Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-12-08

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C See. ?. This act shall take effect from i,
= passage.
y Approved, November %, 1870.
No. l9.-An Act relating to the norma
=; schools Of this state
y See. /. The sum Of ten hundred dollar
5 per annum is hereby appropriated to eacI
/ of the three normal schools now established
;, in this state, for the purpose of assistin.
S those young men and women, inhabitants o
this state, who may desire to more perfect,
, qualify themselves for teaching by attending
| said schools, and who shall give satisfactory
assurances to the board of education thai
they will hold themselves in readiness &c
teach in the common schools of this state,
at least two years subsequent to their grad
uatIon. And such appropriation shall be
expended by the trustees of each of said
schools, under such rules and regulations as
shall be prescribed by the board of education
Sec. 2. The auditor of accounts is hereby
authorized and directed to draw his orders
on the state treasurer for the payments of
the said sum Of ten hundred dollars per
annum to the treasurer of the board OF
trustees of the normal school at Randolph ;
for the payments Of the like sum per annum
to the treasurer of the board of trustees of
| the normal school at johnson and for the
payments Of the further like sum per annum
to the treasurer of the board of trustees of
the normal school at CastIeton.
Sec 3 All acts and parts Of acts incon-
sstenI with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec !. This act shall take effect from its
passage
| Approved, November %, 1870.
| No. d An Act in amendment of an act
entitled - An act to amend chapter seven
teen of the general statutes, relating to
births, marriages and deaths, and for the
better registration thereof approved
November -, 1869.
See. /. Section one Of an act in amend
mcnt Of chapter seventeen Of the general
statutes, relating to births, marriages and
deaths, and for the better registration there
OF, approved November Is, 1869, is hereby
SO amended as to require the certificate of
the town or city clerk mentioned in said
section, one to be issued from and recorded
in the office of said town or city clerk where
the groom shall reside, or in case the groom
shall be q nonresident Of the state, said
certificate shall issue from and be recorded
in the office of the town or city clerk where
the bride shall reside, and in case both of
the parties to the marriage shall be non
residents Of the state, then said certificate
shall be Issued and recorded as is now pro-
vdcd by law and the certificate so required
shall afford full immunity from all RESPONSE
! bility now imposed upon the person who
may solcmnize the rite of marriage between
the parties therein named.
Sec. , Section two of said act shall be
so amended as to provide that the fee of the
town or city clerk for making such certificate
and recording the marriage shall be fifty
cents.
See 3. An act entitled g An act to amend
chapter seventeen of the general statutes,
relative to births, marriages and deaths, and
for the better preservation thereof" APP
proved October 81, 1870, is hereby repealed.
Sec. +. No town or city clerk shall issue
a marriage certificate to any male under the
age Of tWenty-Onc years, or to any female
under the age of eighteen years, without
the consent, in writing, OF the parent or
guardian Of such minor, if there be any
such competent to act.
Approved, November Is, 1870.
No. 2j.-An Act relating to married women.
Sec. /. Any married woman whose hus-
band shall desert her, or from intemperance
or other cause shall become incapacitated or
neglect to provide for his family, may in her
own name make contracts for her own labor
and the labor of her minor children, and in
her own name sue for and recover her own
and their wages. Any married woman, in
such case Of desertion, incapacty or neglect,
may file her petition in the county court in
the county IN which she resides, alleging
the same and making her husband defendant
thereto, and upon proof of such descrtion,
intcmpcrance or incapacity, the court may
in rs discretion make an order, having the
force and effect of judgment, Vesting such
woman with the rights, privileges and liza
b!lltles OF a JeH7e- sole as to acquiring, hold
ing and disposing of property, real and
PERSONAL making contracts and being liable
thereon, and suing and being sued thereon,
in her own name provided, after such
judgment the husband shall not be liable
upon any contract so made by her in her
own name, or for any tort thereafter COM
mitted by her, unless such tort be committed
by direction, advice or consent Of such hus-
band.
Sec. , This act shall not affect any
rights which may have become vested in any
person at the time Of taking effect hereof
Approved, November 10, 1870.
NO -O.-Au ACI III dmenuueDt Vi sectlOn
nine Of chapter sixty nine of the general
statutes, entitled " of marriage"
Sec l. Section nine of chapter sixty
nine of the general statutes is hereby amend
ed 50 as to read as follows
L" Marriages may be solemnized by any
Justice in the county for which he is APP
pointed, or they may be solemnized by any
of the gospel who has been ordained
according to the usage of his denomination, |
md who resides in this state, or who Iabors
stately within the state as a minister Of the !
gospel or missionary, and whether residing
within or out of the state, continues to
preach the gospel and to perform the other
unctiOns of his office.
Sec 2 This act shall take effect from it's
passage.
Approved, November II, 1870.
No 27.-An Act relating to divorce.
Sec. l. County courts are hereby author
zed to hear and determine all libels for
livorce, and for affirming or annulling the
marriage contract; and may make such
riders and DEGREES during the tendency of
UGH libcls, and upon decreeing divorce,