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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21

A Saratoga dispatch reports that II Is
said that Mr., Vanderbilt has been offered
and will probably accept 100000 for
Maud 8. from professional turfman,
probably David Bonner.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21
"WoRKs ToACHARM.'

-. 8. Weeks, Esq, Town Treasurer, st Albans
Vt, says In letter dated May d. at worksto
charm on my babyB face and head. Cured tbj
head entirely, and has nearly cleaned the face o.
Plant hAn OrdArhn IL for them.M
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21

A positive cure FOR oatarrn hay fever, cold
In the head, Ia Ely'B Cream Balm. See adVt
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21
(utiCuTa
,....... = .-.,L-..ss
lnfsntlle Blood Purifiers and
Skin Beautlfiers.
A Positivs Cure for Every Form Of
Skin and Blood Diseases, from
PimpIes to Scretula.

TNFANTILE and Birth Humora, Milk Crust
IL SCALED Head, EczemAs, and every form OF Itch,
orders of the Blood. Skin and hcalp, with loss Of
Hair. from Infancy to Age,cured by the CUTICUnA
REsoLvENr. the new blood purifier, internally and
CUTIouRA and OUTIoUnA SOAP, the great skin
cures. externally. Absolutely pure and safe, and
may DO used from the moment of birth
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21
"OUR LITTLE BOY"

Mass, write a0ur ittle bow wsH terr.bly afliicted
with Scrofula, Salt Rheum and Eryslpelas ever
since he was born, and nothing we could give him
which gradually cured him, until he is now fair
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21
Hay Fever

! can recon mend
Ely's Cream Balm %
all hay Fever snf-
ferers, IL being, In
my opinion founded
upon experience and
q sure cure. l was
afflicted with Hay
Fever for twenty.
i've years, anu never
before found perma-
nent reliuf Web
ster II. HaBkinp,
Marshheld, Vt.
Apply into the
n0strils.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21
A POSITIVE CURE
FOR
C. r r n

hiy'B Or Q n m
balm causes no pain. Gives relief at once-
CIi,eanses the head. Causes healthy secretions.
Mbate5 Inflammation. Prevents fresh colds. Heals
tne sJres Restores the senses OF taste and small
A thorough treatment will cure. Not = LIQUID or
snun. Applied with the finger. SEM fjr circu.
ELY BROTHERS, Druggists, owego, MY.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1884-08-21

Steamships arriving at New York yes
terdSy week brought $l,250, 900 in gold
bars from Europe.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19
-
Approved Nov. 25th, 1884.
No. 137.-An act relating to exemptions from
attachment and execution.


attachment and execution.
1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEC. l. Section 1856 of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended so as to read as follows The
goods or chattels of debtor may be taken and
sold on execution except the following articles
which shall be exempt from attachment and exc
cution, unless turned out to the officer to be taken
on the attachment or execution by the debtor ;
such suitable apparel, bedding, tools, arms, aud
articles of household furniture, as may be neces-
sary for sustaining life, one sewing machine kept
for use, the best swine or the meat of one swiue
sheep notexceedng in number ten, and one years
product of said Sheep in wool, yarn cloth, for
age sufficient for keeping not exceeding ten sheep
and one COW through one winter, ten cords of
fire wood or five tons of coal, twenty bushels of
potatoes, the pistols, side arms and equipments
used by a soldier in the service of the United
States, and kept by him or his heirs as mementoes
of his SERVICE growing crops, ten bushels of grain
one barrel of flour, three swarms OF bees and their
hives with their produce in honey, two hundred
pounds of sugar, lettered gravestones, the Bibles
and other books used in family, one pew or
slip in meeting house or place of religious wor-
ship, live poultry not exceeding in value the sum
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

No. 133.-An act prescribing the manner of
serving trustee process on towns, counties,
and school districts
1t is hereby enacted, ETC.
SEC. l. Writs in which a town, county or
school district is summoned as trustee shall
be served on such town, county or school dis
trict by leaving true and atteSted copy with
the treasurer thereof.
SEC. 2. All acts and part of acts inconsis-
tent with this act are hereby repealed.
Approved Nov. %, 1884.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19
No. 136.-An act in amendment of Section 147
of the Revised Laws, relating to remedie

of the Revised Laws, relating to remedies
against bail.
1t is hereby enacted etc.:
SEC. 1, Section 1471 of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended so as to read as follows I:
When such return is made on the execution, the
plaintiff may within one year, and not after, from
the rendering of Judgment bring his writ of
Scire facias against the surety, and unless the
surety surrenders the body OF the principal into
court, or shows his death or his confinement in
any state prison, house of correction for a Grim
inal offense, before judgmnnt on the Scre faciaS,
and pays the costs upon the Scire faciaS, the
court SHALL unless is shown to the contrary,
render judgment against him for the amount of
the judgment in the original action and interest
thereon, and the cost of the Scire faciaS.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its pas
sage.
Approved Nov. 25th, 1884
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19
No. 135.-An act in addition to chapter eighty
of the Revised Laws.

