Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1870-12-09
LA WS OF VERMONT.
First Biennial Session, A. ID. 1870.
PASSED AT THE

First Biennial Session, A. ID. 1870.
Public Acts, designated By the Secretary
Of State for publication in The ne,cspaper8.
An Act to amend the existing statute
laws relating to the appointment or
election, tenure of office, and duties, of
certain state. officers.
II is hereby enacted By tie General
Assembly Of the State Of Vermont;
SECRETARY OF STATE.
Sec. /. Section thirty-six of chapter
chapter eight of the general statutes is
hereby amended SO as to.read as follows:
"'Sec. SO. 1t is hereby made the du-
ty of the secretary of state to procure
hereafter one copy of the printed jour-
nal of each house of the general assem-
bly, at any session thereof, and also one
copy of the acts or laws passed at such
session, Immediately after the same may
be printed 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, togeth-
with all such journals, and laws, and re-
visions of the laws, of this state, as the
said secretary may have heretofore pos
sessed and deposited in bis office, shall
therein be kept, aud the same shall not
be taken from his office unless un-
der the sanction of law to that effect !:
and it is also made his duty hereafter,
on or before the first day of September
in each year, to prepare and forward to
the town treasurer of each town, blanks
adapted to the provisions of section sew
enty-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
tion sixty-four of chapter twelve; and
to each sheriff in the state, blanks adapt
ed to the provisions of section thirty-six
of chapter twelve; and on the return OF
the same, filled in compliance with the
aforesaid sections, to the secretary of
state, he shall file the same in his Office
for the use of the general assembly"
SECRETARY OF CIVIL AND MILITARY AT
FAIRS.
Sec. 2. Section forty of chapter eight
of the general statutes is hereby amend
ed by substituting the word biennial
for the word annual" therein.
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.
Sec 3. Section forty-one of the same
chapter last mentioned, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows:
"Sec. Al. There shall be hiennially
elected by the senate and house of rep
resentatives in joint assembly an audi
tor of accounts, who shall be commission
ed by the governor and sworn"
Sec. 4. Section forty-two of the same
chapter last mentioned, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows:
"Sec. 40. 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
dollars, with such sufficient sureties as
shall be approved of by the governor,
conditioned for the faithful discharge Of
the duties of his office
Sec. 5. Section forty-six Of the same
chapter last mentioned, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows:
"Sec. 46. 1t shall be the duty Of the
auditor of accounts to make full and
thorough examination of all the books,
papers and items of accounts kept by
the treasurer, relating to the finances OF
the state, between the first and fifteenth
days of August in each year, and he
shall report the condition Of the same to
the general assembly at the commence.
ment of its next succeeding biennial ses.
sion; and shall state IN such report full
detail of the Indebtedness of the state
with all other facts connected Herewith
which he may deem important to the in
terests of the state"
Sec. 6. Section fifty-eight of the same
chapter la It mentioned, is hereby amend
ed SO as to read as follows:
"Sec. 5S. The auditor of accounts
shall biennially prepare and publish, fol
the use of the general assembly, an edi
ton not exceeding fifteen hundred cop
les of report, exhibiting under appro
pirate heads, all the sources o. revenue
of the state, with specific and detailed
statement of its disbursements, for eacl
of the two next preceding fiscal years
to which report he shall append any re
port which he may make in the perfor
nance of the duties of the bank com
missioner, devolved on him under th'
provisions of an act entitled "An Ac
lin amendment of sections forty-fou
and sixty-one of chapter eighty,nine o
the general statutes, entitled "Of banks
approved October 26, 1867; and it shal
not be bis duty hereafter, unless special
ly required so to do, to make any repor
to the governor, or to the general assem-
bly,, designed merely to exhibit an ac
count of moneys received or disburse'
on account Of the state"
Sec. Z. Sections ffty-nine, sixty ant
sixty-two of the same chapter eight be
fore mentioned, are hereby severall
amended, by substituting the word Obi
ennially" for or in place of the wor
annually" wherever the said last mer
toned word occurs in the said section
respectively.
INSPECTOR OF FINANCE.
Sec. s. Section sixty-six OF the sam
chapter last mentioned, is hereby amen
ed so as to read as follows:
"Sec. 66. The governor shall bienn
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