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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17
NUMBER 46.
AN ACT RELATING TO GRAMMAR
SCHOOL LANDS.

1t is hereby enacted By the General As
sembly of the State of Vermont:
SECTION 1. The school directors of
any town within which grammar school
lands are located, provided the revenue of
such grammar school lands has not been
granted to a particular academy or gram
mar school or to particular use by special
act of the general assembly, shall have
shall have power to lease the same on the
expiration of existing leases, and to col
lect and disburse all revenues arising
therefrom. If in any town in which such
lands are located high school or an acad-
envy, approved by the superintendent OF
education, is maintained by such town,
the revenues arising from such lands shall
be used in the maintenance of such high
school or academy; but if no approved
high school or academy is maintained by
the town, the revenues arising from such
lands shall be used in the payment of the
tuition of resident students for advanced
instruction in other towns. All funds
that have accumulated in the hands OF
mar school lands are located shall be paid
over to the board of school directors to
invest and control, for which bonds. salts
factory to the selectmen, shall be given,
and the income from such investments
shall be used in the same manner as the
revenues of the grammar school lands
hereinbefore mentioned.
Sec. 2. All acts or parts Of acts 1n-
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
SEC. 3. This act shall take effect Feb
ruary 1, 1909.
Approved January %, 1909.
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and, if he finds that such child is required
to attend school, he shall notify, the per-
son having such child under his control
that such child is truant, and also notify
such person to cause such child to attend
school regularly thereafter, and such no
tice shall be in writing; and if the truant
officer shall find such child, he shall take
him to school and place him in charge OF
the teacher thereof; and truant officer
may stop child between the ages of eight
and fifteen years, or a child over fifteen
years of age who has become enrolled in a
school, wherever found during school
hours, and take him to the school, public
or private, which he should attend. When
a person having charge and control of a
child states to the truant officer that the
child is mentally or physically unable to
attend school, and the truant officer be-
leves or has reason to believe that such
statement is false, he may request the
health officer of the town or competent
physician to examine such child and re-
port the facts to such officer, and the eX-
pense of such examination shall be paid
from the school funds OF the town.
SEC. 8. Section 1887 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 1887. Upon such notice of the
truant officer, if the person having con-
troll Of such child fails, without legal
excuse, to cause such child to attend school
notice shall forthwith enter a complaint
to the town grand juror OF the town in
which said person resides or to the states
attorney of the county, who shall prose-
cute said person, and said person shall be
fined as provided in section 1043 of the
Public Statutes.
Sec. 4. Unless physically or mentally
unable to attend, or excused in writing
by the board of school directors or pru-
Dental committee, any child between
the ages of eight and fifteen years and any
child over fifteen years who has become
enrolled in public or private school, whose
absence from school aggregates five days
during any four consecutive weeks of
school may be adjudged an habitual tru-
ant.
SEC. 5. Section 1896 of the Public
Statutes is hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved January %, 1909.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17

1t is hereby enacted by the General As
senabLy of the State Of Vermont:
Statutes is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
Section 1O44. A child under sixteen
years of age who has not completed the
course OF study OF nine years prepared for
the elementary schools by the superin-
tendent of education shall not, unless ex-
cused in writing blythe town superintend-
ent of schools or in case OF district super
vision by the district superintendent. or
by the chairman OF the prudential COM
mittee in the case of an Incorporated dis
trict, be employed in work connected with
railroading, mining, manufacturing or
quarrying, or be employed in delivering
messages by corporation or company,
except during vacations and before and
after school, unless said child deposits
with his employer certificate from said
dental committee to the effect that he is
eligible to employment in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter; and no child
under sixteen years OF age shall be en-
OF the occupations or industries herein
enumerated In case said child has been
in attendance upon private or parochial
school, such superintendent or chairman
said child for the purpose of determining
his eligibility to employment in accord
ance with this section.
SEC. 2. Section 1045 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 1915. The town superintend-
ent, district superintendent or the chair
man of the prudential committee may in
quire of the owner or superintendent OF
mill, factory, quarry. workshop, or rail-
road Office, shop or yards, as to the en-
ployment Of children therein, may call
for the production of certificates deposited
with such owner or superintendent, and
satisfy himself that the requirements OF
law have been complied with. \
4 Approved November II. 1908.
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NUMBER 40.
AN ACT IN ADDITION TO CHAPTER
60 OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
RELATING TO THE INSTR UG>
TION OF DEAF, DUMB AND
OTHER DEFECTIVE CLASSES.

