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An Act regulating the fees Of persons acting under
the authority Of the Probate Court, and in amend
nent OF section fifty Of chapter one hundred and
twenty.sX Of the General Statutes.
Ii is hereby enacted &c.
Sec. |. Section fifty Of chapter one hun
dred and twenly-siX Of the General Statutes,
is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
Persons acting under the authority Of the
probate court shall be paid as follows:-
Each days attendance by executor, admin
lstrator, trustee, agent or guardian, on the
each days attendance of commissioners. ap-
praisers or committee, two dollars; and the
probate court may allow, in cases of unusual
difficulty or responsibility, such further sum
as the court may judge reasonable.
See, ,. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov. 8, 1896.
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An Act to prevent injury to Public Highways.
| is hereby enacted, sc,
fishers of any new book adopted, that they
shall receive all the books in the hands of
book dealers in this state, in good condition,
discontinued by the Board of Education,
and shall allow to the dealers the full trade
value therefor, and shall receive all the
books in the hands Of families or scholars in
this State discontinued by the Board Of Ed
ucation in exchange for the new books or
dered of the same class allowing therefor
the true value of the same, according as
they have or have not bcen used.
Approved November 10, 1866.
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Sec 1. No person who wilfully deserted
from the military or naval service of the
United States, in the late war for the sup
preston of the rebellion in the southern
states, or who voluntarily entered the civil,
military or naval service Of the so-called
confederate states, shall be entitled to vote
in any city, town or irecmcn's meeting in
this State: provided that any such deserter
or person who returned to the military or
naval service of the United States, within
the time limited in the proclamation of the
President Of the United Statec, or who has
been p0rdoned therefor, shall have the right
to vote, if not otherwise disqualified by law,
Sec. ,. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Anproyed. NoY. 8. 1866.
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Approved Nov. 2, 1866.
An Act providing for check lis, OF voters.
1t is hereby enacted. &c.

an ~ANt IlbNIullH ib " SiitCh ll>t VI NptSIo
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
SEC. On petition in writing, signed by
the legal voters any town or city, in num-
Der not less than onc-tenth of the votes
cast for town representative at the last an
nual freemen's meeting in any town or city
in this State, the board of aldermen in such
city, or the .selectmen of such town, at least
thirty days before any annual city, town, or
freemen's meeting, shall make an alphabet
ical list Of the names of all persons legally
qualified to vote in such city, town or free
mems meeting for the several offices to be
elected at such meeting or meetings, and
shall Immediately thereafter. cause a copy
or copies thereof to be posted in two or more
public places in such city or town, and n
copy to be filed in the office of the clerk
thereof
SEC. ,. The mayor and aldermen of such
city, and the board of authority of such
town shall hold a meeting at some conven-
lent place therein within ten days Of such
annual city, town and freemen's meeting,
and shall he in session reasonable time to
hear and determine all alterations to be
made in such list of voters, and may exam
inc upon oath all persons claiming the right
to vote; and they may require the produc-
tion of the naturalization papers of all nat
uralized persons claiming to be naturaized
citizens. And it shall be their duty to in
sert upon said list left in the city or town
clerks office rs aforesaid, the name of ev-
cry legal voter omitted, and erase therefrom
the name of every person not legally ent-
tied to vote And notice of the time and
place of their meeting shall be given by
said aldermen and seectmen, by attaching
such notice to the copies of said lists by
them posted up, and lodged in the clerks
office as aforesaid
SEC, B. The list of voters left in said
city or town clerks office as provided in the
first section Of this act, shall be corrected as
aforesaid at said meeting of said mayor and
aldermen aud board of civil authority pre-
viOus to the hour at which said city, town
or freemens meeting is called, and shall be
taken and deemed the corrected list of vot
ers, and no alteration shall thereafter be
made thereon, except to add thereto the
names of such persons as shall at such city,
town or freemen's meeting become qualified
to vote therein. And no person shall be al
lowed to vote at such meeting or meetings,
whose name is not upon said list as correct
ed, and the vote of no person whose name
is upon said list shall be rejected, if a resi-
dent or inhabitant of said city or town on
the day on which said election is held.
Provided that persons not residents of
such city or town, may vote for state Off
GERS, members of Congress, and for county
officers, if residents of said State, district
or county, as now provided by law, upon
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making oath. if required by any legal voter
in such meeting, that he is legal voter in
the town in which he resides, when list of
such voters shall be made and kept by the
city or town clerks aforesaid
SEC. 4. Said list of voters corrected as
aforesaid, shall be returned to the city or
town clerk aforesaid, who, or in his absence
one of the aldermen of such city or select
men OF such town, shall have present sad
corrected list, and shall check thereon the
names of all persons voting at such city,
town, or freemen's meeting, and whose
names may be thereon, by making mark
opposite such name for each vote cast, in
such manner as to indicate for what off
Ger or officers said person voted, and no 9TH
er check list of such voters whoss names are
on said list shall be required to be made
and the said check list shall be filed in said
city or town clerks office, and the original
or copy thereof duly certified, shall be
treated in all courts in this State as legal
evidence OF the fact, that the person therein
referred TO, and whose name is checked as
aforesaid, voted as indicated by said check.
SEC. 3. If any person, shall directly or
indirectly, procure or cause to he procured
the name of any person to be inserted on
said list of voters, knowing such person not
to he a legal voter in the city or town for
Whlch sad list Is made, or shall aid therein,
he shall forfeit and pay sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars to the use of such town.
SEC. 6. If auy person shall. directly or
indirectly, procure or cause to be procured,
the name Of any person to be erased from
said list, knowing him to be legal voter in
such city or town, or shall aid therein, he
shall be subject to the penalty provided in
the preceding section of this act.
SEC. Z ri onU ppreOn sho1l 1-nn1vin0lIy
falsely swear or affirm to any fact which
may be the subject of inquiry under the
second section of this act he shall be DEEM
ed guilty of perjury and punished accord
ingly.
SEC. 8. This act shall take effect from
its passage
Approved Nov. 49, 1866
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Approved Nov. 10, 1866,

