l67, l6S and 1863, o
the plan of said town; and 'ohereas, by fore
of said grant, the right of the University G
Vermont, the right of the County Gramma
School for the County of Lamoilc, the right @
the first settled minister in said Belyidere tn
gospel right so called and the Town Schoc
right, are entitled to said reserved lots of LAND
in equal proportlons and 'chereds, no division
or partition of said lots to said several right
has been made and ieheredS, said lots now Ii
partly within the town of Belvidere-
II is hereby enacted, dc.
Gro Georpe Il Edmunds of Rurlinpt on