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NO. SO.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION ao3A
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES RE
LATINO TO A HUSBANDS IN
TEREST IN HIS DECEASED
WIFES REAL ESTATE: IN
CREASING SUCH HUSBANDS
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Vermont:
Section 1. Section 1894 of the Public
Statutes (Sec. 1866 of the General Laws,
as proposed) is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec 1884 (Sec. 1866 G. L. When a
man and his wife arc seized in her right
of real estate in fec simple. and the wife
dies, the husband shall be entitled to one
third IN value of such real estate in fee,
and if the wife left her surviving only
one heir and such heir is the issue OF
said husband or the heir by adoption OF
both the wife and husband, he shall be
entitled to onc-half in value of such real
estate in fee, and his interest may be
assigned and set out to him in the same
manner as IS provided for the severance
OF the interest of the widow in the real
estate OF her deceased husband; but the
husband may be barred of such one third
or one-half, as the case may be, when he
is entitled to and takes the provision
made for him in the second following
section. or accepts the provision made
TOR him by the last will and testament
of his wife.
Approved April II, 1917
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AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF COUNTY
HOSPITALS FOR TUBERCULO-
SIS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section J.. A county may. in accord
ance with the provisions of this act, pro-
vide a hospital for the care Of persons
residing therein who are or may be suf-
fcring from tuberculosis. Two or more
counties may unite for the purpose of
pital
Sec. 2. Whenever one hundred or
more qualified voters in a county shall,
~ writing, petition the county clerk that
they desire that the county in which
they reside shall vote whether such
county shall accept the provisions of this
act, said clerk shall direct the town
clerks OF the several towns in such coun-
~ 10 insert IN the warning for the next
annual meeting notice on the following
FORM; shall ........., county establish
la tuberculosis hospital and issue its
pohus therefor in accordance with the
provisions OF an act of the General
assembly, OF 1917, entitled "An Act to
rrov'dc Tor the Establishment of Coun-
~ Hospitals for tuberculosis
sec 3. The vote upon such question
sral, DC by ballot in the following form
tuberculosis hospital and issue its bonds
.neIeior N accordance with the pro-
''s'o''s OF an act OF the General
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NO. 90.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION a,1c
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES, RE
LAT1NG TO NEGLECT TO FUR
NISH CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
1t Is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section !. Section 1910 of the Public
Statutes (See. $3.50 of the General Laws
as proposed) is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 1910. (Scc. 1856 G. L.) A ply.
sician who fails to furnish a certificate
of death within thirty-six hours after
the death Of human being, giving a
true statement of the cause of such
death, and all the other facts provided
for in the blank form for death certi6.
Gates, so far as these facts are obtain
able, shall be fined not less than ter
dollars to the use of the town where
such death occurs. provided, however
that if the physician in attendance i.
unable to give the cause of death this
fact shall be reported to the health off
Ger If there is one. otherwise to a mem.
Der of the local board, who shall ther
follow the requirements of the last pre-
ceding section.
Approved February ?, 1917.
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COSTS COLLECTED FOR VIOLA
TIONS OF THE AUTOMOBILE
LAW AND FISH AND GAME LAW
INTO THE STATE TREASURY,
AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE
PAYMENT or THE COSTS
TAXED, BY THE STATE.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. All fines and costs collected
by justices of the peace and courts hay
ing jurisdiction in prosecutions for the
violation of the provisions of No. 2ol
of the acts of 1919 and amendments
thereto and chapter i76 of the Public
Statutes and amendments thereto, shall
be paid into the state treasury and al
costs taxed against the respondents II
such prosecutions shall be paid by the
state.
See. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April IL, 1917.
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NO. "a.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION aosa
OF The PUBLIC STATUTES RE-
LATINO TO LIEN ON PERSONAL
PROPERTY FOR REPAIRS, AND
PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL
PROTECTION FOR THE OWNER
OF SUCH PROPERTY.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section l. Section e6s2 of the Public
Statutes is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. e6s2. A person having such lien
may. If the debt secured thereby re-
mains unpaid for three months, sell such
property at public auction in the town
where such lien accrues; notice of the
time, place and purpose of such sale shall
be posted in two or more public places
in such town. at least ten days prior
thereto. and he may apply the proceeds
of such sale to the satisfaction of the
debt due him and the expenses of such
sale; and the surplus remaining shall be
paid to the proper owner thereof. with
in ten days thereafter, or deposited for
his benefit in the treasury of the town
where the sale occurs.
Sec. 2. Sections 265I, 2652 and 26s3
OF the fuDiic Statutes are subject to the
provision that if the owner of such arti-
Gle of personal property desires to ques-
ton the reasonableness of the said
charges he may within such three months
make tender therefor, and the person
having such lien shall, if he does not
elect to accept such tender, bring an
action of contract within thirty days
after such tender to determine the
amount due. The defendant may give
evidence. Of the tender under the gen
eral denial and on proof thereof, if the
plaintiff does not recover a greater sun,
than the amount rendered, the defendant
shall recover his costs. In case tender
is made as above provided and no action
is brought by the person having such
lien said lien shall terminate thirty DAYS
from the time of such tender. The fore
going provisions shall not be construed
as exclusive of any other remedies
which the parties now have by law.
Approved February Io, 1917.
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NO. 80.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE TOWN
CLERKS TO REPORT MUNICH
PAL EXEMPTIONS.


