Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-12-13
Laws Of Vermont.
BIENNIAL SESSION, 1870.

BIENNIAL SESSION, 1870
Designated by Secretary Of State, for
publication an the newspapers.
No, An act to amend the existing
statute laws relating to the appointment
or election, tenure of office, and duties
of certain State officers.
II as hereby enacted By the General As
sem5ly Of the State Of Vermont:
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Sec. |. Section thirty-six Of chapter
eight of the general statutes is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
"Sec. Sc. 1t is hereby made the duty
of the Secretary of State to procure here
after one copy of the printed journal of
each House of the General Assembly at
any session thereof, and also one copy of
the acts or laws passed at such session,
Immediately after the same may be print
ed and published, and deposit the same
in his office, and also one copy of this and
| all subsequent revisions of the laws of this
State, and deposit the same in his Office
all of which, together with all such jour-
nails, and laws, and revisions of the laws
of this State. as the said secretary may
have heretofore possessed and deposited
in his office, shall therein be kept, and the
same shall lot be taken from his office un-
less under the sanction Of a law to that
effect; and it is also made his duty here
after, on or before the first day of Sep
tember in each year, to prepare and for
ward to the town treasurer of each town,
blanks adapted to the provisions dissection
seventy-seven of chapter fifteen; to each
court auditor blanks adapted to the pro-
visions Of section one hundred and six of
| chapter twelve; to each States attorney
blanks adapted to the provisions of Sec
ton sixty-four of chapter twelve; and to
each sheriff in the State, blanks adapted
to the provisions of section thirty-six of
chapter twelve; and on the return of the
same, filled in compliance with the atore-
said sections, to the Secretary of State, he
shall file the same iH his office for the usf
Of the General Assembly"
| SECRETARY OF CIVIL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS
Sec. >. Section forty of chapter eight
of the General Statutes is hereby amend
ed by substituting the word "biennidt' fol
the word ''annual" therein.
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.
Sec. l. Section forty-one of the samt
chapter last mentioned, is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec H. There shall be benuially
elected by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatjves in joint assembly an Auditor
, Of Accounts, who shall be commissioned
by the Governor, and sworn.
Sec j. Section torty-two of the ram,
chapter last mentioned, is hereby amended
: so as TO read as follows:
"Sec. II The Auditor of Accounts
before entering on the duties of his office
} shall execute bond to the State Of Yer
mont in the sum of twenty thousand dol
: lars, with such sufficient sureties as shal
: be approved of by the Governor, condi
t toned for the faithful discharge of the du
+ ties of his Office
e Sec. ). Section forty-six Of the sam
f chapter last mentioned, is hereby amende
d so as to read as follows:
Sec. 46. 1t shall be the duty of tn
/ Auditor of Accounts to make full an
D thorough examination of all tn book
/ papers, and items of account kept by tn
! Treasurer, relating to the finances Of th
i State, between the first and fifteenth day
e of August in each year, and he shah II
port the condition of the same to the Ger
e eral Assembly at the commencement {
X its next succeeding biennial session; an
= shall state in such report q full detail {
/, the Indebtedness Of the State, with a
i other facts connected Herewith which b
e may deem important to the the interes
E of the State"
n See. 8. Section ffty-eight of the san
e chapter last mentioned, is hereby amende
4 50 as to read as follows:
o "Sec. SO. The Auditor of Accoun
. shall biennially prepare and publish, ft
/ the use of the General Assembly, an editic
V not exceeding fifteen hundred copies of
n report, exhibiting under appropriate head
is all the sources of revenue OF the Stat
with a specific and detailed statement
r its disbursements, for each of the two ne,
it preceding fiscal years; to which report
e, shall append any report which he ma
Il make in the performance OF the duties
G. the bank commissioner, devolved on hin
" under the provisions of an act entitlt
n IAN act in amendment of sections fort,
E. four and sixty-one of chapter eighty-nir
in Of the General Sta.utes, entitled (
e. banks approved October 20, 1867 al
o, it shall not be his duty hereafter, unle
ID specially required so to do, to make al
of report to the governor, or to the gener
assembly, designed merely to exhibit ;
|? account of moneys received or disburst
M on account of the state"
" Sec. :. Sections ffty-nine, sixty, al
ID sixty-two, of the same chapter eight befo
lie mentioned, are hereby severally amende
50 by substituting the word "bienntally' f
as or in place of the word ''aalnua11y" wbe
in ever the said last mentioned word occu
w in the said sections respectively.
p INSPECTOR OF FINANCE.
to Sec. s. Section sixty-six of the san
m chapter last mentioned, is hereby amend
v 50 as to read as fellows:
h Sec. Sc. The governor shall bienni;
lie ly appoint an inspector of finance, who
of duty it shall be to assist the auditor OF a
I ptf
fc treasurer's department, to examine Il
n nutely all of the accounts of the treasur
en- with view to ascertain the correctness
of his report, and whether the accounts a
H. properly kept and also to examine all
A. the books and papers of the auditor of {
lv counts, to see that they are properly kel
,is and his allowances properly made; and
no report to the legislature the result of su
,is examinations which report shall be prll
n ed and bound with the biennial report
W. the auditor OF accounts"
REPORTER.
All Sec. 8. Section sixty-seven of
IN. same chapter last mentioned, is here
ed. amended by substituting the word ''bie
ICE n0lly" for or in place of the word ''an'
~" ally" therein.
we Sec. 10. Section seventy of the sa
lid chapter last mentioned, is hereby amel
lie, ed by adding at the end thereof the follc
n; ing proviso, viz: "Prooided, that
1as volumes to be furnished to the organii
ly. towns as aforesaid, Of the said repo
/" which may be published in each year
the which there is no regular biennial sess
l;" of the general assembly, shall be forwa
ed, ed by the librarian, at the expense OF
State, to the county clerks of the seve
counties in which the towns respectiv
,oo are situated; and it shall be the duty
. each county clerk to deliver the volu
aus by him received for any town within
or county to the town clerk or other agen
o. such town, taking his receipt for the sa
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