Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1863-11-26


Sec, 5. The said board Of commissioners ara
authorized TO take and hold any grant, donation
40. .. properly upon trust, 10 apply the
same' OF the income thereof, for the Improvement
oremoelishmen, OF said burial ground or grounds,
OF any part thereof, or for the erection, repair'
preservation or removal OF any monument, fence
or other erection in or around the same or any
part thereof according TO the terms of such grant,
donation or bequest, So
See. o, Amy money SO received by sand commits
soaefs, shall be invested by the town treasurer,
under the direction OF the COMMISSIONER in mort
cages ofreal estate or public stock and All nro
pefty Veoelved under mo provisions OF the ioreg,-
ms 5eet.0A (uhles thor plo ision is made by the
terms OF such grant, donation beques), shall be
IN the charge of the town treasurer subject 10 the
control ana direction OF said commissioners, but
shall always remain separate from, ana indepen-
aeht Oh, any other moneys or property belonging
70 the town, and free from the control Of said
town. except through the commissioners aforesaid.
aud the income of such fund, or property shall be
received by said treasurer, subject TO the order Of
SAID commissioners, and shall be appropriated by
them IN such manner as shall, in their opinion,
best promote the purposes for which such grants
donations and bequests are made
see Z, SAID board OF commissioners shall at
eaeh annual town meeting, make 4 written report
70 the town oil their acts and proceedings, and Of
the condition of the burial ground or grounds SO
placed in their charge, and said report shall con-
tam an account OF their receipts and expenditures
for the same, and the funds subject to their order
Sec. .. II any person shall wilfully and mali
cously defaee, injure or break down any graye-
stone or monument, or other erection in any buri-
al ground, SO placed under the charge Of said
BOARD OF commissioners, or shall wilfully and nil
heoasly defaee, inlure or destroy any fence, tree
or shrubbery therein or about the same, and shall
do amy wilful or malicious injury to any road
path or avenue, or TO any grave or lot ther in de-
signated for burial, occupied or unoccupied or
Shall, without license or authority wifuly and ma
heiousy dig up, or break off any root plant, vine,
Hover, shrub tree STANDING m 40 within,
said burial ground or grounds, he shall be punish
ed by imprisonment in the State Prison, not ex-
eeeding i've years, or by fine not exceeding two
hundred dollars, nor less than twenty dollars and
such person shall be further liable to action on
the cas-, upon this statute, for damage, in the
name of the owner of the property injured, OF
IN the name OF said commissioner and SUI b dam
ages when recovered by the commissioners, shall
be expended under their direction tor the benefit
Of the property SO injured
Approved, October 80, 1858.
No. 25.-An Act in amendment of Section one of
Chapter fifteen of the General Statutes entitled
"of towns and villages"
H1s hereby ettatted dc:
Sec. /. Section one of chapter fifteen OF the
General Statutes shall be amended as TO read
as follows
Every male person of the age of twenty-one
years, whose list shall have been tiken in any
town, at the annual assessment next preceding
any town meeting shall, during his residence in
such town, be legal voter in such town meeting
Zee. 2. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved, October 80, 1853.
No. 23.--An Act TO promote the efficiency Of
Teachers Institutes.
II is hereby enacted, De-,
Sec. /. The Secretary of the Board of Educa-
ton is hereby authorized TO employ the assistance
of teachers in academies and seminaries, or assis-
lance from other sources, to give efficiency and
Interest 20 the teachesrs' institutes which he ia
required to hold, and sum not exceeding thirty
dollars IN any one year 10 each county is hereby
appropriated for this purpose, to be paid by the
treasurer Of the State the certificate of the Gov
ernor.
Sec. ,. This act shall take effect from its pas-
sage.
Approved, November4 1868.
STATE OF VERMONT
SECRETARY OF STATES OEPIcr,
Montpelier, Nov Is, 1868
hereby certify that the foregoing charters are
true copies OF Acts passed by the General Assem-
bly OF this State, at the Annual Session A