1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section l. Town clerks shall, on or
before April I. 1917, report in writing
to the commissioner of taxes the exemp-
tions of record and in force in said town
granted pursuant to the provisions OF
section 400 of the Public Statutes (Scc-
ton 633 of the General Laws, as pro-
posed, the date on which such exemp-
ton was granted and the length of the
term thereof.
Sec. 2. Within ten days after the ad-
Journinent of any town meeting at which
an exemption is granted pursuant to the
provisions of section 400 of the Public
Statutes (Section 633 of the General
Laws, as proposcd), town clerks shall
report the same in writing to the COM
missioner of taxes in the same manner
as is provided in the preceding section
Sec. 3. Necessary blanks shall be for
mulated and furnished by the commits
sioner of taxes to carry this act into
effect
Sec. 4. A town clerk shall receive a
fee of fifty cents for making each report
and twenty-five cents for each additional
folio, the same to be paid by the town.
Sec. S. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved February 2S, 1917.
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LATINO TO PROVING WILLS
MADE WITHOUT THE STATE.

II is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section I. Section 1850 of the Public
Statutes (Scc. 3I75 of the General Laws,
as proposed) is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 1850. (Scc. 3I75 G. .L.) A last
will and testament executed without this
state in the. mode prescribed by the law,
either of the place where executed or
of the testator's domicilc, shall be
deemed to be legally executed and shall
be Of the same force and effect as il
executed in the mode prescribed by the
laws OF this state; provided that said
last will and testament is in writing
and subscribed by the testator.
Approved February 10, 1917.
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Municipal Corporations.
NO. 81.

AN ACT TO MAKE THE UNITED
STATES CENSUS SHEETS NOW
DEPOSITED IN COUNTY
COURTS ACCESSIBLE.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. The clerks of the several
county courts shall on or before July l.,
1917, transmit to the state library the
sheets of the United States census of
1880 which were deposited with said
courts. The state librarian shall cause
such sheets to be suitably bound and
carefully preserved.
Sec. ?. The sum of two hundred dol
lars, or so much thereof as may be
necessary, is hereby appropriated for the
purposes of this act.
Approved March 20, 1917.
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NO. So.

