Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-12-10
LAWS OF VERMONT.
Public Acts Designated for Publication in
the Newspapers by the Secretary of State.

Public Acts Designated for Publication il
the Newspapers by the Secretary of State.
No. IAN ACT MAKING PROVIS-
ION FOR THE SUPPORT OF GOV
ERNMENT.
1t Is hereby enacted BY the General Assen,
bly, Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. The sum of seventy Thousand
dollars is hereby appropriated for the fsca
year 1888 and 1889 for the purpose of pay
ing the debentures of the lieutenant-gov
ernor. the senate and the hosse of repre-.
sentatives, and the contingent expenses Of
the general assembly
SIC. ?. The sum of four hundred and
fifty thousand dollars il hereby appropri-
ated for the fiscal year 1883 and 1889, and
the sum of four hundred and twenty-five
thousand dollars for the fiscal year 1885
and 1890, for the purpose of paying such
demands against the state may be al
lowed by the auditor of accounts.
SEC. 8. The sum of thirty thousand dol
lars is hereby appropriated for each of the
fiscal wears Of 1888 and 1889, and 1889 and
1890, for the purpose of paying the interest
on the bonds and other debts of the state.
SEC. A. The sum of sixty thousand dol
lars is hereby appropriated for each OF the
fiscal wears of 1888 and 1889, and 1889 and
1890, for the purpose of paying the ex-
penses of the penal institutions of the state
SIC. >. The treasurer of the state is
hereby authorized to borrow on the credit
of the state a sum not exceeding five hum
dred thousand dollars for the purpose of de-
fraying the expenses Of government and
paying snch appropriations as are or may
be, made
SEC. 6. So much of act No. 100 of the
laws of 1SS6-as authorized the treasurer OF
the state to borrow money on the credit OF
the state is hereby repealed
SEC Z. The treasurer OF this state IS
hereby authorized to reissue to the agri-
cultural college fund, now held in trust by
the state. one hundred thirty-ive thousand
five hundred dollars in certificates OF the
registered loan of this state, which shall be
made redeemable at the treasury office on
the first day of June, A. ID. 1910, on which
the interest shall be six per cent per annum,
and PAYABLE semi-annuallv on the first days
of June and December in each year, at the
treasurer's Office. Said loan shall be in
scribed on the books of the treasurer's Office,
and also in the books of the Office OF the
secretary of state, and the certificates
thereof shall bear the seal of the treasurer's
Office, the signatures Of the treasurer and
secretary of state, and be IN such form as
the treasurer shall prescribe.
SEC. s. The treasurer of this state is
hereby directed on the first day of June,
1890, to cancel the certificates of the regis
tered loan of this state now In his custody
belonging to the agricultural college fund.
SEC. o. This act shall take effect from
its passage
Approved November 81, 1888.
No. 2.-AN ACT PROVIDING FOR
THE ASSESSMENT OF A STATE
TAX.
1t is hereby enacted By the General Assena-
BIZ ofthe State Of Vermont:
SEC 1. A tax of twenty cents on the
dollar is hereby assessed on the list of the
polls and ratable estate of the inhabitants OF
this state, and non-residents who have
grand list for the wear 1889. The treasurer
of the state shall apportion to the several
towns and cities and unOrganized towns and
cores in this state such tax according to
their respective lists, and shall on or before
the tenth day of October, A. d. 1889, make
out and transmit to the treasurer of each
town and city, and to the collector of taxes
for the unorganized towns and cores in this
state, a notice of the amount SO appor-
toned, and the same shall be paid into the
treasury of the state on or before the tenth
day of November, 4. ID. 1889.
SEC 2 The commissioners of taxes for
all unorganized towns and cores shall I'M
mediatelv. upon the receipt of such notice,
assess a tax for the amount specified and
cause the same to be collected in the man
er prescribed by law, upon such unorgan-
lied towns and cores, and cause the same
to be paid into the state treasury according
to such notice; and the several town and
city treasurers shall, upon the receipt OF
such notice, transmit the same to the select
men, or the mayor of their respective towns
or cities, and such selectmen or mayor shall
draw an order on the treasurer or their re-
spective town or city for the amount OF
such tax and such treasurer shall pay the
same to the state treasurer according to
such notice out of any moneys belonging to
their town or city, and if there IS not suffi-
cient funds in the hands of such treasurer
to paw such tax the selectmen or mayor
shall borrow the same upon their orders,
and the several towns or cities may provide
for the payment of such tax by special
tax to be assessed and collected like ordinary
town or city taxes, or such state tax may be
provided for like the ordinary expenses OF
the several towns cities
SEC. 3. The list prepared by the secre-
tary of state from the abstracts OF the
grand lists of the several towns, cities,
unorganized towns cores, which are now
by law required to be returned to his office,
shall constitute basis for the apportlon-
ment of said tax.
SEC. 4. The form of extent now pre-
scribed by law to be issued against the in
habitants of a town for the non-payment OF
a state tax may be changed to conform to
the provisions of this act.
SEC. g. The provisions of section three
hundred and sixty-nine of the revised laws
shall not apply to the tax assessed by this
act.
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from
its passage
Approved November 81, 1888.
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