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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-12-16

dred and nineteen OF the Vermont Statutes
is hereby amended so as to read as fol-
lows
When a boy under sixteen or a girl UNI
der sixteen and not less than ten years Of
age is convicted OF an offense not punish
able by death. the court may sentence the
offender to the Vermont industrial school,
until OF age and shall decide and make
record of the day when the offender be-
comes Of age. In such case the court
shall add to the sentence in substance the
following: and If said (naming the person
sentenced) does not obey the regulations
of such school and be of good department
be shall be (here insert the alternative
SENTENCED A boy under ten years of age
shall not be committed to the school for an
offense punishable only by fine, or fine
such boy is sentenced to pay fine, or fine
and costs and is committed in default OF
payment such commitment shall be to the
Vermont industrial school and the mftti-
mus made accordingly.
| Sec. 2. Section five thousand two hun
dred and twenty-three of the Vermont
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows
| A boy under sixteen or a girl under six
teen and over ten years of age who on be-
| ing bound up by, or on taking an appea
/ from a justice, does not enter into the
recognizance required may in the discre'
ton of the justice be committed to the Yer
mont industrial school instead OF to the
county Jail. and persons so committed
shall be brought to trial at the next ensu
ing term of the County Court in the county
! from whence they shall have been commit
ted.
Sec. 3. All acts or parts of acts incon
sistent with this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from 1t:
passage.
Approved November 16. 1896.
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EXCEEDING A CERTAIN SUM FOR
THE SUPPORT OF THE SOLDIERS
HOME


1t Is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec !. TO enable the governor to pro.
vide for the payment of the expenses of
the maintenance Of the disabled soldiers
and sailors in the State Soldiers Home at
Bennington in conformity with the act OF
Congress on the subject the sum OF
twenty thousand dollars or 80 much there
of as may be necessary is hereby appro-
priated for tho support of the Soldiers
Home for the years A. ID. 1897 and A. ID,
1898 and the auditor Of accounts Is hereby
directed TO draw orders on the treasurer
der of the treasurer of the Sol
diers Home not to exceed the
above amount, whenever the president OF
the Soldiers Home shall certify to che
auditor of accounts that the same IL need
ed TO defray the expenses Of said home.
Sec. 2. The state treasurer Is hereby au-
thorized to receive and receipt for all
money due or to become due to this state
under an act Of Congress entitled An act
10 provide aid to state or territorial homes
for the support of disabled soldiers and
sailors Of the United States approved
August q, 1883 and due or to become due
under any amendments of said act, or from
the passage OF any additional act extend.
ing such aid and the auditor Of accounts
is hereby directed TO draw his order on the
State treasurer from time to time
payable TO the order Of the treas
urer of said Soldiers Home, not to =.
coed in the whole the amount Of such
biennial appropriation in addition 10 the
sum received by the state treasurer from
the United states.
! Sec g. This act shall take effect on the
/ first day of January A. d. 1897.
approved November II, 1896.
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NUMBER 1872

AN ACT FOR IMPROVING THE COURT
HOUSE IN ADDISON COUNTY.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
semby of the State of Vermont:
Sec. /. The assistant judges of the Adj
olson county court are directed to improve
the Addison county court house by con-
structing new portico in front of said
court house by fitting said court house
with steam heating apparatus and by coat
ing the exterior of said court house with
some suitable preparation for preserving
the brick walls of said building and for
that purpose, in behalf of said county, are
authorized to contract with some suitable
persons and to pledge the credit of the
county therefor.
Sec 2. Said assistant judges shall not
eXpend over the sum of twenty-five hum
dred dollars upon such Improvements, nor
shall they pledge the credit of the county
in greater sum than twenty-five hundred
dollars therefor.
Sec. 3. There is hereby assessed a tax
of one cent on the dollar on the list of the
polls and ratable estate in the several
towns and the city of Vergennes, in said
county, for the year 1896, for the purposes
herein above specified.
Sec. 4. The treasurer of said county Is
directed on or before February l, 1887, to
issue his warrant to The collector of taxes
/ in the said towns and city for the collec-
! ton of said tax, in the same manner as by
law taxes are required TO be collected
and the severaltown and city officers, ac.
customed by law to issue tax bills in said
towns and city, shall make and deliver tc
their several collectors, on or before the
first day of March, 1882, a tax bill for the
collection of said tax, and the proceed.
thereof shall be paid into the treasury OF
said county.
Sec ). This act shall take effect from
| its passage.
Approved November a. 1896.
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NUMBER 129
AN ACT TO IMPROVE FISHING IN
STONE POND.


