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NO. 2O1
AN ACT RELATING TO TRANS
FERS OF INMATES BETWEEN
CERTAIN STATE 1NST1TU
TIONS

AN ACT RELATING 10 TRANS
FERS OF INMATES BETWEEN
CERTAIN STATE 1NST1TU-
T1ONS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section 1. The superintendent of the
industrial school and the superintendent
of the state school for feeble-minded
children may, when in their judgment
an inmate of their respective institutions
requires treatment at the state hospital
for the insane, make application to the
state board of supervisors OF the insane
for an examination of such person.
Such board shall thcreupon examine,
such person, and if in the judgment OF
such board such inmate should be trans
ferred to said state hospital, they shall
SO notify the governor III writing. Inc
governor may upon receipt of such no
tice order such person to be transferred
to the state hospital to be there cared
for until discharged according to. law
Sec q The superintendent OF the
state hospital for the insane, when ir
his judgment an inmate of the state
hospital can be better cared for at the
state school for feeble minded children
may in like manner make application to
the state board of supervisors OF the
insane for an examination of such per
son, and if in the judgment of said boarc
such person should be transferred t.
the state school for predetermined chill
dren, it shall so notify the governor il
writing The governor may upon re
ceipt of such notice order such person
to be transferred to the state school TO
| feeble minded children
Sec 3. This act shall take effec
from its passage.
Approved March H. 1910.
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7232 and 1888 Of the General Laws are
hereby repealed.
Sec. ID. When an agreement between
the board of control and said commits
sioners respecting the adjustment of the
respective rights of the state and said
county in the house of correction shall
have been consummated and the condi-
tons thereof performed, said board and
said commissioners shall so notify the
governor and the governor shall issue a
proclamation to that effect
Sec. IS. Sections I, 2, IA, and IS oil
this act shall take effect from theft
passage and the remainder of the act
shall take effect when the governor
shall have issued proclamation as
provided in the preceding section.
Approved April 7, 1910.
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NO. 218

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7457
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATINO TO FEES OF KEEPERS
OF JAILS; INCREASING FEE
FOR BOARD AND WASHING
FOR STATE PRISONERS, STATE
OR TOWN PAUPERS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section 1. Section 7457 of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 7457. The fees of the keepers
of jails shall be as follows:
For the commitment of each prisoner
to be paid by the committing officer
thirty-four cents;
For the discharge of each prisoner
twenty-five cents; but such fees shall not
be paid if the prisoner is committed only
for safe-keeping or to await trial; each
bailpiece, to be paid by the bail, twenty
five cents;
For board and washing for state
prisoners, state or town paupers, seventy
five cents for each twenty-four hours.
Sec 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved February 2o, 1910.
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NO. 22O

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS
Z48o, 748I, AND 1888 AND TO RE
PEAL SECTION 748e OF THE
GENERAL LAWS, RELATING TO
THE OFFICE OF STATE PUR-
CHASING AGENT.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section I. Section 748o of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. $780, When any of the institu-
tons hereinbefore named are in need of
materials or supplies, requisition there
for shall be made on said purchasing
agent by the managing Office or board
of such institution, and said purchasing
agent shall supply them; and when the
amount to be purchased at any time
exceeds an expenditure Of FIVE hundred
dollars, said purchasing agent shall in
the manner prescribed by the board OF
control advertise for sealed proposals
to furnish such materials or supplies
by notice in two or more daily papers
published in the state. Such notice
shall be published at least five days
successfully, the last publication to be
at least five days before the date on
which such bids are to be opened. Bids
received shall be opened by said pur-
chasing agent and the contract for such
materials or supplies awarded to the bid
der whose bid in the judgment of the
board of control is for the best inter
ests of the state. They may reject any
and all bids and direct the purchasing
agent to readvertise, if in their judg-
ment it is for the interest of the state
so to do. All bids shall, within twenty
days after they are opened, be for.
warded to the auditor of accounts ant
shall be kept on file in his Office oper
to public inspection. In case salts
factory bid is not received and in an,
case where the interests of the stat,
demand, said purchasing agent may pro
cure such materials and supplies with
out bids in such other manner as tn,
board of control may approve In writ
ing.
Sec, 2, Section 1881 of ths Genera
Laws is hereby amended 50 a. to reat
as follows:
Sec. 1881. Bills for materials or sup
plies ordered on account of contracts
made by said purchasing agent, shall a
once be forwarded to the board OF con
troll, who shall on approval forward tn
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NO. 2O3
AN ACT RELATING TO CONDl
TIONAL PARDONS.