1AAN ~ ~ AMEND SECllON 2O2I
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES AS
AMENDED BY NO. 60 OF THE
ACTS OF 1908. RELATING no
CHATTEL MORTGAGES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section 7. Section 26e1 of the Public
Statutes as amended by No. 60 of the
Acts of 1908 (Sec. 273o of the General
Laws, as proposed) is hereby amended
so as to read as follows:
Sec 262r. (Sec. 273o G. L. A mort
gage OF personal property shall not be
valid against any person except the mort
gagor, his executors and administrators
unless at the time of making such mort
gage the possession of the property is de-
livered to, and actually retained by the
mortgage. or the mortgage is recorded
in the Office of the clerk of the town in
which the mortgagor at the time of max
ing the same resides, or, If he resides Out
OF the state, in the town in which the
property is situated.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effec,
from its passage.
Approved February 2, 1917.
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NO. 104.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EN-
PLOYMENT OF CENER AI
I I0Eps OR MUNICIPAL MANI

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE EAsI
PLOYMENT OF CENER n
TOWN OR MUNICIPAL NAM
IT is hereby enacted by the Genera
Assembly of the. State of Vermont:
section 1. A town may. if a ma;oritl
OF the voters thereof present and vol
ing at any annual or special meeting shat
SO. vote, employ a general or town nul
nlcipal manager. For the purposes I'd
this act, the words a town shall MT ~
construed to mean or include a c;tw
Sec. 2. If town so votes. the :c,.c,]
men shall, forthwith thereafter anno;n|
general town or municinai r,,peo.
VINO ", snail be the administrative head Of
an departments OF the town government:
.ne conduct of which is conferred upo1
nm under this act. Said manager shall
III ail matters, be subject to the direction
ana supervision and shall hold office al
lne WI OF the sclectmcn, and shall ID
selected with special reference to hid
education, training and experience I'd
perform the duties of such office, and
snail be appointed without reference I'd
his political belief; and said appointed
may OF may NOT be a resident of thd
towE icr which he is appointed. lid
snail be responsible for the efficient adj
m'nistration. Of all departments within
the scope of his duties.
Sec. 3. Before entering upon his duI
ties, said appointce shall be sworn I'd
the faithful and impartial performance
thercof, and shall execute a bond il,
favor OF the town for the faithful per-
Torrance of his duties, in such sum and
with such surety or surcties as may b
men.
Sec. 4. The powers and duties Of
said general manager shall, subject ID
the direction and supervision of thu
selectmcn. include the following
(a) To have general supervision o.
the affairs of the town and to caust
duties required of towns and town schoo
districts, and not committed to the car,
OF any particular officer, to be duly per,
formed and executed.
lb) TO perform Ill duties now ean'
fssrsd'bx law soen ths aalaeEnA 60
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Estates and Their Incidents.
NO. 50.
NO. 81.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION assa
AND TO REPEAL SECTION $3.50
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES,
RELATING TO THE RECORD OF
CONVEYANCES OF AN INTER
EST IN MINES AND OUARRES,
It is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 1888 of the Public
Statutes (See. 27os of the General Laws,
- proposedl is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec 1888. Csc. 27o5 G. L. The
grantee. of mine, quarry or the right
OF mining and quarrying in severance
from the ownership of the soil shall,
within thirty days after its execution,
cause his deed, lease or other instrument
to be recorded in the land records of the
town where the land lies. A grantee
failing to comply with the foregoing pro-
vision shall forfeit to the town fifty dol
lars to be recovered in an action of tor.
on this statute.
Sec. z. Section 1850 of the Public
Statutes (Sec. a7o6 of the General Laws
as .proposed) is hereby repealed.
Approved February IA, 1917.
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or when either party being without the
state OF Vermont, receives a sentence for
an equally long term of imprisonment
by competent court having jurisdiction
as the result of trial in any one of the
other. states of the United States, or in
a federal court, or in any ono of the
territories, possessions or other courts
subject to the jurisdiction of the United
States, or in foreign country granting
a trial by jury, and is actually confined
at the time. Of the bringing of the libel
Approved February S, 1917
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TON OF MARRIAGES.
It is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section !. Section 1898 of the Public
Statutes (Sec- 3468 of the General Laws.
as proposed) is hereby amended so as
to read as follows:
Sec. 1898. (Sec. 1868 G.. L) Persons
authorized by the preceding section to
solemnize marriage shall require of the
parties, before solemnizing such mar
riage, a certificate issued from the Office
OF the clerk Of the town where the
groom resides, or, il the groom is not a
resident of the state, from the Office of
the clerk OF the town where the bride
resides, or. If she is not a resident of
the state, from the Office of the clerk of
the town where the marriage is solem-
nlzed. The certificate so required shall
afford full immunity from all response
bllity on the part of the person author
izcd to solcmnize marriage who per-
forms the marriage ceremony between
the parties named provided, however.
that 1t the marriage is to be solcmnizcd
in a town in which neither the groom
or bride resides, no person shall solem-
nizc the marriage until five days after
the certificate required by the following
section has been issued; but this pro-
vision shall not apply to persons while
enlisted i'll the military or naval service
of the United States A town clerk who
dates falsely such certificate shall be
fined not more than twenty dollars.
Sec. p This act shall take effect
May first, 1917.
Approved March 81, 1917.
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NO. IS.

