The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-12-10

No. 55.-An act to amend section 24S0 of
Revised Laws. relating to guardians.
II is hereby enacted, etc:
SEC T. Section 24S9 of the Revised l.
of Vermont is hereby amended so as to I
as follows: When n minor or other per
has o guardian in this State, but resides
another State or country and il is shown to
court here that such minor or other per
has a guardian in the State or country, VIII
he resides and that such guardian has
bond or otherwise given satisfactory secuI
for the faithful performance of his trust,
that it will be for the interest of Il WARD
transmit his estate to his last named .uard1
the court may order the guardian here to
tie his account and pay over the estate of
ward to the other guardian.
Approved Nov. 20, 1884.
No. 56.-An act for the better protection
children.
1t is hereby enacted, etc.
SEC. l. Whenever it shall be made |
appear to any Probate Court that in a I'd
within its jurisdiction, any child under &c
teen years of age, by reason of orphanageN
from the neglect, crime, drunkenness or
city of its parents, is growing up with
education or salutary restraint, and un
circumstances exposing it to lead an idle
dissolute life, or is dependent upon pull
charity, such court may, after due notice
the parents or custodians of the child, if tn
are such within its jurisdiction, and to
selectmen or overseeTIof the poor in the to I
where such child resides, commit such cl
to the care and custody of any respecta |
family or any institution in the state for pd.
and destitute children that will receive it |
any time not exceeding its majority. Al
the managers of any such institution viii
receives such child, are hereby authorized
arrange for the care education and maintd
ance of such child within the institution
may bind it out to some respectable family
an indenture of two parts, signed, sealed al
delivered by both parties, subject howevI
to the approval of said court.
Approved Nov. %, 1884.
No. 59.-An act to regulate elections.
1t is hereby enacted, etc:
SEC. l. Section sevcnty-fve of chapter sew
of the Revised Laws of Vermont Is hereby amed
ed so as to read us follows The first constatj
or In his absence a selectman, or in his absenc|
justice of the peace, shall preside at such meetl
and call on the freemen from time to I'll
to vote for such officers. But no such ofll|
above named in this section, shall preside at sd
meeting who is knowingly a candidate for I'd
resentative to the general assembly, senator
sistant Judge of the county court, judge of probd
sheriff or states attorney, and in case he is sd
candidate one of the other officers above mani
shall preside.
SEC. g. Whenever the town clerk of any toj
| in the State shall be n candidate for town rep
sentative the duties of town clerk, as required
| ScctlO0S 10 ana oil oil IDe Revised Laws, snail
| performed by one of the selectmen, or in tn
absence by justice of the peace.
Approved Nov. 25, 1884.
No. 60.-An act relating to elections.
| 1t is hereby enacted ETC.
Sec. /. Section 81 of the Revised Laws
| hereby amended so as to read as follow
| Every male citizen, twenty one years of a!
or more, having resided in the State one We
next preceding an election of Governor, Lie
tenant Governor, Treasurer, Secretary
State, Auditor of Accounts, Senators a
county officers, Judge of Probate Justc,
Representatives to the General Assembly, Re
resentatives to Congress, or electors of Pre-
dent and VicePresident of the United Stat
shall have a right to vote for such officers
| such election. in the town where he resides
| the day of the election. But he shall not V,
for Town Representative or Justices at su
| election unless he has resided during
three months next preceding the election,
the town which is his residence on the dav
election provided that no such citizen, af
removing from and residing without the Sta
shall vote at such election until he has resid
| in this State one year next preceding the
of such election and has taken the oath of al
glance to the State, the oath to support
| Constitution of the United States and the fir
| ildu . odtH anu, pIONlutu lurlHtr, tlluU
person who deserted from the military serv
of the United States during the war for
suppression of the rebellion in the Southt
States and who did not return to such serv
in the time limited in the proclamation of I
president of the United States or who has
| been pardoned therefor, nor any person W
has been convicted of a felony and not sub
quently restored to his rights of citzensl
by act of the general assembly shall vote
such election.
SEC. 2. Section sixty-ive of the Revis
Laws is hereby amended so as to read as f
lows The selectmen in each town shall,
least thirty days before a freemens meetil
make an alphabetical list of the persons gu;
fled to vote in such freemen's meeting, q
shall Immediately cause copies of such list
| be posted in two or more public places in 81
town, and a copy to be filed in the town cler
office. Upon such checklist shall be stat
against the name of each voter, the street 9
number of his residence, and where the sire
are not named and numbered, the school
trict in which he resides; and against
name of each person on the list who has
resided in the town for which the list is mi
three months next previous to the freeme
meeting for which the list is made, shall
stated that such person is disqualified to V
for town representatives and Justices
SEC. 3. Section seventy -one of the Revi'
Laws is hereby amended so as to read as
lows: No person shall vote AT freeme
meeting in a town, for any of the officers to
elected at such meeting, unless his name is
the checklist prepared in such town for
at such meeting. And the vote of no per
whose name is on the list shall be reject
except that no person shall be allowed to v
for town representative or justices who
designated on the checklist as disqualified
vote for these officers.
Approved Nov. 26, 1884.
No. G1.-An act in addition to chapter 20l
the Revised Laws.
1t is hereby enacted. etc.:
Any one who personates another pers
living or dead, and gives in or offers to give
his vote in the name OF such other person.
gives in or offers to give in his vote undo
fictitious name at town, village, school I
trict or freemans meeting, foran officer to
elected at such meeting, shall be fined
more than one hundred dollars, or imprisol
not more than one year.
Approved Nov. 10, 1881.
No. Can act requiring the election or
pointment and qualification of town cler
to be certified and returned to the cou
clerk
Itlis hereby enacted, etc:
SEC. l. Each town clerk shall, within
days after his election or appointment, depC
Il L.