The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-01
LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT.
Annual Session, 1862
Friday, Oct. IL.
SE.N4T'E-.9fernoon.
GENERAL STATUTES.

House bill, title ., chapter 3, "Of applications
to the General Assembly," and House bill,
title =, chapter ., "Of organization and officers
OF the House Of Representatives severalv
passed.
Mr.. Elmunds for Judiciary Committee, to
whom title 49, chapters. so, 60, g., So, was re-
ierred, reported by bill, and on his motion the
bill! was referred to the Committee Of the Whole
The bill IS the same substantially as the law
now is, except that the exemption from the oper-
alton of the statute OF limitations Of causes Of ac-
ton accrued in favor Of volunteers in the United
States service, was enlarged SO as to include draft
I'd men, and also causes Of action against suca
volunteers and drafted men, for the period Of their
service. 4 section was added, taken from the
Revised Statutes, bu1 since repealed, providing
that no new promise should avail as an answer to
the defense Of the Statutes OF limitations, unless
.uch promise be in writing.
The committee OF the whole reported the bill
10 the Senate. and recommended its passage, and
j, was ordered to third reading tomorrow af.
ternoon.
Mr.. Stafford, moved to reconsider the vote pass
ing House bill, Title ., Chapter agreed to. Mr..
Stafford moved to strike out the two first sections
Of said bill and insert, instead of them, section
containing the substance of the two sections, and
the section in Chapter %, respecting notices of
applications, relating to railroad charters. The
bill and amendment were laid on the table.
House bill, title %, chapter 49, OF weights
ard measures ;" to Committee on Agriculture.
House bill, title 80, chapter 9S, /" of land
taxes" to General Committee.
House bill, title 80, chapter 102" of fences and
fence viewers to General Committee.
House bill, title %, chapter 10, "of the inspec.
ton of provisions and manufactures F." to Com
1nittee on Agriculture.
Mr. Allen, called up House bill! title ., chapter
)" of the promu cation of Statutes and other
documents and it was read the third time.
On motion of Mr.. Allen, the Senate proposed
to amend the bill, by adding section providing
thvt nothing in the chapter should be construed
TO require the printing in the pamphlet laws acts
changing the names Of persons, and the bill was
then passed.
House bill, title 6, chpter II. " of County
property etc." ; readithird time and passed.
House Bill, title % chapter 10 "Of Masters
Apprentices and Servants y and House Bill, title
81 chapter 1913 "Of the State Prison y; reat
third time and passed.
RESOLUTION.
From House, providing for joint committee
to examine the accounts of the Salgeant-at-Arms
concurred in. MIR. Allen was appointed on tht
part of the Senate as this Committee.
Adjourn ed.
HOUSE-.lnernoon.
THIRD READING OF BILLS.
Chapter q of the Revision, entitled "Of TIT
laying out and disseminating roads and bridges
passed.
MIR. Hunton of Bethel moved to recons der tht
vote by which chapter one hundred, relating t
pounds c,trays, &c, was passed. lie stated tia
rs toe bill had passed Is was no! allowable r
Permit animals to run in the road, while as th'
chapter stood originally, the poor could by per
miss on of he towns, allow their cattle to plstur
in the road. He wished to restore the chapter /,
its original form and tits could be done only Jy
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