iiCANEhi< 4hiNDC-NO'
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section l. The governor may, in his
discretion, grant pardon for offences
against the state upon such conditions
as he judges proper Until a person to
whom such conditional pardon is
granted is excused from the performance
of the conditions thereof, the governor
shall have all the authority, rights and
powers over and in relation to such
person which he would have if he were
surety in the case upon the recognizance
of such person before conviction, ano
he shall be the sole and exclusive judge
as to whether the conditions of sucf
pardon have been violated. If, in the
judgment of the governor, such condi
tons have been violated, he may cause
such person to be apprehended and re
turned to his former condition OF Gus
tody that execution of sentence may b'
complied with.
Sec. 2. This act shall be construed
to be a part of chapter three hundred
and seventeen of the General Laws.
Sec. g. This act shall take effec
from its passage
Approved April 7, 1910.
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NO. 215

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION z42o
OF THE GENERAL LAWS. RE-
LATING TO FEE UPON DISTRI-
BUTTON OF ESTATES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section 7. The twenty-third para.
graph of section 742o of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
For the distribution or division OF
each estate by decree of court, two dol
lars; by committee appointed by the
court, three dollars. If the residue OF
the estate amounts to ten thousand dol
lars in value, ten dollars in addition
shall be paid; if such residue of the
estate exceeds ten thousand dollars If
value, twenty dollars shall be paid fol
each additional two thousand dollars OF
larger fraction thereof in value of sucf
residue of the estate.
Sec g. This act shall take effec
from its passage.
Approved February 81, 1910.
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NO. POI

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE COM
MITMENT OF DEPENDENT
CHILDREN TO THE VERMONT
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section L. A dependent child shall
not be committed to the Vermont indus
trial school at Vergennes, except with
the approval of the board of charities
and probation. 1t shall be the duty of
the board of charities and probation
whenever possible to place out the de-
pendent children of the state in institu-
tons or homes where the aforesaid de-
pendent children shall be brought up in
the religion of their parents, or in case
the parents are of different religious
faiths but have agreed on bringing up
their children in any particular faith
the board shall abide by that agree
ment
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April 7. 1910.
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NO. PIG

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7442
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, IN
CREASING FEES OF WIT
NESSES IN COUNTY AND MU-
NICIPAL COURTS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section 1. Section 7442 of the Gem
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 7442 There shall be allowed to
witnesses the following fees: for travel
in the state, six cents a mile each way
for attendance, two dollars and fifty
cents day, except for attendance be-
fore a justice, municipal or city court
or court of jail delivery, or to give a
deposition before justice, master in
chaneery or notary public, when the fee
shall be one dollar and fifty cents q
day.
Approved February 10, 1919.
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II ;s hereby enacted by the General

1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section l. Section 7343 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows.
Sec. 7343 The annual salary of the
auditor of accounts shall be thirty-fvc
hundred dollars. Said auditor, his
deputy, chief accountant, clerks and
stenographer shall be paid their ncces-
sary expenses when away from home on
official business. The combined salaries
of the deputy auditor, chief accountant
clerks and stenographer shall not ex-
coed ffty-fve hundred dollars annually
Each of the persons specified in this
section shall devote his entire time tc
the work of the auditor of accounts
Office
Approved April 7, 1910.
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NO. POP

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7164
OF THE GENERAL. LAWS, RE
STATE INSTITUTIONS, AND
TO PROVIDE FOR THE PUR-
CHASE OF SUPPLIES FOR THE
SOLDIERS HOME.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 7I64 of the Gen.
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows
Sec. 7Io4. The board of control shall
annually, and as often as it deems proper,
visit the state prison, house of correc-
ton, Vermont industrial school, Yer
mont state hospital for the insane,
Brattleboro retreat, Vermont state
school for feeble-minded children, the
soldiers home, and any private retreat
or hospital for the insane within the
state, and the Austine institution,
examine into the regulations and gen.
eral management of each institution,
see that the purpose and design thereof
is carried into effect, examine the con-
dtion and treatment of prisoners and
patients confined therein, inquire into all
alleged abuses or neglect of duty, hear
the grievances of prisoners, patients and
inmates apart from officers and keepers
thereof, and investigate or cause to be
| investigated such cases as, in its judg-
ment, require special investigation, and
suggest to and advise the director of
state institutions or the trustees or per-
sons in charge of or in such institution
as to such changes and alterations in
the management thereof as it deems
proper. The governor may, in his dis
cretion, appoint woman, citizen of
this state, to act with said board when
performing its duties under this section.
The duties of such woman shall be to
examine only into the regulations and
management of each institution so far
as relates to the female persons there
in confined Said board shall make a
biennial report to the general assembly
of its doings and include therein the
names and ages of children received by
the Austine institution under the pro-
visions of chapter seventy-thre a state
ment of the condition and progress OF
such children and such recommendations
in regard to the management OF such in
stitution as said board deems proper.
Sec. e. The soldiers home may re-
quest that the purchasing agent purchase
its supplies or any part thereof and Il
such request is made the purchasing
agent shall, with the approval of the
, board of control, make such purchases
Approved March Is, 1919.
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NO. PA

