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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION I1sZ,
OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS, AND
OF Of THE &C GE sSHsi IL LAWS, RE- RE-
LATINO 70 TOWN ACCOUNTS
AND THE DUTIES OF CERTAIN
OFFICERS RELATING THERE
TO.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 1857 of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Sec. 1887. In town districts the
school directors shall be voted for upon
a separate ballot deposited in separate
ballot box.
Sec. 2. Section 3o74 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 1914. The chairman of the board
of said selectmen shall keep a record
of all orders drawn by said board, and
all other persons authorized to draw
orders on the town treasurer shall keep
record of orders drawn by them, show
ing the number, date, to whom payable
for what purpose and the amount of
each such order. They shall submit
such records to the auditors annually
on or before the first day of February.
Sec. g.. Section 1907 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 1907. Said treasurer shall pay
orders drawn on him by persons author
lied by law to draw such orders; and
if he does not pay any such order drawn
t>,, tt,o al
on demand, the holder thereof may re-
cover the amount from the town, with
interest from the time of such demand
in book kept for that purpose, of such
orders not paid on demand
Sec. a. Section 1910 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 4oIo. Town auditors shall, at
least twenty days before each annual
town meeting, examine and adjust the
accounts of town officers, and all per-
sons authorized by law to draw orders
on the town treasurer, including the
account which the treasurer is required
to keep with the collector and said
treasurer's accounts as town school dis
trict treasurer, and shall report such
accounts with list of all orders drawn
by any officer authorized to draw orders
upon the town treasurer, together with
list of orders heretofore drawn and
not paid, designating which are draw
ing interest, the date, number, to whom
payable and the amount of each such
order, and the state of the town and
town school district treasury, to and
including the thirty-hrst day of January
next preceding, and the amount of any
special funds in the hands of the tow
treasurer, to the voters~at least ten days
before such annual town meeting to-
gether with a statement showing the
financial condition of such town and such
town school district
Approved April 3, 1910
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NO M

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 4o2I
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATINO TO SOLDIERS MONU-
MENTS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section L. Section 4o2I of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 1927. A town may instruct the
selectmen to erect a building, monu-
ment or monuments to the memory Of
citizens of such town who were in the
military or naval service during any
wars in which the United States has
been engaged and may appropriate suffi-
cient money for that purpose, and may
issue its notes or bonds extending over
period which shall not exceed five
years to cover the expense of the same,
and may also instruct the selectmen to
have inscribed upon such monuments
or upon or within such buildings the
names of such persons credited to such
town by the state, or federal authorities,
who entered the service of the United
States during such wars and died while
in such service or were honorably dis
charged.
Approved April 3, 1910.
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NO. 112

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 454o
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATINO TO THE PAYMENT OF
STATE AID FOR THE CON-
STRUCTION OF BRIDGES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont.
Section I. Section 454o of the Cen
cral Laws is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Sec. 454o If the selectmen of a
town build or rebuild a bridge on
state road of span not less than four
soner for aid. Said commissioner may
upon his approval of the building or re-
building Of such bridge and upon the
receipt of sworn statement from the
selectmen, on such forms as said COM
cost of building or rebuilding such
bridge, and such other facts as he may
require, issue certificate in favor Of
built or rebuilt for such a sum as he
deems just, but such aid shall not, how,
ever, exceed thirty three and a third
rebuilding of such bridge, nor shall it
one bridge. In all cases where the
traffic demands it, said commissioner
may require that bridges DE constructed
to bear load of not less than fifteen
tons, and to be not less than twenty
feet in width, but, in case the circum-
stances warrant, these requirements
may be varied as MAY be agreed upon
between said commissioner and select
men.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved March 26, 1910
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NO. 1O4