= 1t is hereby enacted by the General As
senabIy of the State of Vermont:
SECTION l. The governor may, in his
discretion, provide for the instruction of
blind, deaf and dumb children over IA
years OF age, and of blind adults, in such
schools without this state as he may
designate, said schools to be selected
ton in such trades or lines of work
as will be best calculated to enable such
persons to be self-supporting. The ex-
pense of such instruction shall be paid from
the appropriation provided by section
1853 of the Public Statutes, and the pro-
visions of chapter so of the Public Statutes
shall apply to such beneficiaries in SO far
as the same are not inconsistent with this
act.
SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from
its passage.
Approved January Z, 1909.
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provided for, said board shall forthwith
furnish the state treasurer a certified copy
of the same In unOrganiZed towns and
cores, the moneys received from the state
on the division OF revenues according to
number of legal schools shall be divided
equally among the several school districts
which have maintained legal schools during
the preceding school year.
SEC. 2. Section 1896 of the Public Stat
utes is hereby amended so as to read as
follows:
Section 1896. Said treasurer shall, an
nually, on Or before the tenth day of July,
divide the money in the state treasury re-
ceived on such tax according to the ap-
portionments made by said board, and,
after approval by the auditor of accounts,
shall transmit the same to the treasurers
of the respective towns who shall credit
such appointments to the school funds
of the town.
Sec 3. Section 1898 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 1898. For the purposes of this
act district Incorporated by special act of
the general assembly shall be considered
a town, but such district shall not be en-
titled to its portion of the state school
tax until its school board has furnished to
urer of such district. Provided an incor-
porated school district, or part of such
district, exists in any town, all revenue
from bequests, funds or public lands , not
grant, or act of legislature, but devoted
to the public schools of such towns, shall
be divided by the selectmen, on or before
September first, annually, between the
town school district and the Incorporated
school district according to the number
of legal schools maintained in each, and
the portion of the revenue received by
each district shall be credited to the school
funds of such district.
Sec. 4. In all cases of transportation
of elementary pupils, high school students
may have the privilege of transportation
on conveyances furnished elementary
pupils, and, in the distribution of state aid
for transportation, no deduction shall be
made in the amount due town on &C
count of transportation furnished high
school students under this section.
SEC. 5. Section 1899 of the Public
Statutes and all acts or parts of acts in
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 6. This act shall take effect
April 1, 1909.
Approved January 28 1909.
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NUMBER So.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE STATE
BOARD OF LIBRARY COMMITS
s1oNERs'
1t IS hereby enacted by the General As
sembly of the State of Vermont:
SECTION L. A board of five persons,
residents of the state, one of whom shall
be appointed annually by the governor
and whose term of Office shall be five years,
shall constitute a state board of library
commissioners. The governor shall desig-
nate the chairman of and fill all vacancies
in said board.
Sec q The librarian or trustees of
free public library may ask said board
for advice in regard to the selection and
cataloguing of books and any other mat
tiers pertaining to the maintenance or
administration of library, and said board
shall give such advice in regard to such
matters as it shall find practicable. Said
board shall biennially make a report of
it's doings to the general assembly, at the
expense of the state.
For the purpose of rendering assistance
to the librarians of free public libraries.
said board may annually hold school of
instruction, at such time and place as
may best serve the public interest, and
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1909-02-17

