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No. S9.-AN ACT FOR THE RELIEF OF
THE FAMILIES OF INSANE
PERSONS

It is hereby enacted By the General assembly
Of The State Of Vermont:
SEC. /. An insane person residing in any
town, the annual income of whose estate,
with the earnings of his wife and minor chill
dren, is not sufficient for the support of such
wife and minor children, and the support Of
such insane person, shall be supported by
the state at the Vermont asylum for the in
sane. And in case both husband and wife
are insane, they shall both be supported by
the state at said insane asylum.
SEC. g The probate court of the district
where such insane person resides, upon COM
plant made by his wife, and in case both
husband and wife are insane, upon complaint
made by the guardian Of such insane person,
or by the guardian of the minor children Of
such insane persons or person, shall issue
citation and cause the same, together with
said complaint to be served upon the states
attorney of the county where such insane
person or persons reside. Said probate court
default, make an order that said insane per-
son or persons be supported at the insane
asylum by the state; and upon the hearing
ON such complaint may inquire as to the in
come of the estate of the insane person, and
as TO the earnings of his wife and minor chill
dren, and their support, and may make all
necessary orders TO carry into effect the pro-
visions Of this act.
SEC. 3. 1t is hereby made the duty of the
states attorney in each county whenever no.
tilted of hearing under the provisions Of
this act to attend and represent the state
for which service he shall receive five dollars
per day and his necessary expenses, TO be
paid by the state.
SIC. L. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November %, 1888.
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Approved November %, 1888.
No. Gan ACT RELATING TO DUTIES
OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE IN GRIM
NAL CASES.

II is hereby endcted blythe General assembly Of
the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Whenever person charged with hav-
ing committed crime is brought before JUS
tice of the peace for examination, if it appears
that the person so charged committed the act or
acts complained Of but at the time was insane
and not responsible for his acts, and the said JUS
tice adiudges said person is not guilty by reason
of insanity, it shall be the duty Of said justice, if
il appears that the going at large of such person
is dangerous. TO order such person to be confined
in the county jail, insane asylum, or some other
suitable place, for safe keeping, till the county
court or judge Of the supreme court shall take
action thereon, and shall issue his mittimus to
carry said order into effect.
SIC. 2. Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or CON
stable, authorized to serve process is hereby au-
thorized-to serve the mittimus named in section
one of this act, in the same manner as other like
papers, and the keeper of the jail. insanessasy-
lum. or other suitable place shall receive said
insane person and keep him at the expense Of
the state till the next session Of the county court
in the county in which said supposed crime was
committed, or until some order for the release of
said insane person is made by competent author
ity.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November ~ 1888
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No "a. - AN ACT IN AMENDMENT
OF AN ACT ENTITLED IAN ACT
IN RELATION TO THE PROPERTY
RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOMEN"
APPROVED NOVEMBER 26, 1884.
II is hereby enacted By he General assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Section of an act entitled =" An
act in relation to the property rights of
married women" approved November 26,
1884, is hereby amended by striking there
from the words, by her personal industry"
Approved November 10, 1888.
No. S5.-AN ACT IN AMENDMENT
OF AND ADDITION TO SECTION
2420 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF
VERMONT, IN RELATION TO DU-
TIES OF PROBATE COURTS.
II is hereby enacted By The General Assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC, 1. Section two thousand four hun
bred and twenty of the Revised Laws of
Vermont is hereby amended by adding
thereto the following; And said court
shall order and direct that he render his ae-
count of the proceeds and expenditures of
his wards estate, together with an account
of his fees, as often as once each year, dur
ing his appointment, which accounts shall
be kept on file in said court.
SEC 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage
Approved November 10, 1888.
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No. 91.-AN ACT RELATING TO THE
TRUSTEES OF THE VERMONT RE-
FORM SCHOOL.

n is hereby enacted by he General Assent y
Of The State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. Section forty-three hundred and
forty-three of the Revised Laws is hereby
amended so as to read as follows
There shall be board of trustees of the
Vermont Reform School consisting of three
members, who shsll be appointed by the
governor, by and with the advice and con-
sent Of the senate, at the present session Of
the General Assembly, one for two years,
one for four years and one for six years
from the first day of December next and
thereafter at each biennial session Of the
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No. 56.-AN ACT RELATING TO PRAC
TICE IN THE COUNTY COURT.

