Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-12-06

An act in relation TO the hours Of labor OF
children employed in manufacturing and
mechanical establishments.
~ as here6g enacted, SC.
See /. No child under the age of ten
years sha be employed in any manuiactu-
ring or mechanical establishment wiihiu
The State.
Sec. 2. No child, under the age of &c
teen years. shall be employed in any ma,,.
utac,uring or mechanical establishment,
more than tea hours in one day.
Sec. 8. Any owner, agent, superinten.
dent or overseer of any manufacturing or
mechanical establishment, who shall know
lneiy employ OF permit to be employed, any
child in violation of the preceding sections
and any parent or guardian VIII, allows or
consents to such employment, shall, for
such uffense, forfeit the sum of fifty dllar>.
Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty Of town
grand jurors, States attorneys AMI consta
bles, in any city or town, to see that the
provisions Of this act are complied with
AID TO prosecute offensef against the came,
in accordance with the existing laws OF this
State.
SEC. s. This act shall take effect April
LIST, 1868.
Approved Nov. 81, 1867.
An act in addition to chapter fity-six of
the General Statutes, relating to the
adoption Of minors and the alteration If
names.
his hereby enacted, &c.
Sec. |. Whenever any person shall
wish to adopt minor, under the provis-
iohs Of section eight of chapter fifty-six OF
the General Statut, 5, aud the parent or
parents of such minor shall have abandon
ed the care and support of such minor,
and shall have removed or absconded from
this State; or it the parent or p"renls re-
siding in this State are shown to be in
comp tent TO have the care and custody OF
such minor, the probate court in the dis
trict where such minor resides shall upon
application in the way now provided by
law, appoint some sui'ab.e person to act
a. guardian of such minor in The matter Of
said adoption.
Sec. 2. This act shall take eject from
its passage.
Approved Nov. 8. 1867.
An AFT amending section four OF chapter
fiiy-six of the General Statutes rclat-
ing to the descent Of property.
IL is hereby enacted. &c.
Sec. l. Section four Of chapter fifty
six OF the General Statutes of this S ate.
i, hereby amended so as TO read as follows ::
Legitimate children shall inherit the es-
tate If their mothers the same as if they
were horn in lawful wedlock, aud the
mother of an illeetimale child who Shall
die leaving 10 issue nor widow, shall in
herit the estate of such child and the es-
tate of an ilegiiinate person dying intes-
tate. and leaving no issue nor widow, nor
mother. shall descend through the line Of
the mother. in the same manner as if th,
person 20 dying were born in lawful y cd
lock.
Sc. 2. This act shall take effect from
lis passage.
Appro, ed Nov. 10. 1867.
An act in amendment of section eight Of
chapter fifty-three of the General Sat
utes, relating to the settlement of estatcs
IL as hereby enacted, &c.
Sc. /. Srciioa eight Of chapter fifty
three of the General Statutes, is hereh,
amended. so as to read rs follows:
On application Of creditor who has
fail, d to present his calm, If made within
six months after the expiration of the time
previously limited, or in case the commits.
sioners have failed 10 give their notice re-
quircj by sectioa three Of this chapter
aud such application shall be made before
the final settlement Of the estate, the cour
may, for god cause shown. and on sucl
terms as the probate court shall deem jus
and equitable, renew the commission, an'
allow further time, not exceeding thre
months for the commissioners to examin
such claim; in which Gaze the commissioner
shall personally notify the parties OF th
time and place of hearing. ard as soon a
may be, make return of their doings 10 tn
probate cour'.
s &c. 2. Ills ACT shall take eff ct frot
its passage.
| Approved Nov. 20, 1867.
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