It is hereby enacted by the General As
senlbIy Of the State of Vermont:
SECTION l. Section 1178 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section ITS. The auditor of accounts
shall draw orders in favor of the respective
treasurers of the institutions named and
for the amounts stated in this section:
University of Vermont and State Agri-
cultural College, sixteen thousand dollars;
Middlebury College, eighty four hundred
dollars. One-haH of each appropriation
shall be payable on the first day of July
and the other half on the first day OF Janu-
airy, annually.
Sec. 2. Section 1179 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 1179. Thirty-six hundred dol
of the he Of and stse
Agricultural College shall be annually
expended by such institution in providing
instruction in branches relating to the
Industrial arts; twenty-four hundred dol
lars, annually, in paying the tuition and
incidental college charges of thirty stu
dents appointed in the manner provided in
this chapter; and ten thousand dollars.
annually, for the maintenance of medical
instruction in said institution.
Sec. 3. Section 1880 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 1880 Twenty-four hundred
dollars. OF the appropriation in favor Of
Mlddlebury College shall be annually
expended by such institution in paying
the tuition and incidental college charges
Of thirty students appointed in the manner
provided in this chapter; and six thousand
dollars annually for the establishment and
maintenance of department. of pedagogy
for the education and training of high
school teachers in said institution.
Sec. 4. The trustees of said college
shall make an annual report to the gov
ernor of the work done in behalf of said
department, together with statement in
detail of all expenditures made in its pro-
motion.
Approved November 20, 1908.
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NUMBER As.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAY
OF PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS,
AND TO AMEND SECTION 1854
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES.

1t is hereby enacted by the General As
senabIy of the State of Vermont:
SECTION 1. A teacher in the public
receive monthly payment of wages due
under the contract of said teacher with
such town, provided such teacher
demands of the board of school
directors such al monthly payment. p,,,,;.
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Section 1854. Said clerk shall examine
the register; and, if it is filled out and
properly certified to by the teacher, he
shall give a certificate to that effect; and
the teacher shall not be entitled to COM
pensation for the last four weeks of teach-
ing except on presentation of such certlf1-
cate.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect from
its passage, but shall not affect existing
contracts.
Approved January 25, 1909.
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NUMBER 4s.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE DIS
PLAY OF FLAGS ON SCHOOL
PREMISES.

1t IS hereby enacted By the General As
senabIy of the State of Vermont:
SECTION 1. The board of school direc-
tors and the corresponding officers in
school districts shall cause to be erected
on each school house, or on the premises
belonging thereto, a suitable flag pole and
shall, while school is in session therein,
cause United States flag to be displayed
thereon.
Approved December 2, 1908.
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NUMBER 81.
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE A GER
TAIN SUM FOR THE UNIVER-
SITY OF VERMONT AND STATE
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.

1t IS hereby enacted By the General As
sena6ly of the State of Vermont:
SECTION 1. The auditor of accounts
is hereby authorized and directed to draw
an order for thirteen hundred fifty-five
dollars IN 1s S OF the HnlversiSy OF yer
June 1, 1911, and an order for like sum
in favor of said institution on June l.,
1912.
Approved January %, 1909.
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NUMBER "A.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 1914
AND 1O45 OF THE PUBLIC STAT
UTES, RELATING TO THE EN-
PLOYMENT OF CHILDREN UN-
DER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE.
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NUMBER so.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS ITS,
1179 AND 1880 OF THE PUBLIC
POPULATIONS FOR THE UNI
VERSITY OF VERMONT AND
STATE AGRICULTURAL coll
LEGE AND MIDDLEBURY COL
LEGE.
The Washington times., 1909-01-09
WASHINGTON MAN
SCORES TRIUMPH
]. w. Mckinley, of Colum-
bia Golf Club, Wins Fight
in h. S. G. A.

