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

clerks and registers of said courts safely to
keep and preserve all such dispositions.
i Sec. 2. If any person shall unlawfully
and maliciously obliterate, injure or destroy
any record, writ, process, deposition or aft
davit, or any original document whatso-
ever of, or belonging to any court of record,
or relating to any matter civil or criminal,
began, depending or terminated in any such
court, such person SO offending, upon con-
viction thereof, shall be punished by impris-
onment in the state prison not exceeding one
year, or by fine not exceeding two hundred
dollars. or both of said punishments in the
discretion of the court.
Approved, November %, 1870.
No. San Act charging the powers of
county clerks.
Sec l. Each county clerk within this
state shall have the same power to take the
acknowledgment of deeds and other instru-
ments, and to administer oaths for general
purposes, that justices of the peace and no.
taries public now have, and the same certify
under the seal Of court.
Sec. q There shall be paid to the several
county clerks for each certificate OF acknowl-
edgment, under seal of courts as aforesaid,
the sum of twenty five cents.
Sec. g. This act shall take effect from its
passage. Approved, October 25, 1870.
No. San Act in amendment OF an act
entitled an act to provide for the employ
ment of reporter in the county courts,
approved November l3, 1869.
Sec. l. Section two of an act entitled an
act to provide for the employment of re-
porter in the county courts, approved NO
vember -, 1869, is so amended as to read as
follows:
ssSec. 2. Such reporter shall be sworn to
the faithful discharge of bis office before en-
tcring upon the same, and shall be RESPONSE
BILE for the correctness of his reports and all
copies thereof which may be required of him
by said court. And said reporter shall with
in twenty days from the rising of any such
court file with the clerk thereof certified
copies of the evidence and proceedings, in
such cases as said court shall direct and the
court shall so Direct in all cases where it is
necessary to protect the interests of either
party said copies to be written out in full
and to be a part of the files of said court. .
Sec. 2. Such reporter shall furnish GER
tilted copies Of the evidence and proceedings
to any party in interest upon request OF such
party within twenty days from the rising oil
such court, and receive in pay therefor ten
cents per folio for the same.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from Its
passage. Approved, November 10, 1870
No "a An Act in amendment of section
twenty-sx of chapter thirty of the gener'
al statutes, relating to the time OF holding
the county courts in the county Of Essex
Sec l. The last sentence of section TWEEN
ty-six of chapter thirty of the genera
statutes is hereby amended so as TO read a:
follows
"In the county of Essex on the second
day in March"
Sec. 2. Ali acts and parts of acts incon
sistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec 3. This act shall take effect from it
passage. Approved, November 10, 1870
No. S5.-An Act changing the time of hold
ing county courts in the county of Orleans.
Sec. l. The stated terms of the county
court in the county of Orleans shall, afte
the next February term thereof be held OF
the first Wednesday next after the frs
Tuesday in September and the first Tuesda,
in February, in each year.
See 2. All acts and parts of acts incon
: sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
2 Sec. 3. This act shall take effect from it
? passage. Approved, November IA, 1870
No. 90.-An Act author zing tcstimonil
OF honor to be prepared and presented t
, all honorabIy discharged soldiers, VIII,
t served in the war of 1861 and to tn
t widows of such as have deceased.
Sec. !. The governor and adjutant gen
eral are hereby authorized to cause to b,
, engraved and printed, q suitable testimonial
for each officer or soldier, who served on thu
quota Of Vermont during the war of the re
bellion, and was honorably discharged from
, or died in the service; and to the widow Of
next of kin of such as have deceased aDC
! that the adjutant general deliver such testi
f monials, on application, to such persons a
he may deem entitled to receive the same
| provided the sum so expended shall not ex
coed three thousand dollars.
Sec. >. This act shall take effect from it
passage. Approved, November 81, 1870
No. 92.-An Act in alteration of chapte
twelve of the general statutes, entitled
* of county officers"
Sec. l. The bonds and recognizances re
qured of sheriffs, high bailif. county clerks
and states attorneys, shall be taken bien
nially, instead Of being taken annually, a
heretofore, and shall be conditioned for tn
faithful discharge of the duties of their re
spective offices during the term for which
they are elected or appointed.
Sec .. This act shall take effect Decem
Der LIST, A. d. 1870.
Approved, November %, 1870.
No. 90. An Act regulating fees for justic'
writs.
Sec l. The fees for writs returnabl
before a justice of the peace shall be on
dollar each.
Sec. 2. An act entitled % An act regulat
ing fees for justice writs," approved Novem
Der Is, 1864, is hereby repealed.
Approved November Is, 1870.
No. 90 An Act in amendment of section
twelve of chapter one hundred twenty 81,
of the general statutes, and number ten O
the public acts of 1864, approved Noyem
Der Is, 1864, in amendment thereof
Sec. l. Section twelve of chapter on
) hundred and twenty-six of the general stat
utes is hereby amended so as to read a
follows;
1.-The annual salaries of the Judges o
probate in the several probate districts, shall
be as follows, which sum shall also includ,
the compensation of registers, as hereinafte
, provided:
Chittenden-nine hundred dollars
Washington-ten hundred dollars.
Franklin-nine hundred dollars.
; Caledonia-sevenh hundred and fifty dollars