Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1911-01-27

aud the voter mark an (x) against the
answer be desires 10 give.
Sec. 3. Residents of uuorgauized
towns aud cores may have their names
placed on the check list of any adjoining
organized town and shall be entitled to
vote upon the subject matter involved in
the preceding section, the same as resi-
dents of towns are permitted to vote,
and the word town as hereinafter used
shall mean all political divisions enum-
Grated in chapter three, section forty
FIVE, of the Public Statutes.
Sec. 4. If majority Of the legal
voters of majority of the towns speci-
fed in chapter three, section forty-fve,
of the Public Statutes, shall vote YES,
then Brighton shall become half shire
town of Essex County and the October
terms of Essex County court shall there
after be held at Brighton, instead of at
Guildhall subject to the following pro-
visions:
Sec. 5. The return of the votes on
this question shall be made by the
clerks of the several towns where votes
are cast, the votes of all the different
towns to be separately and distinctly
marked, to the county clerk for the
county of Essex within twenty-four
hours after the Adjournment of such
general elections in the county Of Essex,
and the county clerk shall within forty
eight hours canvass the votes so re-
turned and shall forthwith certify and
return to the secretary of state a state
ment of the canvass of the votes so re-
turned to him, indicating separately the
vote of each town mentioned in chap
ter three, section forty-ive, of the Pub
lie Statutes.
Sec. 6. All the provisions of this act
shall be void and of no effect unless the
inhabitants of the town of Brighton,
prior to October first, nineteen hundred
and twelve, shall erect or provide a
suitable court house or court rooms in
said Brighton together with apartments
for iurymen, witnesses, lawyers and
Judges, and Jail for the detention Of
prisoners, to the acceptance of three COM
missioners to be appointed by the gov
ernor prior to September fifteenth,
nineteen hundred and twelve. Said
commissioners shall before the first
Tuesday of October, nineteen hundred
aud twelve, certify in writing their ac-
ceptauee or non-acceptanee of said court
house or court rooms to the secretary OF
state.
Sec. Z. On the first Tuesday of DC.
tober, nineteen hundred aud twelve, the
secretary of state shall canvass the re-
turns so made to him by the county
clerk and said commissioners and shall
forthwith issue his proclamation certi
fying the result of such vote and de
claring the time when the provisions o
this act shall take effect, which shall no
: be later than June fifteenth, niHeteel
hundred and thirteen, if such cour
; house or court rooms be accepted b,
! said commissioners il not accepted n
proclamation shall be issued.
Sec. s. All the regulations provide,
by law for conducting general election
shall be applicable to the votes provide
for by this act aud the law Applicant
to the preparation and distribution c
ballots for county offices shall obtain
Sec. 8. The county Jail and ia
> house now at GuildhaIl in Essex count
shall he used for all Jail purposes exceE
detention during court at Brighton.
r. Sec. 10. All writs, processes an
7. other court proceedings which may |
t. pending when this act shall 60 iut
!! effect, if at all, shall be in order an
n treated as pending at the next term
& county court for the county of Essex
y the times and places therefor here
r. provided, the same as ii originally mat
returnable thereto or then previous
u continued thereto and after the pa:
r. age of this act all writs aud other pr
u cesses to be entered in said court in sa
rs county shall be made returnable at L
1y next term for which due notice of st
B. vice can be given or made, and at ca