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Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
PUBLIC ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 1919

Section /. Section 642o Of the Gem
eral Laws is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Sec. $40 A person shall not take
4 wild deer except between the first
Monday Of December and the following
Saturday, both dates inclusive, and
then only between six o'clock in the
forenoon and five o'clock in the after
noon and then only deer other than
a spotted fawn. A person shall not
take more than one such deer during
such open season. A person so taking
such 4 deer shall forthwith report such
taking and exhibit the animals head
to the nearest fish and game warden or
to some person duly deputized by the
state FISH and game commissioner to
receive such reports. A person shall
not take a wild deer by the aid of a
snare, trap, salt lick, jack or other light
or use such devices to entrap or en-
snare deer, nor shall a person hunt
deer by 4 dog or bitch. A person shall
not possess, buy or sell wild deer,
other than the head, hide or pelt Of the
same, except during such open season
and for i reasonable time thereafter and
then only sucli as can be legally taken.
a person who violates provision of this
section shall be fined one hundred dol
lars for each offcnse The provisions
OF this section shall not apply to deer
on propagation farms or when taken
as provided in section six thousand four
hundred and twcnty-three.
Approved March IL, 1910.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 100

AN ACT GRANTING A BOUNTY
ON BLACK BEARS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State Of Vermont:
Section !. A person killing q black
bear within the state between May first
and November first may, within thirty
days thereafter. exhibit to the clerk Of
the town in which he resides the skin
of such bear. and the town clerk shall
examine such person Under osth, and.
If satisfied that such bear was killed
within the state, lie shall, upon receipt
OF fee OF ten cents. deliver to the
person killing such bear 4 certificate
thereof in such form az the auditor Of
accounts may require.
Sec. e. When such certificate is
given, the town clerk shall mark such
skin for identification by punching a
hole in the left ear thereof
Sec. 3. The person receiving such
certificate may present the same to the
auditor of accounts and receive there
for an order for the sum Of ten dollars.
Sec. 4. II a person attempts TO obtain
such certificate from a town clerk
through fraud or deceit, he slaan be fined
not more than twenty dollars.
Sec. S. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April 8, 1919
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 176

AN ACT RELATING TO THE
MEDICAL TREATMENT OF IN
MATES OF STATE lNST1TU-
TlONS AFFLICTED WITH COM
MUNICABLE DISEASES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
assembly OF the State of Vermont:
Section l. The director of state in
sttutions may. with the approval of the
board OF control designate or construct
a ward or hospital room at any state
institution for the purpose of giving
necessary treatment and care to inmates
OF such institutions.
See. >, In case an inmate OF a state
institution AT the expiration OF his law
full term OF confinement therein, has or
is afflicted with tuberculosis. venercal
or other contagious or communicable
disease and. in consequence thereof,
such inmate is under quarantine by order
OF the state board of health, the super
intendent OF such institution is hereby
authorized and directed to provide sub
sistcucc and medical treatment for such
inmate at the expense of the state.
Approved April 4. 1910
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23

recorded BY the clerk Of town where
sueh dog 10 kept. A person may bring
Of catsse 10 be brought into the state
tor a period not exceeding thirty days.
ons or more dogs for show. trial OF
breeding purposes. The town clerk
shall report to the states attorney. May
Goth Of each year. all dogs licensed fof
tho first time. that is. more than four
months old.
Sec. 3. Before person shall he EN-.
titled to obtain license for spsyed
female dog he shall deliver to the town
clerk a certificate signed by duly
licensed veterinary surgeon or duly
female dog has been spayed Such GER
titicate shall be kept on file
See. a. Section 6739 Of the General
Laws is hereby amended SO az to read
% follows
Sec. 67.'o. The town treasurer shalt
keep account Of the amount paid into
the treasury each year Under the pro-
visions of this chapter, which shall con-
stitute a dog fund; and il in any year
the amount received for dog licenses is
not sufficient to pay the amount
awarded for damages to sheep and
other domestic animals. such deficiency
shall be paid from the town treasury.
Sec S. Selcctmen may offer 4 bounty
Of five dollars for any one killing dog
caught in the act Of killing or worrying
sheep.
Sec. g. Section 67lo of the General
Laws is hereby repealed.
Sec :. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved March 7, 1919
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1873

