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amendment of Mr.. Stacy Mr.. Sabin O
Georgia, the chairman of the committee or
Roads, opposed the amendment and said il
would have tendency to delay the work of the
Atlantic Co., that the Legislature are disinter-
csted as well as commissioners, and they should
assume this responsibility which devolvcd upor
them, and that the benefit TO Essex county
would be very great Mr. Maynard was il
favor of appointing the commissioners sad
the amendment was not at all calculated to de-
feat the bill, as remarked by Mr. Sabin; thai
the public interest was the only interest to CON
suit, without any regard to that Of either Rail
road; that the difficulty between the Vermont
Central and Rutland roads should serve as al
example, and that he was not prepared to vot,
Tor or against the bill from the little information
III regard to the matter that the House posses
sed. Mr.. Adams spoke to the same effect, and
thought that no road whatever ought ever tc
have been or be charted, without II provision
for location by a Board of Commissioners sim
lar to that contemplated in tins amendment, anc
thus time and expense in lcgslatng upon al
terations and amendments OF charters. would
be saved.
Mr. Kellogg considered the question as be.
tween the State and the st. lawrence Rail
road Company; that petition was presented
to the House for the extension of the road
signed by every representative from Essex CO..
with only one exception; that the Atlantic Co.
arc ready to commence their Road, and it should
not be delayed that the route designated by
the company is the only practicable and feas-
bic ono, and the only ono of benefit to them
selves that the interests of the Passumpsic
rord should be subServient to those of the pub
lie. but he did not think that the Passumpsic IN
terests would be injured, but if o, no one con-
tended that any others would be that the re-
sources of ESSEX Co. should be developed, the
wealth and population of which has so long re-
manned stationary, and that as mutt r of lls-
tlce the House should grant this extention, and
he was entirely opposed to the delegation of
this power in an extra constitutional manner.
Mr.. Powers of " ood.tock opposed the a.
mcndment, and said that the House should
not delegate this power, AMI no one wished it
ODE donc,-that the injury to the interest OF
he PaaSvmpsc road and to Orleans county
with few exceptions, IS imaginary, and the
friends Of the PassunpSic hlue no fears in re-
Tard to tins Cxtcn.lon, in reallty,-that the ap-
pOlntmcnts OF committees by county courts to
locate roads were seldom satisfactory, and per-
sons had been selected, ninr-tenths of whom
were utterly incapable to peri }rm these duties.
lie was not prepared to say that such would
be the case III regard to this appointment, but
he knew OF no committee who could perform
this duty, that it did not appear b fore the
committee that the Passumpslc desired this con-
ncction, from any knowledge in the possession
OF the House, and ifthey do, they should make
the connection themselves, that the good faith
on the part of the Legislature, contendcd for.
and 50 much insisted on, towards the Passump-
SIC, should be exercised also towards the At
lan,c, and should be preserved inviolate to.
wards the latter.
The discussion having been protracted to a
late hour, the sucjcct On motion of Mr.. Rich
ardson was land on the tahlc, to be made the
special order for to-lnorraw at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
and the House adjourned.
SENATE.
Thursday, Nov. 6, AN.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Reports Of ComnHces.-By Mr.. Ba tchelder
from the committee on Manufactures, in favor
Of the bill Incorporating the Vernon Glass
Manufacturing Co., with proposal of amend
ment reducing the amount of real estate that
can be held to 325, 900, which was ordered and
the bill passed. BY Mr. Dewey, from the com-
mlttec on Roads, against the bill to incorporate
the WinooSkl BrldEo Co.; ordered to lie OF
motion of Mr.. Dewey. BY Mr.. Curricr, from
the select committee, in favor OF the bill alter-
ing the time Of holding county courts in Wind
sor and Orange counties, with proposal to u
mend, changing the time III Windsor county tC
the second Tuesdays of January and June, and
to the third Tuesdays of December and May
in Orange county. The amendments were or
dereI, and after some discussion, the Sd read
ing was refused. By Mr.. Whlttemorc, from
the committee on the Judiciary, in favor OF tho
bill amending the charter Of the Farmers Mu
tual Fire Insurance Conpany, limiting the
time when the danlg.s by lire snail be cstma
ted ana fixing the time OF payments, with al
amendment that the Insured may deposit mon
cy instead of giving premium note The a
mendmcnt was ordered ana the bill passed tC
a third reading b. Mr.. Royce, from the same
committee, in favor OF the Dul relating to nota-
rios public notarics shall take oath, whicl
shall be recorded in the Secretary OF States
office, ordered to Il Sd reading.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Putnam.
Bill reterrd.--By Mr.. Barlow, to incorpo
rate the Midland Railroad Co.; to the commit
tee on Roads
Resoildions.-By Mr. Williams, that the
committee Of Ways AMI Means inquire into
the eXpedency of GStab.lshlnga Il more uniform
system of mileage OF members, and that the
Secretary OF State report to the House the mi
lcage OF 1874. ISIS, lcl9, and 1850; adopted
BY Mr.. Nhtelaw, that the Judiciary commit
tee inquire into the eXpedlency of limiting the
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