The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-12-23

shall Immediately after the 10th day
of August in each ear contract with
the person or persons who shall offer
the best terms for the publication Of
the same
Sec 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved November q, 1861
ANACT in addition to an act, entitled
"An Act relating TO the prcserya-
ton of public documents, approved
November H. 1868.
n is hcrcjy enactod dc.
Ses /. The number Of reports re
CURED to be furnished and bound by
said act shall be one hundred, and
they shall be deposited in the State
library, and a portion of them may be
used 10y the trustees for exchanges,
and the purposes Of the library.
Approved Nov y, 1864
AN ACT in amendment Of section one
hundred aud ten Of chapter TWEEN
ty-two Of the general statutes, rela
ting to common schools and school /
laws.
Il is heycjy enacted, dc.
Sec l. That so much of section
one hundred and ten as relates to fill
ing school registers in the town clerks
Office in the month Of March, shall be
so amended as to read, on or before
the twentieth day of March in each
year
Sec. >. This act shall take effect
from its passage
Approved, Nov. IS, 1861
AN ACT to amend section eighty three
of chapter twenty-five of the gen
eral statutes, entitled "Of common
schools and school laws.
Il is hereby enacted DE-
Sec. l. Section e,ghty-three of
chapter twenty-five of the general
statutes is hereby so amended as TO
provide that the public school moneys
therein mentioned shall be divided in
each town annually on Friday next
preceding the last Tuesday Of March.
Sec 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved Nov. % 1864.
AN ACT authorizing selectmen to
build school houses
II is hereby enacted de-
Sec |. If any school district shall
omit or neglect to provide n suitable
school house for such district, for the
period of two years next previous 70
the application herein provided, on APP
plication in writing of three legal yo-
ters in such district, to the seectmen
of any town in which such district is
located, such selectmen shall appoint
time and place when such applica-
ton shall nc heard by said selectmen,
and shall cause such applicants to
give notice of such application and of
the time and place of hearing to such
school distaict, by service of such no.
tice in the manner as wrts of sum
mons, at least twenty days before such
hearing.
Sec 2. Such selectmen shall care
fully investigate tho matter, set forth
in such application, andif in their opin-
ion, such district is guilty of negli-
gence in the premises, and the inter
ests of education in such schools dis
trict SO require, snch selectmen shall
order such district to build school
house, which order shall be served on
such district in the same manner as or
binary process i'll civil causes.
Sec. 3. If any school district shall
neglect for the period of six months
after the service of such order TO direct
by vote of a legal school meeting of
said district school house to be in
compliance with such order, aud shall
for the same period of the time after
the service of such order omit to raise
money for the purpose of building
such school house, the selectmen o.
such town making such order shall be
and they are hereby empowered, tC
assess tax upon the grand list o
such school district for an amount
necessary to build such school house
and make rate bill therefor, and pro
coed in the collection thereof in tn,
same manner as is provided by law
for the collection of town taxes, anC
said tax shall be collected by the frs
constable of such town, and paid oyel
w outh uHu Nv llcln dp
propriated in building such schoo
house.
Sec. 4. All proceedings under Thu
act shall be recorded in the tow
clerk office of any town in which suel
district is located and copies of sucl
record certified by the clerk of sucl
town shall be legal evidence thereof.
Approved, NOV n, 1861.
AN ACT to repeal part of section
fifty, chapter twenty-five, of tn
general statutes, and to amend til
remainder
n is hereby enacted dc.
Sec. /, So much Of section ffty
chapter twenty-five Of the general stat
utes. as relates TO the apportioning Tia
expense of fuel and teachers boar,
upon the scholars attending the school
or assessing tax upon the same i
hereby repealed
Sec. :. The remainder of section
fifty, chapter twenty-five, shall be 5,
amended as to read ms follows:
All expenses incurred by school dis