Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1866-12-07

s6y enacted, &c.
See Section 2 Of chapter az of the
ssepei etatutes is hereby amended so as
e follows bushel of wheat, POI
ss0e4 ~ and clover seed shall be
Sty pounds bushel of rye and
taaiau SCI ffty-six pounds; bushel of
eafieF ty-eight pounds bushel of
hasssis - forty-eight pounds; bushel
8. as shirty-two pounds bushel OF
si>.y-four pounds, and bushel Of
herds-grass or timothy seed shall be
forty-two pounds, as the standard weight
and measure Of the same in all purchases
and sales thereof.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov. IL, 1866.
An act in addition to chapter one hundred
and twelve Of the General Statutes, re-
lating to offenses against the lives and
persons of individuals.
n is hereby enacted, SC.
Sec. i. whatsoever shall, unlawfully
and maliciously, throw or cause to fall or
strike at, against, into, or upon any engine,
tender, car or truck used upon any railroad,
any wood, stone, or other matter or thing,
with intent to injure or endanger the safety
Of any person being in or upon such engine,
sendArs saf y uck, or in or upon any
ether eAeins- tas,der, car or truck of any
sr;ssnof which lch first mentioned engine,
tausleg " lck shall form part, shall,
on being n8s siss ID thereof be punished by
ipiVFi soanssslt in the States Prison, for a
sssra rot exceeding seven years, and be
arcd II snaA not exceeding one thousand
dallRTs d eislser or both Of said punish
smeDts, IN the discretion of the court before
which such offense is prosecuted.
Sec. 2. whatsoever shall unlawfully
and maliciously make or show, hide or re-
move any signal or light upon or near to
any railroad, or shall unlawfuly and ma
liciously do or cause to be done, any other
matter or thing with intent to endanger the
safety of any person travelling or being
upon such railroad, or shall by any unlaw-
full act, Or by any willful omission or neg
lect, endanger or cause to be endangered
the safety Of any person conveyed or being
in or upon railroad, or shall aid or assist
therein. shall, on being convicted thereof,
be punished by imprisonment in the States
Prison for term rot exceeding seven
years and be fined in sum not exceeding
one thousand dollars, or either or both Of
said punishments, in the discretion Of the
court before which such ofense is prose-
cuted.
Approved Nov. 8, 1866.
An act to prevent the depositing Of poison
on lands, and in amendment Of section
thirty Of chapter one hundred and thiI
teen of the General Statutes.
1t is hereby enacted &c.
Sec. L. Section thirty Of chapter one
hundred and thirteen of the General Stat
utes is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
If any person shall deposit any poison
or poisonous substance upon the lands be
longing TO himself or to any other person
or in the buildings Of another person. he
or they shall be punished by fine not les
than ten dollars, nor more than fifty dol
lars, and such person or persons so offend
ing shall be further liable in damages L
any person injured by the loss or sicknes
Of any domesticated animal occasioned b,
the deposit of such poison or poisonou
substance.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov. 10, 1866.
An act in amendment of section two o
chapter one hundred and eighteen OF tn
General Statutes, relating 10 ofiense
against public health.
II is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. 1. The second section Of chapte
one hundred and eighteen of the Genera
Statutes. is hereby amended SO as to rea
as follows, viz: every person who sha
kill or cause to be killed, for the purpos
of sale and to be used as family mea
any calf less than four weeks old, or sha
knowingly sell, or have in his possessio
with intent to sell, in any town in th
State, or to send the same to any forelg
market to sell for the purpose aforesaid
the meat Of any calf killed When less tina
four weeks old, he shall be subject TO til
same punishment that is provided in se'
ton one of said chapter.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect frol
its passage.
Approved Nov. Is, 1866.
An act defining the jurisdiction of tow
clerks.
II is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. 1. The clerks of the several towr
in this State, are hereby authorized TO TAX
wledgments Of deeds and other il
strumens required by law, throughout II
county in which said clerks respectivel
reside.
See. 2. Any town clerk is hereby al
thorized to administer oaths in cases,
which instruments are required to
sworn TO, and are returnable to the oflic
of such town clerk.
See. g. This act shall take effect fro
its passage.
Approved Nov. 10, 1866.
An act in amendment Of sections one, tv
and three Of chapter seventeen of Il
General Statutes, relating to registi
and returns of births, marriages ar
deaths.
IL is hereby enacted,$c.
See. /. That chapter seventeen, Sc
ton two, of the General Statutes, shall
amended by striking out of the ninth lii