Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-11-27

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tion, or for any other purpose, from any
other bank, or from any person or persons,
any counterfeit bank bill, shall write or
stamp upon such bank bill the words "coun-
terfeit," adding thereto, or Hereunder, the
name of the bank and the initials Of its Of
ficer by whom such writing or stamp shall
be made.
Approved, Nov. II, 1868.
No. PAN ACT relating to changes Of
names. $50
II is hereby enacted, &c.
SEC. \. Any person of full age and
sound mind, ether than married woman,
who may wish to alter his name, may make
an instrument in writing under his hand
and seal, atssted by three credible witness
es, and acknowledged before the judge of
probate in the district where such person
resides, therein declaring such intention,
designating the name he wishes to assume,
and shall cause the same to be recorded in
the records of said probate courts, and in
the clerks office in the town in which such
person resides, which being doae. such per-
soa shall thereafter be known and called
by the name designated in said instrument
SEC. 2. This act shall take effec, from
its passage.
Approved, Oct. 80, 1858.
No 25.--AN ACT in addition to section
seventy three, chapter twenty-five of the
General Statutes, relating to union dis
tricts.
h rs hereby enacted, Se.
SEC. /. Section seventy-,hree, chapter
twenty-five Of the General Statutes. shall
be amended by adding the following words:
=" and such prudential committee shall have
all the powers, and discharge all the duties
in relation to said school and the school
house OF houses of such district as are pre-
seribed to other prudential committees in
relation to the school and school houses In
their respective districts" 0Q
Approved, Oct. 27, 1863.
No. 26.-AN Act in relation to the record
of marriages.
AZ is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. l. On or before the last day Of
February in each year, every justice, min
lister of the gospel and clerk or keeper of
records of the meeting wherein any mar
riage among the Friends or Qpakers shall
have been solemnized shall return to the
town clerks office in the town where such
marriage shall have been solemnized, a cer-
tilted copy of said record which he is re-
quired 10 make by the provisions OF chap
ter sixty-nine of the General Statutes, and
every such justice, minister or clerk, who
shall neglect or refuse to return srch ecpy
or record of marriage, as above provided
for. for each such negl, ct or refusal shall be
fined the sum of ten dollars, to be recover
ed on the complaint of a grand juror Of
such town.
SEC. 3. The town clerks of the several
towns in this State, in addition TO the duties
prescribed by chapter seventeenth of the
General Statutes, shall record, at length, in
book to be kept for that purpose, each
copy of record Of marriage returned to
their several offices.
SEC. 3. Each town clerk shall immedi-
ately record, at length, every copy Of rec
ord of marriage left in his office which has
not already been SO recorded.
SEC. 2. Each town clerk shall receive
from the town of which he is clerk, FIVE
cents for each copy of record of marriage
made by him in pursuance Of tins act.
SEED. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved, Oct. 90, 1863.