Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-12-03
Laws of Vermont, A. ID. 1860.

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Laws of Vermont, A. ID. 1860.
Public Acts passed al the annual Session
A. ID. 1869, and designated By The Sec
retary Of State for publication in the
newspapers.
An act to amend chapter seventeen of the
General Statutes, relating to "births,
marriages and deaths" and for the bet
ter registration thereof.
II is hereby enacted By the General As
sembly Of the State Of Vermont:
Sec. l. Section three of chapter sew
enteen of the General Statutes is hereby
amended so at to read as follows:
Every justice of the peeace, minister
of the Gospel, and any and all other per-
sons who are authorized by law to solem-
nize the rite Of marriage, whether in the
usual form or in the manner of the Soci-
ETY. of Friends shall each and all Of them
require to be placed in their hands, pre-
vious to the solemnization of such mar
riage rite, certificate, signed by town
or city clerk of town or city of this
State, where such marriage shall be sol
emnized, and such certificate shall be in :
the form following, to wit:
State of Vermont.
Town of
Clerks office, rs
The following first named person this
day applied for certificate of marriage:
Clerk.
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE.
No.
/. Groom's full name,
2. Place of residence,
3. Age,
4. Occupation,
5. Number of marriage,
6. Place of birth,
7. Fathers name.
s. Mothers name,
9. Brides full name.
maiden name if widow
10. Place of residence,
II. Age,
r. Number of marriage,
13. Place Of birth,
IA. Fathers name,
IS. Mothers name,
The parties above named were joined
in marriage at by me, this
day of A. ID. 10
Attest,
And it shall be the duty Of such US
tice of the peace, minister, or other per-
son authorized by law to solemnize the
marriage rite, to receive such certificate
from the hands of the party by him to
be Joined in matrimony, and complete
the same by filling any blank remaining
therein when so received by him, and
shall add the date of marriage and his
official signature thereto, and shall re-
turn said certificate, to the town or city
clerks Office of the town whence such
certificate issued within ten days there
after; and every such person who shall
| perform the ceremony of marriage, in
any case, without first requiring and OBJ
| tanning the certificate hereinbefore de-
scribed, or who shall neglect or refuse to
make such return in manner and form
hereinbefore provided, shall be liable to
fine of not less than ten dollars for
each offence, to be recovered on the COM
plant of grand juror of such town or
city and it shall be the duty of such
grand Juror, on notification in writing
to him directed by such town or city
clerk of the town wherein such neglect
or refusal shall have taken place, to pro-
secute all such cases to effect.
Sec. 2. Section four of chapter sew
enteen of the General Statutes is hereby
amended as to read as follows:
The clerk of each town or city shall,
upon application of any person to him,
made for that purpose, issue to such per-
son a marriage certificate, which shall be
in the form prescribed in Sec. l Of this
act and at the time of the issue OF such
certificate he shall make entry thereon
of the names of the parties to the mar
riage in all cases and shall also enter
such other date as is required by said
Sec. /, to form a part of the record Of
marriage if then practicable, and shall
at the same time make record thereof IN
a book prepared for such purpose. Fol
making such certificate and record, towl
and city clerks shall be entitled to re-
ceive the sum of twenty-five cents, to bt
paid by the party obtaining such certih
cate, which said fee shall be in lieu O
the fee now paid by towns for the records
of marriages 70 town clerks and it shall
further be the duty of town or city clerks
when such certificates orany of them arr
returned to his office to complete his rec
ord SO that it shall conform in all re
spects, to the certificates so returned t.
him.
Sec. 3. All acts and parts Of acts in
consistent herewith are hereby repealed
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
} Approved Nov. 10, 1869.
) An act regulating mill and other dam:
II is hereby enacted, etc.
Sec. /. The county conrt at any stat
ed term thereof, or the assistant judge
of the same at any time between the stat
ed terms thereof, on application made t
c them in writing by any person or person
= owning mill or other property liable t
destruction or damage by the breakin
of mill or reservoir dam or on appl