Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1863-08-07
General Statutes of Vermont. 1869.

= er with certain Of the public acts Of tn,
year lo62, &c, published under the au,
thority of the STATE. The volume contains
! about 1860 pages, is printed on good paper
from clear type; and in its execution typo
graphically, is credtable 10 the State as well
as to the printer. Ii. o. Houghtop, el I'll,
Riverside press, Cambridge. Mass.
BY the act providing for the publication,
the Reporter of the decisions Of the Supreme
Court was appointed Commissioner to edit
, and superIutend the publication Of the vol
, ume, 70 prepare suitable hesd-notes to the
chapters, marginal references TO previous
legislation, &C., and also ou exact and CO
pious index to the whole The execution Of
the volume bears ample testimony TO the
labor and good Judgment Of the Commis-
sioner, Wv. G. SHAW, Esq, Of this town
We notice some particulars
The marginal notes give, in brief, opposite
each section the subject Of the same, and
also the chapter and section Of the Compiled
Statutes, OF Of subsequent session laws, from
which the present section is taken. II the
law has been amended OF several different
sections have been combined in one, tho mar
ginal note also indicates that fact
By this means the history Of the leglsla-
ton Of the State on any subject can be easily
traced and studied. Besides this Whenever
the subject involved in a section has received
a Judicial construction, there are marginal
references given 10 the decisions Of the Su-
preme Court thereon. To make these refer
ences must have cost the Commissioner a
great deal Of labor, as the whole body Of
Supreme Court decisions had to be scrutia-
ued for that end. The value of this to the
legal profession must be very great.
The Index, which is the key Of the public
to the laws. Is printed IN very clear tyre.
and j., in ,hi. respect as well as in It's co.
piousness, decided Improvement upon that
of the Compiled Statutes The index Of the
Compiled Statutes, contains only lO3 pages
while that Of the General Statutes comprises
I 25s pages The reference, in the index, to
the Section. AZ well rs to the rage is an i'm
provement upon the Massachusetts, General
Statutes which the Legislature seems to have
had in view in some measure. rs a model for
this work, and in which the index references
are only to the page The additional flcil-
itv of consultation from this improvement
every one viii appreciate
When it is remembered that the preparn-
ton Of the work rs above indicated, and It's
actual publication, were to be completed
before the lst Of August. ls62-the Jay
when the General Statutes take effect 1T
will be readily seen that the Commissioner
must have been very indus;rrously employed
since Jhe close Of the Session 70 accomplish
80 satisfactorily the work assigned to him.
While We ,peak with decided approval Of
the general execution Of the volume as =
specimen of typograp ply, we must express our
regret that more care was not taken to have
the representation Of the State Coat Of Arms
on the title page exact, according to the
statute and the authorized representation in
the Secretary Of States Office. The engraver
gave moro liberty to his fancy than was jus
tifable
An edition Of 1000 has been printed and
the State owns the stereotype plates, from
which additional copies can be printed on
short notice in numbers TO suit the demand.
We hope before more copies are printed Of,
a new ana better cut Of the State Arms viii
be provided for the tide page.
some Of the more remarkable alterations
from previous Statutes, are notice. IN the
following communication
TFor the Free Press.l
The General Statutes Of this state. JUS pub
lished. contain all the public laws Of Vermont
which vin'bs in force after August. 1868. and
will take the place Of the Compiled Statutes and
the Session Laws passed since 1850.
These General Statutes differ in many respects
from the laws in force up to this time, and it may
be Of service to the public to recite, in brief some
Of the more important of these alterations
Hereafter village may become incorporated
within the limits Of town, without the inter
vention Of a special set Of the legislature. The
selectnen are directed TO set out the bounds Of
village upon the presentation to them Of pc
tition to that effect. signed by majority Of the
legal voters of the town; and wien the des,rip-
ton Of the boundaries Of the village is recorded
in the Town Clerk Office. the village becomes o
body polite, with all The privileges relative 20
police regulations. &c, usually enjoyed By sl +.
corporations.-See GentrGl Statutes, p. ll9.
Land for the establ shmcnt of public burial
grounds may be taken BY proceedings IN iarituH'.
as for railroads, highways or for other public
purposes. p. 19a.
The law relative to the sdjudication upon, and
settlement Of. disputes between Railroad oompa-
nies respecting the time snd mode of their con-
nections, and the transmission of freight and
passengers from Que road to the ether, has been
f altered So as 10 make such adjudication more
specify and conclusive. aud more readily en-
forced. p. 23i.
In those suits in which the jurisdiction Of s
Justice Of the Peace has been heretofore limited
to claims not exceciing one hundred dollars, it is
now extended so as to embraceclainls not excesi-
ing two hundred dollars This change. however,
does rot apply to suits brought by way Of the
trustee process. P 27e.
The confession Of Judgment before Justice
of the Peace can only be taken now upon a
written specification of the claim on which the
|; Judgment is rendered. ?. go.
, The earnings Of minor or married woman
are not subject to attachment by trustee proces.
in suits against the parent of the minor or thS
husband Of such woman. ?. 3o6.
In order to enable Bank to hold negotiable
paper transferred to II, free from attachment BY
/ the trustee process, il IS no longer necessary