Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1870-12-21

son shall be deemed to be dead, and such share
shall be distributed to the known heirs of such
absent person provided that before such dis
tribution shall be made, the probate court shall
cause notice to be given in the same way that
notice is now required by law to be given on
settlement of an administrators account.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from its pas
cage.
Approved October %, 1870.
An Act in addition to section seventy-three oil
chapter twenty-five of the general statutes,
relating to bridges.
Sec. l. Any city or town at legal meeting
may, by vote, increase the penalty named in
section seventy-three of chapter twenty-five of
the general statutes, to sum not exceeding five
dollars for each offense named in said section,
subject to the provisions of said chapter in rela-
ton thereto.
Approved November | 1870.
An Act to protect bridges Of more than eighty
feet in length.
Sec. l. 1t shall not be lawful for any person
to drive faster than walk on any bridge Of
more than eighty feet in length !; and any per-
son who shall be guilty of so doing shall forfeit
and pay as penalty the sum of two dollars for
each offense, together with damages for all inju-
ries thereby done to such bridge which may
be recovered in an action in the name of the
town or towns or corporation liable for the re
pairs Of such bridge, with costa.
Sec. 2. No person shall be liable, as provided
in the preceding section, unless the selectmen
of the town, or the directors of the corporation,
shall cause to be posted up, and kept at each
end of said bridge. in some conspicuous place, a
board with the substance of said section printed
legibly thereon.
Approved November 10, 1870.
An Act in amendment of section furty-two,
chapter twenty-five Of the general statutes,
'of repairs of highways and bridges"
Sec |. Section forty-two of chapter twenty
FIVE Of the general statutes is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
&C No action shall hereafter be had or msn-
tanned in any court in this state, against any
town for injuries received, or damages sustain
cd, through the insufficiency of any highway or
bridge, unless notice shall have first been given
in writing to one or more of the seectmen of the
town in which the highway or bridge is situated
by the person injured or claiming damage, with
in thirty days OF the time of the occurrence Of
such injury or damage, stating the time when
anu the place where such injury was received
and that he or she, 80 injured or damaged, will
claim satisfaction of such town provided, how,
ever, that nothing in this section shall be con-
strued 10 Apply 10 any case Where tne person IN
jured, shall, in consequence thereof, be bereft O.
his or her reason"
Approved October 20, 1870
An act IN amendment OF section eighty-three
chapter twenty-eght of the general statutes
relating to railroads.
SEC. l. Section eighty-three OF chapter TWEEN
ty eight OF the general statutes is SO amended al
to real as follows: No locomotive, engine, oil
other power shall be allowed to run upon any
railroad, constructed by authority OF this state
except such as belong to, and are controlled by
the corporation owning and managing sucl
road, unless by the consent OF said road, ant
any engineer or other person violating the pro
visions OF this section shall be liable to such cor
poraton for all damage thereby sustained, snC
shall be punished by fine not exceeding tv
hundred dollars, to be recovered upon indict
ment or information. And IN Gaze any collision
of trains shall result from any violation OF TIL
section, whereby the life OF any person Shall b.
deemed guilty OF manslanghtef ana punished al
In SUCH case provided.
SEC z All sets and parts OF acts lnconsst IN
with this act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from lis pas
sage.
Approved November IA, 1870.
An act IN amendment OF section twenty-five
Hhlntpr U-fO gtqtu
entitled "of the traffic IN intoxicatin
drinks, and IN addition to SAD chapter.
SEC. /. Whenever the owner, keeper, or pos
SCISSOR of intoxicating liquors, seized under pro
visions of chapter nnety-four OF the genera
statutes, shall sppear to make claim to sue
liquor, he shall tle with the justice or court DC
lore whom the proceedings are pehalhg III
claim in writing, setting forth his interest In tn
liquor SO seizeu ana the causes why the sam
should not be adJudged forfeited, anu IN Gas
OF Judgment OF forfeiture, the court snail Ia
the costs and the expense OF the proceeding
against such claimant, ana render Judgmei
therefor in behalf OF the state
SEC z Such claimant Shall, ut The time
filing his claim with the court, enter INTO re
eognizance to the state with good ana suihcieu
sureties III such sum Us 'ue court snan oi'eo
oohui'ioneo 'i'aC ho ena'i F. V'''o'0 n'' 'i"''i
ehect anu pay all COSTS "hich may DC swarae
against him.
cEo o. NO appear sha'l W "'lowoo 10 sue
claimant from the Judgment OF such court, ul
state with good and snthclent suretles IN sue
sam as the court snail direct, condltioned ths
ne shall prosecute his appear 10 eiect anu pa
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