AN ACT TO IMPROVE FISHING IN
STONE POND.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly Of the State of Vermont;
Sec I. The pond in the town of Gilmore
I'm lots number forty-eight, forty seven,
forty-two and hfty-two, known as stone
Pond" is hereby made ga private preserve"
for the purpose of enabling the owner or
owners thereof to clear the same of OBJ
noxious FISH and ill the same with choice
and useful varieties of fish.
Sec. .. Such owner or owners may de-
stroy all obnoxious fish now in said pond,
such as pickerel, perch etc, and all ami
mails destructive TO fish in such manner
and by such means as he or they may
deem best and may stock said pond and
streams connected Herewith with trout or
other choice and useful varieties of fish
Sec 3, Such owner or owners may con-
struot and maintain fish hatcheries in the
waters of said pond and may at any time
and in amy manner take fish from the
waters of said pond for breeding purposes.
Sec. 4. Suci owner or owners may erect
dams or plate screens at the inlet and
outlet OF said pond TO prevent the escape of
fish therefrom and the entrance Of OBJ
noXious fish irto the waters thereof.
Sec. 5. Suchlo owner or owners shall post
at least two iotices upon the shores of
said pond prohibiting fishing therein IL
a person, after such notices are posted,
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AN ACT LEVYING A TAX ON BEN
NINGTON COUNTY.
Approved November "A. 1896.

AN ACT LEVYING A TAX ON BEN
NINGTON COUNTY.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly Of the State of Vermont:
Sec /. There is hereby assessed a tax
of three cents on the dollar Of the grand
list of \. D. 1897 and of three cents on the
dollar of the grand list Of A D. 1898 OF
the several towns of the county of Benz
nington, for the purpose of paying the in
debtedness OF said county, defraying cur
rent expenses and the construction and
| equipment of a suitable vault for the pro-
lection and preservation of the records
and files remaining in the probate office at
Bennington in the district of Bennington.
Sec. .. The treasurer of said coun-
/ ty shall, on or before the first
days of July in each of said years,
issue his warrant for the col
lection of said tax, in the manner requi-
red by law Seectmen of the several
towns shall make out and deliver to the
proper officer tax bills for the collection
of said tax in the month of July in each
of such years, or the Scectmen to whom
the warrant for the collection of said tax
are transmitted. shall draw an order on
the town treasurer for the amount of the
tax assessed in each of said years and
such tax shall he collected and paid to
the county treasurer on or before the
first day of October in each year.
Sec. 8. John V. Carney OF Bennington,
is hereby appointed commissioner TO SUI
perintend the cons truction Of such vault and
the equipment of the same. and shall have
the entire direction thereof; and may draw
his order upon the county treasurer to
defray the expense thereof, not exceeding
shall complete such vault before the first
day of April, A. D. 1897.
Sec. 4. The treasurer Of said county -
hereby directed and authorized to borrow
for said county such sum, not TO exceed
fifteen hundred dollars, as the commits
sloner appointed by this act may deem
necessary for the construction and equip
ment of said vault, within the time spec-
fed, at a rate of interest not TO exceed SIX
pen. cent per annum, and which shall be q
Arst charge upon the moneys raised by
the tax assessed by the provisions Of this
act
Sec 8 This act shall take effect from
= its passage,
Approved November II, 1896.
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NLTNLRFR 1n2.
approved November "A, 1896.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE VENT
LATION OF SCHOOL HOUSES AND
TO THE STATE AND LOCAL
BOARDS OF HEALTH.
Ut is hereby enacted by the General AS
senbly of the State of Vermont:
Sec 1. The state board of health shall
within a reasonable time and as often as IT
thinks it is necessary, issue a circular let
ter to the local boards of health giving the
best information as to lighting, heating
and ventilation of school houses.
Sec g Local boards of health shall
make, under the direction of the state
board, a sanitary survey of each school
house, and report the same to the same
state board. The said local boards shall
report at each March meeting to the voters
of their towns the sanitary condition Of
the school houses
Sec. g. An school houses hereafter built
shall be constructed in respect TO lighting,
heating, ventilation and other sanitary ar
rangements according to regulations fur
nished by the state board of health.
Approved November 2, 1896.
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NUMBER 142.

