Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-11-30

an ACT 10 amend sectlon one OF cDapter
seventy-one of the General Statutes,
relating to the rights Of married wo-
men, r.;
II as Hereby Enacted, 9c.
See. j. Section one Of chapter seventy
one of the General Statutes shall be 50 a.
mended as to read as follows: When any
married man has abandoned his wife, and
has not made sufficient provision for her
maintenance, if the wife is of the age of
eighteen years, the Supreme Court may,
on her petition, authorize her TO sell and
convey her r roal estate or any part there
of, and also any personal estate which
shall at the time have come to the hus.
band by reason of the marriage, and which
may remain in the State und sposcd of by
him. ...... g..
Sec. 2. This bill shall take effect from
It's passage. .l. --I ........ ...,.
Approved Nov. II, 1869. :l
Bio Et.F OWN lff-- II -.seiah .a.
An act regulating the establishment and
maintenance of depots and stations On
railways. ..-. .. ~.
| il hereby enacted, &c. f.e, a,.
Sec. ]. No railroad corporation shall
abandon any station or depot which is on
its road in this State, and owned by said
corporation, and which has now been, or
shall hereafter have been, established for
five years, except by consent of the Su.
preme Court within and for the county in
which :he depot is situated, upon petition
and hearing, after such notice as the said
court may direct; which hearing may be,
upon proofs in court, or by reference or
commission, under the direction of said
court, as the said court may seem meet.
| Upon granting or refusing such petition,
the court may award costs as shall seem
just, for or against any part es who present
or resist such petition; and the accommo-
dation furnished by the stopping Of trains
at ouch stations shall not be substantially
diminished, as compared with that furnish
ed at other stations on the same road, cx-
cept upon the consent Of the court obtain
ed as aforesaid; provided, however, that
if any railroad corporation, desiring to
remove or discontinue any depot on its
road, shall give notice of such intehtion
by publishing the same in newspaper, or
two newspapers, if so many there shall be
printed in the county in which such depot
is located, or if no newspaper be printed
in such county, then the publication shall
be in newspaper, or two newspapers, if
SO many there be, in an adjoining county
which notice shall be published three weeks
: successfully, and the last publication shall
be at least thirty days, and not more than
sixty days, previous TO the intended time
, of discontinuance or Removal as published
in such notice and if, on the expiration
of thirty days after the last publication
as aforesaid, no proceeding is commenced
l to enjoin such corporation, as is provided
by sec. 8 Of this act, then said corpora.
ton may discontinue or remove said de.
l pot without applying to the court, as Is
provided in this section.
Sec. g 1t shall be the duty Of all rail
road corporations in this State to establish
and maintain dcpots or station houses
with suitable accommodations, at sucf
points on said roads, as. the Supreme
$ Court within and for the county where
j the same may be situated, shall, on pc
tition for that PURPOSE, adjudgs the public
g good to require; provided, however, tha
j the petition Shall be signed by ten free
holders, resident. in the town where sale
$ depot is PROPOSED to be located, and sale
e petitioners shall give satisfactory securit,
to the petitionee for costs of prosecution
as required inwrits of summons. ''2st
. a Sec. 8. Iii case of any violation or in
b tended viololation Of the provisions Of thi
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act, it shall be the duty Of the States at
!. torney of the county in which said station
or depot is located, at the relation of an,
ten legal voters Of the town or city i
! which said station is located, to procee,
in equity by petition to enjoin and preven
such violation Of this act and any chan
I. csllor to whom such petition shall be pre-
!, sented, either in term time or vacation
SHALL have power, and It shall be his duty
+ to enforce in a summary manfct the pre-
visions of this act, and compel bbsdiohc
thereto. h2h taFha9l1 0.s si4a
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect fror
! its passage.
! Approved Nov l6, 1869. y 1la ?.
" QQa1d5t niF e1i Hii fHie ,AiA1 9Df
le .lIr .tfgaoroW eaTT-Trey .5h0f i.ie d.
r. An act to regulate railroad crossings.
,e IL is hereby enacted, 3.c. i, .Jts ,
OIL Sac. ]. When any railroad shall crci
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