II is hereby enaetedby the General assembly Of
the State Of Vermont;
SIC. 1. In all cases hereafter tried in the
county court where any question Of fact shall be
tried by the court instead of by jury, and in
which jury trial might have been had by either
party, before any bill Of exceptions shall be al
lowed, the facts found by the court upon which
judgment is rendered shall be reduced TO writing
and signed by a majority Of the members Of the
court and filed with the clerk and no other or diff
ferent facts at issue in said cause 10 tried shall be
allowed in the bill of exceptions filed in said
cause, except such as relate 10 the admission or
rejection Of evidence and in case any bill Of
exception shall be filed in which the provisions of
this act are not complied with, on motion in the
supreme court. such bill Of exceptions shall be
dismissed, and the judgment of the county court
affirmed.
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No. 46.-zAN ACT IN ADDITION TO CHAP
TER 1863 OF THE REVISED LAWS OF
VERMONT RELATING TO THE SUP
PRESTON OF COMMON NUISANCES BY
GnITRTS nE EOIIITX

COURTS OF EQUITY.
10 is hereby enacted by The General assembly Of
The State Of Vermont
SEC. 1. Upon the final conviction Of any per
son upon a plea of guilty, or upon trial upon
plea of not guilty, upon complaint Indictment
or information, founded upon sections three
thousand eight hundred and thirty six 10 three
thousand eight hundred and fOrty-fiye inclusive,
or upon either of them, of keeping with unlaw-
full intent TO sell, furnishior give away sprituous
or malt liquors, wipe OF cider or OF unlawfuly
selling, furnishing or giving away the same, or
any OF them, IN any saloon, restaurant, grocery,
cellar, shop, billiard-room, bar-room or in any
and every drinking place or room used as a place
of resort, such saloon, restaurant grocery, eel
lar, shop, billiard-roOm, bar room, or other
drinking place or room used a place of resort
shall be held 10 be "A common nuisance kept in
violation Of law. as is provided in said section
three thousand eight hundred thrty-six.
SEC. 2. Upon such conviction any chancellor
in this state shall have Jurisdiction in equity.
upon information filed by the state's attorney Of
the county where such final conviction has been
had, or upon petition of not less than ten legal
voters OF the town or city where such common
nuisance is situate setting forth the having kept
and maintained such common nuisance, and such
final conviction, either in term time OF vaca-
ton, 10 cite such person so convicted, 10 appear
before the chancellor and show cause why an in
junction should not issue restraining and euioin-
ing such convicted person, his agents, servants
or attorneys from longer maintaining such com
mon nuisance, or suffering Il 10 be maintained.
Such citation shall be served not less than six
days before the time for hearing on such infOr-
nation or petition before the chancellor, aud IL
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No. 9O.-AN ACT FOR THE BETTER
PROTECTION OF THE INSANE
AND FEEBLE MINDED.

II is hereby enacted by the General assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. A person who wilfully and ma
lieiously leases, plaques, annoys, Anglers,
initiates, maltreats, worries or excites an
other of unsound or feeble mind shall be
punished by fine of not less than five and
not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
imprisonment not exceeding one year, or
both.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November 10, 1883.
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NO. AN ACT RELATING TO
AMENDMENT PROCESS.


II is hereby enacted blythe General. Assembly
Of The State Of Vermont
SEC. l. Section nine hundred and thirty
nine of the Revised Laws of the State of
Vermont, shall be amended by inserting in
the fourth line of SAID section after the
word "co-defendant" the words "eo-plain-
tiff"
Approved November 10, 1888.
No. As. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT
OF SECTION SOL OF THE REVISED
LAWS OF VERMONT, RELATING
TO THE JURISDICTION OF CON
STABLES IN SERVING PROCESS.
II is hereby endetedJy The General assembly
Of The State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. Whoever may be appointed by
the selectmen to fill vacancy in the office
of first constable, shall have the same jul
risdiction that said first constable had.
SEC. .. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November 81, 1888.
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Approved October 20, 1888.
No. 81. AN ACT RELATING TO TIL
COMPENSATION OF COUNTY CLERKS

