The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-04-16

An act to enable the towns therein men
toned, TO aid in obtaining necessary
railroad communications.
II is Ae,rIy enacted lg the General Asscm-
bly, Of Tic state Of Vermont
Sec. l. The towns of Bennington,
SALISBURY, Arlington, Sunderland, Man
chester, Winhall, Peru, Lang Owe, Sand
gate. Dorset, and Woodford,iU in the County
of Bennington, and the towns Of DANNY,
Mount Tabor, Clarendon, Ilnmouth, Wal
lingfor,l, and Rutland in the County OF
Rutland, or any or either of them, are
hereby authorized and empowered to sub
scribe for, purchase, or acquire, upon the
conditions in this act specified, the bonds
of the Lebanon Springs Railroad Com
pany,a corporation existing in New \ ork,
or the bonds or stock OF any other Rail
road Company, now or hereafter orgl
nizcd, whose road shall connect with the
bennington and Rutland Rallroid,pr with
any road connecting Herewith, in such
manner and direction ms TO afford to said
bennington and tiutland road, cummuni.
cation by railroad with New York, Alba
ny. or Boston; and to make any contract
incident to the subscription for, or pur-
chase of such bonds or stock. Or said
towns or either of them may contract for,
purchase, or acquire from said Bcnning
ton AMI Rutland Railroad Company, upon
the conditions in this act sp ,cilied, and
upon such terms as may he agreed on
with said company, any of the bonds or
stock aforesaid, and make any contract
incident TO such purchase,
Sec. 2. No such subscription, purchase,
or contract, shall he made by either of
the to Hns aforesaid, unless the assent in
writing thereto of a majority Of the tax
payers both in number and;amount of tax in
such town. shall he obtained before the
first of January 1868. Which assent
shall be signed and ACKNOWLEDGED before n
Justice of the Peace of the county in
which said town is situated, by each per-
son so asserting, and the amount ol the
list OF such person shall be set opposite
his name. And sail assent shall state
substantially the contract, subscription or
purchase TO be made, and the conditions
on which the same is to be made.
Sec. 3. In every such instrument OF as
sent shall be named three persons, who
shall be resident citizens and tax payers
of the town wherein such assent has effect,
as commissioners to make and execute on
/ behalf of such town, the subScr; ption, ,pur
chase or contract therein mentioned
And when such instrument shall have
been signed and acknowledge ty the ma
jority herein required, such persons therein
named shall be commissioners for that
purpose. And any contract, subscription,
or purchase, by them made and subscribed
in writing, in the name and behalf of
such town, in pursuance of the terms Of
said assent, and not inconsistent Herewith,
nor with the provisions OF this act, shall
be valid and binding upon such town.
Sec. 4. Any Of the said tnwns are
hereby authorized and empowered to
make and issue their negotiable bon Is or
uotes ut a rate of interest not exceeding
seven per cent, per annum, specified in
semi annual coupons thernto attached, for
the purpose Of making any purchase, or
fulfilling any subscription or contract au-
thorlztd by this act, or ofrasing money
so to do. Which said bonds or notes
shall be signed By the sclectmcn and
countersigned 10y the treasurer of the
town issuing the same, and shall be dated,
numbered and registered in the town
clerks office of such town. And said
coupons shall be signed by said treasurer.
And said bonds OF notes SO made and is
sued shall create valid obligation against
such town, according to their TENOR
And the same may be disposed OF 10y
snch town treasurer for the purposes afore-
said.
Sec. 3. In determining the number
and amount of tax payers in any of the
towns aforesaids for the purposes of this
act, reference shall he had to the grand
lis, of the year 1866. And where the
estate of any person deceased, or unde"
guardianship, or any estate in the hands
of trustees. shall be included in said list, ,
or where any person named shall have
since deceased, or have been placed un-
der guardianship, the executor, admins
traitor, guardian or trustee, as the case
Inny be, of such estate. shall be authorized
in its behalf to make the assent provided
for herein. And in case the property OF
any corporation is embraced in any sucr
list, assent may be given in behalf of such
corporation, by majority of the directors
thereof
And where it shall be made to appear
to said commissioners, that any real estate
included in the list of 1866 has since been
conveyed, the assent provided for may be
gwen by the person or party now liable to
taxation thereon, if resident of the town
in which said estate is situated.
and in computing the number and
amount of taxpayers in any town, tax
payers not resident in such town shall be
excluded.
Sec. g. When any instrument of assent
herein provided for snail have been signed
and ACKNOWLEDGED by the majority, and in
the manner herein required, the commits
sioners named in such assent shall append
thereto certificate by them subscribed
and sworn to, stating that such assent has
been signed and ACKNOWLEDGED by such ma
jority, as required by this act And shall
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