The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1866-12-21

Sec. |. The rate of interest or the
sum allowed for the iorbearance or use of
money shall be six dollars for one hun
drrd dollars for one year and the same
rate for a greater or less sum, and for Il
longer CT shorter time; and no higher
rate shall at any time be allowed.
Sec. 2. On all notes, bills or other
similar obligations, whether made paya-
BILE on demand or Il: a specified time with
; interest, when payments are made, such
payments shall be applied, first, to llqui-
date the interest that has accrued at the
| time OF such payments and secondly, TO
the extinguishment of the principal.
Sec. ). On all notes, bills or other
similar obligations, whether made paya-
bic on demand or at a specified time, with
interest annually, the annual interest that
remains unpaid shall be subject to simple
interest from the time they become due to
the time OF final settlement: but if i'll any
year, reckoning from the time such annu-
4! interest began to accrue, payments have
been made, the amounts OF such payments
at the end OF such year with interest there
on from the time of payment, shall be ap-
piled, first, to Iiquidate the simple interest
that has accrued from the unpaid annual
interests secondly, TO liquidatc the annu-
al interests that have become due and
thirdly, to the eXtlngulSllment OF the prin-
clpll
Sec. 1. Nothing in this act shall be
SO construed as to affect cXi>tn" laws re-
lating TO banks and banking institutions.
nor to notes and contracts existing before
the passage OF this act.
Sec. ). This act shall take effect from
lis passage.
Approved Nov. 10, 1866.
An act to provide for the restoration ami
preservation of fish in the stale OF Yer
mont.
1t Is hereby enacted. dc.
Sec |. The governor Of the stale !,
hereby authorized and empowered To ap-
point two persons TO be Stylcd fish com
miS>ioners, whose duties it shall he To con-
fer with the fish commissioners of the
New England States and Cauada: to di-
rect and superintcnd in their discretion.
the construction OF fi>h-w;.y, that NAV hc
built in the streams of the state and al
80, az the expense of the state. to intro
duce Shad and salmon. or other rood va
rietie, of fish, into such streams. lake, or
ponds rs they NAV deem suited to thr
habits and successful cultivation OF >nch
fish. Provided: the entire expense IN
CURED under this act shall not exceed five
hundred dollars.
See. ,. SAID commissioner, shall hold
their Offices for the term of five wears. M
less Others shall he appointed TO fill the
vacancic, occa>iored by DEATH r.,irna-
ton or inability 10 attend TO the dutic, re-
quIred.
See. 3. No person shall he allowed 10
take any shaI or salmon in ;sny OF the WA
tcr> OF this state or contiguous thereto for
the term OF five years from the date OF the
passage Of this act. royided: the states
adjoining and the province of Canada en-
act similar prombitorv laws respecting
the waters tributary to and flowing from
the lakes and streams of this state: and
provided, furthermore. if the states of
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, each
enact similar prohibitorv laws, ,hcn this
section shall prohibit the taking OF shaI or
salmon i'll the Connecticut River and the
streams, lakes or pond. tributary thereto:
and provided further. if The government Of
Canada and the state of New York shall
each enact a similar law. then this section
shall prohibit the taking of >had or salmon
in Lake Champlaln and Lake Memphre-
magog and the ponds ANA streams tributa-
rv thereto, but not otherwise
Sec. t. No person shall he permitted
to take any trout or lunge i'll this state,
with any hook, net, OF other device, for
the tesh oi five years from the datc of
this act, except from the first day OF May
t. tile fifteenth day OF August of each
year; provided however, that nothing i'll
this section shall be construed to prohibit
the taking OF fish IN private ponds con-
structed expressly for the raising of fish
by the ownerS thereof: and provided.
further, that any person wanting spawn
tor the propagation OF fish, may take fish
from their spawning beds Or elsewhere
during the spawning season, provided such
person first obtain a written permission
from majority of the board of civil au-
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