The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-05
NO. 81.

Assembly Of Il. State of Vermont:
Section l. Section 1866 of the Pub
lie Statutes Is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
See. 23GG. No person sentenced to
suffer the punishment Of death shall
be executed previous to the expira
ton of thirty days after the close of
the general assembly following such
sentence; and in pronouncing sentence
of death upon a person who is con-
yicted of a capital crime, the court
shall appoint week within which the
sentence shall be executed and the
court shall, at the time Of such SEN
tence, order a warrant to be issued by
the clerk, under the seal of the court
for the county in which such sentence
Is assed to be directed to the super
intendent of the state prison, stating
the conviction and sentence, and COM
handing him to cause execution to be
done in accordance with the pro-
visions Of such sentence, upon day
within the week so appointed The
clerk shall, at the same time, trans
NIT to the sheriff of the county in
which such sentence is passed a certi-
fled copy of such warrant. The SEN
tence of death shall be executed by
the superintendent of the state prison,
or by a person acting under his direc-
ton, within the week appointed by
the court. unless sentence is commut-
ed, a reprieve is granted, or the con-
Wet is pardoned. II reprieve is
granted. the sentence Of death shall
be executed within the week beginning
Oh the day next after the day on
which the term OF respite expires, and
such sentence shall be executed on
such day within such week as said
superintendent elects, but no previous
announcement thereof shall be made,
except to such persons as are TO be
present.
Sec. .. Section 1867 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
| Sec. 1861. If such sentence is COM
muted by the general assembly, or the
convict is pardoned by the governor,
the governor shall forthwith issue his
warrant to the superintendent of the
state prison, superseding the original
warrant provided for in the preceding
section, and, in case of committed
sentence, commanding such committed
sentence to be carried into effect.
| Sec. 8. Section 1868 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as follows
| Sec. 1868. The sentence of death
shall be Carried into effect within the
walls of he state prison or in the en-
closed yard of the same, in rooms pro-
vided and furnished for that purpose
The board of penal institutions shall
cau9e to be provided, in conformity
with plans approved by the governor,
/ the necessary building, and the ap-
planes Tor the iniiiction of the death
penalty in accordance with the pro-
visions of section 1872 of the Public
Statutes.
Sec. T. Section 1869 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as flows:
Sec. 1868. When the sentence of
death is imposed the court Ghall at
the same time sentence the respondent
to hard labor in the state prison until
thirty days before the week fixed in
| the sentence for the execution there
OF, and shall also. sentence him to
solitary confinement In the state
prison from the expiration of the SEN
tence to hard labor until the time of
execution.
Sec. 3. Section 2S71 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
/ Sec. 2371. There shall be present at
the execution of the sentence of death.
the superintendent of the state prison,
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er, the person who is to perform the
execution and his assistant. such Off
GERS of the state prison as the officer
in charge of such execution shall des.
ignate. the prison physician, and one
other physician whom the officer in
charge approves. The physicians
presen' shall be the legal witnesses
of the execution. There may also be
present the sheriff of the county in
which the condemned was convicted,
or one of his deputies approved by
him, the prison chaplain or such other
clergyman as the condemned may de-
sire. and not more than three other
persons TO be selected by the superin-
tendent. There shall be paid to the
person actually performing the execu-
tion and TO his assistant such sums
for services and expenses as the board
Of penal institutions shall approve.
Sec. 6. Section 1872 Of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as TO
read as follows:
Sec. 2S72. The punishment of death
shall be Inflicted by causing to pass
through the body of the convict n cur.
rent of electricity of sufficient inten-
slty to cause death, and the applica.
ton of such current shall be continued
until such convict is dead
Sec Z. Section 1878 OF the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as TO
lad as follows:
Sec. 1913. When the superlntend-
ent Of the state prison inflicts the
punishment Of death upon a convict,
In obedience to a warrant as afore-
said. he shall forthwith return a copy
thereof with his doings thereon TO the
Office of the secretary Of state. and
shall forthwith return the original
warrant with his doings thereon to
the court from which It issued. and the
clerk shall subjoin to the record Of
the sentence a brief extract OF the SUI
perintendent's return upon such war
rant
Sec. s. This act shall not apply 20
capital offenses committed before this
act goes into effect. nor to,causes. pro-
ceedings or penalties based thereon.
Sec. .. For the construction and
equipment OF the building provided
for in section 3 Of this act, the sum
o. not TO exceed three thousand dol
lars is hereby appropriated.
Sec. 10. Section 2370 Of the Public
Statutes is hereby repealed.
Sec. II. This act shall take effect
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