AN ;, A &c ,,, AUTHORIZING THOR; Il e. THE III
PEND A PORTION OF THE
MONEY AXAILABLE FOR THE
USE OF HIS DEPARTMENT IN
DEFRAYING EXPENSES OF
FORMER VERMONT MEMBERS
OF THE 10TH DIVISION IN
ORDER THAT THEY MAY PAR
TICIPATE IN THE PARADE OF
SUCH DIVISION IN BOSTON.
MASSACHUSETTS.
1t Is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section I. That the Adjutant General
may, in his discretion, use sum not TO
exceed one thousand dollars out of the
appropriation for the military depart
ment, to provide the transportation to
Boston and return of such Vermont SOL
diers, formerly members of the Goth
Division, who were honorably dis
charged therefrom prior to April S.
1919, and who are unable to pay such
transportation themselves, to the end
that they may participate in the parade
of the Goth Division to be held in Bos'
ton, Massachusetts,.
Approved April 8, 1919.
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NO. PIT

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION z447
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, IN
CREASING THE FEES OF
GRAND AND PETIT JURORS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section 1. Section 7447 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 7447 There shall be allowed to
grand and petit jurors in the county
court the following fees:
For travel, eight cents mile;
For attendance, three dollars a day
For each talesman, three dollars a
day;
When in the trial of criminal cause
in a county, municipal or city court a
petit jury is kept together by order Of
the court, the necessary expenses of the
board and lodging of such jury, while
so kept together during the trial of such
cause, and the board of the officer hav-
ing said jury in charge, shall be borne
by the state.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage
Approved February Fl, 1910.
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same to the auditor of accounts who
shall draw orders therefor in favor OF
the persons rendering such bills. :.
Sec. 3. Section 7483 of the Genera!
Laws Is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
Sec. 7483. Blanks for all contracts
and proposals shall be of uniform size
and style and shall be furnished by said
purchasing agent at the expense of the
state and all contracts let by said pur-
chasing agent shall be in such form as
the board of control may direct. All
contracts made by said purchasing
agent shall be made in duplicate, ap
proved by the board of control and one
copy shall forthwith be forwarded to the
auditor of accounts.
Sec. d. Section 7482 of the General
Laws is hereby repealed.
Approved March 26, 1919.
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NO. 2O8

AN ACT TO REGULATE THE I'M
PORTATION OF DEPENDENT
CHILDREN INTO THE STATE,
AND IN AMENDMENT OF AND
80 OF THE cENERAL LAWS,
RELATING TO DEPENDENT,
NEGLECTED. AND DELIN-
QUENT CHILDREN.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section 1. A dependent child shall
not be received into home or institu
ton within this state, without first
obtaining the approval of the board of
charities and probation and certif-
cate therefor in accordance with the
provisions of this act. The board may
issue such a certificate under such regu-
lations as it may prescribe, providing
the person to whom it is issued gives
to the board a sufficient guaranty, by
furnishing a bond or otherwise, that
such child has not contagious or in
durable disease, is not feeble-minded
and will not become public charge.
Sec. 2. Section 1888 of the General
Laws is hereby amended so as to read
as follows:
OcC. 1855. n JuVCilHS court OF the
board of charities and probation may
at any time require from a private in
stitution, association or person receiv-
ing or desiring to receive children under
the provisions of this chapter, such re-
ports, information and statements as
the court or board deems proper and
necessary for its action, and may visit
and inspect such institution. association
or the home of such person at such
times as it deems proper
Sec. 3. A person shall not receive a
dependent child under the age of two
years to board or care for and shall no,
engage in the business of placing chill.
dren in homes, unless he has obtained
a license so to do from the state boarc
of charities and probation. The boart
may grant such license and may make
reasonable regulations relating to thu
conduct of business hereunder so fal
as concerns the health of the children
and the sanitary and moral conditions
surrounding them. The board may a
any time visit premises where de
pendent child or children are cared fo
and may require such reports from
licensees relating to their business as !
deems proper
Sec. 4. A person who violates pro
vision of this act shall be fined no
more than five hundred dollars.
Sec. S, This act shall take effec
from its passage.
| Approved February Fl, 1910.
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NO. 225