OF tne REVISED Laws
1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEC. 1. A judge of the Supreme Court, or
judge of County Court in the county for
which he was elected, or appointed, may, on
sufficient notice to both parties, fix the bail
and take the same by way of recognizance,
with sufficient surety to the plaintiff of a per-
son arrested on mesne process in civil action
and committed to jail under the provisions of
section 1861 of Revised Laws, and thereupon
direct the discharge of such person from i'm
prisonment, and the keeper of such jail, on re-
ceiving the order from such judge of the Su-
preme Court or such judge of the County
Court, shall discharge such person from such
commitment. The surety entering into such
recognizance, shall, to the amount named in
such recognizance, be subject to the same
liability and shall have the same rights as a
person who becomes bail by indorsing his
name on writ as required by said section
1861.
SEC. 2. The judge taking such recognizance
shall return the same to the clerk of the court
before which the person is required to appear
before the next term thereof. When such bail
is fixed and such recogniZance taken by the
assistant judge of the County Court, he shall
be paid the same compensation and in the
same way as in case of fixing and taking bail
in criminal cases.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Oct %, 1884.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19
No. 140.-An act in relation to the propert.
rights of married women.

1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
SEC. l. Section 1921 of the Revised Laws
is so amended as to read as follows "Amar-
ried woman may make contracts with any
person other than her husband, and bind her
self and her separate property, in the same
manner as if she was unmarried, and may sue
and be sued as to all such contracts made by
her, either before or during coverture, with
out her husband being Joined in the action as
plaintiff or defendant, and execution may
issue against her, and be levied on her sole
and separate goods, chattels and estate"
But this section shall be subject to the limita-
ton that nothing herein contained shall
authorize a married woman to convey or
mortgage her real estate except by deed duly
executed by her and her husband, as now pro-
vided by law; and to the further limitation
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19
No. 134.-An act to amend section 1869 of chap.
ter sixty-one of the Revised Laws.

1t is hereby enacted. ETC.:
SEC. /. Section one thousand fifty-nine of
chapter sixty-one of the Revised Laws shall
be amended so as to read as follows: The
constable of a town in which justice court
is held, shall be the proper officer of such
at sncb cort inrU s and he Il
interested in the event of the cause, or mat
ter then at issue, or is related to either party
within the fourth degree of consanguinity or
affinity, or when the States attorney, or prose-
cutixg officer requests it, the justice shall ap-
son, who shall have the same powers and
duties, and receive the same fees for his SER
vices as a constable.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov. %. 1884.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

No. 149.-An act relating to the appointing
of county treasurer, auditor and Jail col
missioners, and in amendment of sectio
1909, 1925 and 2640 of the Revised Laws.
1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEC. /, The judges of the county cou
shall, biennially, on the first of December, a
point county treasurer in their respectiv
counties an auditor to audit and settle tt
accounts of the county treasurer, and thru
commissioners of jail delivery for each jail
their respective counties who shall hold the
offices for two years and until others are a
pointed. Sections 2609 1925, and 2640 of IL
Revised Laws are hereby amended so as
conform with the foregoing provisions of til
act.
SEC 2. This act shall take effect on t
first day of December, A. D. 1884.
Approved Nov. 26.lSS4.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

ture, or acquired in any manner during cover
ture, except by her personal industry or by
her sole and separate use, and neither wife s.
separate property nor the rents, issues. income
and products (of) the same shall be subject to
the disposal of her husband, or liable for his
debts but nothing herein contained shall
authorize any claim by either husband or
wife against the other for personal services.
SEC. 3. No married man shall be liable for
any debt contracted by his wife before the
marriage, except in case where the marriage
was contracted before the first day of Janu-
airy, a. d., 1885, nor any husband be liable for
the torts of his wife, unless committed by his
authority or direction.
SEC. 4. All acts inconsistent herewith are
hereby repealed
Approved Nov. 26, 1884.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19
No. 125.-An act relating to appeals in courts
of insolvency.