An act defining the jurisdiction of town clerks,
1t is hereby enacted, sc.
Sec /. The clerks of the several towns
in this State are hereby authorized to take
Acknowledgements of deeds and other instru-
ments required by law, throughout the coun-
ty in which said clerks respectively reside.
Sec, 2. Any town clerk is hereby author
lied to administer oaths in cases, in which
instruments are required to be sworn to, and
are returnable to the office of such town
clerk. or,linighcl B.
See. 3, This act shall take effect from its
passage T1'
Approved Nov. 10, 1866
CONCLUDED ON FOURTH PAoE,l
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to see that the provisions of this section are
complied with.
Sec. 1. This act shall take effect on the
first day Of December, A. ID. 1866.
Approved Nov. Is, 1866.
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An Act in amendment of section torty-four chapter
one huudreI and twenty-six Of the General Statutes,
reating'to JaiIors fees.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec /. Section forty-four of chapter one
hundred and twenty-siX Of the General
Statutes, is hereby amended so as to read as
follows There shall be paid to the keepers
of iails as follows: For the commitment Of
each prisoner, to be paid by the committing
officer, thirty-iour cents; for the discharge
of each prisoner, twenty. five cents; for each
bond for the liberties of the yard, fifty cents;
for fuel, diet and washing for State prison.
ers, State or town paupers, three dollars and
fifty cents per week. for each bail piece, to
be paid by the bail, twenty-five cents.
Sec ,. This act shall take effect from
the first day of November, A. d. 1866,
Approved Nov. Il, 1866
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Approved Nov. 10, 1866.
An Act to provide for the Repair Of Hgways.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.


1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. l. When in the opinion of the high
way surveyor or road master of any high
way district in any town in this State. it
shall become necessary to take any gravel
earth or stone, for the purpose of repairing
or building any road under his charge that
docs not lie within the limits of the highway
as surveyed, or beyond the limits of his dis
trict, and the owner thereof will not permit
him to take the same without paying more
than in his judgment he ought to pay. then
the highway or road master shall
have the right to call on the sclectmen of
the town in which such material is located.
and they shall at once make an examination
of the matter, and if they are satisfied that
the public good requires the taking Of such
material, then the selectmen shall give no.
ticc Of the intent to take the gravel earth or
stone, to the owner occupant of the land
from which the material is to be taken, and
proceed to apprizc the damages by the year
or otherwise, and shall pay or lender the
same TO said owner or occupant, and they
may then direct the surveyor or road mas
ter to take the material apprjzcd to the
amount necessary for the purposes set forth
in this act.
Sec. ,. And it is further provided that
if the owner or occupant of said land is not
satisfied with the amount ofdamages allow
ed by the selectmen, then he shall have all
the rights to appeal in the same manner and
form as he would have under the statutes,
in case of appeal from the apprisal of select
men in opening highways.
Sec. 3. Any highway surveyor or road
master of any highway district in this
State, may when in his opinion it shall be-
come necessary, take any gravel, earth,
stone or other material for the purpose of
repairing or building any road under his
charge, that lies within the limits of the
highw V, whether the same is to b used at
or near the point where the same is taken
from, or other places on said highway.
SEC. i. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov 10, 1866.
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An Act relating to criminal prosecutions.
1t is hereby enacted. &c.

