Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1861-01-10
LAWS.

cooperating the Village OF Rutland" ap.
proved Nov. 16, 1858.
II is hereby enacted by the General As
semrbty otMe State of Termont, as foAoacs
SEC. /. The appointment of water
commissioners, provided for by an act en-
titled san act in addition to an act incorpo-
rating the village of Rutland" approved
November 18th, 1858, shall hereafter be
made at an annual meeting of the village
of Rutland Providsd, that if any vacancy
shall occur in the Office of water commits.
sioner, by reason of the death, resignation
or removal Of any water commissioner al
ready appointed, said village may, at any
special meeting called for that purpose,
fill the vacancy by an appointment for the
unexpired term for which said commits
sioner was elected
Approved November 20, 1860.
No. 78.-An Act in amendment of an act
entitled IAN act TO incorporate the Vii
lage Of Rutland" approved Nov. 10Th.
l847.
II as herqJy eaacted. &C.:
SEC. l.. Section two of an act entitled
san act to Incorporate the village of Rut-
land is hereby amended 50 a. to read as
follows
An annual meeting of said corporation
shall be holden on the last Wednesday of
May in each year, at six o'clock in the at
ternoon, at the court house in said Rut-
land, or at such ether place as such cor
poration shall hereafter appoin of which
notice shall be posted at two public places
in said village, and published once in any
newspaper printed therein, at least ten
days previous to said meeting, which no
tice shall be signed by the clerk OF said
corporation, and in case Of his failure, by
the trustees and whenever five legal vo-
tiers OF said corporation shall 50 request
the clerk, and upon his neglect or refusal,
! .hc trustees may call special meeting Of
iaid corporation, giving like notice of the
same, and specifying in such notice the
dject Of said meeting: and at the meet
lIgs of said corporation none but inhabi-
tants qualified by law To vote in town
meetings in said town, and who shall have
resided for one year within the limits
hTeln or hereafter established for said viii
lage, shall be entitled to vote.
SEC. 2. Section eight Of the act to
which this is an amendment, shall be so
amended as to read as follows:
The corporation may, at any annual
meeting, but at no other meeting or time,
lay a tax on the poll, of the inhabitants Of
SAID village. ahd fatable estate within the
same, whether Of residents or nOn-rcsidcnis,
sI,
act aud the trustees hall make out rate
bill accordingly, and deliver the same to
the collector who shall have the same
power 10 collect such tax a> the collector
of town taxes; and may. in like mann~r,
sell property to satisfy the same, and for
the want thereof commits any person against
whom he ha> such tax to Jail Pr0Ctded.
that no tax or taxes exceeding in the ag-
gregate twenty-five cents on the dollar OF
the list OF the polls of the inhabitants Of
said village, and OF the ratable estate within
sad village, shall be voted or authorized
at any meeting of said corporation.
SIC. ,. The trustees of said corpora
ton shall be penalty liable for any claim
or liability incurred by them in behalf Of
said corporation, beyond what Is provided
for by tax.
SEC. /. No money shall be expended
by any person for or in behalf Of said cor
poratioa, except the trustees and water
commissioner.
SEC. ). This act shall not be construed
so as to prevent said corporation, at any
annual meeting duly warned and holden
for thar purpose, from voting a tax OF any
amount, when the same shall be necessary
for the purpose Of paying any inde bted-
ness or liability OF said corporation which
may have accrued previous 10 the pa sage
of this act.
Approved November "a, 1860.
No. 79.-An Act in alteration Of and in
addition TO an act entitled IAN act to in
corporate the Village of Rutland ap-
proved Nov. 1j, 1897.
II IS hereby enacted, Sc:
SEC. l. The Village of Rutland may,
at the next annual meeting of said corpo-
ratioa. divide the territory within the cor
poration limits of said village, into seven
wards, and define the boundaries thereof ;
and therefore the legal voters residing in
each ward shall. at the annual meeting OF
said corporation, elect one trustee of said
corporation.
SEC. 2. All acts and parts of acts in-
consistent with this act are hereby re-
real,.d,
SEC. J. This act shall not take effect
unless the majority of the legal voters pre-
sent at the next annual meeting OF said
corporation shall, by their vote at said an
nual meeting, assent to this act.
Approved November 27, 1860.
ENOUGH FOR ONE BED.-Emigration
to the State Of Michigan was so great du-
ring the year 1886 that every house
was filled every night with travellers
wanting lodging. Every traveller there at
that time will remember the difficulty of
obtaining bed in the hotels, even il he
had two or three strange bed fellows.
The Rev. Hosea Brown, an eccentric
Methodist minister, stopped one night at
one of the hotels i'll Ann Arbor, and in
quircd if he could have a bed and room
to himself. The barkceper told him he
could, unless they should be SO full as to
render it necessary to put another IN with
him. At an early hour the reverend gem
tleman went to his room, locked the door
and soon retired to his bed, and sunk into
a comfortable sleep. Along towards mid
night, he was reused from his slumber' by
a loud knocking at his door
Halo" !" you there" he exclaimed,
"what do you want now "-'partIcular
stress on the. last word
You must take another lodg:r, SIR
with you," said the Voice Of the landlord
"What another yet"
"Why, yes-there is only one III here,
is there ?"
"One here is Mr.. Brown, Methodist
preacher, and myself already, and
should think that enough for one bed even
in Michigan"