Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1870-12-13

thousand dollars, conditioned Tor the faith
ful performance of his official duties.
Sec u Section eighty-six of the same
chapter last mentioned, is hereby amend
ed so as to read as follows:
"Sec. Sc. The sergeant alarms shall,
Immediately after the organization of the
senate and house of representatives,, at
each regular bennial session of the gener-
al assembly, transmit to the governor for
the use of the general assembly, an ab-
stract of his account against the state,
embracing all of the items in said account.
with a correct statement of the number of
persons employed in and about the state
house, and the amount of compensation
paid to each by the day, together with
true inventory or list of all the property
in his possession belonging to the state
COMMISSIONER OF THE INSANE
Sec. l3. Section forty-six of chapter
twenty of the general statutes is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
"Sec 46 There shall be biennially
appointed by the legislature "a commission
er of the insane, whose duty it shall be,
monthly, or oftener if need be, to visit
said asylum, with the trustees, or alone, to
examine into the condition OF the institu-
ton, the receipts and expenditures, the
management Of the patients and the gen.
eral welfare of the asylum, and to, make
report thereon annually to the auditor of
accounts, by the fifteenth day of Septem-
ber; which report shall be published with
the biennial report of the auditor of ac-
counts"
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER.
Sec A. Sections one hundred and
nineteen, one hundred and twenty-one,
and hundred and twenty-six of chapter
twenty-eight of the general statutes are
hereby severally amended by substituting
the word "biennially" for or in place of
the word ''annually," wherever the said
last mentioned word occurs in the said
sections respectively.
Sec. Is. Section one hundred and
twenty-three of the same chapter is here
by amended SO as to read as follows:
Sec. 123. Said commissioner shall
examine and report biennially to the gen.
eraI assembly in the first week ofits regu-
! lar session next succeeding his election or
appointment, the existing pecuniary cou-
dition and financial management of each
and every railroad in this state for each
/ Of the two preceding years, showing the
true pecuniary condition of such railrord.
Such report shall include the amount of
receipts and expenditures of such railroad
for each of said years, and from what
sources said receipts were derived, and for
what said expenditures were made; also
the outstanding debts and liabilities against
such road and the nature thereof; all claims
and debts due to said railroad, and the
names and compensation of all persons
employed by said railroad, and the nature
of their service; together with the condi-
tion of said road, and its equipments aud
property, as herein before provided" :"
THE SUPREME COURT.
Sec 16. Section one of chapter thirty
of the general statutes is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec. |. There shall be supreme
court within and for this state, to be held
at the respective times and places by law
appointed for that purpose; and it shall
consist of one chief judge and six assistant
judges, to be appointed in the manner
provided in the constitution of this state. u
Sec II. Section two of the same chap
ter last mentioned, is hereby amended SC
as to read as follows:
"Sec. =. 1t shall be the duty of the
Judges of said court, or majority Of
them, as soon as practabe after their ap.
/ polntment, to designate four of their mum.
Der to attend the several terms or session.
of the supreme court to be held within OIL
for each county of this state, respectively
in each year of their term of office ; and il
shall be the duty of the judges so designa
!; ted to attend the said sessions or terms o
said court in the several counties to which
they may be so designated or assigned, a!
aforesaid" &i
Sec. Is. Section fifteen of chapter on,
hundred and twenty-six of the genera
statutes, is hereby amended so as to reaG
> as follows:
, Sec. Is The term of Office of tht
l decisions of the supreme court shall, ex
cept in the case of election or appointment
to fill vacancy or unexpired term, com
: mence on the first day of December mex
after their election, and shall continue fol
D., the term of two years
Sec. 10. Section sixteen of the SAM
chapter last mentioned, is hereby amended
: so as to read as follows:
"Sec. 16. In cases where no certain
l day is fixed by law for the commencement
of the term of office of any saIaried Officer
chosen by the general assembly, the tern
i of office or such officer shall, except in tn,
u i case of an election or appointment to I'll
a vacancy or unexpired term. be two year
from the day of his election, or until ;
i successor IS chosen ami qualified; and nj
{ compensation shall be claimed by or al
: lowed to any such officer who may contin
= ue in office for longer period than twt
years from the day of his election, for an!
: service exceeding or continued beyond tn
said term of two years, as aforesaid, if
successor shall be chosen at any time dur
. ing the regular session of the general as
! sembly next succeeding his last electio
or appointment to such Office"
l. GENERAL OFFICERS OF THE MILITIA.
;e Sec. 20. Section six of an act emit
: tied An act for encouraging the militia,
e approved November %, 1864, is hereb
i amended by substituting the word "bse''
r, niallv' for or in place of the word al
If nualiy" therein.
j See. II. Section one of an act cntitle
= "An act for the regulation and govern
T. ment of the Vermont Reform School,
70 approved November 19, 1866, is hereb
N amended so as to read as follows:
:. Sec. l. The government of the FeI
u mont Reform School, established at W;
terbury, shall be elected biennially by tt
general assembly, and shall hold the
ne offices for two years, commencing on ii
,y first day Of December next after the
u election and in case OF a vacancy in tt
u said board occurring by reason of deaf
resignation, removal from the state,
lie otherwise. the governor shall fill such V;
d. cancy by appointment for the remaind
" of the unexpired official term, or until tt
he next session of the general assembly"
It's The other day a man named Abraha
IN Spillmine, with his wife and chlldre
on made halt at the Western Hotel,
d. Windsor; and when it became necessal
he to register, the man took up the pen al
al wrote saBrahaM spIllmIne himself
lY aNA His wife ND his three Children