1t is hereby enacted, &c.
SEC l. In the trial of all indictments,
complaints and informations and other pro-
ceedings against persons charged with
crimes or ofenses the person SO charged
shall, at his own request, and not otherwise,
be deemed a competent witness, the credit
to be given to his testimony being left sole
ly to the jury under the instruction of the
court, but the refusal of such persons to tes-
tify, shall not be considered by the jury as
evidence against him.
Approved Nov. 10, 1866.
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Approved Nov. 10, 1866.


An Act to amend section forty of chapter TWENTY-FIVE
ofthe General Statutes relating 10 the providing of
district schools in certain cases
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
SEC. l. Section forty of chapter twenty
two of the General Statutes is hereby
amended by adding thereto as follows: And
it is further provided if any district, either
by vote or otherwise, shall fail to commence
and maintain term of school, within four
weeks from the tenth day Of November in
each year, and within four weeks Of the
first day of May in each year. or shall fail
to provide and keep in proper repair a suit
able place for both winter and summer
school, the selectmen of the town on
application of any two legal voters in the
district, and upon hearing of the parties,
may declare all offices in the district vacant.
and thereupon shall proceed to provide a
suitable place for winter and summer school
and may employ some suitable person to
teach school in said district for period not
less than three months: and to defray the
expenses they may lay tax on the district
in the manner row provided by law. by pru-
dental committees and may appoint Il col
lector of taxes and clerk who shall have the
same powers and perform the same duties
as are now provided for school district col
lectors and clerks.
SEC. ,. All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with the foregoing section are here
by repealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov. II, 1866.
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An Act TO amend an Act approved Nov. u, 1864 en-
tilted m Act to provide lor the repairs OF Houses Of
Public Worship
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. /, The proviso Of the end of sec ton
3, of an act approved Nov, 81, 1864, entitled
an act to provide for the repairs of houses
Of public worship, shall not be construed as
applying to any association which has not
by its articles of association the power of
repairing its house of public worship.
See ,. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved NoV. 10, 1866.
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An Act in amendment Of section nine Of chapter
twenty-five of the General Statutes
1t is hereby enacted. &c.
SEC. l. The last clause of section nine
of chapter twenty-five of the General Stat
utes is so amended rs TO read as follows :
But no superintendent shall receive COM
pcnsaton while visiting schools for num-
Der of days greater than twice the number
Of schools kept in the town for which he acts
rs superintendent, whatever the number of
terms Of such school kept during the year.
SEC. ,. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov. s, 1866.
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JAMAICA, VT.
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Approved, NOV. g. 1866.


An Act to amend section thirty nine Of chapter one
hundred and twenty-sX of the General Statutes, in
relation to the fee, Of Grand and Petit Jurors before
the County Court.
| is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. l. Section thirty-ninc ofchapter one
hundred and twcnty-siX Of the General
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as
follows: Grand and petit jurors fees in the
county courts shall be, for travel eight cents
per mile; for attendance two dollars per
day; to each talcsman at the rate of two
dollars day
Sec. :. This act shall take affect from
the first day of December, \. ID. 1866
Approved Nov. l., 1866.
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Approved Nov. 10, 1866.

An ret in amendment of section two of chapter one
hundred and eighteen of the General Statutes, re-
latng to onenses against the public health.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. |. The second section of chapter one
hundred and eighteen Of the General Stat
utcs, is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows, viz: every person who shall kill or
cause to be killed, for the purpose of sale
and to be used as family meat, any calf
less than four weeks old, or shall knowingly
sell, or have in his possession with intent to
sell, in any town in this State, or to send the
same to any foreign market to sell for the
purpose aforesaid, the meat of any calf kill
ed when less than four weeks old, he shall
be subject to the same punishment that is
provided in section one of said chapter.
See. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage
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Approved Nov, 10, 1866.