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
4oSI AND 4oS5 OF THE GEN
ERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
THE ISSUANCE OF MUNICIPAL
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I: Section 4oSI of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
lread as follows:
Sec. 4oSI. All bonds issued under
ton of not less than one hundred dol
and shall draw interest at a rate not
to exceed five per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually; such bonds shall be
payable serially, the first payment to be
deferred not later than from one to five
years after the issuance of the bonds
and subsequent payments to be con-
tinued annually in substantially equal
amounts SO that the entire debt will be
paid in not more than twenty years from
the date of issue.
Sec 2. Section 4o85 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec 4o85. The bonds issued under
this chapter shall be sold to the highest
bidder after being advertised once a
week for three consecutive weeks on
the same day of the week in a news
paper published in such municipal cor
poration, or if newspaper is not pub
lished in such municipal corporation
then publication shall be made in some
newspaper having general circulation in
such municipal corporation; the last
| publication to be not more than ten
days, nor less than three days before
the date of sale of the bonds. If the
issue of bonds is to exceed the sum OF
twenty-five thousand dollars, one pub
LEGATION of such notice shall also be
made in some newspaper published III
this state having general circulation in
the state, and in some financial paper
published in Boston, Massachusetts, or
New York, New York; such publica-
ton to be made not more than iifteer
days nor less than five days before the
date of the sale of the bonds. The ad
vertisement shall state the amount anc
denomination of the bonds, date of ma
turity, rate of interest, and the time
and place where the bonds are to be
sold The legislative branch of any mu
nicipal corporation may reject any anc
all bids and in case all bids are SO re-
jected they may advertise and call fol
new bids in the manner hereinbefor'
provided.
Approved March 2, 1919,
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nance. Said seectmcn shall draw
their orders for the amount thus
apportioncd on the approval of said
state highway commissioner Town road
commissioners shall, subject to the ap-
proval of the selectmen, have the same
powers that selectmen have under the
provisions of this section respecting the
designation of state roads to be
patrolled, the apportionment of money
for the same and the drawing of orders
for the amount thus apportioned. The
provisions of this section relating to the
maintenance of state roads by patrol
men shall extend to roads in incorpo-
rated villages constituted as highway
districts and the trustees thereof shall
have the same powers and duties relat-
ing thereto as the selectmen have in
towns.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved March 28, 1919
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NO. 80

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1000
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE
LATINO TO SETTLEMENTS BY
TAX COLLECTORS, CHANGING
THE DATE FOR MAKING SUCH
SETTLEMENTS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section l. Section 4ooo of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 4ooo Said collector shall an
nually, on or before the first day of
February, pay over all moneys collected
by him to the treasures to which they
belong, and settle his account with the
treasurers, and, if he refuses or neglects
so to do, he shall be ineligible to re-
election for the ensuing year.
Approved February 6, 1910.
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NO. 119

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
$3.50, 1857 AND 46oI OF THE GEN
ERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
TEMPORARY NUMBER PLATES
FOR AUTOMOBILES AND THE
LICENSING OF CHAUFFEURS
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section l.. Section $3.50 of the Gen.
eral Laws is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows
Sec. $3.50. Said secretary shall, at the
time of the issuance of certificate to
manufacturer or dealer, as provided in
the second preceding section, furnish
said manufacturer or dealer with suffi-
cient number of temporary number plates
IN general design the same as the num-
Der plates furnished individual owners.
but such plates may be of such material
and color as said secretary may deter
mine A dealer may, upon the sale or
exchange of an automobile or moto"
vehicle, attach to such automobile or
motor vehicle set of temporary num-
Der plates, and the purchaser of such
automobile or motor vehicle may operate
such automobile or motor vehicle for a
period not to exceed five consecutive
days in the calendar year of such pur-
chase, without payment of any registra-
ton fee, provided that person shall
not operate such an automobile or motor
vehicle without having an operators or
special or professional chauffeur's
license in force, as required by this
chapter and provided that such tenn
porary plates shall be attached to such
automobile or motor vehicle in the man
ner prescribed by section four thou
sand seven hundred and seven A manu-
facturer or dealer shall, upon attaching
set of temporary number plates to an
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property or income out of which con-
tribution is made towards srch support,
shall allow therefor such sum less than
the amount per wccl; SO fixed by said
board as is necessary.
Sec. 2. From and after the first day
of July, 1913, payment shall be made at
the rate provided in the preceding sec
ton for the care of each patient for
whom the state is liable under the pro-
visions of section 4281 of the General
Laws.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
from its passage
Approved April d, 1910.
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"A town treasurer;
One auditor for the term of three

"A town treasurer;
One auditor for the term of three
years;
One or more grand Jurors;
A first constable, and if necessary, a
second constable:
An agent to prosecute and defend
suits in which the town or town school
district is interested; provided, how
ever, a town school district may, if APP
propriate articles are contained in the
warning, vote to and elect an agent to
prosecute and defend suits in which such
district is interested;
And may elect tree warden.
When election is by ballot majority
of all votes cast for any such office
shall be required for an election there
to, unless otherwise specifically provided
in this chapter, or in section two hun
dred thirty two.
Each town shall have three select
men and three listers. At each annual
meeting one sclcctman and one lister
shall be elected and the term of Office
of each shall be three years, but in towns
so voting one or two additional listers
or one or two additional selectmen may
be elected for term of one year each
A town shall, at each annual meeting
vote whether or not the SeleCtmcn snail
be empowered and authorized to ap-
point one or two road commissioners
the number to be determined by the
town, and an article enabling town
so to empower and authorize the select
men shall be inserted in the warning for
such meeting If the town votes SO to
authorize and empower the selectmen,
said selectmcn shall forthwith appoint
one or two road commissioners, accord
ing to the instructions of the town; but
a citizen, if a resident of an incorpo-
rated village within such town, shall not
vote in town meeting on the question
whether the road commissioners shall
be appointed by the seectmen, unless
at least fifteen per cent of the last high
way tax of such incorporated village has
been paid to the town treasurer to be
expended upon the highways of the town
outside of such Incorporated village
Said road commissioners so appointed
shall serve until the next annual meet
ing, and until their successors are elected,
or appointed and qualified. A road
commissioner may, after hearing, be re-
moved from office by the selectmen for
cause.
Approved April 4, 1910.
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NO. SO

