nals, unless such person shall procure an official certificate from the officer whose duty it is by law to procure such printing, certifying that such printing has been executed in such a style, and completed within such a time, as is fully satisfactory to such officer so certifying. (No. 59 of 1850.)

SECT. 7. The auditor of accounts, in allowing the account of any person for printing the said laws and journals, shall deduct five per cent. of the whole amount of the contract, for each week that the work shall be delayed of completion or delivery, beyond the time specified in the contract. (Sec. 6 of R. S.)

SECT. 8. Distribution of the laws and journals, published as provided in this chapter, shall be made to the persons, entitled to receive them, by the sheriffs of the several counties immediately on receiving such laws and journals. (Sec. 7 of R. S.)

SECT. 9. The acts and laws of each session of the general assembly shall be distributed as follows:

To the secretary of state, one hundred copies.

To the librarian for the state library, thirty copies.

To each county clerk, three copies.

To each of the following public officers and institutions, one copy, namely:

The governor.

The lieutenant governor.

The treasurer.

The secretary of civil and military affairs.

The auditor of accounts.

The auditor in the treasury.

The superintendent of the state prison.

The adjutant and inspector general.

The secretary and assistant secretary of the senate.

The clerk, assistant clerk, and engrossing clerk, of the house of representatives.

The district judge, attorney, marshal and clerk.

Each judge of the supreme and county courts.
Each judge and register of probate.

Each sheriff, high bailiff, and state's attorney.

Each senator and representative in congress.

Each town clerk and the first constable of each town.

Each justice of the peace.

Each senator and representative in the general assembly, not otherwise entitled to a copy.

The University of Vermont.

Middlebury College.

Norwich University.

The Vermont Historical and Antiquarian Society. (Sec. 8 of R. S.)

SECT. 10. In addition to the distribution of the acts and laws of each session of the general assembly, provided for in the eighth section of chapter five of the Revised Statutes, (§ 9 of this chap.) there shall be allowed and furnished to each organized town in this state, one copy of said acts and laws for each two hundred inhabitants, and one copy for each school district in such town; to

be distributed within such town, under the direction of the representative from such town in the general assembly; or in case there be no such representative, under the direction of the town clerk of such town. (No. 57 of 1850.)

SECT. 11. The secretary of state shall distribute the copies of the acts and laws delivered to him as follows: to the president of the United States, one copy; to the department of state, one copy; to the library of congress, three copies; to the secretary of each state in the union, three copies; and the residue shall be deposited in his office. (Sec. 9 of R. S.)

SECT. 12. The journals of the senate and house of representatives shall be distributed as follows:

To the librarian, for the state library, thirty copies.

To the secretary of state, five copies.

To the secretary of the senate, two copies.

To the clerk of the house of representatives, two copies.

To each of the following public officers and institutions, one copy, viz.:

The governor.

The lieutenant governor.

The treasurer.

The secretary of civil and military affairs.

The auditor of accounts.

The auditor in the treasury.

Each judge of the supreme court.

Each senator and representative in congress.

Each senator and representative in the general assembly.

Each county clerk.

Each town clerk.

The University of Vermont.

Middlebury College.

Norwich University.

The Vermont Historical and Antiquarian Society. (Sec. 10 of R. S.)

SECT. 13. The secretary of state shall annually cause to be transmitted to the president of the New York Historical Society, for the use of said society, a copy of the laws and resolves of the general assembly for the session, together with a copy of the journal of each house, and a copy of each of such other public documents as may be printed by order of the general assembly.* (No. 82 of 1841.)

SECT. 14. The secretary of state, at the close of each session of the general assembly, shall designate for publication in the newspapers, all the public acts of such session, which shall be of general interest. (Sec. 11 of R. S.)

SECT. 15. Publishers of newspapers in this state, who shall insert and publish in their respective papers, all the acts designated by the secretary of state, as provided in the preceding section, shall be allowed fifteen dollars for such entire publication. (Sec. 12 of R. S.) SECT. 16. The auditor of accounts, on receiving satisfactory

*By a joint resolution (see Laws of 1846 p. 46) the secretary of state is directed to deliver to each ex-judge of the supreme court a copy of the journals and of the acts of each session of the legislature.

evidence of the publication of such laws in any such paper, shall draw an order on the treasury, in favor of the publisher of such paper, for the sum mentioned in the preceding section. (Sec. 13 of R. S.)

TITLE III.

THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC PROPERTY.

CHAPTER 6. The seat of government and public buildings.
CHAPTER 7. The state library.

SECTION

CHAPTER 6.

THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

BEING IDENTICAL WITH

Chap. 6 of the Revised Statutes, pp. 57-58.

1. Sessions of the general assembly to be held in the state house.

2. State house, furniture, &c., the property of the state.

3. Representatives' hall and senate chamber to be occupied only for legislative business. 4. Sergeant at arms to take charge of state

SECTION 1. The sessions of the general assembly shall continue to be held in the state house in Montpelier, in the county of Washington.

SECT. 2. The state house and all other public buildings around it, erected by the state, and the library, furniture, paintings, statuary, and every other thing, with which such house or buildings may be furnished or ornamented, shall be the property of the state.