NO. l20.-An act relating 10 appeals IN courts
of insolvency.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
SEC. l. Before an appeal is allowed by a
court of insolvency from any other decision,
adjudication or judgment of such court the
person appealing shall give a satisfactory
bond, with ample surety to the court with q
condition that he will prosecute the appeal
to effect and pay the intervening damages
and costs occasiOned by such appeal, which
bond shall be filed in the registers office with
in ten days after the decision, order or adj
judication appealed from.
SEC. 2. Such bonds shall be for the security
and benefit of all persons interested and shall
be taken to the court of insolvency and shall
be prosecuted in the county court of the
county in which they were taken for the
benefit of those injured by the breach of their
conditions in the same manner as bonds taken
to the probate court are prosecuted.
SEC. 3. The security required to be taken
in section 1910 of the Revised Laws shall be
for intervening damages and costs.
SEC 4. The appeal allowed from the de-
cision of the court of insolvency upon the
question of the insolvency of the debtor as
Laws, shall stand for trial at the term OF the
county court in which it is entered, and the
final Judgment of the county court shall be
conclusive.
SEC. 8. After an adjudication of Insolvency
upon the application of creditors, if an APP
peal is taken from such adjudication, the
court may appoint a messenger to care for
any persons property until the final decision
of the appeal, and the fees of such messenger
shall be part of the costs of the proceedings
to be paid from the estate, if the, decision of
the court of insolvency is affirmed, and to be
paid by the petitioner if the adjudication is
removed.
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov. 26. 1884
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

No. 1A-An act in amendment of section 3O24
of the Revised Laws, relating to the pay of
commissioners appointed by the County orI
Supreme Court.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.
SEC. l. A commissioner appointed by the|
County or Supreme Court shall be allowed
for his services two dollars a day and hi
necessary expenses.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from it,
passage.
Approved Oct. %, 1884.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

No. 132.-An act in addition to chapter so of
the Revised Laws of Vermont, relating to
the arrest of the body and remedies by and
against bail.
1t is hereby enacted etc..
SEC. l. A person who is bail for the ap-
pearance of person arrested on mesne pro-
cess under reCognizance taken by Justice
of the Peace Judge of the Supreme of Court,
to surrender the principal in discharge of such
recognizance, may apply in writing, with his
signature, to such justice, judge or clerk, for
a warrant which shall thereupon be issued,
to apprehend the principal and commit him
to jail. And upon the commitment of such
principal to such jail, the bail shall be dis
charged. Such warrant shall be directed to
any sheriff or constable in the state.
SEC. q This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov Is, 1884.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

No. 129,-An act giving the county court
power to refer certain causes without the
agreement of the parties.
1t is hereby enacted etc.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

NO. l4O.-An act In amendment OF chapteIE
81 of the Revised Laws, relating to convey |
ances of real estate.
1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEC. l. Deeds, leases and other convey
ances of land, hereafter duly executed acl
knowledged and recorded, shall have the effect
to convey such title therein as the grantor OIL
lessor may have, Notwithstanding any actual
possession thereof by any other person claim
ing the same.
SEC. 2. Section 1853 of said chapteri is herel
by repealed, as to all conveyances of lands
made after the passage of this act.
Approved Oct. rs, 1884.
DIH
No 147.-An act to provide for general indie I
of land records in the several counties in the
State.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
SEC. l. 1t shall be the duty of the clerks
of the several counties in this State to furnish
and continue to keep for public use, a general
| index of the record of deeds and other transI
fers of land recorded in their respectiv !
offices, similar to those now required by Law
to be kept by town clerks, by section $3.50 d
| the Revised Laws, and to complete such indie
on or before the first day of May next, prCI
vlded that the foregoing provisions shall no
apply to transfers of title under any judgmen7
| or order of court.
SEC. 2. If q county clerk fails to furnisI
and complete such index, as provided in thI
preceding section, by the first day of May nex|
he shall be fined twenty dollars for eacI
months delay thereafter; and if a count
clerk neglects to continue such index as I'd
quired in the preceding section, he shall b
fined fifty dollars for each six months neglect
the penalty in each case to go to the TREASURED
of the county.
SEC. 3 County clerks shall also prepard
keep and continue a general index of sue
court and other records in their respective
offices as the judges of the county court sha |
direct.
SEC, A. The county clerks shall receivI
from the county as compensation for maxim
the general index of the existing land record |
one dollar for each one hundred entries upo
said index; and for making an index as prJ
vided in section three of this act, such sum /
the judges of the county court shall certify 4
be fair and reasonable compensation, to u
allowed by the state auditor in their account
SEC. g. This act shall take effect from Il
passage.
Approved November 18th, A. D. 1884
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