II is hereby enacted By the General assembly Of
The State Of Vermont;
SEC 1. County clerks shall keep and annu-
ally render to the state auditor an account of all
fees received by them to their own use, as such
clerks.
Approved November 81, 1888.
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No. 7O.-AN ACT GIVING AUDIT
ORS. REFEREES AND COMMITS
CInNERS HERTAIN pnMERG

p1ON Li'p YIN hA4N " W i'A"1'
II is hereby enacted By The General assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. Auditors, referees and commits
sioners, appointed by the several courts of
this state, under its statutory provisions,
for the hearing of causes, may issue writs
of subpoena and attachment for compelling
the attendance of witnesses and shall have
the same power to punish for contempts,
that the several courts making such appoint
ments, now have in such causes,
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November 10, 1888.
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No. San ACT TO AMEND NUMBER
SIXTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF 1886,
ENTITLED AN ACT IN ADDITION
TO CHAPTER NINETY-THREE OF
THE REVISED LAWS RELATING TO
THE COURTS OF INSOLVENCY.
Hs hereby enacted By TIE General assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SIC 1. Section one OF act number sixty
four of the laws OF 1886, is hereby amended
by adding thereto the following words :
But when it appears to said commissioners
that severance OF the debtors homestead
from the other real estate of such debtor,
assigned under the insolvent laws, would
greatly depreciate the value Of such other
real estate, or be Of great Inconvenience to
the parties interested, either in such other
real estate or in such homestead, the said
commissioners shall not set out such home
stead but shall return their report to said
court of insolvency, stating the facts why
they have not set out said homestead.
SIC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November q, 1888.
No. SAN ACT IN ADDITION TO
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND
EIGHT OF THE REVISED LAWS, RE-
LATING TO COMMISSIONERS AND
ALLOWANCE OF CLAIMS.
II Is hereby enacted By The General Assembly
Of he State Of Yermapf;
SEC. 1. Whenever the executor or admin
istrator shall have a claim for allowance
against the estate he represents, he shall give
The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13
No. Gan ACT TO LICENSE AsYLUBIs
FOR THE PRIVATE CARE AND
TREATMENT OF THE INSANE,

Il is hereby enacted By the General Assembly
ofhe state Of VermonE
SEC. 1. No person shall in this state keep
an asylum for the private care and treatment
of the insane except as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. The supervisors Of the insane may
after due investigation license for not less
than two nor more than six years any suit
able person to keep an asylum for the private
care and treatment Of the insane, and such
asylum shall be subject to visitations from
the supervisors OF the insane
SEC. 3. The supervisors shall have power
to revoke any license issued as provided for
in section two of this act when il shall appear
to them that the holder thereof does not exer-
else sufficient skill and is not possessed OF
adequate means and methods for the proper
care and treatment of the insane.
SEC. a. The supervisors shall notify any
person in writing holding license under
section two of this act whose license they have
determined to revoke, a copy Of which shall
be filed in the office of the clerk of the county
in which such license was given and in which
such asylum is situated within five days from
the date thereof.
SEC. .. II any person keep or domiciles
upon premises owned or occupied by such
person, two or more insane persons, such per-
son for all the purposes of this act shall be
held as keeping an asylum for the private
care and treatment of the insane.
SEC. g. If any person keeps an asylum for
the private care and treatment Of the insane
except as provided in section Of this act,
such person shall forfeit not more than five
hundred dollars.
SEC. 7. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November 20, 1888.
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No. GAN ACT RELATING TO ATTACH
MIfNT OF REAL AND PERSONAL PROP
ERTY FOR THE PURCHASE MONEY OF
THE SAME.
II is hereby enacied BY he General Assembly Of
Me State Of Vermont;
SIC. 1. No personal property shall be ex'
empt from attachment ON a suit brought to
recover the purchase money for the same.
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Approved November %, 1888.