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6411
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE
LATING TO THE TAKING OR
POSSESSING OF PARTRIDGE
AND WOODCOCk. AND PRO-
VID1NG FOR a CLOSED SEA-
SON ON PARTRIDGE UNTIL
SEPTEMBER FIFTEENTH. NINE
TEEN HUNDRED AND TWEEN
TY-ONE.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State of Vermont:
Section /. Section 64II of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 64II. A person shall not take or
possess a partridge prior to September
fifteenth. nineteen hundred and twenty
one, and person shall not take or
possess woodcock between December
first and October first, and such wood
cock shall not be bought or sold. A
person shall not take more than four
woodcock in one day, nor more than
twenty-five woodcock in an open season
European partridge and wild pheasant
shall not be taken or possessed prior to
September fifteenth nineteen hundred
and thirty-two.
Approved March l., 1910.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1872

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION $3.50
OF THE GENERAL LAWS. RE-
LATING TO FISHING THROUGH
THE ICE.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State OF Vermont:
Section l. Section 500 of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. $50 Subject to the provisions
OF this title, a person holding fish
ing license may take pickerel or any
other species of fish except such as are
enumerated in section six thousand three
hundred and seventy-hve through the
ice with hook and line, tip-ups or hobs,
and, when so taking such fish, may
operate not more than ten such lines,
tip-ups or hobs. A person who fails at
any time to be present and have per-
sonal control over the same or who
takes pickerel or other fish in violation
of the provisions of this section shall
be fined five dollars and five dollars adj
ditional for each fish so taken. This
act shall not be construed so as to re-
peal section six thousand three hundred
and seventy-onc of the General Laws.
Approved March 10, 1910.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 178

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 62s1
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATING TO THE TREATMENT
OF VENEREAL DISEASES
|, is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State of Vermont:
Section I Section o2s2 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. o252. Said board shall provide
at the expense of the state. facilities for
the free laboratory examination of ma
tcrial from suspected cases of gonor-
rhoea and syphilis, and shall furnish the
treatment known as arsephcnamine or
other accredited specific treatment at
cost or free to such clinical patients as
said hoard shall deem entitled to such
aid Such diagnosis and treatment
shall not be furnished until the report
required by either the second or third
preceding section has been made Said
board shall include in bulletins or cir
culars distributed by it information
concerning such diseases.
Approved March 7, 1919.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1T
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION o25o
OF THE GENERAL LAWS. RE
LATINO TO THE PREVENTION
OF VENEREAL DISEASES.

OF VENEREAL DISEASES.
1t is hereby enacted BY the General
Assembly of the State OF Vermont:
Section !. Section 625o of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec 6e5o. A physician or other per-
son who knows or has reason to be-
lieve that a person whom he treats or
preSCribes for or to whom lie sells
patent or proprietary medicine purport-
ing TO cure or alleviate the symptoms
vi eonorrl1ea or syphilis, has one of
these diseases shall Immediately report
the name. nationality. race. marital state
address. age and sex of such person to
the secretary of the state board OF
health on cards furnished for that pur-
pose. Druggists. other than jobbers or
wholesale druggists, or any other per-
son. selling in compound or separately,
other Than on the prescription Of a
licensed physician. any preparation of
copaiba. cubebS, santalwood oil. methy-
lcne blue. hydrastis, formn. potassium
permaliganate, any one of the collOldal
silver preparations. ZINC, copper, alum,
salts OF mercury other than calomel,
iodidc OF soda or iodide of potassium. or
any of the arsenical compounds known
under the common name of arsephe-
nalnine, shall enter the sale of such
drug or compound in a book kept for
such purpose. said book to be furnished
by the state board of health which shall
show the name and address of the per-
son ia whom such drug or compound
was sold and the purpose for which it
is to be used. This book shall at all
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23

