Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-04
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An act TO enable the towns in the counties
of Washington, Caledonia and Orange. to
aid in the construction Of the Montpelier
and Wells River Railroad.
Iii, here5y enacted 6ytke General Assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
Sec. l. ANY town in Washington, Gale
dona and Orange counties, on the line of
the Montpelier and Wells River Railroad, or
adjoining the town on the line of said rail-
road, may aid in the construction Of said
Montpelier and Wells River Railroad, by
subscribing TO the stock in said road, or by
issuing bonds to aid said road, or in such
other manner as said town shall direct pro-
vided, that no town shall assume any liabil-
ity for said road, exceeding eight times the
grand list OF said town, at the time said aid
is granted.
SEC. g Such aid shall be given in che
following manner, to wit: The selectmen of
said town, on the application of ten or more
legal voters of said town, shall. within ten
days after the receipt Of said application,
warn meeting Of the legal voters of such
town, to be held at the usual place of hold
ing town meetings in such town, which
notice shall specify the time and place Of the
meeting. which shall not be moro than
twenty, nor lees than twelve days, from the
time of posting said notice. And the warn
ing shall be sufficient if il states the business
70 be done q. said meeting is to aid in the
construction of the Montpelier and Wells
/ River Railroad. And if a majority Of the
votes given at said meeting, shall BE- 60 aid
/ said road, then the town shall fix the amount
| Of aid 10 De given, and the terms thereof,
and may appoint three commissioners, who
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+ And, if n o commissioners be appointed, the
selectnen shall be duly sworn, and shall, af
soon as may be, prepare suitable books, IN
which said vote shall be get forth, in which
/ the Taxpayers of the town may sign their
names asserting to said vote, and the grand
list of each person signing said assent shal
be annexed to his name. And when ma
jjority of the taxpayers Of said town, both
in number and amount Of grand list, shall
have signed the same, the same shall be bind
ing on the town, provided the signatures art
procured within six months after the first
signature to the paper is made. And al
persons, or corporations, liable to pay taxes
and ell persons who shall be owners Of rea
estate taxed az the time the assent is given
shall have right to assent to said vote.
SRc g. The said vote ard assent, wher
go signed as aforesaid, shall be duly certified
by the commissioners or selectmen, and re
corded by the town clerk in the town clerk
office at length, in the land records of sai'
town, and duly certified copy of the yot
of the town, and the certificate of the com
missioners or selectmen to the same, tina
the act has been complied with by maj orit
of the taxpayers, both IN number an
amount, who have duly signed the same
with the certificate Of the town clerk thu
the same has been duly recorded in his Office
shall be recorded in the Office Of the Secretar
: Of State. And certified copies from eithe
; Office shall be full proof in any court, tia
the law has been complied with.
SEC. 4. Said towns may issue bonds Wit
coupons payable semiannually at any Tat
, of interest not exceeding seven per cent. to
? the purpose of aiding said road
! SEC. 5. The selectmen, or commissioner
aforesaid as soon as the assent is given an
: recorded as aforesaid, shall proceed to carr
into effect the vote of said town, accordin
f to the terms and conditions thereof. an
e shall have power to vote and act for sal
= town, on all proper occasions to carry int
effect the votes aforesaid, and their votes an
acts shall be binding on said town.
SEC s. This act shall take effect from i
passage.
We append she vote by which it passed II
b House; in the Senate there was no owe
f opposition.
a Aldrich. Appleton, Baldwin Barnes Bar
lett Of Arlington, Batcheller, Bishop, Boyc
Brewer, Brigham Of Hydepark, Brigg
Brown Of Belvidere, Brown Of Franklin
n Brown Of Goshen, Brown of Norwich, Busi
V nell, Carpenter Of Readsboro, Catlin, Cobb
$ Coleman, Converse, Corey, Cowles- Gram
Cristy, Deming, Downing, Dunn, Fish ,Fish'
= of Stannard, Fisk, Foster of hitting, Fost'
: of Wolcott, Fuller, Gay, Gibb, Gleed. Goo
: rich. Gordon, Grover, Hall of Groton, Ha
j.. of ST. Johnsbury, Hancock, Harrington
e bard, Hill Of hiidIlebury, Holden, Holtor
s Hoskison. Hoyt, Humphrey of Underhil
/. Hunt, Huntington. Hyde, Ingalls,, Irisl
Isham of St George, jackson of Orang
jackson of Panton, johnson of Sherburn
. Jones of Benson, Keller, Kennedy, Kin
y Kinney, Kinsley, Laid, Langdon Of Mon
= pelier Langdon of New Haven, Long, Lyn'
g Of Williamstown, Martin, Mason. Mile
lie Miner, Moore of Plymouth, Morse of Calai
p Parker Of Hartford Parker of Sharon, Park
Perkins, Pillsbury, Plimpton, Pollard, Pro
g tor, Purmort, Rixford, Robertson, Robinso
r Royce, Ryan, Salisbury, Shattuck, Shutteto
Of Silsby, Slayton, Smith of Stowe, Smith
Of Woodford, Spencer. Sykes. Town, Cnde
:. wood, Wales, Walker, Webster, Wee
- Wentworth, Wetherby, W heatley, Wheeloc
l. Wilkinson, Wiley, Williams, Worceste
IN Wright,-yeas 10.
,e Abbott. Alden, Allen, Aliis, Ballou Ba
ney, Bartlett of Jay, Bartlett of Lyndo
l. Beattie, Bigelow of Ryegate, Boynton, Buc
lie lin, Carpenter of Charleston, Clark, Cobb
v Conant, Crook, Darling. Davis of East MOI
Ii peIier, Divoll, Dow, Drake, Estey, Fisher
> Westminster. Fletcher, Freeman, Fulto
20 Gifin, Golf, Hale, Holbrook, Holma
Holmes, Howe. Humphrey of Burke, Hu
toon, Jewett, johnson of Vernon, Jones
. CRANKY, Knowlton, Leonard, Lynde of Gu
=, ford, Lynde of Marlboro, Marsh. Mea
of Merrill of Bloomfield, Merrill of Readir
I'd Niles, Ober, Pingry, Pratt, Reed of Wal
field, Remington, Ripley, Robbins, Russo
Saxton, Seavy, Severance, Smith of Barn
Smith of East Haven, Smith of Hartlsr
Ii Sollace, Southwick, Spaulding, Squier, Sta
in ton, Staples, Stetson, Thompson, UPha
Varnum, Warner, Washburn, Waterms
Way, Wellman, Wetmore, Whedon, W
kins, Woodsrd-nays 81.