Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-10-25
Petitions. OF trustees Of Newbury

Seminary, to com. on Education of A
Bingham aud others, against the inflciol
!, of capital punishment read aud referred L
the Judiciary committee account Of Rcu
ben Page IT,, and Petition of Lebbcu
Egcrton, referred to com. of Claims Re
monslrancc of So voters of Sheffield
against removal Of Caledonia count,
buildings, referred to members OF tha
county. Account of IsaIh Bacon. to com
miltee Of Claims; petition Of Nehemiah
Bradley and others, Of Peachan. for a re
charter of the bank of Caledonia, referred
The committee on Banks remons,rance o
1876 voters Of Barnet against removing
Caledonia county buildings, referred ,t
the members of that county ; Of inhabIlan''
Of Worcester, to com. on Slavery of SAC
inhabitants Of Middiebury, and of irhab,
tnnls Of Windsor, referred to com. or
Temperance Memorials.
Reports of Committees BY com. or
Roads and Canals, bill relating to Rutland
and Whitehall Rail Road Co., the object
of the bill being TO repeal the section of the
former act which places the charter under
the control of future legislatures: M,
Butler moved to dismiss the bill--suppor
ted by Mr.. Partridge and withdrawn. MI
Brown moved to lay the bill on the table
and make 1t lbs order for to morrow morn
ing; agreed 20. By com.on Education, bill
for purchasing five copies Of hutchinson
new map Of Vermont, ordered to a Sd
reading, 81 to 80. BY Land Tax com.
bill to tax lands IN that part of Cambridge
formerly part Of Sterling ordered to Sd
reading By select com. bill 10 addition
TO an act Incorporating Windhnm Co. In.
surance Company, ordered to a third
reading By com. on Banks, series o.
resolutions, which will appear hereafter;
laid on the table, made the order of the
day for Thursday morning. and 800 copies
ordered to be printed. By judiciary
committee, against action relative TO stat
ute of limitations.
Mr. Partridge called up his resolutions
relative to the militia: Mr. Bard said he
was in favor Of the resolutions and such
was their importance IN hi, estimation,
that the voice Of the House should be de
clared in the most solemn manner; he
therefore called for the yeas and nays, The
resolutions were passed ayes 2 |; noes 5.
The Governor Informed the House that
Gen, Martin Flint declined accepting the
office Of Sheriff of Orange county.
The Senate returned The resolution for
ThanksglvIng,wl'h proposition to amend
which was concurred IN.
The resolutions of Mr.. Partridge on
banks having been reported on by the
committee. and considerable discussion
| bo L.
table and print them, Mr.. Fullnm moved
to dismiss the resolutions, and sustained
the motion. Mr.. Chandler opposed the
motion TO dismiss, on he ground that this
series, with those of the bank committee,
should be together considered. After
some few remarks from Messrs Ncedham,
Partridge, and Warner, of N. Haven, the
House adjourned.
2ocock, P. NJ.
SESArE.-Revscd Statutes .chap,
25, Of Supreme and County Courts, '"
twice read and referred TO com. on Judi.
cary, chapter 90, "of Justices OF the
peace, simlnr reading and reference.
The senate went into joint assembly.
returned, devoted the principal part OF
the afternoon TO the reading and disposal
of the revised statutes, which will be no.
tccd as they are acted upon, and adl'd,
HOUSE, The House resumed cons de.
ration Of Mr. Par,rdsc's resolutions on
banks, and they were informally laid aside
for the purpose of proceeding TO the or
der of the day, viz:
The Revised Statutes. Chapter I, OF
elections, was read third time. when
Mr. Brown moved to commit it for amend
ment by striking out the 63d section, for
Furnishing persons voting when knowingly
unqualified. Messrs Brown and Rice sup
ported the motion, opposed By Mcssrs
Closson, Warner of N. Haven. Necdham,
Bard and Dillingham;, and 1t was reject ed.
After various amendments, the bill was
passed.
The senate came in. and the joint as.
| sembly made the following appointments
.Addison County,
S S,r,. R ni ll''''y' Asst Justices
VIM. b. Martin, Sheriff
Harvey Goodrich High Ballf
Ozlas Seymour, States Attorney.
Samuel Swift, Judge of Probate for the
district Of Addison.
Harvey MunsIl, Judge of Probate for
tho district of II Haven.
John PierpoInt, Elliott Sheriff., Hosea
Willard commissioners for the jail at
Vergennes.
Joel Dool'tle, Dorastus Wooster. Ira
A'lcn, Commissioners for the Jail at Md
dlebury.
Franklin County,
c cu'.us WOOD Wood' ; Ass, Justices.
Declus Il. Bogue, Sheriff.
Peabody Reyes, High balIIff
Orlando Stevens, States Attorney.
WIN Bridges, Judge Of Probate
James Davis, Jasper Curtis, Bates Tur-
ner JAN comis'rs.
A. &. TarIton, Inspector of hops,
Essen Co.
Moses Morrill,, ASSIST JUSTICES