lewdness or designation and no person
shall knowingly permit any place. struc-
tufe. building of conveyance owned Try
him or under his control TO be used for
the purpose of prostitution. lewdness
OF assignation. 4 person shall not re-
cefve or offer. or agree Ia receive any
person into any placS. structure. build
ing Or conveyance for the purpose Of
prostitution. lewdness or hssignat,on or
shall permit any person tc remain there
for any such purpose A person shall
rot direct. take or transport or offer or
agree IL take Of transport any person
or persons In Any place. structure.
building or conveyance or to any other
person knowingly, or with reasonable
cause tn know that the purpose of smh
directing. taking or Transporting Is pros
tuition. lcwt'rees or assigndtion. A
person shall net Procure or solicit ar
offer 10 procure or solicit any female
person tor she purposc OF prostitution.
lewdness et designation. A person shall
not reside IN. enter 0r remain 81 any
place. structure OF building OF enter or
tcrnan IN any conveyance for the pur-
pose OF prostitution. lewdness or assig
nation or engage in prostitution, lewd-
ness or designation. or aid or abet pros
titution. lcwdrcss or designation by
any means whatGocver. A person who
violates a provision Of this section shalt
be fined not more than ono hundred
dollars or may be imprisoned for not
more than ono year and person con-
victcd Under thi. section for second
offcnse shall be imprisoned for not more
than three years.
Sec. 2. The term prostitution" shall
be construed to include the offering or
receiving Of the body for sexual inter
course Tor hire. and shall also be con-
strucd TO include the offering or recciv-
ing of tho body for indiscrirninate sexual
intercourse without hire The term
'lewdness" shall be construed to mean
open and gross lcwdncss. The term
designation shall be construed to in
cludc the making of any appointment or
engagement for prostitution or lewdncss
as defined in this act.
Sec. 3. Probation or parole shall be
granted or ordered in the case Of PET
son infected with venereal diseases only
on such terms and conditions as shall
insure medical treatment therefor and
prevent the spread of such diseases
Sec. 4 A female person convicted
under the provisions of this act shall
not be placed or probation or parole
i'll the care or charge of any person
other than woman probation officer.
Sec. S. County and municipal courts
shall have concurrent jurisdiction Of
offenses committed under this act
Sec. s. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April 8. 1919.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1871

