Vermont telegraph. [volume] (Brandon [Vt.]) 1828-1843, 1840-10-21
Wednesday. Oct. IA. A. NJ.
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"Wednesday, Oct. IA. A. NJ. !.
HousE.-Prayer BY Rev. Mr.. Kellogg.
The chair appointed the following COM
mittee on the vi. Asylum for the Insane !;
Messrs. Swift, Colby. Kinsnlan, Villas,
Cook.
Petitions referred. OF Elisha Fish Sd.
TO common military affairs: of Elisha II.
Allen TO committee of claims; of select
men of Gulldhall' and of Moses N. Cham
.berlain, to committee of ways and means.
The bill establishing boundary line be-
tween Salisbury and Leicester was order
ed to Sd reading.
Reports Of Committees. BY committee
of roads and canals, bill to discontinue
the north mountain road in Chittenden;
ordered to a third reading.-By general
committee, bill providing compensation for
returning votes for county senator's. made
the order of the day for tomorrow NOR
ming bill amending act Incorporating
Winsor co. mutual FIRE insurance compa-
nv, ordered to Sd reading. By committee
of military affairs. against account OF Sol
ONION Bentley against bill to pay John
Hurlburt, and it was dismissed; against
petitions Of VIM, Hawkins and others, A.
II. Baker and James Williams, and the
House concurred. By minority OF COM
mittee of elections, in favor of Mr.. Allen,
the sitting member from Waterbury, which
was read Ry Select Conn.,, bill annexing
Acton to Townsend, ordered to sd reading
The House took up the order ofthe day,
being the resolution reported by the ma
jority of the committee of elections, declar-
ing VIM. w. Wells entitled to seat for
the town of Waterbury.
The Senate came in, and the join. assem-
bly, made the following appointments
Bennington County.
Gurden l B. sou,huouh, Asst Justices.
Hartman Garfield, States Attorney.
/ Gurdin Fl. Smith, Manchester, Sheriff,
Josiah Houghton, High Bailiff,
Loring Dean, Judge of probate for the
District o. Manchester.
ARENAS Madison, Judge of Probate for
the District of Bennington.
JohnsC. Robinson, A. F Merriman, OAR
win Andrews, commissioners for the
/ Jail at Manchester.
| Aaron Robinson, John Hicks, Stephen
Pratt, commissioners for Jail at Ben.
/ nington,
/ Addison County.
Asa Chapman, High Baitif.
The joint assembly adjourned TO Tues
day next 10 A. NJ. and the Senate retired
The House resumed the Waterbury
contested election, when Mr.. Villas moved
/ to lay the matter upon the table, to be made
the special order for this afternoon afiel
some remarks by Messrs, Fullam, Villas
Chandler of w. Hebard and Swift, thi'
motion was agreed to.
/ Engrosscd Bills. Granting David H
Sumner the right Of toll bridge. laid or
+ the table revlving tax on CRANKY passed
/ Sundry documents from other States
4 were transmitted by the President of tn.
Senate; among them series of resolution
i relative to the national administration from
the State OF North Carolina, which wer,
read and laid on the table; from New Jer
sey, read and referred to the select commit
tee on the New Jersey case; remonsiranc'
and resolutions of citizens of district of Co
lumbia, relative to Legislation of Congress
in their distrtct-from Maine and New
York, on the North Eastern boundary
from Kentucky and other States, relativ
to the public lands-seyerally laid on III
table.
1 Bills referred BY Mr.. Swift, in add
: ton TO the militia act, and by Mr.. Carpen
j ter, relating to Mortified artillery compa
ny, to committee on military affairs; b
: Mr.. Thompson, relative to bills Of divorce
to judiciary committee.
i Resolution-By Mr.. Warner of Ne,
Haven, instructing Judiciary to inquir
, into the expediency of abolishing capita
!, punishment adopted.
! Mr.. Pope Of Lincoln. asked leave of at
: sence after tomorrow morning; granted
/ Adjourned.