The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-12-06

In Wltneeb WueTeOl We ntTeuutO stt OUT uhHntc
and affix our seals this day of
A. D.
L. S.
L. s.
LIS.
STATE OF VERMONT,
County. IS.
At this day of A. D.
Is an, personally appeared iud q D
H (overseer of the poor or parent or
guardian of as the case may
be,) and acknowledged the foregoing instrument
by them sealed and subscribed to be their free
act and deed
Before
J NJ foiiicial signature.
SIC g 1t is hereby made the duty of town
clerks to receive and record all such instruments
of utilization and shall be entitled to receive for
making such record twenty-five cents. A duly
certified copy of such record shall, be evidence Of
such adoption.
SEC. 9. Any single person of full age, DESTROYS
of changing his or her name, may do go by au
instrument in writing, signed By such person,
sealed and acknowledged and recorded in the town
or city clerks office where such person resides
setting forth the name such pei son shall bear
which shall be eiiectual to change the name Of
such person, and such instrument shall be sub
stantially in the following form.
STATE OF VERMONT,
County, So,
Be it remembe..l .hatI r.
Of in the county will he
hereafter known and called
In witness whereof herennto set my hand
and zeal this day Of A. D. IS
STATE OF VERMONT,
County, So
Personally appeared Is now
known und called aud acknowledge
this instrument by him Cor her) signed and
sealed to be his Tor herr free act and deed.
Before
( or official signature.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved November %, 1870.
An Act in relation to school census and Other
school matters.
SEC /. The clerk in each school district shal
annually, in the month Of Jan'y, make a cor
rect list of the names and ages Of all persons be.
tween the ages of five and twenty years, residen
in his district on the first day of January, witt
the names of heads Of families and whole nun.
Der Of persons under twenty in each, and return
the same to the town clerk on or before the
thiity-frst day Of January He shall also pre-
pare and return Herewith tabulated abstrac
Of the same, exhibiting the following items:
The whole number of families in the district
The number of families having children unde
twenty years Of age.
The whole number of children under twenty
The number of children under five, between
five and ten, between ten and fifteen, and be
tween fifteen and twenty, respectively; anc
clerks of school districts shall receive for tbe
in Ski pU 81 t,uo fnr al
and every name Of child not less than five no
over twenty years of age, 50 returned by them
and also, two cents per name Of heads Of fami
lies so returned by them, and prudential com
mittees are hereby authorized to draw their or
ders on school district treasurers for the same
Sec. 2. In towns not divided into districts tn,
duties prescribed in section one shall devolye o.
the clerk of the school board who shall also col
lect the statistics of births and deaths require,
by section two of chapter seventeen of the gen
eral statutes.
Sac 3. No person under five years Of az
shall be received as pupil into any publ
school.
SEQ. 4. No district shall be entitled to an
share Of the public money, which has not durin
the previous year maintained free publ
school for at least two full terms of ten weel
each, or their equivalent.
SIC. 6. Section one hundred and twelve
chapter twenty-five of the general statutes
hereby amended by striking out of the secon
line in said section the words "tenth day
.april" and inserting in lieu thereof the wore
"frst day Of May"
SEQ. G. This act shall take effect from its pa,
sage, except section five, which shall take eifs,
from and after March 81. 1871.
Approved November %, 1870.
An act to compel children to attend school.
Sac. l. II any child Of good health and soun
mind. between the age of eight and fourtes
years. shall during the term of the publ
school in the district in which he resides be q
habitusl truant, or be habituslly found in Il
sire is or public places, having no lawful occ'
patton or business, not attending school al
growing up in ignorance each member of II
board Of civil authority in the town in viii,
such school district is situated, and each mer
Der of the prudential committee Of such distriC
and each sheriff, deputy sheriff OF constable
such town is hereby authorized, and it is ma