No 90. AN ACT TO AMEND SEC
TION FOUR THOUSAND FOUR
HUNDRED AND SIXTY OF THE
REVISED LAWS, RELATING TO
THE DISCHARGE OF CONVICTS
FROM THE STATE PRISON AND
HOUSE OF CORRECTION.
II is hereby enacted By the General assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Section four thousand four hum
bred and sixty of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended so as to read as follows
"The governor may discharge a convict in
the state prison or house of correction, SEN
fenced by the authority of the state, on such
conditions as he judges proper, which dis
charge shall contain statement of the SEN
tence upon which such convict was commit
ted, the conditions of such discharge and Sec
tons one, two and three of this act (sections
4l13, AGO, 4461; and the governor shall
cause all such discharges to be recorded at
length in book kept by him for that purpose,
and copy of the mittimus on which the con-
Wet was committed to be lodged in the files
of the executive department"
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November 9, 1888.
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No. CLAN ACT IN AMENDMENT
OF SECTION 1880 OF THE REVISED
LAWS, IN RELATION TO MORT
CAGES ON MACHINERY.
II is hereby enacted By The General assembly
Of the, State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. Section 1880 of the Revised
Laws is hereby amended by inserting after
tho word " mill" in the first line thereof,
the following words, namely: "quarry,
mine"
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NO. 53-AN ACT IN AMENDMENT
OF ACT NO. 81 OF THE SESSION
LAWS OF 1886, PROVIDING FOR
PREPAYMENT OF MASTERS, REF
EREES, AUDITORS AND COM
MISSIONERS IN PROBATE AP-
PEALS.
II is hereby enacted By The General assembly
Of the State Of Vermont
SEC. 1. Section / of Act No. 81 of Ses-
sion Laws of 1886 is hereby amended to
read as follows ain all cases when mas
tiers are appointed by courts of chancery,
and when referees, auditors, commissioners
to take disclosure of trustees, and commits
sioners in probate appeals, and commission
ers upon applications to establish or discon-
tinue highways, are appointed by supreme
and county courts, to try issues of fact, or
to adj just or report accounts, the fees and
necessary expenses of such masters, refer
ees, auditors and commissioners shall be
fixed by the court and shall be paid by the
State.
SEC. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts incon-
sistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
SEC. 3. This Act thall take effect from
its passage, and he applicable to all cases
now pending in colrl, as well as to cases
Hereafter commenced.
approved November 10, 1888.
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No. 30.-AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 1873 OF THE REVISED LAWS
RELATING TO INTOXICATING LIQ-
UOR.
Il is hereby enacted By The General assembly q
he State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. Section 1893 of the Revised Laws is
hereby amended so as to read as follows
1t person procures, or attempts 10 procure,
OF an authorized agent, Intoxicating liquor. by
falsely representing the purpose for which it is
intended to be used, or by the use of any de-
the state ten dollars with costs of prosecution.
SEC. .. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November 81. 1888.
No. 4O.-AN ACT IN AMENDMENT
OF ACT 35 OF THE LAWS OF 1886,
RELATING TO THE COMPENSA-
TION OF COUNTY COMMISSION
Frs.
II is hereby enacted By the General Assembly
Of The State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. The county commissioner shall
receive for his services, three dollars a day
for the time necessarily spent in the dis
charge of his duties and his account for
postage, stationery and travelling expenses,
not to exceed in all fifty dollars i'll any year,
to be allowed by the auditor of accounts.
SEC. 2. So much of section of act 35,
of the Laws of 1886, as relates to compen-
sation of county commissioner, is hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. g. This act shall take effect Decem-
Der 1, 1888.
Approved October 81, 1888.
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No. 72.-AN ACT IN ADDITION TO SEC
TION 2,023 OF THE REVISED LAWS,
RELATING TO THE BONDS REQUIRED
TO BE GIVEN BY THE JUDGES OF PRO
BATE TO THE STATE OF VERMONT,
1t is hereby enacted By the General assembly Of
the State Of Vermont:
SEC. /. Section two thousand and twenty
three of the revised laws is amended by adding
at the close of the section these words And said
bond shall be forthwith transmitted to the treas
urer of the state by such judge of the county
court
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November "a, 1888.
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No. 50. AN ACT IN AMENDMENT
OF NO. 60, OF THE ACTS OF 1886,
RELATING TO LEVY OF EXECU-
TION.
It is hereby enacted By the General Assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Section of No. Go of the Laws
of 1886 is hereby amended so as to read as
follows
Whenever the premises sold on execution,
agreeably to No. 139 of the Acts of 1884,
shall not have been redeemed, as specified
in section 10 of said act, the clerk of the
court, or justices of the peace, to whom such
execution shall be returnable, may issue a
writ of possession to the purchaser of said
premises, to put him in possession thereof,
which writ shall be executed like, and have
the same effect as similar writs issued after
decree in petition for foreclosure.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November 81, 1888.
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No. Alan ACT IN AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 1918 OF THE REVISED LAWS,
RELATING TO THE PUNISHMENT OF
PERSONS FOUND INTOXICATED.
Ii is hereby enacted By the General assembly Of
The State Of Vermont:
SEC. /. Section 1913 of the Revised Laws is
hereby so amended as to read as follows {:
When person is convicted of the crime of in
toxicaton, if the court before whom the convic-
ton is had shall deem it advisable, he may, upon
payment of the taxable costs by the respondent,
remit the fine in whole or in part, or delay the
collection of the same for a definite time not
exceeding two years, such time to be fixed in the
record. If at any time within the period fixed
upon in such record, such court shall consider
that the public good or the well being of the
respondent requires, he may issue mittimus for
the commitment of such respondent.
Approved November %, 1888.
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Approved November 10, 1883.
No. 40. ANACT PROVIDING WHERE
NIrIrnn DDAIrEIIH DIV N EN