AN ACT RELATING TO VOTING
IN TOWN MEETING BY PER-
SONS IN THE MILITARY OR
NAVAL SERVICE OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. A person, otherwise prop
erly qualified, who was in the military
service of the United States in the war
with Germany or her allies, may vote
at the annual town meeting in the town
OF his residence in the year 1919 even
though his list, including poll, was not
taken at the annual assessment preced-
ing such meeting.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved February 26, 1919.
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NO. ia

AN ACT EMPOWERING TOWNS
TO VOTE A PART OF THE AN
NUAL HIGHWAY TAX FOR THE
MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN
ROADS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section /. AT any annual meeting a
town may vote any part of its highway
tax to be used for the maintenance of
such roads in said town as are not desg-
mated by the state highway commissioner
for improvement in accordance with
sections four thousand five hundred and
eighty-six and four thousand six hun
dred and one of the General Laws.
Sec. 2. At such annual meeting such
town may elect one or more patrolmen
to patrol said roads, under the direction
of the selectmen
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April 3, 1910
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NO. ZIG

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 46oI
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATINO TO THE DESIGNATION
BY THE STATE HIGHWAY
COMMISSIONER OF ROADS TO
BE IMPROVED UNDER THE
FEDERAL AID ROAD ACT,
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section l. Section 46oI of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 46oI. The state highway COM
missioner for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this chapter is
hereby authorized to designate the roads
to be improved, constructed or recon-
structed under the provisions of this
chapter. Subject to the limitations of
the federal aid road act, and the rules
and regulations of the secretary of
agriculture pertaining thereto, said COM
missioner is further authorized to con-
tract in the name of the state for the
or reconstruction of any
road, and the building of any bridge
under this chapter, and the location of
the work, the kind of construction, and
whether the same shall be by force
account or by contract, shall be approved
by the governor and the state engineer !;
and if by contract, the contract shall
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with Germany may be abated by said
board The abatement of such taxes
heretofore made is hereby declared legal
and valid Persons who were i'll the
military or naval service of the United
States, whose taxes have been abated or
shall be abatcd for the years nineteen
hundred and seventeen, nineteen hun
drcd and eighteen or nineteen hundred
and nineteen, if otherwise qualified,
shall be legal voters in the annual town
meeting.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved February ~, 1919.
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MAINTAIN A WOOD, COAL AND
FUEL YARD

1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Vermont:
Section l. A town, city or incor-
porated village may establish and main
tain wood, coal and fuel yard for
the purpose of selling, at cost, fuel to
its inhabitants; and may establish and
maintain an ice plant for the purpose
of manufacturing, cutting and storing
ice to sell to its inhabitants at cost.
Sec. q. Such town, city or incor
porated village may acquire and hold for
the purposes aforesaid, real and per-
sonal estate to the extent reasonably
necessary to operate, equip and maintain
the business covered by the preceding
section.
Sec. 8. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved March 26, 1919.
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the Vermont state hospital for the in
sane, when ordered committed by a jus
tees, municipal, city or county court
or when all inebriatc or dipsomaniac or
person who has lost the power of self
control is ordered committed by the
probate court, shall be made by the
sheriff of the county in which such court
is located.
Sec. 2. The sheriff of each county
shall on the first day of each month,
upon blank forms furnished him for that
purpose, report to the governor the num-
Der, description, term, employment and
condition of all Jail prisoners in his Gus
.ody
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April q, 1910
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NO. 113

