The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-12-30

demand shall have been made by such
surveyor for the payment thereof in
either casc, the surveyor shall proceed
to collect the same in money, and shall
have oil the power which constables
by law have to collect State taxes, and
shall have the same fees. h91
Approved, Nov. %, 1864.
AN ACT to provide for the repairs Of
houses of public worship. iaaa
n tsihereby Enacted, &c. nea
Sec. /. That when any building
owned and used as house Of public
worship, shall need repairs, any three
persons who are owners in said house,
may call a meeting of those who are
proprietors or pew owners in the
same, by posting upa notice upon the
door of such house, at least fifteen
days before such meeting, setting
forth the time when such meeting Will
be held, and the business to be trans
acted at such meeting, md also caus-
ing said notice to be Published three
weeks successfully, in sc,re newspaper
circulating in the town where such
house of worship is situated, the last
of which shall be at least two weeks
prior to such meeting. nf
Sec, 2 On the day and mt the time
appointed for such meeting the same
shall be organized by the appointment
of chairman, whose duty it shall be
to preside in said meetings, and sec
rotary who shall keep true record of
all the proceedings in such meeting.
Sec, 3. Each individual owner of a
pew or pews in such building shall be
entitled to one vote for each pew, and
at the meeting herein provided for a
committee of three shall be elected by
ballot, which committee shall appraise
each interest and establish the proper
ton each interest shall bear to the
whole, and the charges for such re-
pairs shall be assessed upon each IN
terest of each proprietor, agreeably to
the proportion established by such
committee Provided that this act
shall not be construed to affect the
rights or interests Of any association
formed by or under the provisions of
chapter ninety of the general statutes.
Sec 4. At any meeting of the
owners or proprietors of any house OF
public worship holden pursuan; to the
foregoing provisions of this act, it shall
be lawful for majority of such owners
or proprietors to assess or tax the pew,
contained in said house upon the
basis of the appraisal fixed agreeably
to the provisions of the foregoing sec
ton for defraying the expenses of re-
/ pairing such house, and to direct and
proceed to make such repairs as such
majority may deem necessary pro-
vided, that if any pew-holder does
not assent to the vote requiring re-
pairs, the remaining pe~holders who
assent to the repairs shall pay said
I pew-holder not asserting, the amount
at which his pew or powe are APP
praised, upon his executing to them,
or such of them as may be designated,
II quit-claim deed of his interest in
such pew or pews.
Sec. 5. II the owner or occupant
of any pew or pews so assessed, shall
neglect or refuse to pay such tax or as
sessment to such person as may be au-
thorized by said meeting to collect the
same upon ten days notice and de-
mand made after the completion OF
such repairs, it shall be lawful for such
person authorized to collect such tax
or assessment, to sell the pew or pews
of such delinquent person, at public
auction, to the highest bidder, upon
giving notice thereof in the same man
ner as is provided in section one OF
this act, and the balance of the pro-
ceeds arising from such sale, if any,
after paying such assessments, ex-
pense of advertising and fees equal
to- those allowed by law for the collec-
ton of an execution for the same
amount, shall be paid by such collector
to the owner of such property sold !
provided that such owner or occupant
may, within six months after such sale,
redeem such property by paying to the
person entitled to receive the same,
the amount paid for such property
with accrued interest
And if such owner or occupant shall
fail to- redeem within six months, MS
provided in this section, such collector
shall thereupon make, execute and de-
liver up to the purchaser a deed OF
such pew or pews, which deed SO ex-
ecuted, delivered and recorded, shall
convey to such purchaser an absolute
title thereto.
Sec. g. This act shall take effect
from its passage. I
Approved, Nov 81, 1864
AN ACT in amendment of chapter
eighteen of the general statutes, en-
titled "O public burial grounds and
their enlargement !" and also il
amendment of an act approved Oc-
tober Both, 1868, upon the Same sub
ject.
II Is hereby enacted, dc.
Sec 1. Whenever any town shall
neglect to place the public btria
grounds of such town, or any one OF
more of the same under the charg,
and superintendent of cemeter,
commissioners, the selectmen Of such
town shall have the same power t.
grant and convey to any person, 10y
deed duly executed, any designated
lot, in any public burying ground, tina
are now oconferred by the statute IA