Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1839-11-08

noble, twice read and referred to the com.
on Manufactures.
, Resolution. blooming the town of elias
tenbury, the sum of S934.54 reported BY
the com. on finance, with q statement that
! the town had returned no grand list for
the last three years, though represented
for the same length of time. Laid upon
} The table on motion of Mr. Cobb. Adj
/, HOUSE.
Revised Statutes. Chapter "a, Of ped
lars, was reported, amended fixing the
scale OF licences as follows: foot pedlar
|, s.. with one horse SO, with u wagon
drawn by one horse or more Si5. without
reference to the fact whether the pedIar is
or is not citizen of the state and laid on
the table.
Chapters passed.-60. Of conveyance OF
real estate, GO of marriage (amcnded by
striking out all the sections requiring
public notice of intention of marragc) 81
of preventing frauds and periures in con-
tracts and actions founded thereon, 10 of
instruction of Deaf Dumb and Blind chap.
l6, OF support and removal of paupers, was
referred to General Committee.
Chapter 90, of process, was reported
with all amendment. involving a repeal of
the &C, Of last year abolishlng imprlson-
ment for debt. A discussion arose Messrs
Fnllam, Partridge, Miner, Fairbanks and
Needham taking part therein. Adj.
SENATE.
TUESDAY, Nov. 5.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Mr. Pierpoint moved that tho vacancy in
the committee on Banks, occaaioned BY the
absence of MIR Kiltredgc, be now filled.
| Motion sustained, and the ballots being
taken, Mr. Converse was elected to fill the
| vacancy.
MIR Jones had leave of absence from and
alter Tomorrow morning.
BHs. cpeaDg the act Incorporating
the Village OF Woodstock, reported by Mr.
Adams. with proposal of amendment,
providing that the act shall not take
effect without the consent of a majority OF
the voters of said Village, to DO ascertain
ed at meeting named for the purpose.
Amendment adopted, and the bill re ad
third time and passed.
Revised Statutes.-chnp. 76, of the rene
raj list, called up by Mr. Noble, for consd
GRAFTON, and on the question shall the bill
be read a third timer MIR Pierpoint de.
manded the yeas and nays, and addressed
the senate, ut some length, in opposition 10
the present system Of taxation as UNEQUAL
in its operation, and in many cases unjust. |
lie believed new and more simple sys-
TEN ought at once to be adopted, correc,
in principle and equal in practical opera.
ton. Tax II the property a man posses.
ses, said MIR p, and require every man to |
pay the expenses Of government in proper I
ton to what he possesses, no less and no |
more. The subject was taken up, the
senate acting as in com. of the whole,
upon proposed amennment offered by Mr. |
Adams. requiring that each male person OF |
81 years BIO set IN the list at 10 dollars
upon his poll, and each person equipped
Tor military duty be exempt from ali taxes
except for high ways. This with various
other amendments 10 the chapter, was
adopted in com. ofthe whole. A PROPOSE
zion that the list be taken the first of June
instead OF the first Of April, elected dis.
cusslon BY Messrs Eaton, Adams, Harvey,
Curtis, Townsley and others. The mo
tion 10 alter from April to June was lost.
when very interesting debate cnsucd on
the question oftaxing the faculty of pro-
fesslonal men. Its injustice was insisted
upon by Messrs Tracy, Converse, Eaton
and others, on the ground that the chapter
proposed to tax, from year TO year. oil the
property u person may possess. If one
person or profession, more than another,
possessed peculiar faculty to acquire pro.
perty, that faculty was abundanlly taxed
IN the annual assessment upon the property
thus acquired. The motion to tax the
faculty was lost by a strong vote Mr.
Harvey moved SO to amend the chapter, as
TO exempt wild lands from taxation. Mo-
ton lost, when the chapter was laid upon
the table.
BU,-by Mr. Picrpoint, relating TO the
Bank OF Rutland, twice read and referred
to the committee on Banks. Adj
HOUSE.
Prayer by Rev. S. Kellogg.
Messrs Onion, Ashley and Closson OBJ.
tanned leave of absence after Monday NOR.
ming.
Revolutions. by Mr. Shnttuck as follows:
"Whereas great portion of the time Of
this House is taken up by few eloquent
gentlemen in making long speeches upon
trlilng subjects, to tho annoyance of a
great majority OF the House, and whereas
the session is far advanced and requires
expedition and economy in time
"Thereiore. resolved. That for the
future there be an evening session of this
House, to commence at 7 o'clok to be
devoted wholly to the debates Of those
able gentlemen on questions of amendments
TO he revised statutes; provided, that no
subject shall be debated till after it has
been finally acted upon by the House"
Winch was read, and after few remarks
by Messrs Fairbanks and Brown, the chair
refused TO entertain the same.
by Mr. Fairbanks. altering rule of the
House, so as to require the assent of at
least ten members to sustain q call for the
yeas and nays-which lies on the table
under the rules of the House, for one dov.