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE EX-
PENDITURE OF CERTAIN SUMS
OF MONEY BY THE STATE
HIGHWAY COMMISSIONER, AN
NUALLY, FOR THE PERMA-
NENT IMPROVEMENT OF SAND
BAR BRIDGE.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. The state highway COM
missioner is hereby authorized to ex-
pend not to exceed fifteen thousand dol
lars annually, out of the highway main
tenance fund, for the next five years, in
regarding, widening and permanent i'm
provement of the Sand Bar Bridge and
its approaches, connecting the towns of
South Hero in Grand Isle county and
Milton in Chittenden county.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April 3, 1919.
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NO. III

AN ACI 10 AMEND SECTION ASIA
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE
LATING TO THE MAINTE-
NANCE OF STATE ROADS BY
THE PATROL SYSTEM.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section l. Section 4544 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended SO as to
read as follows:
Sec. asa. Said selectmen shall, as
in their judgment seems best divide
between such districts the moneys re-
ceived from the town highway tax and
the use of the town road making tools
and machinery provided, however, that
the selectmen of town, whether it has
one or two road commissioners, NAV.
with the approval of the state highway
commissioner, designate part or all of
its state roads to be maintained for a
term not exceeding three years by
patrolmen employed by said state high
way commissioner, and said selectmen
shall for that purpose apportion an
equitable part of the total highway tax
of such town to be expended together
with the money furnished by the state
on such state roads in conformity with
such rules and regulations as may be
made by said state highway commits
sioner governing such plan of mainte-
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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
1924 AND 4o35 OF THE GEN
ERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
APPROPRIATIONS BY TOWNS
FOR FREE HOSPITAL BEDS.

FOR FREE HOSPITAL BEDS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 4o34 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 4o34. A town may. at any legal
meeting of the voters thereof, when
an article for such purpose has been
duly inserted in the warning for such
meeting, appropriate such sums of
money as it deems necessary for the
support of any nonsectarian hospital
which is Incorporated.
Sec. e. Section 4o35 of the General
Laws is hereby amended SO as to read
as follows:
Sec. 4o35. A town, at a meeting duly
warned for that purpose, may appro-
pirate such sum of money, not exceed
ing seven hundred dollars, for a free
hospital bed or beds for period of not
less than one year and may appropriate
such sum of money, not exceeding five
thousand dollars, for the permanent
endowment of free hospital bed or
beds, as such town or city deems advis-
able, for the use of the inhabitants of
such town or city as are entitled to re-
ceive assistance by reason of their in
digent circumstances.
Approved February 10, 1910.
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NO. 1O8

AN ACT IN AMENDMENT OF
AND IN ADDITION TO SECTION
42S2 OF THE GENERAL LAWS,
RELATING TO THE SUPPORT
OF STATE PATIENTS At THE
BRATTLEBORO RETREAT
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I: Section 42S2 of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec, 4282. Upon receipt and exami-
nation OF such statement, the auditor
of accounts shall draw an order, payable
from the moneys annually available Tor
the purposes of this section, in payment
OF the same, at such rate per week as
shall be fixed by the board of control
TOR the number of weeks each patient
is wholly supported therein at the ex-
pense OF the state, and if patient mas
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NO. 95

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION soI6
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE
LATINO TO QUALIFICATIONS
OF VOTERS IN TOWN MEET
ING, PROVIDING THAT WOMEN
VOTERS SHALL TAKE THE
FREEMAN'S OATH AND PAY A
POLL TAX, AND ALSO TO
AMEND SECTION 67z OF THE
GENERAL LAWS, RELATING
TO THE LISTING OF POLLS.
It is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 1916 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 1916. A male or female citizen,
twenty-one years of age, who has taken
the freeman's oath and whose list, in
GLIDING poll, is taken in town at the
annual assessment preceding a town
meeting, and whose tax or taxes due
such town were paid prior to the
fifteenth day of February preceding such
town meeting, or who has attained the
age of twenty-one years subsequent to
the last annual assessment, or who is
exempt from taxation for any cause,
shall, while residing in such town, be
voter in town meeting; but such male
citizen or female citizen, if resident
of an incorporated village, within such
town, shall not vote in town meeting
for town road commissioner unless at
least fifteen per cent of the last highway
tax of such incorporated village has
been paid to the town treasurer to be
expended upon the highways ofthe town
outside of such incorporated village.
Sec. e. Section 677 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as-to read
as follows:
Sec. 677. Except as provided in sec
ton six hundred and eigfty>three, list
ers shall set the polls of all male in
habitants of the state, and such females
as file written request with the listers
before the date of expiration for filing
tax inventories with the listers, citizens
and aliens, over twcnty-one and under
seventy years of age, in the grand list
of the town wherein such male and
female inhabitants reside on the frs,
day of April in each year, at two dollars
each.
Sec 3. This act shall take effec,
April I, 1910.
Approved March II, 1910.