The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-11-01

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Tuesday, Oct, rs.
SENATE Reports Of Commiuoes-liy
Mr. Royce, from committee On Judiciary, 10
favor OF bill authorizing the President Of
Moore'a Charity School aud the Trustees Of
{ Dartmouth College to decd certain lands In
I the town Of Wheeiubk passed, By Mr. Dew,
! ey, from The committee GA Iinada, on the PEE
I tition Of &. H. Field, for a charter OF the
Wantastquit Railroad Company, Till 10
grant said charter and on motion Of Mr.
| Royce, IL was ordered 70 lie,
The Senate passed the bin relating 10 hanks
limiting the amount u Indebtedness Of iudi-
yiduala aud corporations 20 banks, aud ex-
Eplaining further the duties Of the Bank Com
missioner, aud Altering the time OF inspecting
banks and the hill relating 10 Judgments by
confessions and the liens affected by them
/ HOuSE-iills referrcd--By Me- Barrett,
relating to tho election Of town Representa-
tiyos "a majority OF the Freomon OF any
town In mis- State may, in case no election
| of town representative has boon made proyi-
Gus 10 ! ? o'clock At gght on ha lst Tuesday
Of September, adjourn tho meeting without
further hallOlhng aud previous tO 2 o'clock
! nc night, no meeting shall be- adjourned uncag
I an cTcTiion ShaII lave been hal /" ~ the cOui-
mittcc Oh Elections. By Mr. llubhcl, that
thcGo,crnor appuint one or mofc commission
crs ia the Province OF Canada. 20 take dcIo.
sitions and acknowledge deeds aud 10 any
other business appertaining 20 their ohicci to
the committee on the judiciary.
Reports of Commitiees--liy the committee
on ELECTIONS, TO whom was referred the ~
monstmOcc of William l.. Briggs and others,
against The right Of 4, H. Maynard, the re
turned iacmbcr from Richmond 10 seat in
the House, thai IL appeared on the ~ ballot
an effort was being made hy the most inhuen-
dial irccmcn outside of the House, 60 unite
upon some person A. their representative (;
that wilde the sad frccmcn were considering
this mAitor, news came that the meeting WA
dissolved, NhorcupOn they Dispersed. u APP
pcarcd however, that the motion " dissoy q
hal bcvn made, but was objected TO by one
or two prrsrnt and Joshua JcWGlI in partita-
lar protested against IL aud offered his vote,
which was refused by tho constable, who de-
\ clarcd the ballolting at an end. The consta-
bic Ten the house, ~ also Jewell, but the lat
ter returned in n few minutes, after having
invited the constable 20 receive his vote. One
T.. ID. Mason, 6rst solculman, took tho vote.
which was east for a. b. Maynard, together
with several other votes, and A. Is. Maynard
aforesaid was declared elected. II further
appeared that said Joshua Jewell did not for
a moment abandon or yield his right IL also
appeared that 30 ir4anaan. after the election,
signed writing that il was their opinion that
Mr. Maynard was elected In view OF tho a.
boVe facts, the committee reported nm arcnm-
panyng rcs0l luton, "thnt A. Is. Maynard ~
icgallycnlitlod 20 the seat lac occupies, signed
~ 4 minority rrruT'
was thcrcupon offered. giving ia substance
the same faots ~ above. but somcwhat DIFF.
icrcnt Interpretation and conclusion, insisting
that the right t. adjourn vested ia tlIo -sollec-
tive body OF the frucmeu. A resolution also
Il I s...lt e..
Is not entitled to the seat he now holds, sign
ed by three OF the committee. Members call
ed Cor the reading Of snndry dispositions - hieh
was objected TO hy others for various reasons.
= a A~r several had been real, Mr. Barrett ob-
ici.tcd 70 my turihGr reading aal tie sslss-
ton OF particular dispositions, and said that
the main facts were agreed on by the com
mittce, aud on those facts the House should
make an issue. Others, however, thought
that thcrc were facts in the minority report
that were not adverted TO in that of the ma
jority, and that there were material Disagree
ments between the members of the committee
in regard TO the evidence. Pending the dis
cussion, which was OF some length, the House
adjourned.
4 sen ATE-P MIR Blake called UP the
tbItt relating 10 corporations and the place of
meeting of the stockholders, aud moved TO
commit TO n Senator for amendment so that a
majority of the stockholders present nj any
meeting may direct at what place tho next
meeting may DC held the amendment was
ordered, and the bill passed.
HOUSE Reports of Committees--By the
General committee, in favor of the bill rclat-
ing TO the school fund with proposal to a.
mend, by striking out all after the enacting
clause and inserting -the following, viz ''the
7 Treasurer ofthe State shall collect the money
duo the school fund, and distribute the same
among the several towns according 20 the
population. The trustees of the surplus fund
of those towns shall receive the same and put
the money To interest for the benefit Of COM
mon schools" Mr. IIubbell offered n further
amendment by inserting AFTER the word pop
ulatinn" the words according TO the last CEN
sus;" both amendments were adopted and
bill ordered to a third reading tomorrow
morning; against bill giving grand and petit
Jurors sl;g5 per day, cents per mile, tray-
ell, and to each taljsnIan Sl,25 Sd reading
ordered, 81 to 70. BY the same, against bill
regulating the flowing of lands for mill and
manufacturing purposes; providing that pc
tition may be preferred to the county court
whenever il is necessary to overflow the lands
of another, and there is disagreement as sto
the compensation or purchase. Mr. Stroud
spoke in favor of the bill, and also Mr. Green.
Mr. Wright opposed il, and the bill was dis
missed.
-Air- GroaH- guaAel s-eeeersitlera+ier the
vote above, which ordered the bill relating
40 division of School moneys" to a third
reading. After some discussion IL was lost
yeas 80, nays i22.
The House resumed the consideration of
the matter pertaining to the election Of a. Il.
Maynard. The resolution reported by the
majority of tho committee was discussed by
Messrs Barrott, Evarts, Packer and Powers
| in favor, and by Mr. Adams in opposition, and
lost yeas 81, nays %:
SAD ACCIDENT-The interesting little
daughter of William G.. Perlcy, Esq, Of this
village, met with sad accident some ten
days ago. She was playing with pea hold