NEW YORK, Jan. 9.-At a meeting
OF the United States Golf Association
at Sherry's last night a motion pro-
posed by !. W. Mckinley, OF the Co
lumbia Golf Club. OF Washington, d. c..
10 amend the constitution of the as
sociation to permit the placing in the
deld Of Independent tickets by clubs en-
rolled in its membership was carried
Mr.. Mckinley made d bitter attack Or
The practice heTetorOr followed bv the
executive committee Of the association
Of drawing almost entirely from the
Eastern contingent In choosing the high
officials A decision was reached where
by the Chicago COLI Clue, of Wheaton
ILL.,. viii be the place for the an7sfa,,,.
golf championships during the week nj
September g.
The Enslewood Golf Club. Of FnrIs-
wood, n J.. and Merton Cricket C,Iui
Of Philadelphia, were decided on as fEn
places for the open, and ladies' chautD-
Ionshlps, respectively. The dates for
these championships will be determined
by the executive committee of the a.
soclatlon at a meeting TO be held later
In the year.
The Washington times., 1909-01-09
HOLLENBACK JOINS
WEIGHT THR0WERS
Valuable Addition to Squad.
Schedule Includes Two
Washington Dates.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan g-Big BIZ
HOuenDack, captain OF the University
Of Pennsylvania football team last
season and unanimous choice by all
critics for the AU-Americau team. has
at last given ia to the persuasiOns OF
Mike Murphy 10 join the track squad.
HOllenbaCEs great speed which was
in evidence ln an Of The games on the
gridiron last fall, together with his
strength and grit, viii make him a
valuable addition 10 the squad
The veteran trainer will lend his ef-
forts toward making hammer-thrOwer
OUT Of the husky foOtbauer Ever since
he threw the hammer to Pike who was
practicing on Franklin Field, Murphy
has been after him. His thfow was
measured off and It proved 10 be over
30 fest which is remarkable for
novice.
Murphys idea is to develop a man TO
take the pia 20 OF Bob FolweII, vino was
likewise a football player and hammer.
thrOwcr, Like HOIlenback. FoIweu
came 10 throw the hammer by accident
and the f1rst time he was entered in
the interCOuegiateg ne scored.
The track team has an unusually hard
schedule for the winter The indoor
track meets al ratified by the Faculty
Athletic Committee Yesterday afternoon
included not only meets with various
ateleuc clubs, but with Columbia, Johns
Hopkins. George Washington and
George own University.
The Washington times., 1909-01-09
GEORGETOWN TRACK
TEAM IS WAITING
When Coach Jimmy MulIgan Arrives Today He VIII
Find Good Material to Start With
Relay Prospects,

The Georgetown University track
team will start training tomorrow
morning under the supervision OF Jim
my MUlligun. the former relay star,
who is coming 10 Washington today
from Philadelphia TO give the George
town athletes instructions TO oe fol-
lowed throughout th- rest Of the year.
The Georgetown candidates were
billed TO inaugurate their 1909 season
yesterday afternoon. but the inability
Of Coach Mulligau to leave the Quaker
City caused the pOstponemeut. Several
Of the Georgetown alumni viii assist
Mulligan. and It is thought that with
such a capable coaching STAFF as is ex-
pected this year Georgetown viii be
able TO muster together a strong team.
one or sufficient caliber TO insure sue
cess in the extensive schedule planned
for the season.
The management expects 10 have AZ
least ten men competing I'm tho Johns
Hopkins meet at Baltimore January 50.
A proposal 20 meet Richmond College
IN a one-mile race has been received bv
Georgetown, and whether IL viii be ac-
cepted or not viii he decided the first
Of the week.
Strong Relay Nucleus.
Two Of last years relay team. Cap
tain Gibbs and Fred Rice. are back I'm
school and form the nucleus for team
that promises to be a strong contender
for the Southern championship. John
Martin, the best short-distance man fn
the university last year. is eligible to
The Washington times., 1909-01-09
EWRYS ILLNESS
NAY BE FATAL
Champion Standing Jumper
Must Undergo Serious
Operation.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan 9.-Ray c.
Ewry, the champion jumper is quite
III and may never compete again.
For some time past he has been doe
toring for kidney trouble. Doctors tell
him he has @ tuberculosis affection of
the left kidney, and insist that an oper-
alton offers the only sure cure Ewry
refuses TO go under the knife until he
- certain there is 10 other remedy, and
IN the meantime le suffers intense pain
at times. E-Eay photographs have been
taken of the affected parts. and lie has
been examined by number OF special
lists, all Of whom insist lhat ne must
undergo an operation.
The worry his illness has caused lm
has had almost as bad am effect on
Ewry as his disease. His nerves are
in pretty baG shape. and he stands a
sood chance Of being knocked out COM
pietely unless he finds some relief
Tor ten years EWTy has been the
boss OF the standing jumpers. in 1885
he won the national championship in
both the standing high and standing
broad jumps and has not been beaten
IN either OF them I'm championship
competition since The two events were
cropped from the national championship
program after 1893. but resumed again
in 1906 and l9J5 and dropped last fail.
II was in the Olympic games that
EwFy gained most fame. In both the
Paris and ST. Louis meets. in 1900 and
Iso4. ne pulled down firsts in three
e7vents-standing high and broad and
three standing jumps. At Athens he
was beaten by O'COnnOr in the last
HaneI event, At London last summer
ne repeated his Athens triumDbz. The
triple jump had been dropped. IN AM
EWry has won fourteen worlds cham
ponshIps IN period OF less than nine
years, as well as six senior national
titles and innumerable prizes I'm various
local meets.
The Washington times., 1909-01-09
All About Washington Autoists
And What They HaUe Been Doinq