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THH
AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS TO
CONVEY CERTAIN LAND
OWNED BY THE STATE WITH
IN THE TOWN OF WATER
BURY.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section l. The auditor of accounts
shall, as agent of the state, with the
approval Of the board of control sell
and convey any of the real estate now
used as meadow land owned by the
state in the town of Waterbury. situ-
ated casterly of the Central Vermont
freight depot and the plant Of the
Union Granite Company, and being the
piece situated on the fat easteriy OF the
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AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1901
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE.
LATINO TO THE PRINTING OF
THE LEGISLATIVE JOURNALS.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section I. Section 1897 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 1871. All annual and biennial
reports and all reports made in an even
year, required by law to be printed,
shall, except as otherwise provided, be
furnished to the contracting printers not
later than the twentieth day of Septem
Der; and the same shall be printed, COM
pleted and delivered not later than the
tenth day of December thereafter. The
secretary of the senate and clerk of the
house of representatives shall, within
sixty days after the close of each session
of the general assembly, furnish cer-
tilted copy of the original journals of
their respective houses to the printer
designated by the purchasing agent, and
shall within thirty days after the receipt
from the printer of the last PACED copy
compile a proper index Of the journals
of their respective houses and furnish
the same to the printer, and shall super
intend the publication of their respec
tive journals Immediately after the
journals of the respective houses are
printed and published, said secretary
and clerk shall deposit the original jour
nails of their respective houses in the
office of the secretary of state, which
shall there be kept and shall not be
taken therefrom unless by authority of
law. The secretary of state shall imme
diately, after the close of each session
of the general assembly, furnish the
printer designated by said purchasing
agent copy of the acts and resolves
of such session, duly certified by him,
as secretary of state. The acts and re-
solves of the biennial session of the gen
eral assembly shall be distributed SO
far as practicable by the tenth day Of
June next following such session.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April 4, 1910.
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NO. 2O4
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1900
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATING TO PROBATION.

AN All IL AMEND SEC lON Z<y9
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
LATING TO PROBATION,
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont
Section l. Section 1899 of the Cen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 1900. Said state probation Off
Ger, when directed SO to do by any
court in the state, before which a per
son is being prosecuted for a crime,
shall inquire into the circumstances of
the particular case, and the character
and previous record of the accused, and
may recommend that such person, il
convicted, be placed on probation. Such
court shall pass sentence on the accused,
if he is convicted, and may then suspend
all or part of such sentence, and place
the person so convicted and sentenced
in the care and custody of the state
probation officer upon such conditions
and for such time as it may prescribe
or until further order of court.
!. Approved April 4, 1919.
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two dollars a day; and for each deputy
sheriff, not to exceed three unless the
grand jury is in session, and for such
time not to exceed four unless ordered
by the court, when actually in attend
ance on court, four dollars day, such
per diem to be paid to the deputy noti-
fed to and actually attending such
court.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved April g. 1919
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NO. PIP

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 74o3
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE
LATINO TO SALARIES OF
COUNTY CLERKS, INCREASING
THE SALARY OF THE COUNTY
CLERK OF CHITTENDEN, OR
LEANS AND WINDHAM COUN-
TIES.
1t is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State Of Vermont:
Section I. Section 74o3 of the Cen
eral Laws Is hereby amended so as to
read as follows:
Sec. 74o3. The annual salaries of the
county clerks in the respective counties
and which shall be in lieu of all fees
or other compensation, except fees for
copies, shall be as follows
Addison county, fifteen hundred dol
lars.
Bennington county, fifteen hundred
dollars.
Caledonia county, two thousand dol.
lars.
Clittenden county, twenty-five hun.
dred dollars.
Essex county, seven hundred dollars
| Franklin county, two thousand dol
lars.
Grand Isle county, four hundred dol
lars.
Lamoille county, twelve hundred dol
lars
Orange county, fifteen hundred dol
lars.
Orleans county, seventeen hundred
dollars.
Rutland county, twenty-five hundred
dollars.
Washington county, twenty-five hun
dred dollars.
Windham county, eighteen hundred
dollars.
Windsor county, twenty-four hundred
dollars.
The clerk of the county in which tn
general terms of the supreme court ar
held shall receive five hundred dollar
in addition to the foregoing salary.
Sec. T. This act shall take effec
from its passage.
Approved April 8, 1910.
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NO. PA
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION "A

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 74Ia
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE-
IATING TO THE FEES OF
DEPUTY SHERIFFS FOR AT
TENDING COURT,
II is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of Vermont:
Section /. Section 74I2 of the Gen
eral Laws is hereby amended so as to
read as follows.
Sec 74Ia. A sheriff shall be allowed
in his account the following items
CLERGYMAN for opening each term OF
court three dollars; the amount actually
synended for cleaning the courthouse
,,niess the state pays proportion OF
the ianitor services; janitor, who shall
not Be a deputy in attendance on court
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NO. 2O9

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 743
OF THE GENERAL LAWS, RE.
LATING TO THE SALARY OF
THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS.