Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-12-15

for the support OF schools, shall be defrayed
by a tax upon the grand list of said dis
trict."
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect on the
last Tuesday of March, A. d. 1855.
Approved, Nov. ID, 1861.
AN ACT to amend section twenty of chap.
| ter twenty two of the General Statutes re-
lating to school districts.
! II is hereqy enacted, &c.
SEC. /. Whenever any individual or ind.
yiduas, being legal voters in any town,
shall detire the alteration of any school dis.
| trictS in which they live in such town. an
| plication may be made 10 such town, at any
legal meeting thereof, by petition in writing
signed by the individuals desiring such al
teration, and such petition shall set forth
and contain general description or state
ment of the proposed alteration.
SEC. ?, Upon such application being
made as is named in section one, the town
! shall appoint committee of three dsinter-
ested voters in such town, neither of whom
! shall be resident of any school district which
may be affected by the proposed alteration
| whose duty 1t shall be 10 examine into the
| situation ana circumstances of the district
or districts, proposed to be altered. or which
may be affected by the alteration contem
| plated, and to inquire into the convenience
| and necessity of such alteration, and any
| facts and circumstances tending to elucidate
the subject
SEC. 3. Said committee shall appOint
time and place of examination and hearing
and shall give notice thereof TO one of th,,
officers OF each district which may be affect
ed by such alteration, and also to the owner
| or occupant OF. any land or premises which
| the petition proposes TO set off from one dis.
trict to another,
SEC. d. The committee shall make report
of their doingS to the annual March meeting
next succeeding the time of their appoint.
ment, and shall therein state whether in
their opinion any of the proposed alterations
ought TO be made, and if any, what altera-
tiOnS, describing them.
SEC 3. On return OF said report the town
shall consider the same and may make and
establish any alterations recommended in
such Seport, or may refuse 70 make any al
teraton, according as, in the Judgment of
the town, may appear eXpedient.
SEC. 3. The petitioners shall nav said
committee for their services at the rate of
one dollar per day each, and necessary ex.
penSeS which may be recovered by an ac-
ton on book account
SEC. 7. All acts and parts of acts incon
sistent with the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed
SEC. s This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved, Nov. IS, 1864.
AN ACT in amendment of section six
of chapter eightythree of the General
Statutes, entitled grand list"
IL is hereby enacted, &c.
SEC, l, That the first subdivision of sec
ton six of chapter eighty-three of the Gen
eral Statutes, be and the same is hereby so
amended as to read as follows;
The following property shall be exempt
from taxation, and shall not be set in the
grand list:
First, all real and personal estate owned
by this state, or by the United States. and
all stocks, bonds, and other securities of the
United States held by individuals, or corpo-
rations, which are specially exempt from
taxation hy the laws of the United States, at
the date of the making of the list
Approved, Nov %, 1864,
AN ACT authorizing probate courts to ex.
tend the time in which widows shall make
their election,
N!S heretry enacted, &c.
SEC. |. The probate court may, in their
discretion, extend the time in which widows
shall make their election agreeably to sec.
ton six, chapter fifty-five of the general
statutes, from time to time during the set.
tlement of any estate, as the exgenCies
thereof may seem to require.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved, Nov. q. 1854.
AN ACT relating to the sale of real estate.
including the homestead, by executors
and administrators, and in amendment of
chapter ffty-two of the general statutes.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
SEC. |. When it shaltbe made 10 appear
to the probate court that it would be bene.
fetal to the widow and children of any de-
ceased person who are interested in the
homestead estate vested in them by the ope-
ration of the homestead act, or when il
shall be maze TO appear that severance of
such homestead would greatly depreciate the
value of the residue OF he premises, or would
De OF great inconvenience to the parties in
tereSted, either in such residue or ~ such
homestead. the probate court NAV on Annlt-
cation OF either party, order the same TO be
SOFA IN the same manner and under the same
regulations as are provided in the case oftbe
SAFE Oh real estate for the payment of debts,
DEC Z. II SUCH homestead shall be sold |
as provided in the preceding section ' tbe
probate court may control the Investment
OF the proceeds of such sale in a new bome.
stead, Or their payment out of court. as in
cases of the funds of married women
sec. 3. This act shall take effect from
lis passage. ''''a
Approved, Nov, %, 1854.
AN ACf to amend section fifteen of chan.
ter five of the general statutes.
II IS here6y enacted, &c. Ha
e, oEc. l.. Section fifteen of chapter five of
.ne general statutes is hereby amended so as
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SEC. 2. This act shall take e6ect from its {
lssage.
Approved, Nov. %, 1854.
aCI authorizing the governor to re ;,
Quire the opinion of the judges of the So =
preme court in certain cases