AN ACT RELATING TO THE
FICIALS TAKING ACKNOWL-
JUDGMENTS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section !. A person legally qualified
to take Acknowledgements shall not be
disqualified to take such acknowledge
ments to an instrument in which cor
poration is a party, by reason of his
being stakeholder in or an officer or
employee of such corporation.
Approved March 8, 1917.
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1t Is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly Of The State Of Vermont:
Section I. Section zo21 Of the Public
Statutes (See 1858 Of the General Laws,
- proposed) Is hereby amended 30 a
to read as follows:
Sec. 3qzI. (Sec. 1855 G. L.) The
widow of . deceased person shall be en-
titled to one-third in value Of the real
estate of which her husband died seized,
and If such husband left him surviving
only one heir and such heir is the issue
Of said widow or the heir by adoption
of both the widow and husband, she
shall be entitled to one-half IN value of
such real estate, unless she is barred as
provided IN this chapter; but where a
right of homestead also exists, such one
third or one-half, as the case may be,
shall be diminished by the amount Of
such homestead All provisions of this
chapter relating to the widows one-third
interest in her husbands real estate shall
apply IN the same manner to her one
half interest when she shall be entitled
thereto under the provisions of this Sec
ton.
Approved April ?, 1917.
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NO. 1Ol.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 5
OF NO 100 OF THE ACTS OF
1915 RELATING TO THE WARN
ING OF TOWN AND VILLAGE
MEETINGS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section 7. Section 5 of No. 100. OF
the acts of 1915 is hereby amended so
as to read as follows;
Sec. s. The warning for each annual
town and village meeting, in towns and
villages that have not adopted the pro-
visions of this act shall on petition of
ten legal voters contain an article in sub
stance as follows:
Will the town or village Gas may be-
vote to install uniform system OF pub
lie accounting, as recommended by the
officials appointed by the governor under
number ono hundred nine of the acts of
nineteen hundred and fifteen.
|. Approved March 81, 1917.
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1t is HEREBY enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section !. Section 3srs of the Public
Statutes (Sec. $3.50 of the General Laws,
as proposed) is hereby amended SO as
to read as follows:
See. 32Is. (Sec- $3.50 G. L) When a
guardian and his ward are residents of
another of the United States, and such
ward IS entitled to property in this
state, such guardian may apply to the
probate court IN which such property is
situated, setting forth that he still re-
mains such guardian and that the re-
moval of the property of such ward will
not conflict with the terms and limita-
tons Of the right by which the ward
owns the same nor be prejudicial to his
interests therein; which application shall
be accompanied by a complete transcript
from the records of court of COM
petent jurisdiction Of the state in which
he and his ward reside, duly exempliied
or authenticated. showing he has been
appointed guardian of such ward and
that he has, by bond or otherwise, given
satisfactory security for the faithful ex-
ecution of his trust Such transcript
shall be entered of record in such pro-
bate court, and such guardian shall
thcreupon be entitled to receive letters
or a certificate of guardianship of the
estate Of such ward from such court,
which shall authorize him to demand,
sue for and recover such property and
remove the same to such other state
and such court may order a resident
guardian, executor or administrator, hav-
ing. any of the estate of such ward, to
deliver the same to such non-residen.
guardian, provided that all debts in favor
of residents or citizens of this state
known to exist against such estate
whether due or to become due, have first
been paid or rendered.
Approved February q, 1917.
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NO. IS.