the guest of the local agency during
his stay
L. G. Herman, Of New York CITY. WHO
has spent the past month in Washing
ton, left the Central garage on Thurs
uay afternoon driving his fOur-CylindeI
Pierce. Arrow touring car for a trir
over the roads to New York He vii
return 10 this city about the middle OF
the month.
L. X -Johannas. Washington agent
Tor the Hartford Tire Company, spent
the past week in New York in the in
teTest OF his company.
Representatives of practically every
automobile concern OF Importance In this
city will attend the mammoth autorlo-
bile show of the Automobile Manufac-
tureTs Association Of America which
AOrk, January j.. The show promises
10 be the most complete in the history
OF the association.
William Jose, Of the National Electric
SuppI| Company, and George Read.
manager of the Central garage, have
returned from New York CITY, where
they spent the past week.
a party of local motorcycle euthusi-
asts, composed of T. n. Mudd, Harry
SeamaTk. George BealI. and +. w.
Wheeler. will leave shortly for New
y Ork. where they VIII attend the open
ing of the Automobile Show.
Lester PIatt. a popular young man at
tending the Friends Select School OF
this city. was the recipient OF a 1909
model Buick car last week. The car
was q Christmas gift from mis- parents
Herbert Rich one of the younger set
OF auto enthusiasts. took advantage Of
tie pleasant weather during the early
part of the week and made several en-
iOyable runs on the roads near this
city.
Mrs r. j. Lavender purchased a two
cylinder Indian motorcycle from the
Charles r. Miller Company on Monday.
the cycle is a present for young
LOWIes Lavender.
O.. j. Thomas, of the Lester j.. Moore
Company, has returned from New York,
where he attended the opening of the
automobile show.
Lester ID. Moore. Washington agent
for ne REQ. PremieT and Jackson cars,
is still I'm New York, where he went
TO attend the automobile show in Madi-
son Square Garden
Eighteen students attending the Pres
ton University School are the proud
posse essoTs of Indian motorcycles and
have formed "a touring club. The youth
The Washington times., 1909-01-09
MARATHON
IS FOR CHARITY

BOSTON, Jan. 9-MoFe than a hun.
dred Of the best long distance runners
in New England are entered FOR a
Marathon race today from ashland TO
Boston, which Is approximately the
historic distance or 20 miles 3S5 yards
The race VIII be run over the coUres
Of the Boston Athletic Association
The finish viii be at the National
League bastbalI grounds, where Il is
expected great crowds will witness the
struggle for the last 130 yards OF the
race. The entire receipts are TO be
added TO the Massachusetts fund for
the earthquake sufferers in Italy.
The Washington times., 1909-01-09
Is FOURTH
IN AMATEUR EVENT

NEW YORK, Jan. 8-lIat.aer T.
MaIouey, flying the colors OF the Trim
ity Athletic Club, OF Brooklyn won
the indoor amateur Marathon rsae tn
Madison Square Garden last nigh. and
a. the same time made a new series OF
amateur records from seventeen 10
tweHly-slN miles.
Jim CrowIcyaof the Irsl-Amer.aau.
Athletic Club, finished second. Sydney
Hatch, of the Illinois Athletic Club.
third and sam Meuor. 9f ta- lIrr.....
Club. Of Euukcrs who trained .r
Washington, finished fourth
j Eipuite. OF the Washington A. a.
q. A.. was unable 90 stand the pace and
dropped ont of the race at rhr Hnf4.
0f tlg tenth mile .L- time for rHa
first tour runners was as follows. lI.-
luuey, hours a minutes e. seconds.
Crowley % hours 70 saoaE Ea. H.t.H a..
hours minutes ~ f-5 seconds. NaHa-
hours minutes #I a-5 seconds