| AN Al ~ AMEND SELL llNS
o.,17 AND 63oI OF THE GENERAL
| LAWS. RELATING TO TIE d.
TIES OF THE. FISH AND GAME
COMMISSIONER WITH RE
SPECT TO THE PUBLICATION
OF BULLETINS AND THE AP-
POINTMENT OF DEPUTY WAR
DENS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State OF Vermont:
Section /. Section o347 OF the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. o347. Said commissioner may
confer with the fish and game commits
sioners of other states and Canada, and
| with the Canadian department of marine
and fisheries; provide for and direct the
construction and maintenance of fish
ways. screens or weirs; introduce fish
into closed waters and into such waters
not private preserves or propagation
farms. as he deems best suited to the
successful culture of fish. He shall
have charge of the propagation and dis
tribution of fish and game, and may pro-
vide Tor the propagation of the same and
for the construction, maintenance and
operation OF stations therefor: he may
III the name of the state, with the ap
prevail of the board of control, purchase
such lands as are necessary Tor such
construction and Tor the establishment
OF such game refugees and sanctuaries as
are recommended by the United States
bureau of biological survey; and. for
the purpose of propagation. dissemina
ton or science. he may transport in
any manner fish and game. He shall
have charge Of the enforcement Of the
provisions OF this title. and may make
regulations. not inconsistent with the
provisions thereof. Ill relation to the
transportation and expectation of fish
and game and the taking of fish in any
manner other than by angling. Said
commissioner shall forward all moneys
whicl, come into his hands under the
provisions of this title. TO the state
treasurer. and said commissioner may
use such moneys and moneys added to
same to carry out the provisions of this
hundred and tifty-sevcn Said commits
soner shall maintain such an office as
is necessary to perform the duties im-
posed upon him by this title and he may
publish such bulletins as he deems adj
concerning the work of the department
and he shall keep an account of the
business and proceedings of his depart
nnent and shall biennially submit a re-
port thereof to the general assembly
Sec. , Section 636I of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows;
Sec. 63oI. The salaries OF wardens
shall be fixed and paid by said commits
sioner and allowed in his accounts; but
county wardens shall not receive more
than seventyfve dollars month when
continuously employed. nor more than
three dollars a day when not contnu-
ously employed Deputy wardens shall
not receive more than two dollars day
when officially employed, except that
the commissioner may employ not more
than six deputy wardens for patrol serv-
ices at an annual salary of not more
than one thousand dollars. Wardens
appointed in accordance with the provi-
sions of this section shall receive their
necessary expenses when away from
home on official business
Approved April 3, 1910
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 179
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
6255, 7o35 AND 7o36 OF THE CEN
ERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
VENEREAL DISEASES.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
6255, 7o35 AND 7o36 OF THE CEN
ERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
VENEREAL DISEASES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section l. Section 6253 Of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec 6253. All information and re-
ports in connection with persons suf-
fering from such diseases shall be re-
gardcd as absolutely confidential and
shall not be accessible to the public
nor shall such reports be deemed pub
lie records; and said board shall not
disclose the names or addresses of per-
sons so reported or treated except to a
prosecuting officer or in court in connec-
tion with a prosecution under the third
preceding section or under section seven
thousand and thirty-six or seven thou
sand and thirty-seven; provided how
ever, that the third report made under
the provisions of section six thousand
two hundred and fifty of the General
Laws shall be public record and acces-
sible to the public, provided. however.
that such third report is made at least
one year later than TIE first report
Sec. ?. Section 7o35 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows
Sec. 7o35. a person. having been
told by physician that he or she was
infected with gonorrhoca or syphilis or
knowing that he or she is so infected
who marrics. without assurance and GER
tfication from legally qualified prac-
ttioner of medicine and surgery that
he or she is free from such disease.
shall be imprisoned not less than two
years or fined not less than five hundred
dollars
Sec. 5. Section 7oso OF the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 7o36. a person who, while in
ieeted with gonorrhoea or syphilis, has
sexual intercourse shall be imprisoned
not less than two years or fined not less
than five hundred dollars.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1856

AN ACT RELATING TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF OPEN
ZONES FOR DEER AROUND
COMMERCIAL ORCHARD EN-
TERPRISES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Upon the written request
of the owner or proprietor of COM
mercial orchard enterprise of ten acres
or more, the fish and game commits
sioner may establish around such
orchard enterprise an open zone within
the boundaries of which wild deer may
be hunted or taken at any time. A no.
tice of the establishment of such zone
and of the boundaries thereof shall be
given by the commissioner by publica-
ton for three successive editions in
each newspaper published in the county
in which such enterprise is situated
Where no newspaper is published in such
county notice shall be given by publ
cation in not more than three news
papers circulating in the neighborhood
of such enterprise A person who kills
wild deer within a zone established as
herein provided shall forthwith report
the same to the owner or proprietor
of the orchard, and to the county fish
and game warden who shall give such
person a certificate which shall entitle
him to the carcass of the animal so
killed, and such warden shall imme-
diately report the same to the commits
sioner on blanks provided for that pur-
pose.
Sec. :, The state shall not be liable
for damage done by deer to crops, fruit
trees or shrubbery within zone or an
orchard surrounded by a zone estab-
lished under the provisions of this act
and a claim for such damage shall not
be allowed by the commissioner Of fish
and game; provided, however, that the
provisions of section six thousand four
hundred and forty-three of the General
Laws shall not apply to the territory
established under section one of this act.
A person using salt or other means of
calling deer within the limits of said
zone shall be fined fifty dollars.
Sec g. This act shall take effect
from its passage
Approved April 7. 1910,
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 191

