The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-12-09
THE LONDONDERRY SITTER
The following acts passed by the leg
islative session just closed em race
hout all If uenaral public interest.

The following acts passed by the leg
islative session just closed eml race a
bout all of general public interest:
An act providing for the recorganza'
ton of the Central Vermont railroad,
with special provision for the unsc
cured creditors Of the company.
Acts incorporating the Rutland
Canadian Railroad company, the Cham
plain Construction company and amend
ing the Rutland railroad charter so
that it can buy or lease other roads aud
hold and use terminal facilities.
An act providing that railroad cor
porations operating not less than 90
miles of track within the state shall
keep ON sale mileage books with not
more than 1000 one.mile coupons at
two cents a mile, which shall be good
in the hands Of any person presenting
them.
An act providing that every package
of garden seeds offered for sale shall
have the year in which they were grown
plainly printed thereon.
An act authorizing towns to revoke
the license Of town liquor agents and to
sell liquors in stock to selectmen OF
other towns.
An act requiring town liquor agents
to keep an account of each sale made
at the agency, the kind of liquor sold,
name of purchaser, and to send to the
state treasurer and auditor accounts OF
the agency in detail.
An act authorizing states attorneys
to take before the grand jury clerks to
keep record of the testimony there
given.
An act providing that every lot OF
commercial feeding stufs shall have
printed on the package the number OF
pounds, the brand, the manufactured
name and address and the chemical
analysis.
An act reducing the number of the
state board of agriculture to five, inclu-
ding two ex officio members, and abol-
ishing the tuberculin test functions Of
the cattle commission.
An act to establish state highway
commission.
An act changing the age of consent
from l. to 16.
An act authorizing any corporation
owning or operating the Ogdensburg
aud Lake Champlain railroad to hold
stocks and bonds of other railroad cor
porations.
An act TO extend the authority and
powers of the state railroad commits
sioners.
An act imposing penalty of not less
than $500 and not more than 5000
on railroad companies which do not
keep mileage books on sale.
An act imposing fine Of $50 for
keeping or operating a klondike or
nickel in the slot machine for the pur-
pose of winning money by chance or
hazard.
An act authorizing towns to contract
with incorporated library associations
for the free use of books and to appro.
pirate money for the support OF libra.
ries held in trust.
An act exempting from taxation
property used for public Libraries or
private circulating Libraries when net
used for profit.
An act making August Is, Benning.
ton day, and the first Monday in So
TENDER, labor day legal holidays.
An act appropriating $4,000 to be
expended upon the state fish hatchery.
Acts committing the death sentences
Of Isabella A. Marsh and William G.
Buzzell.
An act to reduce the open season for
shooting deer, moose and caribou.
A resolution passing over an unex.
pended balance of an appropriation to
the state geologist to be used in ex.
aiming the mineral deposits of the
state.
An act placing fraternal beneficiary
orders and associations under the con
troll of the insurance commissioners.
An act m king an appropriation fol
the purpose Of additional land for thu
house of correction.