The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-04
LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT.
Annual Session 1907.


SENATE.
Devotional exercises +: Reading o. ''n 'A'"''
and Prayer By the Chaplain.
Journal read and approved.
BILLS.
By Mr.. Edmunds, to punish violations oil Ia"
by banks providing that banks Violating me Jaws
relating to interest, or amount OF issue 0! OIs'
shall forfeit 500 j to committee on inn'ihS:
By Mr.. Richardson, constituting otcu If,
Cnapter 81, so as not to prevent BANKS iLoii us
r.rnfin, acce,sonces drawn by Fire Insurance
C3mnani,s in Ills State, for losses by h'e, 70 at
ar,,,iri in the ac..re-4e, ceedng tea per cent.
of its capital, pr y.4ed such acceptances ar IN
dorstd by, and discounted for individuals suffering
such losses ,
BY MIR. Elmunds, to pay Edgar Pitkin, S262'
for services as Adjutant OF the LIST Vermont cAVa'
~; to committee on Claims.
GENERAL STATUTES.
Mr.. Kirkland, for Special committee, reported
fayorably, House bill, title 81, chapter llz "oi
offences against the lives and persons OF inui'll-
uals, with verbal amendments; amendments
agreed to, and third reading ordered Tor to-moF-
row morning.
House bill, title 81, chapter sc "of private
corporations," House bill, title u, chapter 81
" of insurance companies" House OIL title ~
chap IS +" of telegraph companies" House bill
title 80, chapter 90, " of lnnkeepers etc.; House
bill, title 80, chapter 81 of public auds, in Or
ganzed towns; House bill title 80, chapter 100
. of pounds etc.; House bill, title 80, chapter
10l Of floating lumber; House bill, title 30,
chapter 1913 " Of the preservation Of game etc." ;
House bill, title 3d. chapter l0f " Of vessels nav-
eating Lake Champlan y; House bill, title IL,
chapter 1S g of burial grounds etc.; all re-
| ferrtd to General committee.
| Senate bill titles IS and 10. chapters 62. g.,
| Ga, 60 " of limitation of criminal prosecutions
etc." and House bill, title 81, chapter l2l OF
County ias etc. y; read third time and passed.
House bill, title Is, chapter 80 " of Repleyin y;
| House Bill, title ii, chapter 46, OF forcble
entry and detainer %; both to Judiciary Commit
tee.
House bill, tile q, chapter 80, "Of societies
for the supper, of the Gospel &C.; to Special
Committee Mr.. ford, Cha rman.
House bill title 81 chapter III, "Ot offences
against chastity, &c. House bill title 80, chap
ter lla, "Of offences against public health !"
both to Special Committee, Mr. Kirkland chair
man.
House bill, title 8. chapter i6, " of the org ln
zltlon of village corporations. &C.; 10 special
committee, Mr.. Peck, chairman.
House bill title ID. chapter %. "of laying ou
highways, &C.; to com. on roads. Adj.
HOUSE.
PRAYER BY Rev Mr.. McAnn. Journa, read
corrected and approved.
Mr.. Adams OF Colchester moved to recons!de
the vote by which the chapter of the Revision en-
titled, "Ot justices Of the peace" was passed
motion laid upon the table on motion Of Mr.
Ilubbe.
BY Mr. Fisher (2) against extending the Rut
land and Whitehall railroad to Casteton t
: Committee on Roads.
! BY Mr.. Denison of Roya,on. that pay du
: Thomas Il. Williams from the State, be not diver
ted from the support of his wife and child t
committee on claims.
REPORTS.
BY MIR Shaw for Seec, Committee, fAvorab!
to chapter 1913 of the Revision, 20. forms
oaths"; third reading.
BY Mr.. Burroughs for Committee on Stat
Prison, by tiII, for release of Matthew HaI!eran
: on motion Of Mr. Hubbel! made special order lc
tomorrow at 3 O'Clock p NJ.
Mr.. Balch called up chapter 100 Of the r.
vision, "Of the general provisions concernin
: crimes and punishments," laid upon the tab
!, upon hi, motion. He moved to amend the SCI
: ton providing that the Court shall issue the wa
rant tOr the execution, ia case Of inflictng III
, death penalty, within one year and three mont!
e after passing sentence by leaving the time in II
!, discretion Of the Court. He believed ha, man
'' times, facts occasloniEg the conviction might b
' come more fully known after the conviction, an
therefore it would be wise not 10 Tx definite
!, subsequent action, but to leave it in the di
erection OF the Court.
j. Mr.. Chandler, opposed the amendment upc
8 the ground that this provision would in fact chans
the intention Of the law. The question of ex
a. cation or leaving permanently in con6nemer
- would then have to be decided by the Court.
was leaving the question of nfctng the Gea
r peualty to the discretion ola single man, instead
}. making it the recruitment of intlexible law. I'll
o. improperly of such a course was too evident
81 require explanation.
Oi Mr.. Batch, stated that he was not Nv any mea
convinced by the argument advar ced by the ge
IL tleman from Woodstock, (Chandler.)
70 lie further supported his position that t
Il court could best Judge, whether the public 60
s required the death Of one who had been convi
r. ed Of capital crime.
Mr.. Henry, thought the question of Capt.
lie Punishment had been already discussed and Guy
.e. not TO have been again brought before the Hou
m lie thought the power now loo ged in the Exc,
,e, tive to pardon, prevent for time the execut
he wa all that was required. 1t was Sinking
ed responsibility to retain the death penalty, and III
nd leave il 10 the discretion Of the Court.
Ter Mr.. Miller, of Williston, thought this amer
I'm ment was in TACT, doing away with the action I