Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1870-11-23

The following bills have been passed dur
ing the week An act to amend an act to
incorporate the Barre Railroad Co an act
to Incorporate the Lake Champlain and St.
Adams Railroad Co. ; an act providing that
any collector Of taxes who has tax-bill
against a nonresident Of his town, may put
the bill into the haRds of the tax collector of
the town where the party resides, for collec-
ton an act allowing any regularly ordain-
Ell minister preaching stately within the
State, but who resides outside the State, to
solemnize marriages within the State an
act amending the statutes relating to cleo
tiOns 50 as to conform to the new constitu-
tlonal provisions requiring biennial cleo
tions an act allowing selectmen to make
temporary appointments to fill vacancies in
the office Of collector Of taxes an act provid-
Ing for compelling collectors Of taxes to pay
arrearages an act providing for the sale Of
personal property in the possession of ex-
press carriers when not claimed within a
year an act to annex part of Dummerston
to Putney an act providing for the bienni-
al organization of the House Of Representa-
tives an act providing that the act to
encourage manufactures, approved Novem-
Der l6, 1869, shall be construed to take effect
from its passage; an act allowing selectmen
to authorize the removal of noodwood, stone,
gravel and sand from streams when they en-
danger the lands through which the stream
flows an act to amend the act to amend sec.
40 Of chap. %, z. 9, relating to the proyid-
ing Of district schools in certain cases, by
adding a proviso that it shall not apply to
districts which shall have maintained two
terms Of school, Of eight weeks each, after
the first day Of May and previous to the last
day Of December in each year; an act to an
mex part of Lexington to Canaan; an act
amending the charter of Montpelier Village
so as to allow the village to bring water from
Berlin Pond an act authorizing the division
Of any town into five districts at the request
Of twenty voters; an act allowing probate
courts to revoke the appointment of any
guardian Of minor child, when in the opin-
ion of the court the parent is fit person to
have the custody Of the child act provid-
ing that dispositions shall be lodged in the
Office Of the clerk or register Of the court for
inspection, and shall not be taken thence
except on the order Of a majority of the
Judges Of the court, and providing a penalty
for the removal or destruction of any records
or papers belonging to any court Of record !;
an act providing for the distribution of pub
lie lands granted to the use Of the ministry
or social worship Of God an act providing
that memorials Of honor shall be given to the
soldiers of Vermont during the rebellion an
act to enable certain towns in Washington
and Orange counties to aid in the construc-
ton of the Barre Branch of the Montpelier
and Wells River Railroad an act providing
that when an intestate leaves no children,
his widow shall take the whole of his estate
if it amounts to no more than $1,000, and if
it amounts to more, that she shall take
81 900 and half the remainder an act pro-
vding that bonds may be required of school
district collectors; an act authorizing the
restoration Of streams to their original chan
nels an act providing that il in liquor pros
ecutions the pleadings shall be terminated in
a demurrer which shall be overruled, then,
unless the court shall allow the respondent to
withdraw his plcadings and plead anew, the
court shall proceed to ascertain the number
of oiFenses of which the respondent has been
guilty an act making the appointments to
the Board of Education biennial instead of an
nual an act making it the duty of the
town superintendent of each county to
annually meet the Secretary of the Board of
Education for the purpose of-lst, agreeing
upon set of questions to be used through
out the county in the written examination
of teachers; I'd, of fixing the standard of
I qualifications of teachers for the ensuing
year; Sd, of making the necessary arrange
ments for the Teachers Institute 4th, of
comforting with each other and the Secretary
upon their duties and the interests of educa-