AN ACT RELATING TO TFTE PUR-
CHASE OF COPIES OF INDEX TO
THE GENERAL AND SPECIAL
LEGISLATION OF THE STATE OF
VERMONT"
It is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Vermont;
Sec l. The state librarian is hereby au-
thorized to negotiate for the purchase OF
four hundred copies of Index 10 the GEN
eral and Special Legislation of the State
of Vermont, compiled by Albert 2. Cross,
at price not to exceed one dollar per VOL
ume.
Sec. .. The state librarian shall dis
tribute the books so purchased as follows;
one copy TO each town and city which
shall be kept in the office of the town or
city clerk for the use of such town or CITY I;
one copy to each county and probate dis
trlct. which shall be kept in the offices or
the county clerk and judge of probate re-
spectve.y
Sec. 3. The state librarian may sell tho
remainder at such price as in his judgment
seems best or exchange for other BOOKS
for the benefit Of the state library
Sec 4. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November a. 1896.
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NIMBEH ~.
Approved November ld, 1896

AN ACT IN RELATION TO THE APP
POiNTMENr OF DIRECTORS OF
THE STATE PRISON AND HOUSE
OF CORRECTION.
j Is hereby enacted by the General AS
semby of the State of Vermont:
Sec. ]. Section five thousand one hum
dred and seYenty-two of the Vermont stat
utes is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
See. 5l72. Two members of the board of
directors of the States prison and house OF
correction, shall be appointed at the bien-
NAL session of the General Assembly, in
1896 in place of those whose terms expire
this year, one for four years and one for
SIX years from the first day of December,
1896; and In like manner one member shall
be appointed at each Subsequent biennial
session for the term of six years, in place
of the one whose term shall expire that
year,
Sec. ?. This oct shall take effect from It's
passage.
| Approved November %, 1896.
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NUMBER 11S.
Approved November 16. 1896.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION
5233 OF THE VERMONT STATUTES
RELATING TO DISCHARGES AND
REMOVALS FROM THE VERMONT
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. 1. Section five thousand two hum
dred ana thrty-three of the Vermont stat
utes is hereby amended to read as follows:
The trustees of the school shall. semi-an-
nually, in the months of January and
June, inquire into the cause for the COM
mitment of each person in the school, and
on separate and private examination, shall
hear any complaint, request or petition,
and. if in their judgment the case requires,
shall confer with the committing authority
or with the seiectmen of the town from
which such person was committed; and a
majority of the trustees may discharge a
person, If they are satisfied that his longer
detention in the school is to his injury.
Sec .. This act shall take effect from its
passage.
Approved November "a. 1896.
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NUMBER l2i.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BUR-
lAL EXPENSES or DECEASED IN