No. 40. AN ACT PROVIDING WHERE
SUITS BROUGHT BY AN EX-
ECUTOR OR ADMINISTRATOR
SHALL BE MADE RETURNABLE.
It is hereby enacted By the General assembly
Of the State Of Vermont:
SEC. 1. Actions commenced by an ex-
ecutor or administrator under the provisions
of section 2131 of the Revised Laws shall
be made returnable before the same courts
and in the same towns and counties where
such actions might have been made return
able if commenced by the deceased person
while living in his last place of abode be-
fore his death.
SEC. 9. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved October 30, 1888.
No. 5O-AN ACT RELATING TO FEES IN
CHANCERY CASES.
II is hereby enacted By The General assembly Of
the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l. Only one Judgment fee and fees for
only one record shall be faxed in any chancery
case and that shall be on the final decree in said
case.
Approved November 90, 1888.
No. 51.-AN ACT In AMENDMENT
OF SECTION S44 OF THE REVISED
LAWS, RELATING TO "PROCESS."
His hereby enacted By the General assembly
Of the State Of Vermont;
SEC. 1. Section eight hundred forty-four
of the Revised Laws is hereby amended by
striking out the words, "of the county"
where it occurs in the last line of said sec
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No. SAN ACT REQUIRING THE AP-
POINTMENT OF ASSISTANT TOWN
CLERKS TO BE CERTIFIED AND RE
TURNED TO THE COUNTY CLERK.

II is hereby enacted by the General assembly Of
the State Of Vermont:
SEC. l.. Each assistant town clerk shall de
post with the clerk of his county a copy of the
record of his appointment duly certified by the
town clerk making such appointment, and shall
also deposit copy Of his official oath, signed by
himself, with certificate of the magistrate adj
ministering the same, that he has taken such
oath. And, on compliance with the provisions
of this act, such county clerk is empowered to
certify under seal TO the official character of
such assistant town clerk
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
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No. GAN ACT RELATING TO THE COL
LECTION OLE FINES AND COSTS.

No G4-AN ACT IN RELATION TO
CAUSES IN SUPREME COURT.
II is here5g enacted By the General Assemblyof
the State Of Vermont:
SEC. Whenever mandate from the
preme court is filed in vacation it shall bear the
certificate, approving or disappearing the saIae,
of every judge who participates in the hearing.
SEC. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved Noyember q, 1888
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1888-06-22

We demand the restoration Of tn, mail s2--
vice in this state to the efficiency ma ntained by
the last Republican Administrations, ami favor
the payment Of far wages to all postal en-
p Dyes
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!. is the duty o. the State to maintain free
non-seetari schools in th rural a..d sparsely
settles sections and ;hat sUch division of the
schoo. money should be mata rs will furnish
the means of cluca.ion to all children in the
state