Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-12-19
to the city or town in which such person re.

OF OllenSes under this act.
Approved Nov. I, A. ID. 1884.
No. ss.-An act to prevent fraud in the sale
OF oleomargarne and other substances, as
butter.
It is hereby enacted, etc.
SEC. !. person who knowingly sells or
oilers for sale, as butter, any oeOmaTVHriuc,
lmlierine or article or substance resembling
nutler, and not made exclusively from milk
or cream, and Of which the oil or fat Of am
mall, not produced from milk Is component
par, shall, for each such Oifense, be fined five
hundred dollars; and on trial for such offence
proof OF the sule or offer for sale shall be prinu
iaca evidence Of knowledge. Half OF the pen
atty shall 60 10 the complainant.
SEC ?. This act shall take effect from It's
passage.
Approved Nov. %, 1854.
No. S9.-An act to amend number ll9 Of the
acts Of 1852, relating to commercial iertili-
zers.
It is hereby enacted, etc:
SIC |. Section one ufnumher | 10 Of the acts
Of 1882, is hereby amended 70 rs to read MS
follows Manufacturers aud importers " com
mercia fertilizers sold or offered tor sale in this
state, shall, before such fertilizer Is sold or Of
fered for sale, obtain Il license from the state
treasurer, COuntersirned and recorded hv the
secretary Of the board Of agriculture Tor each
bran OF fertilizer 50 sold or offered for sale,
auth 0Hzng the lie ~ the same In the State,
and shall securely ailiX 10 each barrel, bag or
other package Of such fertilizer the word eli
cen'ed, with the number and date OF the IL
cense. The person obtaining such license for
brand Of fertilizer, shall pay 20 the state fifty
dollars for each brand licensed, and the licenses
shall expire on the thirty Ill It day Of December
OF the year for which they are issued.
SEC 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Nov 25, 1884.
| No. 90.-An act 10 establi a rule for the meas.
urinG Of saw logs and round timber.
! IL is hereby enacted etc.
SEC. |. In all bargains for or sales Of saw
logs or round timber by measure, the number
| Of feet, unless otherwise stipulated by the par.
ties shall he ascertained by tho rule contained
| In the following section.
SEC. To ascertain the contents Of n saw
| log or stick OF round timlor, first multiply the
average diameter Of the top OF the log, inside
| the bark, In inches BY half such diameter In
| inches, disregdrdng fractions Of an inch less
| than one-half, and regarding fractions larger
| than One-half Us a full inch, Ind the number
| Obtained as the pruduct will represent the con
tents In feet of log Of that diameter twelve feet
| long. Then II the log is less than twelve feet
| long, the actual contents OF the log will I've the
| same fraction of the above product that the nc-
| tual length Of the lOg is of twelve feet. Ii the
| log is more than twelve feet long, commence at
| the upper end ana measure it OH into as many
sections, each twelve feet long rs the log will
| contain. then find according to the rule given
| above, tho contents OF each twelve foot section
by multiplying the diameter Of the top OF the
| section hy half its diameter, and lind the COR
tents OF the rsciional section at tho lower end
| Utthe log does not divide evenly in the IMAM
| uer provided above tor finding the contents OF =
log less than twelve feet long The aggregate
OF the contents Of the sections will be the con
tents OF the whole log.
SIC. 2. This act shall take eItc. from is
| passage.
Approved Nov. %, 1884.
No. 9l.-An a.; providing lien o. animals for
Pasturage, food and shelter.
1t Is hereby enacted, etc;
SEC. /. Persons having charges due them for
pasiurng. boarding or keeping horses, or other
domestic animals, brought to their premises or
placed, with the consent Of the Owner there, in
the care OF such PERSONS may, II The charges
become due while such ANNA S remain IN their
possession, retain the possession OF such ami
mails until such charges are paid.
Approved Nov. %, 1884.
No. 92.--An act relating to the settlement OF es.
| tates.
1t Is hereby enacted etc
) c. |. The probate court may decline 10
make AN order for the distribution OF a solvent
estate among the heirs. devices md lcCatees,
until, In the opinion OF the Probate court. tut-
able graVe-stOnes are erected 10 the memory OF
the de ceased ct his place Of burial, il buried
within the STATE. Aud II such suitable grave
stones have not been erected before tho time
when such order Of distribution would natural
ly lie made, the probate court may appropriate
IA sum from such estate sum lent TO deiray the
expenses OF erecting su"h grave stones.
Approved Nov. 20, 1884.
No. CAN act relating to the removal and
sale Of personal property sold condiuonally
with lieu reserved thereon; and to the dis
charge OF ;he lien.
1t Is hereby enacted, etc:
SEC. /. No personal property sold condition
ally, upon which there is reserved lien duly
recorded shall be removed from the state with
out the consent OF the vendor or his as
signee.
SEC. . When the sum, for which the lien
upon personal property sold c1nditionally was
gwen, is pail and satisfied, the vendor or his
as,ignee shall discharge the same.
=. Liens ON personal property sold con-
dtiondily may he discharged bv m entry on
the margin Of the record thereof. in the town
clerks ,fiice where recorded, signed by the
vendor, hls eXecut'r, administrator, assignee
or attorney acknowledging satisfaction VI the
lien, or by an try on tue writing creating the
lien signed as Aforesaid, acknuW hedging salts
faction duly recorded on the margin Of the rec
ord OF the lien in the town clerks office or by
a release o. the len signed 3 aforesa and du-
ly recorded In the town clerks Office.
{ SIC. 4. II tue vendor or his executor, Ad-
ministrator or assignee, AFTER performance OF
The CONDITION before or after breach thereof
shall not, Ater ten days Aler being thereto re
| Que-tOd aud after tender OF reasonable charges.
discharge such lien IN one OF the WAYS provided
IN tie foregoing sect.un, he shall be liable for
damages uccastOned thereby 10 be recovered in
an acliOn on the Gaze.
Sec ,. The vendor II personal property sold
Z cOnditluually, With lieu reserved thereon, or
his assignee may, AFTER thirty d AVS from the
time Of condition broken, cause the property on
which the lien exists or 50 much thereof as
may be necessary, 10 he taken aud sold at pub
lie auction Dy public iiicer AZ \ public pl4ci
In TIE town where the person giving the lien re-
I sides or where the properly Is, notice OF the
time, place and purpose OF such sale being post.
ed at two or more public places IN such town, AT
least ten DAYS prior thereto; notice Of such sale
shall also lie given 10 the yend OF the time and
place OF sale, IN writing, delivered TO him or ef
az his abode, n living within tue town, or seuI
by mail ho does not reside in such town 81
least ten days previous to the sale, and IL the
{ property is not redeemed by the payment Of The
amount due aud cost and expenses incurred lbs
, such breach OF condition the property shall bS
sold As posted
E SEC 6. The proceeds Of Iuch sale shall b,
4 applied 10 the payment OF the lien and the cost;
, aud expenses Of keeping the property, and sale
, and the balance ii any shall De paid to The
Vendee or tho person holding under him, on dc
I mAnd.
SEC. 7. The officer selling the property shall
r make return Of bis doings in tue same name
g as required in sale Of property upon a mortgage
Ot personal property, aud his return shal
{ have like effect aud he shall receive the sam
ices.
Approved Nov, %, 1884.
4 No. 9f-An act to diminish the frequency OF di
. NOrCes.
4 | IL is hereby enacted. etc:
7 SEC. l. Libels for divorce, entered at an
/ term Of the County Court, shall be continued a
Of course to the succeeding term,
$ SEC. ,. At the term succeeding the term a