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE BUR-
lAL EXPENSES or DECEASED IN
DECENT VETERANS OF THE WAR
OF THE REBELLION.
II is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the state of Vermont;
Sec. l. Whenever an honorably AIS
charged union soldier or sailor engaged IN
the war of the rebellion shall decease, and
the commander and adjutant of the Grand
Army Post OF which he was a memper'
and II not a member of any Grand Army
Post in this state. then majority oil the
board of se,ectmen of any town or the
mayor Of any city In which such soldier OF
sailor died, shall under oath certify 10 the
auditor OF accounts that such soldier soi
sailor did not leave sufficient estate TO pay
the expenses of his funeral and mead
stone, the auditor of accounts shall draw
his order in favor of the commander OF
such Grand Army Post, selectmen or may
or for a sum not exceeding fifty dollars z
defray said burial expenses and provide
headstone at the grave of such deceased
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enters upon such premises and catches
fish, or fouls the water thereof with any
substance Injurious to the lie and growth
of fish or breaks or destroys A DAM en-
bankment, screen or a structure for
Matching and breeding fish or diveuts the
waters or wihuy does any damages to
said premises, he shall be fined not more
than ore hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than six months and shall also be
liable to the owner or owners thereof for
damages.
Sec. 6. The provisions of section four
thousand six hundred and twenty-six of
the Vermont Statutes shall apply to said
lots and other contiguous lots owned by
said owner or owners.
Approved November %. 1896.
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NUMBER 104.
Approved November %. 1859.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION
1885 VERMONT STATUTES RELAT-
ING TO COMPENSATION OB
HEALTH OFFICERS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly OF the State of Vermont:
Sec. /. Section four thousand six hun
dred and eightysiX Vermont Statutes is
hereby amended by striking out all of the
section after the word general in the
fourth lire, and inserting in lieu thereof
''hfty cents per hour; and for quarantining
and placarding infected buildings the
same as for ordinary professional services,
from the town, village or city for which he
acts, unless he is in receipt of a stipulated
salary SO that said section shall read as
follows:
Sec 1886 For each report of a con-
tagious disease to the secretary of the
State board, he shall receive fifteen cents;
for each annual report one dollar; and for
sanitary inspections and services in gem
eral fifty cents per hour; and for quaran-
timing and placarding of infected buildings
the same as for ordinary professional SER
vices, from the town, village or city for
which he acts, unless his Office is a sal
aried one.
Sec. .. This act shall take effect Deem
Der LIST, 1896.
Approved November "a. 1886.
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AN ACT TO PREVENT THE USE OF
POISONOUS SUBSTANCES UPON
FRUIT TREES IN BLOSSOM.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State Of Vermont:
Sec. l. If person sprays or causes to
be sprayed, or puts or causes to be put,
any Paris Green, London Purple or other
poisonous substance upon fruft trees
while i'm blossom. he shall be fined not
more than forty dollars, and not less than
ten dollars.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage. 900
Approved November 70 1876
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compensation OF the COMM ssioners, n0t
to exceed in the whole sum the amount aps
prop1ated by this act
Sec. g. Tho expenses necessarily incur-
red by said hsh and game commissioners
In carrying out the provisions Of this act
shall be paid out of the fund hereby ape
propriated. Said commissioners shall not
contract debts or incur obligations on ac-
count thereof in excess Of said appropria,-
ton, and all vouchers shall be approved
by the auditor of accounts before orders
shah be drawn on the State treasury in
payment thereof
Sec. 4. This act shall take effect from itn
passage
Approved November q. 1896
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NUMBER 1876.

AN ACT APPROPRIATING A SUM NOT
EXCEEDING TWENTY-FIVE THOU
SAND DOLLARS FOR CERTAIN
IMPROVEMENTS AT THE YER
MONT STATE ASYLUM FOR THE
INSANE.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. l. The sum of twenty-five thousand
dollars, or so much of the same as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated for the
purpose of constructing and providing for
the Vermont State Asylum for the In
sane n system OF heating and ventlating
for the south wing, a cold storage building,
a mortuary and laboratory. a pggery. en-
closed yards with covered walks a fence
around the cemetery and head stones for
the graves; also for the purchase of more
tillable land.
Sec. 2. The state auditor is hereby d.
rected to draw his orders on the state
treasurer for much of the amount
named In section one of this act as may bC
needed, to be expended under the direction
of the trustees of The said State Asylum
for the Insane
Approved November 2L1S16.
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NUMBER lis.

n Z MBEN II6.
AN ACT IN AMENDMENT TO SECTION
1912 OF THE VERMONT STATUTES
RELATING TO SALARIES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. /. Section five thousand three hun
bred and forty-two of the Vermont Stat
utes is hereby amended to read as follows;
The clerk of the sergeant-at- arms, clerk
in the state treasurer's office, messenger in
the secretary of states office. second as
sistant librarian, janitor and the night
Waterman shall receive three dollars a
day during the session of the General AS
sembly, with mileage.
Sec 9 This act shall take effect from its
passage and shall apply to the present SEES
sion.
Approved November a. 1896.
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NUMBER lbs.
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF
FISH IN LAKE ST CATHERINE.