An act to prevent the depostng Of poison lands,
md in amendment Of section thirty Of chapter ono
hundred and thirteen of the General Statutes.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
Sec l. Section thirty of chapter one hum
dred and thirteen of the General Statutes is
hereby amended so as to read as follows;
If any person shall deposit any poison or
poisonous substance upon the Ian Is belong
the buildings of another person, he or they
shall be punished by fine not less than ten
dollars, nor more than fifty dollars, and such
person or persons so offending shall be fur
ther liable in damages to any person injured
by the loss or sickness of any domesticated
animal occasonel by the deposit of such
poison or poisonous substance.
Sec. 3 This act shall take effect from its
passage,
ApprOyed Nov 10 1866
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An Ac relating to the rights and liabilities of hus.
band and wife.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
SEC. l. Section one of chapter seventy
one Of the General Statutes is hereby amend
ed so as to read ms follows, viz. When any
married man shall leave the State abandon
ing his wife and not making sufficient pro-
vision for her maintenance, or when any
married man shall be under guardianship
by virtue Of the laws Of this or any other
Of the United States, if the wife is of the
age of eighteen years, the Supreme Court
may, on her petition, authorize her to sell
and convey her real estate or any part there.
of, and also any personal estate, which shall
at the time have come to the husband by
reason of the marriage and which may re-
main in the state undsposcd of by him.
SEC. ,. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov. ,, 1866.
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An Act providing that towns may elect collector of
taxes.
1t is hereby enacted. &c.
SEC. l. Any town in this State may, at
its annual March meeting, choose from
among the inhabitants thereof, collector
of taxes, who shall have all the powers and
be subject to all the duties and liabilities
that first constables are now under in the
collection of State and other taxes, and the
first constable shall be collector of taxes as
now provided by law in such towns only as
shall not choose collector of taxes as here
inbefore provided.
SEC. 3 1t shall be the duty of the town
clerk to give the same notice of the election
of collector of taxes as is now required
by law to be given of the election of first
constables, and in all cases of the election of
collectors of taxes, all warrants and rate
bills for the collector of taxes shall be direc-
ed to the collector of taxes instead of the
first constable, as is now provided by law.
SEC. 3 All acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
SEC 4. This act shall take effect from
its pas sage.
Approved Nov 10, 1866,
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7 g. MEAD, Attorney and Counsellor at
4. Law, prlcticiGg in the Courts Vermont and New
fl Ithshre-Nnary Puhlc--Cummissipnrr for tn States
NewYrk New Hampshire and CalilorniaAgent procure
Pensions AMI bounty Land, and General Fire Insurance
Agent Brattleboro, VT.
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An Act in relation to the earnings of married women
aud in addition to chapter seyenty-one of the Gen
eral Statutes.
1t is hereby enacted, &c,
SEC. l. Whenever any married woman
shall be abandoned by her husband, such
married woman shall be entitled to her own
earnings and all the proceeds thereof, and
the same shall be under her sole control,
and the husband shall have no power over
the same and the wife may maintain an ac-
ton therefor in her own name in the same
manner she could do if sole and unmarried.
Approved Nov. 10, 1866
An Act in addition to section twenty-five chapter
thirty OF the General Statutes relating to the
attachment of property by copy.
1t is hereby enacted, &c.
SEC. There shall he added to the list of
personal property, enumerated in chapter
thirty-three and section twenty-five of the
General Statutes of Vermont, and subject
to all the provisions of said chapter the ar
ticle Of tobacco in the process of curing.
SEC. ?. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved Nov, 10, 1866.
An Act to amend section thirteen obarter forty
seven of tho General Statutes entitled "0f Levy OF
Execution
1t is hereby enacted, sc,
SEC. |. Section thirteen, chapter forty
seven, of the General Statutes, is hereby so
amended as to read as follows The fol-
lowing articles shall be exempt from attach
ment and execution, unless turned out to
the officer, to be taken on the attachment or
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am constantly receiving fresh additions my stock Of
Family Groceries and using every eXertiOn keep
prices down meet the reaspna expectations of my
toners. take great pains to provide for my trade