The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1867-12-06
No. 1914.

reference to any subject in which q
railroad corporation shall. or mny be,
! party or interested; and no person
shall be disqualified from acting as
commissioner for determining the
amount OF damage sustained, or likely
to be sustained, by the owner Of any
land or property, which has been, or
shall be taken or required for the con-
struction and maintenance of the rail
road of any railroad corporation, and
the convenient accommodation Of the
same) by reason, solely, of such Judge,
or justice of the peace. or other per-
son. being an inhabitant Of, or liable
to pay taxes in any town, which shall
or may own, or be interested in the
capital stock of such railroad corpori-
on.
SIC. 9. This act shall take erec.
from it's passage
Approved Nov 10. 1867.
An Act authorizing towns to establish
cent al schools
u is hereby eaactef, dc.
SIC. |. Any town is hereby author
lLth ~ toldOllSu EINl ululHiulH que
more central schools, for the education
of the advanced pupils oil the several
districts; provided, that such town
shall, at their annual March meeting.
vote to establish such central school
or schools.
SEC , Whenever any town shall
vote for the establishment of central
Cnhnnl ~ cnhnAlc ne ofA,ayu,I
dental committee of not more than
three of the citizens thereof SKULL be
elected for each central school, whose
duties and prerogatives shall be tie
same as those of the prudential com
mlttee of union districts, and they
shall hold their offices one year from
the first Tuesday in March in eacL
year and until others are elected.
SEC. 3. When any town shall es-
tabllsh central school or schools in
pursuance of this act, the town treas
urcr and town collector thereof shall
perform the same duties in relation to
the central school or schools az are
now incumbent upon the treasurers
and collectors of school districts.
SEC. 4 For the support of such
central school, ench pupil shall pay to
the town treasurer such sum per term
for tuition as the prudential committee
may determine, and which sum shall
be fixed at the commencement OF the
term, and shall not be altered during
the continuance OF said term; provid-
cd, that the said prudential committee
may charge to nonresident pupils for
tuition per term such sum as they shall
deem just.
SEC. 8. If the sums received for
tuition are not sufficient to maintain
such central school and pay the eY.
penses incurred, for such number and
length of terms, MS said prudential
committee may assess tax on tho
grand list of such town for the balance
required to pay the expenses of said
school, and issue warrant to the col
lector of taxes authorizing him to col
lect the same; provided, that when
only one central school shall be estab-
lished in any town, no special tax shall
be assessed as aforesaid.
SEC. g. When more than one cen
trail school is established in pursuance
of this act, the mctes and bounds of
each central school district shall be
fixed so rs not to divide existing school
districts, and III assessing taxes for
DEFICIENCIES to maintain the respective
central schools, the said assessments
shall be made by the prudential COM
mlttec th, reof on the grand list with,
in the limits of said central school dis
trict.
SEC. 7. Any town providing a CEN
trail school CT schools, in pursuance of
this act, shall have all the power Of
union districts mentioned in chapter
twenty-five, section seyenty-two Of the
General Statutes.
SIC. s. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved Nov. II. 1867.
An Act to assist ind gent young men
and women to qualify themselves
for the profession of teaching in the
common schools within the State of
Vermont.
IL IS hereby enacted, DC.
The sum of fifteen hundred dollars
is hereby appropriated for the purpose
of assisting such INDECENT young men
and women, inhabitants Of this State,
who may desire TO more perfectly
qualify themselves for the Office of
teaching, by attending the normal
school within this State.
SEC 2 The Treasurer OF this State
is hereby directed to pay out of any
money in the treasury, not Otherwise
appropriated, the sum of five hundred
dollars TO the tire ,surer of the board of
trustees of each of the normal schools
now established III this State, to wit;
one at Randolph, one ut Johnson and ut
Castleton.
SEC. 3. 1t shall be the duty of said
board of trustees, respectively, to ex-
pend the sum SO received hy them,
under the direction of the Board of
Education, in paying for the tuition Of
such INDECENT young men and women,
rs may from time to time apply
to SAID normal schools, who shall have
passed the necessary examination now
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