1T is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Vermont
Sec. /. 1t shall be lawful to catch white
fish in the water of Lake St. Catherine in
the towns of Poultney and Wells be-
tween the first day of November and the
first day of Decembr with nets having a
mesh not exceeding one and one1fourth
inches in size. In case any other kind of
fish shall be caught while so netting white
fish, the same shall be Immediately re-
turned to the water of said lake with the
least possible injury
Sec .. A person who takes or catches
from the water of said Lake st. Catherine
a pike or pickerel less than fifteen inches
in length shall Immediately return the
same with the least possible injury, to the
waters from which IL was taken or caught.
Sec. 3. Any person who violates the
provisions of the preceding sections shall
be fined ten dollars for each fish so taken
or caught and not returned, one-hali
thereof to go to the prosecutor and one
half to the state.
/ Sec. A. This act shall take effect from
| its passage
Approved November "a. 1896.
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NUMBER 127.
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION o.
FISH IN LAKE BOMOSEEN.
Approved November "a 1896.


FISH IN LAKE BOMOSEEN.
II is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly Of the State of Vermont.
Sec. /. No person shall take or catch
any FISH in Lake Bomoseen in the towns
of Hubbardton and Castleton, north of a
line running from STANDARDS Point on the
west shore of said lake to a point on the
east shore there of due west from the
dwelling house of S. S. Goodwin, between
thefirst day of December and the first day
of April.
Sec. .. A person who violates the pro-
visions of the preceding section shall be
fined five dollars for each fish so taken or
caught.
Sec 8. person who takes or catches
from the water of said lake Bomoseen n
pike or pickerel less than fifteen inches
in length shall Immediately return the
same with the least possible injury to the
waters from which it was taken or
caught.
Sec. A. ANY person who violates the
provisions of the preceding section shall
be fined ten dollars for each fish so taken
or caught and not returned, one-half there
of to so to the prosecutor and one-half to
the state.
Sec 5. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November "a. 1886.
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NUMBER 106.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SECTION
476l or THE VERMONT STATUTES
RELATING TO TRAMP5 AND THE
JURISDICTION OF JUSTICES OF
THE PEACE
II is hereby enacted by the General AS
semby of the State OF Vermont:
Sec, l. Section four thousand seven hum
dred and siXty-one of the Vermont Stat
utes Is hereby amended SO as to read as
follows:
II a transient person roves from place TO
place, begging, living without labor. or
visible means of support. he shall be
deemed q tramp and shall be punished by
imprisonment in the house of correction
not more than six months, or be fined not
moro than one hundred dollars Justices
of the peace shall have concurrent iurs-
diction with the County Court in prosecu-
lions under this section.
Approved November "A, 1896.
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NUMBER ll3.

AN ACT TO GIVE THE COUNTY
COURTS DISCRETIONARY POWER
RELATING TO COMMITMENTS TO
THE VERMONT INDUSTRIAL
SCHOOL.
1t is hereby enacted by The General As
sembly of the State Of Vermont:
See. l. County Courts sBail have discre-
tlonary power to commit persons over six
teen years Of age to the Vermont Indus
trial School
Sec. 2. The act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved November II. 1896.
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NUMBER 122.
AN ACT RELATING TO A DIGEST OF
THE VERMONT REPORTS.
Approved November %. 1896.

AN ACT RELATING TO A DIGEST OF
THE VERMONT REPORTS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Vermont:
Sec. l. The State librarian by and with
the advice and consent of the judges of
the Supreme Court is hereby authorized
TO contract for the purchase of four hum
bred copies of a digest of the Vermont Re-
ports, to and including the sixty ninth
volume to be completed within two years
from the first day of July A. D. 1897 And
the State auditor, upon the requisition of
the State librarian approved by said
judges, is hereby authorized to draw his
orders upon the State treasurer in pay
ment therefor.
Sec 9 The copies of said digest shall be
kept and distributed by the State librarian
in the manner provided in sections five
! Thousand four hundred and forty-eight
/ five thousand four hundred and forty-nine
and five thousand four hundred and fifty
of the Vermont Statutes for the DISPOSE
ton of the Vermont Reports.
| Approved November "a 1896.