State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1831-1836, 1836-10-25

| Mr. Briggs, on the committee of rules, mad
report ofrules on the subject ofcontestcd cleo
tons Of members OF the Senate. Report |
cOncurrcd in, and the rules reported, ADOPTED |
The following are the Rules.
RULES IN CASES or Contested ELEcrIoYs. !
!. The testimony to be used before the
Committee on Elections ofthe Senate, when
Il Senator's election is contested, shall be |
taken in dispositions in the manner and form |
provided in an act entitled IAN act in rcla-
ton to contested elections, passed Nov. >. |
1884" with such alteration as will make if !
applicable to Il Senator instead of a mem
Der Of the House OF Representatives, and
also that the application for a citation as
provided in the second section of said act.
SHAH be made within twelve days after the
votes for Senators are canvasscd by the
| Clerk or Sheriff in the county in which the
election is made.
=. Memorials, circumstances and returns
made by returning officers to be used in Ca
ScS OF contested elections; and deDositous
taken as before provided for, shall be filed
with the Secretary OF the Senate on the
first day Of the st ssion OF the General As
sembIy and be referred to the Committee on
Elections, whose duty it shall be to report
thcreonwlthin six days from the commence
ment OF the session.
,. No evidence shall be heard by said
Committee except such as shall be taken
and filed in the manner aforesaid, and re-
cords Of Courts duly authenticated.
Mr. Merrill, after explanatory remarks, intro
, duccd bull IN amendment OF an act direct
ing The mode OF election OF Governor, Sc
The bill was read the first and second time,
and on motion Of Mr. Pierpoint referred to
81, al.
the President
This bill proposes important alterations in
the existing law upon the subject. 1t CON
templates Tic opening Of the polls at 10 A NJ.
instead OF L NJ. and extends The time for
+ bdllotIng from Two 10 touI hoars, with the
=. view, as MIR NJ remarked to enjoy daylight
| instead oil darkness, Tor the discharge vi The
important duties oi lrccmen, and especially to
, accommodate elderly and nlrIu people, In the
f enjoyment OF their sacred rights Other i'm
, pouant provisions OF the bill Will he noticed
n Oh lis further progress.
Mr. IuDbGl asked that the committee on
the Judiciary might be discharged from further
4 consideration Vi the subject ol The election oil
Senators. Committee discharged, and the
subject re fcrrcd to the select committee raised
Oh the bill introduced this morning by Mr.
t.. Merrill.
# Mr. Briggs, Of the committee on the Judica-
to what shall be deemed legal settlement,
II made rep r, that the same ought 10 pass. Bill
!, read the second time, Senate acting as in com-
mlIiee OF the whole, and no amendment being
. offered, the Til was ordered to be cngrossed
e and read second time tomorrow morning.
$, Mr. Bell Inll oduced bill, in addition 10 the
= act relating 10 jails and jalors, and regulating
The price OF board sc. Read and rclcred ~
"a the Judiciary committee.
On uotInu pi MIR Palmer
= Senate adj.
HOUSE. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Kelley.
Bits introduced. BY Mi, Fitch, 10 alter the
name OF Anderson Burt, read twice and or
y dcrcd 10 Il third reading; fixing fees 10 Jail
( keepers for board vi prisoners at 81 so, refer
d red to commilteo Of Ways and Means by
le MIR Villas, 10 establish county Grammar School
l al Johnson, TO committee ON Education by
Mi Buckmuster, 20 discontinue road from
g Shrewsbury 10 Rutland, to committee on
!. Roads and Caanls by MIR Dewey Of Guild
Of hail. relative to wills oil certlorarI, to Judlcl-
e AIRY committee; by MIR Field Of W., in addi-
ton 10 several acts constituting Supreme
y Court, TO Judiciary committee by MIR Smith
,e Ut 81. a., 10 incorporate the franklin Co
Steamboat Co., 10 committee OF Roads aud
= Canals by MIR Peck, in addition to the scv-
" eral acts relating to the Judiciary, 10 he Ju.
10 dietary committee; by MIR. Sanborn, to pre-
serve fish in ShalIuck pond, to General com
10 ullttce by MIR Fullerton, TO incorporate
IT Black River Marble Co, to committee on
T. Manufactures by Mr. Crowley, TO provide
1t payment to officers for travel III conveying
" the votes for Senators 10 be canvassed, lalC
II, upon the table by Mr. Foote, providing fol
II, Classification Of pupils, sc. IN one or moI'
p districts, when eSPedicnI, 10 committee OF
es Educalou
Resolutions. BY Mr. Bacon, uquiring int,
go, the CNDCulCnCV al pNtinDtmu stock of mCCluu