SECT. 3. The representatives' hall and senate chamber shall not be used or occupied for any other purpose than that of legislation, or business connected therewith.

SECT. 4. It shall be the duty of the sergeant at arms to take proper care of the state house, with all its furniture and appendages, and of the grounds, fences, lamps, and every thing in and around the public buildings, to keep the same in thorough repair, and, during the session of the legislature, to see that the different apartments are suitably warmed, lighted and provided, and that the passages in and about the state house are properly attended and in good order.

SECT. 5. The sergeant at arms shall make and keep an accurate schedule or inventory, embracing every article of furniture and all other public property in and about said building, belonging to the state, and shall annually, within two days from the rising of the

legislature, deliver to the secretary of state, to be preserved on file in his office, a true and certified copy of such schedule or inventory. SECT. 6. If any person shall, wilfully or carelessly, deface, mar or injure the walls, or any other part of the state house, or any other public building or the appurtenances thereof, belonging to the state, by cutting, writing, marking or in any other manner; or shall do any injury to the furniture, fence, yard, posts, ground, shade trees or shrubbery connected therewith, or fasten any horse or other animal to any part of the fence, posts or trees about said building, or shall post up bills or notices upon any part of said house, fence or trees, whereby the same may become defaced or injured, the person so offending shall forfeit and pay a fine of not less than two dollars for each and every offence so committed, with full costs of prosecution, to be recovered, in the name of the treasurer of this state; and it shall be the duty of the sergeant at arms to prosecute the same, if such damage do not exceed twenty-five dollars, but if it exceed that sum, the sergeant at arms shall give notice to the state's attorney for the county of Washington, who shall prosecute for the same; and every person so offending, on conviction thereof, shall be fined, not exceeding one thousand dollars, at the discretion of the court.

SECT. 7. When any damage is done to any part of the public buildings, furniture or appurtenances, the sergeant at arms shall cause such damage to be repaired, and shall, immediately, cause a suit to be instituted, in the name of the treasurer of the state, on this statute, for the recovery of such damage, with full cost, against any person, who may have done or caused such damage.

SECTION 1. The state library shall consist of such books, maps, charts and other documents, as are, or shall be, received, or acquired by the state or any public officer, for the use of the state government. (Sec. 1 of R. S.)

SECT. 2. The general assembly shall, annually, appoint a joint committee, whose duty it shall be to examine into the state of the library, order any repairs that may be necessary, and recommend additions to the same by exchange or purchase. (Sec. 2 of R. S.)

SECT. 3. There shall be a librarian, who shall be in attendance at the library during the session of the general assembly. (Sec. 3 of R. S.)

SECT. 4. The state librarian shall hereafter be appointed by the senate and house of representatives convened in joint assembly for that purpose. (Sec. 1 of No. 21 of 1848.)

SECT. 5. The term of office of the state librarian appointed by the legislature, shall be one year, commencing on the first day of December, next succeeding his appointment. (Sec. 3 of No. 21 of 1848.)

SECT. 6. The librarian, under the direction of the governor, may appoint an assistant to attend upon the library, during such portion of the sessions of the legislature as they shall deem necessary for the public interest, who shall receive for his services the sum of one dollar and fifty cents per day. (Sec. 5 of No. 34 of 1849.) SECT. 7. The debenture of such assistant shall be certified by the governor and librarian, and when so certified, the treasurer is directed to pay the same. (Sec. 6 of No. 34 of 1849.)

SECT. 8. The librarian shall, at all times, have the sole charge, under the direction of the governor, of the state library, and of the rooms containing said library. (No. 77 of 1841.)

SECT. 9. The governor may prescribe such rules for the librarian and the regulation of the library, as he shall deem proper. (Sec. 5 of R. S.)

SECT. 10. The governor is authorized, annually, hereafter, to make exchanges of the surplus copies of the judicial reports, statutes, legislative journals, and public documents of this state, with the United States, and with foreign states, and foreign libraries, for their judicial reports, statutes, legislative journals, public documents, and other useful scientific books, on such equitable terms as he shall deem to be for the public interest. (Sec. 3 of No. 34 of 1849.)

NOTE. By a joint resolution, (No. 48 of 1845, p. 35,) the librarian is directed to deliver to each county clerk, for the use of the county, upon application, one copy of the laws of the United States, and of such acts of Congress as may be received for distribution, after reserving ten copies for the use of the library.

By a joint resolution, (No. 49 of 1846, p. 44.) he is directed to furnish the librarian of Harvard University, to be deposited in the library of said university, one copy of all the statutes and public journals and public documents of the state which can in the opinion of the governor be furnished without detriment to the state, and by a joint resolution, (No. 63 of 1847, p. 40,) he is authorized to furnish, upon such terms as the governor may consider expedient and equitable, one copy of the statutes, legislative journals, public documents and judicial reports of this state to the following foreign libraries, viz. :

The library of the British Museum, in England.

The Bodleian library at Oxford, in England.
The library of the House of Commons, in England.
The Imperial library at Vienna, in Austria.

The Royal library at Berlin, in Prussia.

To be delivered to the authorized American agent of each of the said libraries respectively; provided they can in the judgment of the governor be supplied from duplicates in the state library without detriment, &c.