The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1864-12-27

for the ioliowia. iewn officers, 70 Wi
Oae I0eu Cl8k.
p Iarec sclectmn.
Oae Town Treasurer
0ne 0ytrsceT Of fbc Peer,
One Eira constable, tW WhoshAll be collect.
on ~ taxes.
Three Listers, or Assessors,
Three AUiHofs,
Oue Trustee Il pblie moneys.
Three Fence kicwore,
Three Grand Jurors,
Onc Inspector ol Leather,
One Town Agent, and
One Superintendent u common Schools,
And thereupon tae moderator sh',lI
order new ballot with such record,
aud The names q lhe persons voted
for shall be written o. printed on one
ballot under tie designation of office
they are intended to oil.
see. 8. Aner giving reasonable
time TO the voters to deposit their bal-
lots, thc moderator shall proclaim that
the ballotidg shall cease ia fifteen min
utes, and ut the expiration Of fifteen
minutes, IL any voter shall demand
additional ting 10 deposit ballo,s, the
moderator shall proclaim that the bal
lotting shah cease in fifteen minutes,
nj the expiration Of which time the
moderator, seiecgmen aud civil auiho.
rites shah proceed to cut apart and
count the votes given tor the respec-
tive offices, and the person receiving
the greatest number of votes for the
respective named offices shall be de-
clared elected, and their names shall
be recorded in the town clerks Office,
as the persons elected TO their respee-
tive offices for the year ensuing.
See. 6. Should there be an equal
number Of votes for any Of The officers
mentioned in section four Of this act,
a further ballot may be had under the
provisions OF this act, or in lhe ordina-
~ method as now regulated by stat
vie, until such Office shall be filed by
an election.
Sec. Z. Any vacancy in any Of the
above named Offices dufing the year
may be filed at any legal town meet
ing held for that purpose, under the
provisions Of this net.
Sec. 8. The record Of the names
Of persons voting shall be filed in the
town clerks office, and the original
record, or duly certified copy there
Of shall be treated in all courts as le-
gal evidence Of the fact, that the per-
sons whose names appear upon said
record, did cast their ballots as indi-
Gated in said record and all the pro
,isionso this act, and al penalties for
and illegal voting, or at
tempt to vote, or the disturbance Of
town meetings, shall apply to such
persons as shall commit any of the
crimes or misdemeanorS above speci-
Ged.
Sec. 9, This ACT shall not apply to
towqs having less than three thousand
by the last United States
Census Report, aad the provisions Of
this act shall not be enforced in any
town until said town shall vote 10 ac-
cept the same at the town meeting
regularly warned and holden for that
purpose.
see. 10. This act shall take effect
from It's passage.
Approved Nov. 81, 1864.
An Act toamend chapter ore hundred
and nineteen Of the General Stat
utes, entitled "0f offences againgt
public policy
II is hereby eqabtsd, &c.
Sec. |. Section 20 Of chapter one
and nineteen Of the General
Statutes shall be so amended AS to
read as follows:
If any person without due authority
from this state or the United States,
shall hereafter enlist, recruit, or EN-
ploy any person in tbis,state, for mill
Iary service without this state, he shall
be guilty Of an offence against the
aws Of this state, and shall be punish.
I'd by fine not less than fifty dollars,
nor more than FIVE hundred dollars,or |
by imprisonment in the county Jail
not less than thirty days nor more
han one year, or both Of said punish
nents at the discretion OF the court.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
rom is passage.
Approved Nov. l8, 1864.
Nm Act in addition to chapter one hun
dred and twenty Of the General
oiatuses, entitled "Of general pro-
visions concerning crimes and pun
ishments."
II is hereby enacted, se.
Sec. /. When any person shall be
onyicted OF any crime punishable
With death, and sentenced to suffer
uch punishment, be may at the same
lme, at the discretion OF the court, be
to solitary confinement in
be state prison until such punishment
ball be inflicted.
Sec. 2. When any person shall be
entenced to suffer the punishment Of
cath, and the court do not sentence
lch person to solitary confinement in
4e slate prison as provided II the
receding section of this acl, the sem
snce Of death shall se carried iato
Aseuiion, within the county ~ which
Ie conviction shall be had AT such /
ne as shall be designated by the
lurt DaaSiry final aerfenre anil aid