The Middlebury people's press. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1841-1843, 1842-11-08
Wednesday, Nov. ?, 1912
TIE.


Reporls-Of the com. OH Education, and
of the Commissioners of the University OF
Vermont ; referred, on motion of Mr. Camp,
10 the committee on Educat;on.
BWs-ln addition to chap. &c of R. g..
relating to bridges and the duties of road
commissioners, reported by Mr. Smalley,
and ordered TO be engrossed for a third
reading. Ia addition 10 an &C, incorpora-
Ting the Windsor Co. Mutual Fire Ius. Co.,
reported by Mr. Field ; read a third time
and passed. In addition 10 and amendment
of chapters IS ard lob, relating TO poor
debtors, recommilied 10 the committee on
the judiciary-re'ating TO the grand list,
proposing 10 set polls in the list al SO 10
assess the faculty of professional men not
more than $50 nor less than 50, with other
variations from the existing law taken up,
when Mr. Hatch went into an explanation of
its provisions, and, at some length describ-
ed the unequal operation of the existing
system oftaxalion. To avoid this, and p:o-
mote a just and equal system, he hoped tie
bill would pass. MIR Field proposed an ad-
dItional section, in amendment of the bill,
when on motion Of Mr. Hubbell, supported
by Mr. Smalley, opposed by Mr. Hatch, the
bill, with The proposed amendment, was laid
upon The iable-House bill, dividing the
state into four Congressional Districts,
twice read, and on motion of Mr. Briggs,
laid upon the table, and made the order of
the day for this afternoon. Adj
HOUSE..
Resolutions. b. Mr. Petiibonc, directing
auditor 10 audit accounts of witnesses al
tending before the committee on the state
prison /; passed. By Mr. Harrington fer
adjournment sine die ouFucsday next 9 A.
H.. lad on the table, o. TO At.
Reports. By commit. on Banks. bill! re-
duciDg capital stock of the Bank Of Pouit-
ney opposed by Mr. Daniels, supported by
Messrs Harrington. Baker. Wardncr, Ira
cy, and P~eitibone, and ordered TO q third
reading.
EngrOSsed Bill To divide the State in.
to Congressional districts: MIR Harrington
moved that the bill be dismissed. Mr. Har-
ring.on supported the motion. ob;ecting
that the division was unequal and unjust as
to population. and he deemed it inconsist. nj
with the npporiiGnment bill of Congress -
Mr. Villas again stated his objections, and in
a~l!usion 10 The remarks CT Mr. Garfield yes.
terday. denied that New York had been
gerrymandcred and asserted that Massa.
chusetis had been. The discussion was
continued by Messrs Garfield, Woodbridge.
Warner anb Van Sicksen, for the bill, and
Messrs Villas, Harrington, ard P~eliiboDe,
against, when tie melton 10 dismiss was
withdrawn, and the bill passed, ayes 1913.
noes 90. Tia this discussion Mr. Pettibone
complained that in the reports in the Journal
the gentleman from Arlington had an ad-
vintage over him, as he (hlr c. could have
his views reported, and he, (slr P.) could
not. lie facts are, that Mr. P. yesterday
mado a speech almost entirely personal iii
lis character, TO which MIR Garfield replied
tic reporter omitted the personal part of
both speeches, believing that it was neither
of importance or any great Interest 10 any
body but thomselyes,-while the views Of
each, so far as they were confined TO The
subject, were as fairly stated for one gentle
men as the other. If anything was said by
Nr Pctiibone, relating 10 the subject. which
was omitted, the reporter is entirely una
ware Gift.