The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1888-12-13

SEC. 1. Section thirty-six hundred and
seventy-nine of the Revised Laws of the
State of Vermont, is hereby amended by
striking ont all of the same after the word,
necessary" in the fourth line.
This act shall take effect from its passage.
Approved October 80, 1888.
No. 127.-AN ACT FOR THE MOOR
PORATI0N OF INDEPENDENT LOCAL
CHURCHES.
n is hereby enacted by The General Assembly
ofthe state of Vermont:
SEC. l. Any Independent, local church
now existing or that may be hereafter or
ganzed in this state may be incorporated ac-
cording to the provisions OF this act.
SEC. g A notice, signed by three or more
members of such church who would be voters
under this act, stating the time and place for
holding the meeting and that it is called,
under the provisions of this act for the incoT-
| poration of the church and the election of
officers, shall be posted in conspicuous place
near one Of the principal entrances of the
usual place of meeting of such church, at
| least fifteen days previous to the time OF such
meeting, which shall be in the town where
such church holds its usual meetings.
| SEC. 3. The resident members of such
| church twenty-one years of age and upward
| shall be voters at such meeting and in all
meetings of the corporation. Such voters as
sembed at the time and place notified, shall
|. elect a moderator to preside over such meet
ing. They shall then by ballot proceed to
vote upon the question, whether the church
will become incorporated under this act. III
| twO-thirds of the ballots cast shall be in favor
of the church becoming incorporated under
| this act, the church shall thereupon become
a body corporate with all the powers, rights
and duties incident to corporations, with the
right to take by gift, purchase or conveyance
| such real and personal property as may be
needful for carrying on its local work, and
may dispose of the same at pleasure, have
perpetual succession, a corporate seal and
| change the same at pleasure.
SEC. 4. They shall by ballot elect clerk,
| treasurer, q business committee of not less
| than three nor more than seven members
who are voters, and such other officers as
| they may deem necessary.
SEC. .. The church by its bylaws may
| prescribe the duties of the several officers,
| and the manner of their execution. When
no provision is made by any vote or bylaw
of the church for calling meetings, they shall
| be called by the business committee. The
business committee shall call meeting for
any legitimate purpose on the written request
of six or more members OF the church who
| are voters in the corporate meetings.
| SEC. 6. The clerk and business committee
so elected shall make certificate setting
| forth, under their hands, the notice and its
| date, the date Of the meeting and the vote of
| the members of the church twenty-one years
|
| who voted in favor OF and against such church
| becoming incorporated, and the town in
which such church is located, and transmit
| the same to the secretary of state, who
| shall thereupon, II he finds the certificate to
| show that the church has become incOr-
| porated in accordance with this act, record
| the certificate in book kept for that purpose
and return the same to said clerk with the
endorsement that the church has become in
| cOrporated, which certificate and endorse
NfaNn alau h.aH
recorded in the records of the church by
such clerk, and when the same has been so
received and recorded by such clerk, such
| church shall be fully Incorporated under this
| act.
SEC. I. The deacons of such church, or
any other person or persons holding real or
personal estate in trust for the use OF such
church, may convey such property to such
| incorporated church, and such church shall
hold she same subject to the uses and trusts
under which it was held by such deacons or
other person or persons.
SEC s. Any religious society connected
| with church becoming incorporated under
| the provisions Of this act may, at a meeting
| duly warned and called for such purpose, by
a wO-thirds vote authorize one or more per-
sons in its name and behalf to convey to such
church a ny real or personal estate which it
| may hold for the use of such church, and
such church shall thereafter hold such prop
erty to the same uses and trusts as when held
| by SuCh society.
SEC 8. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November "a, 1888.
No. 12S.-AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF
SECTION 1872 OF THE REVISED LAWS
IN RELATION TO THE PROTECTION
OF FISH.
| II is hereby enacted by the General assembly
! ofthe State Of Vermont:
| SEC l. Section three thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-two Of the revised laws
| is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
| A person who takes or catches a trout land
| locked salmon, salmon trout, or longe in any
| of the waters Of the state, or has in his pos
session any such fish captured in this state,
between the first day Of August in one year
and the first day of April in the next year
| shall be fined not more than ten dollars Tor
each fish so taken, caught, or possessed.
| SEC. 2. A person who takes or catches
| from any Of the waters of this state, trout,
land-locked salmon, or salmon trout, less
than six inches in length, and does not i'm
mediately return the same with the least
possible injury to the waters from whence it
was taken or caught, or has in his possession
any trout, land-lUcked salmon or salmon
trout, less than six inches in length, caught
or taken from any OF the waters OF this state,
| shall be fined not more than ten dollars for
each fish so taken, caught or possessed and
| the possession Of any such fish shall be prinld
fdcie evidence that the same was caught or
taken from the waters of this state.
Approved November q, 1888.
No. 129.-AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE
| BETTER ENFORCEMENT OF THE
FISH ANDGAME LAW.
II is hereby enacted by The General assembly
| Of tie State Of Vermont:
SEC. /. Whenever, in the judgment OF the
fish commissioners, the enforcement Of the
provisions Of chapter one hundred seventy
of the revised laws will be better secured by
the appointment OF temporary fish warden
in special cases, said commissioners, OF either
of them, shall have power to appoint any
suitable person to so act, provided that such
appointment shall not necessitate any extra
expense to the state beyond the present pro-
visions OF the law.
SEC. 2. Appointments so made shall be in
writing, which shall be filed in the office Of
the town clerk OF the town where said tenn
porary Dish warden resides.
SEC. 3. A temporary fish warden APP
pointed under this act shall have all the
powers now conferred upon fish wardens by
section three thousand eight hundred and
seventy-one of the revised laws.
SEC. 4. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November q, 1888.
No. 1so-AN ACT TO REPEAL NUMBER
SEVENTY EIGHT OF THE ACTS OF
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY" OF THE
STATE OF VERMONT OF A. ID. 1886,
RELATING TO THE PROTECTION OF
FISH.
Il is hereby enacted By The General assembly
Of The State Of Vermont:
SIC. 1. Number seventy-eight of the acts
Of the general assembly Of A. D., 1886, en-
titled Fan act relating to the protection Of
Dish " is hereby repealed.
SRC 2. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November 20, 1885,
NO. 131.-AN ACT TO AMEND SEC
TION ", CHAPTER OF THE RE- |
VISED LAWS.
II is hereby enacted By he General Assembly |
Of he State Of Vermont:
SEc l. All warnings for town, city, vii
lage, school and fire district meetings, and
warnings for freeman's meetings and for
the election of presidential electors, shall, be-
fore the same are posted, be recorded by
the clerks of such town, city, school or lire
district, respectively.
Approved November u, 1888.