Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-10-28
LEGISLATURES OF VERMONT.
rCondensed from Walton's Journal


Mr.. Nicholson sal he had examined the sub
iect spoken of by Mr. French and d'd not agree
with him, but he concurr'd with the remarks of
Mr.. Chittenden, md hoped the bill would lie. The
motion t. lie prevailed.
UoU-E.-Sun1rv bills introduced and referred
The S7elker 'n1ou1eel the committee on so
m ca Of the lge Of the Governor relates t.
intoxic lting drinks:-NcssrS Bill Of Walden,
Knovlto7 of Strnttoa Robinson ofS'arshursh.
BIZ FSfscrs9-E eatin, to chute mort Eqgcs. to
the jl iciarv committee; on lavin- out winter
rna iS. 10 Tho committee o roads; relating to the
collection of taves. 10 the committee on WAYS AMI
ncans; hYins tax On Chit.enden county, 70
members from that county.
J,s, Hcy hu,on.-4v Mr. Fcrrin Of IIiucsAurgh,
thanking the Historical Society for tie adlre,ses
Of Ne-sr. l>om and Gllrk and ordering 1000
copies Of ch to printed.
Mr. Ferrn sid t is ,ourse had ben pursued
bofore. lie thought It courteous. The paper'
are valuable. and e suci interest as to serve
the course cnntemp'ated in TIE resolution.
Mr. Grindev vas not aw re # any precedent
and if here was any, he would disre gard 1t. Any
other soci .tv he said might make rhe same claim
as This. What sHolld we thinx # an appl cation
from the C.louizatio Society, Of the Temperance
:. ety. OF any other, for the payment Of their
EXPENSE?
After samo discussion By Mr.. Myers Of jana
ria. Mr.. Iehlri Of Chelsea, Mr.. Stewart of Bris-
IT, Mr. Colby Of llartlapd and Mr. kellogg OS
Ptfi,ns for annexnsa part Of Size ourns to
St. George, for a remission OF uujshment in the
case of Mathew IIllloraa. convict in the State
prison, an far some oiher purp 'seS we're referred
Select Committees were ordered for much rs
rcll.ts TO slavery an the slave trade.
AFTE NOON.
Senate not in sess
HoUSc.-Mr. Gleel chilled IN the joint resolu-
tior ir.m the senate II King o'clock We1nes lay
for int assembly 10 elect Judges Of the Su-
premo ,urt and moved : amend by striking out
" dne-day and inserting Tnursl,y; agreed to,
and the resolution was adopted in concurrence.
Suadrv bills were Introduce and referred.
Thursday, Oct. 20, 1859.
SEvArE.-Sundry bills and resolutions were in
troduced and referred.
Tls f,llow.ns clnmuaicltion was received
II have the honor % transmit 10 the senate, for
the Information OF the General Assembly the in
troiuc-orv portion of the Final Report Of DR.. E
Hitchcock, the Safe Geoogi-t Of The Geological
Survey If the State The residue Of the Report,
l have on t. b ieve. Is in such state Of pre-
pTatiou that it will be ready for the p:ess soon
a arrangements can be made for publishing it
| would therefore re-pect ully recommend the
passage Of an act making proper provision for the
public ition. IN 4 suitable permanent form, OF the
whole report, and fer its distribution when pub
li>hed"
Mr.. Neeiham moved the preliminary report Of
thc state Gs,log,t be laid the table and
1000 copies be printed for the uf the members
Of the Legislature.
Mr. French tnoughti it ought t. be referred to a
special committee, ami then have the whole report
printed If they thonglt best.
Mr. Needhlm said the report was very volu-
min1us. occupy ing hOn % o. 800 qunrto p'ges,
AMI that ii would Mt be completed for year
probibiv.
- 80 -. - 7Itt. t -. Ia "a
-..Ii,ni,,rv rco.rt wnulj prob,bIv civ. Ms
,1 io,.r,,.,i p, y,,,,,.l and ~ ,,,ulI ie a tri-
0,,,-,... -. -.r,,, +, b tt..1,.rt II or-ht to bo
-,-;.,I
Tine. motion p-evailcd
r..b.grb,yiu., arrived for the Joint assembly
+b, senate rspaire,l To the House. aad on return
IA .- ON no ,ti1n OF Mr. Harris aiiourel.
UOI-S+
SnndrY 'll'7 were 'nt'"iN .o' ana anu Ic'''''u
The speaker ann'"nc. t,e committee on 80
mucl "t the mess ,s' 81 t'e "'!erh'' a Ie'a''s -
the Asylum i"r tA' Insane. Mes.T' V',n''eu "'
br"p'r Moran "i TOW 'Eh'' Inl'.'p Y' " e'''
lister. "'-ers OF roy e'l'" "' O"'e'"i' ,
On So me o, the " vernon mes 'Se as '1'''-s
10 t1s NI''ci' save ''' ,"t ~ S,i'e.'
7e'er-ns OF hocNnsn'n' VAN |i "a D'n'E' v 'o.' o'
"r'"nlu5t'h, fitl5 o4 DIl"s"loA' -9iS' 10 -''"-
+ nj.
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tle lhl A. n''t 'H-" P' o. '''''71 20 'io N''o''O-
81 JUG "l 'he supreme ~ u't' y,c,
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"u1 lnAuohcei ~ IN, eoh,' 'Ieid'i0H h'loNeu nc
'u'd "a "' 'l'' ',AI4' r.. ..,,.
Mr- L lnu 'dS 9,.d tnA' ne lei. un"'t u5 70
IlI'" oFelo az" III 'NHHT ''' ma " Ho NV 'i
30 ionS Il ,'llo a.! quo oo'Vu' .,
u" great |" met ms app oval 20 nN'e oo'n
I'l 1-a' I"','''n "a "L4o' = a. .Aoe'i'-V ',.-e'
o1t We nave 4tteiy Iedfneu tnat II was hol "Ge'
he tAen remarked That N courts Ia "nlcn MT.
Bennett preS''ed were uniformly iinproE'ng'
was true however, that tne GocKet' OF tue oIui's
were OecoLnlus H!Iou win onsInes.' "ni'L
SCENE! t. Indicate the proprlety ol
creating new Judge. he as !a"y'r' was OF
the opinion that careful examination ol cases Dy
the judges required TINS anu tAe convenience oi
sult"rs also required u.
senator DAVIS sild Il SIX Judges eo"a not 40
the ous.ne-S seven ought 10 DC appointed;
But if Mr. f"l ma was lett out, anotheT part ot
tie state wou!l Dc ineonvenlenced' ana that u
would iesl tnat 'hcon 'ehce serl"usiy' ~ 'Ii'
nothing "oalu oe SailSa N tuls s1cti"n' nc a'so
spoke IN hlgh terms OF JudSe Foland a JulSt'
Senator y lch"lSoh noped that n Sevehth JuuSe
would not be created 10 obVlate tAis dimeuity;
because the present arrangement OF choosing
judges has been pract'sef for long time Is no
reason why should be continued.
senator 'hlttenIeh sald II "aS question ol 10
cation; but that the Counties which are now IN
convenienced had caused that themselves, On a
former occasion, in defeating Mr.. Pierpoint lie
would repel the idea of creating q new judge as
soon as any man IN the Assem- iy. lie repeated
that it was question of location; no one has I'M
peache1 the ability Of any judge; all agre' IN
endorsing all toe judges In order that the ques-
tion might be set led on its merits, he moved that
the Assembly adjourn.
This motion was disagreed to.
Mr.. Hebard, Of Chelsea, was embarrassed by t {
question. lie had no particular feeling about it,
/ and oplv wished To discharge his duty. In order