The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-12-26

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IL is hercby enacted Jy the General
assembly Of hte State Of Termont, as
JoiloicS
SEC. 1, The governor Is hereby di.
rected to appoint, as soon as may be,
committee consisting Of two suitable per-
sons. whose duty it shall be to cause to
be erected a monument at the burial
place Of Ethan Allen, in the town Of
Burlington, upon such plan and with
such inscriptions as shall be approved by
the governor, and cause tho same TO ba
properly and securely protected against
injury, at an expense to the state not cx.
ceeding two thousand dollars.
SEC, 2. The committee so appointed
shall keep accurate accounts of all tho
expenses arising under this act and such
account, when approved by the governor,
shall be paid out of tho treasury Of tho
state Proridcd, such expenses shall
not In the whole exceed the sum of two
thousand dollars,
SEC. ). A sum not exceeding two
thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
for the purpose aforesaid
SEC 4. This act shall take effect
from its passage.
Approved, November IA, 1855.
No. 43 Resolution for the Collection
of Taxes iD Arrear.
WHEREAS it appears by a report
this State that number of towns arc
III arrears for taxes previous to the first
day Of June. A. d. 1855. therefore.
ResOlrcd, Jy the Senate and House
Of Representatives That the treasurer
he directed forthwith to issue extonts, a.
greeably to the provisions of the stat
utes iu such cases provided against such
delinquent towns SO in arrears for taxes,
and thereby speedily collect the same.
IN HouSe Of Representatives.,
Nov. IA, 1865.
Read and adopted
JEDD p G. CoTrRlLL, Asst Clerk.
In Senate Nov. IA, 1855.
Read and adopted in concurrence
CLARK ii. CHAraAN, Secretary.
No. Al Resolutions on so much of the
Governors Message as relates to Kan
cas-.
Whereas. The power and influence of
the Slaveholdng States in this Union
has been, from an early period, success.
fully exerted in extending and strength
ening the institution Of human slavery,
contrary to tho clear intent of the found.
ers of the government, and in violation
of the spirit of the Constitution and
Whereas, In order still further to ex.
tend slavery and to establish it in the
free territories of the United States.
there have been passcd the fuoit;ve sIara
law, SO called, ard the code establishing
territorial government in the free terri.
tories of Kansas and Nebraska. with pro-
visions inviting the establishment of
slavery therein; and in furtherance of
this purpose, the citizens of Missouri
have been suffered to invade the terrific.
ry of Kansas, in armed bands. and to
prevent thereby the people of sad Kan.
sas from making their own laws, or cleo.
ting their own representatives and by
lawless force to exclude them from exer.
cising any voice in the government Of
said territory: and
Whereas, The present administration
Of the general government has lent itself
to these illegal and unjust schemes and
has either openly aided therein, or se.
cretly oounved thereat and has taken
no steps to execute the laws. or TO nro.
tect the people Of said territory in the
exercise of their constitutional right,
thus publicly assailed and overtbrown
and has. upon false prctense, remozod
such of its own officers as were nor on.
tirely subseryient to those had des;,r.
and
Uhe,eas The RIGHT NJ c;,;,on. os
slayeholdiup states to hold slovesir md
transport them through. the free states
has Of late been asserted and ,bo 90, ar
temptcd and in consequence M ,horoofs t "
citizen OF sister state has bean nnt in
prison under the usurped or GROSSLY nor.
verted power of a federal ;nage ;bers.
fore. i, is BY the Senate and House ~
REPRESENTATIVES of the Stato of Vernon,
Rcsolred Tha, the fnritiva slavs 40,
of 1856 is contrary TO the ,n;r;, of ,bo
constitution Of the United States in srh.
So SNb