AN AL 10 AMEND SECTION 26sS
OF THE PUBLIC STATUTES RE-
LATINO TO A LIEN ON AMI
MAILS FOR KEEPING.
It is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section I. Section 2658 of the Public
Statutes (Scc. 2776 of the General Laws.
as proposed) is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 265S. (Sec. a776 G. L. A per-
son to whom charges are due for pastur-
ing. boarding or keeping domestic ami
mails, placed, with the consent of the
owner thereof, in the care of said person,
may, if the. charges become due while
such animals remain in his possession
retain the same until such charges are
lpaid, and, after thirty days from the
time the charges become due, may sell
such animals in the manner provided for
the sale OF property under lien for re-
pairs.
! Sec. g This act shall take effec,
from its passage.
Approved February 9, 1917.
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NO. 80.

AN ACT TO GIVE THE RIGHT OF
APPEAL FROM THE PROBATE
COURT TO THE SUPREME
COURT IN CERTAIN CASES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. A person interested in an
order, sentence. decree or denial of a
probate court involving only a question
Of law may take an appeal thcrefrom
directly to the supreme court in the man
ner provided in cases of appeals from
the court of chancery.
Approved February 10, 1917.
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be kept on file by the county clerk as a
part Of the records of such county.
The certificate of appointment shall
be substantially in the following form
State of Vermont.
County, SIS.
This is to certify that A. B. OF .....
....... in said county, was, on the first
day of February, A. d., 70. -. appointed
by the judges of the county court for
said county notary public for the term
ending on the 3rst day Of January, A. D.,
I0.....
Judges of
......... County Court.
And at .........., in said county, on
this ........ day of ............ A, D.,
Io...., personally appeared the said
A. B. .......... and took the oath OF
Office prescribed in the constitution.
Before me,
~ ~ -: go.
Justice of the Peace
Notary Public.
(Or whatever may be the designation
of the officer administering such oath. }
Sec. 2. The county clerk shall at the
end of each biennial period cause the
oaths aforesaid to be bound into hook
form, which book shall then constitute
the final record thereof and shall be duI,
attested by the clerk as such.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved February 9. 1917.
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NO. lO2.

AN ACT TO ALLOW TOWNS TO
VOTE SCHOLARSHIPS TO DE-
SERVING STUDENTS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
OF the State ofVcrmont
Section I. A town may, ct any legal
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1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 34oo of the Public
Statutes as amended by section no Of
No ! OF the acts of 1915 (Scc 1858 Of
the General Laws. as proposcd) is here.
by amended so as to read as follows !:
Sec 34oo. (Sec. 1858 G, I..) A per
son appointed as notary public shall cause
the certificate of his appointment to be
filed and recorded in the county clerks
Office in the county where issued; and
before entering upon the duties OF his
Office shall take the oath prescribed by
the constitution, and shall duly sub
scribe the same with his correct sigma
ture. which oath thus subscribed shall
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NO. 100.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELEc
TON OF TOWN AUDITORS.

1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section L. At the annual meeting, in
March 1917, each town shall choose
from among the inhabitants thereof,
three auditors. for a term of one. two
and three years respectively. and there
after at each annual meeting an auditor
shall be elected to succeed the auditor
whose term expires.
Sec. 2 This act shall take effect
from IFS passage.
Approved February 7, 1917.
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NO. 81.

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF SEC
lion 34o0 OF THE PUBLIC STAT
UIES AS AMENDED BY SEC
TON no OF NO. I OF THE ACTS
OF I9Is, RELATING TO THE APP
POINTMENT OF NOTARIES
PUBLIC AND THEIR COMMITS
SIONS.