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u 81 the enru'lment made IN such Town or ct
l. "Sa'nst the name Of such person when he sba
= ~LNe al me age Of Il years with the Wor,
= ioIty-hNe years Of age; and shall also dra
Il rel lne across the name Of such person ,,,c
a siid recori; and shall also note upon the ,ns,
+ gin the death Of any person thus enrolled Stain
the time when such death occurred. NJ tbesam
!, time erasIng the name Of such deceased nerso
i'"h such record Of enrolment, by red Lin
Irawn aerosS the same; and said Selectrnen An
,ominon Councllmen shall from time to time 4
tle CASES occur, draw red line across the nam
1 oi every enrolled person who had been M, M.
hereafter be drafted, either under the laws !
TINS state or of Congress, and gone into service
or procured a substitute. or paid the commute
tlon required by law, and the statement Of tn
i'ct shall be entered in the margin agSinst tn
name o. such person, and shall forthwith, afte
hSAlng such erasures and entries, transmit I,
the AdJuttnt General a copy of the same; and in
All eases where substitutes for drafted men ar,
accepted, II enrolled in any Town or City in thi,
state, minute report on the margin Of sueb
record Of enrolment shall be made. showing spcL
substitution, copy Of which shall forthwith b,
transmitted to the Adjutant General, and the din
charge Of all persons from the military service
sha.I oe noted upon the margin Of such record
against the name Of such returned person.
Sec. 3 The sum Of one dollar required by
section ~ Of chapter 40, shall be by the rnedi
cal board repaid to said applicant for examin.-
tion, IN case such applicant shall receive from
such board his certificate Of exemption.
! sec T. IL such selectmen or common eoun
cllmen shall neglect or refuse 10 perform the du-
/ ties named in section two of this act, thev .bau
forfeit the sum Of ten dollars for each neglect N
be recovered in any proper action to be COM
menced by the Adjutant and inspector General
aud in his name.
| See. .. Section twelve of chapter one hundred
and ten Of the General Statutes, is hereby 70
pealed.
Sec 6. This act shall take effect from it, p.,-
sage.
Approved Nov IL, 1868.
No AN ACT explanatory Of section FIR
ty-slx, Of chapter one hundred and ten, Of the
General Statutes, relating to the militis.
UheTsGs, there is some uncertainty as To the
reservation contained in section forty-six. Of
chapter one hundred and ten of the General
Statutes, Therefore,
n is hereby enacted &c
Sec. l. That said section shall be so construed
as 10 reserve and keep in force theOfice of Judge
Advocate General, so leng as the troops Of this
state shall remain in the United States service.
and the duty Of such officer shall be 10 perform
such service on courts martial, and in reference
thereto, as the Commander-inC thief shall direct
Sec. :. This act shall take effect from lis
passage.
Approved Nov. :. 1903
No s.-AN ACT in amendment Of section ten
Of chapter one hundred and ten Of the General
Statutes
II is hereby enacted, &c
Sec. /. Section ten, Of chapter one hundred
and ten Of the General Statutes, is hereby amend
ed SO as TO read as follows:
ANY person claiming to be exempt by reason
Of being conscientiously scrupulOus Of bearing
arms, shall be exempt from draft by paying into
the town or city treasury where be resides, on
the day when any draft is ordered, and before
such drafting shall have commenced, as an equiv
alent. the sum OF three hundred dollars and by
fling with the Clerk Of such Town or City, an
affidavit by him subscribed, and to which he
shall make oath or affirmation, stating that he
is conseientiousiy scrupulous Of bearing arms"
Sec. , This act shall take effect from its
passage
Approved November 10, 1868.
No. Am ACT TO restore and extend the Ju-
risdictiOn OF Justices Of the Peace, in GER
tain criminal prosecutions
II rs hereby enacted &c
=
for any Of the offences described in sections FIVE
and seven Of chapter ninety-three, and in sec
tons thirty-hve, thirty-eight, fifty, hfty-two,
and fifty-sIx of chapter one hundred and thirteen
and in sections one, ten and eleven, of chapter
one hundred and sixteen, Of the General Stat
utes, may be tried and determined by any ius-
tice Of the peace within the County where the
offence is committed. And any Justice before
whom such prosecution is tried, may sentence
the offender to pay fine not exceeding twenty
dollars, and may issue his warrant 10 carry
such judgment into effect, in case no appeal is
taken.
Sec. 2, Any justice before whom prosecui
ton may be commenced for an offence described
in any Of the sections Of the General Statutes
named in the first section Of this act, may, if in
his discretion the public good requires it, bind
over the respondent with sufficient sureties, for
trial at the County Court
Sec. 3. This act shall not take from the
County Court any jurisdiction which said court
now has to try and punish the offences described
in the several sections Of the General Statutes
named in this act
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Oct p, 1865.
No IO-AN ACT to amend Forms IL and 2f
OF CudlAtE Out uAuuItA anu NNcnll l-tcFcu OI
the General Statutes, entitled "0f Forms Of
sundry Writs, ,Precepts and other Instruments
n is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. |. Form twenty-four Of chapter one
hundred and twenty-seyen Of the General Stat
utes, entitled. " Of Forms Of sundry Writs, Pre-
cepts and other instruments" is hereby so
amended as to read as follows:
STATE OF VERMONT, ! To A. B., Collector Of
% ( the Town of
in the County Of Tor TO the Col
lector Of School District No. , highway or other
taxes, as the case may BEL Greeting:
BY the authority Of the State Of Vermont, you
are hereby commanded to levy and collect Of the
several persons named in the list herewith CON-
mitted TO you, the sum Of money annexed to the
name Of each person respectively, and pay the
same to the Treasurer Of the Town Of
(Or to such other person appointed to receive the
same, as the case may be,) on or before the
day of and if any person shall neglect
or refuse TO pay the sum in which he is assessed
in said list, you are hereby commanded 10 dis
train tine goods and chattels Of such delinquent
person, and the same dispose of according to law
for the satisfying Of the said sum, with your own
fees; and for want thereof you are commanded
either 10 extend this warrant for the collection Of
said sum so assessed against such delinquent per-
with costs upon any land in this State belonging
to such delinquent, according to law, or to take
the body of such delinquent person, and him
commit to the keeper Of the Jail in the county Of
or such other Jail as the law directs,
within sand Jail who is hereby commanded to re-
ceive such person, and him safely keep until he
shall pay said sum so assessed with legal costs.
together with your own fees, or be released ac-
corting TO law.
[ Date and signature as in Form Hias.l
Sec . Form seventeen of chapter one hun
dred and twenty-seven Of the General Statutes,
is hereby amended 50 as to read as follows:
To A B., First Constable of the Town of
in the County Of Greeting
Whereas, the Legislature of this State at their
session in . in the year Of our Lord.
one thousand did grant tax
Of cents on the dollar on the list Of the polls
and ratabe estate Of the inhabitants Of this State.
TO be collected and paid into the Treasury Of the
State, on or before the day Of
next, in money or in orders drawn upon the
Treasurer of the State, here insert the authority
by whom the orders are TO be drawn, a. specified
in the law granting the tax
Therefore, BY the authority Of the State OF