Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-01-05

child shall be chargeable to the town in which he
last resided before becoming an inmate of the asy-
| lum.
Sac 20. If town does not pay such sum on
demand the trustees may in the name of the treas
ureT of the State, recover the same in action OF
| assumpsit Such town may recover the sums so
paid of the town where such child has legal settle
| ment.
SEC FL. The court by whom person is SEN
fenced to the reform school shall certify in the nit
timus, the town in which the person had his last
home, agreeably to the two preceding sections
| and such certificate shall be preSumptve evidence
| of the fact The superintendent upon the commit
ment of such person, shall notify in writing, the
selectmen of such town, by mail or otherwise OF
the name of the person committed, the oftense
! charged, and the term OF sentence.
SEC. The trustees of the state reform school
now provided by law shall, after the present ses-
| general assembly.
SEC a. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved Dec "a, 1880,
No. 3.-An Act relating to commitments.
| 1t is hereby enacted, etc:
| be punishable by Imprisonment, and it is not speci-
| fed that such imprisonment shall be in the state
prison, it shall be construed 10 mean Imprisonment
in the house of correction, if the offender is over
sixteen years of age if man, or fifteen if woman,
at the time of nvicton.
| SEC. 2. A person convicted of two more Of
prison or house of correction and sentenced at the
same time for more than one of such offens S, may
be sentenced to as many terms of Imprisonment as
there are ofenses of which he is convicted one
term being limited to commence upon the eXpira-
ton of another, in the order designated by the
court.
| if man, and over fifteen, if a woman is convicted
| of offense punishable by fine, by 6ne or i'm
| prsonment with or without costs and the court
sentences him to pay fine, or fine and COSTS and
passes other sentence II shall further order that
if the sentence is not complied with within twenty
four hours he shall be imprisoned in the house of
correction for as many days as thrice the number of
| dollars to be paid by the sentence including the
cost of commitment, which cost shall be fixed by
| the court, and included in the sentence And the
court may its discretion issue warrant of COM
mitment forthwith.
SEC. 4. An officer may arrest and hold the re-
spondent on such warrant during such twenty-four
| hours if sentence is not sooner complied with and
for such detention shall receive ten cents an hour
and twenty-five cents for each meal furnished the
prisoner, and shall certify such fees the warrant,
and if the prisoner is committed TO the house of
correction they shall be added to the of COM
mitment, The respondent may at the time of his
arrest upon the mittmus waive the provisions of
this section, and if he do So the of detention
| shall not be added to the costs of commitment
SEC. S. person so committed may be dis
charged on paying the balance of the fine, or fine
and costs, after deducting thrty-three and one
third cents for each day he has been committed for
such default.
SEC E. When person over sixteen years of age,
| d
| court at the time for more than one offense
upon different prosecutions said court shall issue
single mttimus reciting the sentence in each case,
| and may order that If the sentences are not COM
piled with within twenty-four hours such person
shall be imprisoned in the house of correction for
as many days as thrice the number of dollars to be
| paid by all the sentences including all the costs
taxable against such person, and the costs of COM
mitment and thereafter the rights, duties and liza
blities of the convict and of all persons concerned
| shall be the though the total of the fines
q w he is tied had
| attached for single offense And if such person
| is sentenced to term or terms of Imprisonment,
and at the same time to pay fine fines upon the
same or different prosecutions, said court may issue
single mittmus reciting the sentence in each case
and may order that unless the aggregate of all the
fines and COSTS including the costs of commitment,
are not paid before the expiration of the term or
| terms of imprisonment, such person shall be con-
fined in the house of correction the same as herein
before provided in the case of the imposition of a
| fine only, such term to commence after the expra-
ton of the previous term or terms of imprisonment
| to which such person is sentenced
SEC. 7. If such person appeals to the county
| court from two or more judgments by the same JUS
tce at different times, and fails to enter his appeals
at the term to which they are taken, the Justice
may issue single mittmus to carry his judgments
into effect, as provided in the preceding section,
and the twenty-four hours shall commence from
the time of signing the mttimus which time shall
| be endorsed thereon
ton shall hold prisoner committed on more than
one mtimus, for the sum of all the terms contain
ed therein, and the prisoner shall have the same
right OF eSsenng a term of Imprisonment BY
! payment of fines and costs as is provided in other
| cases.
SEC. g. A term of Imprisonment in the state
prison or house of correction shall not commence
to run before the commitment of the prisoner to
such prison or house of correction.
Sec. 10. Any sheriff or constable in the State, or
any officer of the state prison or house of correc-
ton, having written order from the superintend-
ent of either institution, may transfer prisoners
from the one institution to the other, whenever
such transfer may by law become necessary
SEC. II. The form of mttimus to the house of
correction shall be substantially as follows
State of Vermont, To any sheriff or constable in
w, county S. the State, greeting;
by the consideration of within and for the
county of was duly convicted of the crime
Tense and the date of convictlonl and was by said
court sentenced to pay fine or finest of
there insert the amount of each fine and the treas
ury to which it is payabel Tor be imprisoned in the
| house of correction for days or months, if such
was the sentenced and to pay the costs of prosecu-
ton taxed at dollars, and the costs of COM
mitment hereon taxed at dollars, and to stand
committed until sentence is complied with
And it was then and there ordered by said court
that in said fine Tor nes) and costs, aggregat-
ag e the the sum Of dav Of dollars should o b Paid
noon, the said should be confined in the
house of correction, at Rutland, in the county of
Rutland for the term of days.
mined that the aggregate Of the said fines and costs
and costs of commitment is dollars and
| cents.
mont, you are hereby commanded to commit the
| body of the said to the keeper of the house
of correction in Rutland in the county of Rutland,
within the said house of correction who is hereby
| commanded to receive the said , and employ
at hard labor in said house of correction for the full
term of days, or until he is sooner discharged
| in accordance with law.
| Hereof fail not, but due service and return make
| according to law.