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION o717
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATING TO THE LICENSING OF
VICIOUS DOGS.
1t is hereby enacted BY the General
Assembly Of the State Of Vermont:
Section l. Section 6z17 OF the Gen
esal Laws il hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 6717. The owner or keeper of
dog that is vicious or hss done dam
age, who procures a license for the
same shall be fined twenty dollars. The
town clerk shall not license a dog known
to be vicious or to have done damage,
or one against which complaint has been
made to him in writing signed by at
least FIVE citizens Of the state, until so
directed by the selectnen.
Approved February 6, 1919.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1876

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6s37
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATINO TO ASSAULT WITH A
DANGEROUS WEAPON.
It is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly OF the State Of Vermont
Section l. Section o837 of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended 80 as to
read az follows:
Sec. 60H. A person who, armed with
dangerous weapon, assaults another
with intent to kill or murder shall be
imprisoned in the state prison not more
than thirty years.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage
Approved February IS, 1910.
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1913

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 6776
OF THE GENERAL. LAWS, RE
LATINO TO THE ISSUANCE
OF LICENSES FOR CERTAIN
AMUSEMENT PLACES BY
SELECTMEN, TRUSTEES AND
ALDERMEN.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly Of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section o776 of the Cen
eral Laws IS hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 6776. The selcctmcn of town,
trustees Of an incorporated village and
the aldermen of a city shall have
power to grant licenses and fix fee
therefor, for theatres, shows. moving
picture shows, concert halls OF public
dances operated and maintained for
profit and gain, may revoke the same
and may also, after hearing, refuse to
grant such license when, in their
Judgment, che public good requires.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved March 2, 1919
Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-04-23
NO. 1872

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT or
AND IN ADDITION TO GER
TAIN SECTIONS OF THE GEN
ERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
THE LICENSING AND KEEP
ING OF DOGS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Vermont:
Section !; Section CPS Of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 67Is. A person who owns, har-
bors or keeps a dog more than four
weeks old shall annually, on or before
the first day of April, cause it to be
registered, numbered, described and
licensed for one year from such first
day Of April IN the office Of the clerk
of the town wherein such dog is kept,
and shall cause It to wear a collar dis
tinctly marked with the name Of the
owner or keeper, and its registered num-
Der. and shall pay for such license two
dollars tor one male or spayed female
dog and six dollars for one female dog
if such dog was licensed prior to the
first day of April 1919 for dogs that
have not been licensed prior to such
date the fee for such license shall be
FIVE dollars for one male or spayed
female dog and twelve dollars for one
female dog. If a person or member
of his household obtains a license on
additional dogs the fee for such licenses
shall be ten dollars each, and If the
license fee for any dog is not paid as
aforesaid, its owner or keeper may pro-
cure license on or before the fifteenth
day of May by paying a fee fifty per
cent in excess of that otherwise re-
CURED. A person who becomes tha
owner after the first day of April of a
dog four months old which has not been
licensed or person who owns, keeps
or harbors dog which becomes four
months old after the first day of April,
shall within ten days apply for and
obtain license for such dog in the
same manner as the annual license is
obtained provided that if such appliea-
ton is made after the fifteenth day Of
October the fee for such license shall
be half the amount otherwise required.
The owner or keeper Of dogs kept for
breeding purposes may take out an
nually, on or before the first day of
April. a special license for such dogs,
provided he keeps such dogs within a
of dogs SO kept does not exceed ten in
number, the fee shall be thirty dollars
and for each additional dog so kept, an
annual fee Of two dollars. Dogs COW
cred by such special license shall be
exempt from other license fees.
Sec. 2. Section 67ao of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 677o. A license from q town
clerk shall be valid in any part Of the
state, and may be transferred with the
dog licensed, provided such license 10