on note or account stated when the ad dam
mum exceeds twenty dollars, who shall make
ana ME with the justices, within two hours
after the rendition of judgment, an affidavit
setting forth that he has a good defence or
cause of action.
Ill. In actions in which neither the ad dam
mum IN the plaintiffs writ, nor the sum de-
manded by the declaration, nor the spectica-
tons or exhibits Of the plaintiff on trial shall
exceed twenty dollars; actions of aSsumpsit
TO recover balance due ON account, when
the balance claimed does not exceed twenty
dollars, provided, however that an appeal
shall be allowed in actions by one town against
another for the support of paupers, actions
for tne or penalty, actions for trespaSs on the
freehold, actions where the defendant pleads
In offset demands exceeding twenty dollars,
and shall file with the justice, within two
hours OF the rendition of judgment, an affidavit
setting forth that said plea is made in good
faith, and such offset has not been allowed
him by the plaintiff in his specifications;
actions of assumpsit TO recover a balance due
on account, when the defendant shall file an
athdaylt with the Justice, as above required,
setting forth that he has a good defence to
more than twenty dollars of the plaintiff S
account; of court, civil or military, in eX-
cuse or Justification; actions where the de-
PENDANT, in good faith, pleads in excuse or
Justification that he was acting as public
officer actions where tax or tax-bill or war
rant is, in good faith, put in issue by the
pleadings or by the proof; actions for the re-
CONeGy OF subscription 10 Jlle capital STOCK
of a corporation.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov. IA, A. D. 1884,
No 123-An act in amendment of act number
1902 of Acts of 1882
1t is hereby enacted, etc.:
SEC /, Section two of act number 102 of
the Public Acts of 1882 approved Nov %,
1882, is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows: There shall be taxed against the re-
Spondent in State cases, for entering the case,
seventy-fve cents; for entry of judgment, one
dollar; for each continuance, sixteen cents;
for taking each recOgnizance, twenty-five
cents; capias, one dollar; taxing costs, fifty
cents; Record, ten cents per folio; copy OF
indictment, seventy-tive cents; and such fees
shall be paid to and belong to the clerk.
SEC. 2. Section 4501 of the Revised Laws is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov. %, 1884.
No. 124,-An act in amendment of section 176;
of the Revised Laws of Vermont, relating t.
| the chancering of bonds in criminal causes
! 1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEC l. Section 1863 of the Revised Laws il
! hereby amended by inserting after the words
Judgment thereon" in the seventh lint
! thereof, the words without COSTS"
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from it
passage.
Approved Nov. 10, 1884.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

or referees to try and determine such issue
who shall be governed by the rules of law in
the admission of evidence and the determine
ton of such issue. Such auditors or referees
shall give at least twelve days notice in writ
ing TO the parties to such cause, of the time
and place when and where such cause will be
tried by them, and they shall make a full re-
port OF the facts found by them, material to
the cause, TO the next term of such court,
after hearing before them is closed. and the
same, unless cause be shown, shall be accept
ed by the court and be considered of the facts
in issue so submitted. Such auditors or
referees shall state in their report decisions
made as to the admission or rejection of evil
dence, when the party against whom the de-
decision is made so requested in writing
SEC. 2. The fees of such auditors orreferees
shall be fixed by the court when such report
is made, and shall be paid by the state. The
plaintiff in such cause shall pay to the clerk
of such court fee of six dollars for the bene-
fit OF the State in each case so tried, and the
same shall be taxed in his costs if he recover.
SEC. 3. Either party to suck action may
except to the decision of the court ordering
such action to be tried by such auditor or
referees and the cause shall pass to the SUI
preme court before trial is had before such
auditor or referees, unless the court order
such exceptions to lie to await the trial be-
fore such referees or auditors.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from its
passage, but shall not apply to actions now
pending.
Approved Nov. IS, 1884.
Ne 130.-An act in amendment of section 112S
of the Revised laws
1t is hereby enacted ETC.:
SEC. 1. Section 112S of the Revised Laws il
hereby amended so as to read as follows: 4
the amount of debt or damages recovered by
the plaintiff in trustee process, does moi
exceed five dollars, or if the goods, effects anC
and credits in the hands of the trustee do moi
exceed five dollars in value, the trustee shall
be discharged, and shall recover his costs
against the plaintiff But this section shall
not affect trustee process for the collection
of taxes.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov. "a, 1884.
No 131-An act in amendment dissection 101'
of the Revised Laws of Vermont
| 1t is hereby enacted, ETC.:
SEC /. Section one thousand and thirteen
chapter sixty, of the Revised Laws of VeI
mont, is hereby amended so as to read as fol
lows: "Sec. 1913. Justices, notaries-publiC
masters in chancery and county clerks ma
issue subp9nas and attachments for witnesse
to appear before themselves, or before an
magistrate, court grand jury, or boar
authorized, to examine witnesses; and sue
acts of a notary public, shall be effectual will
out his official SEAL
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from il
passage.
Approved Nov. %, 1884.
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OFFICE OF SECRETARY OF STATE,
MONTPELIER, November 49, 1884
hereby certify that the foregoing 1877 nud
beers, designated for publication agreeably
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-12-19

County and Supreme Courts of ali cases so
instituted.
SEC. 3. If such special prosecutor shall be
required TO attend the County Court for the
purposes named in the preceding section, he
shall be allowed double the fees of witness
before the grand jury, to be paid by the
county clerk as State witnesses are paid, upon
proper vouchers.
Approved Nov. %, 1884.