The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-25

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was ar ended by providing that elections Of mem
btrs OF Congress should be IN 1851, and b.eun-
ally thereafter, passed.
House bill title %, chapter IS, " Of Weights
and Measures returned from the House with
SrnAte's proposals of amendment disagreed TO-,
was referred to committee on Agriculture.
! Mr. Stafford, for Special committee, reported
title II, chapter 81 " of the duties Of recording
officers ETC., by Ul ordered TO third reading.
j Adjourned.
Prayer ~ Rev. Mr.. LORD. journal read
and approved.
RESOLUTIONS.
BY Mr.. Hubbell, that the Committee on Banks
be instructed to revise the act entitled act
,horzing the business of banking and the amend
ment thereto. and report the same to this House
in separate chapter; adopted.
By Mr.. Henry that Committee on judiciary he
instructed to repor, a bill providing election of
Representative TO congress ON the first Tuesday of
September next or in case the President shall
order the meeting of congress meantime, that the
election be held under the direction Of the Gov
ernor.
I RYFoRTs.
By Mr.. Hub5ell for Selec, Commi,tee favor
ably to Senate amendments of Chapter lib, ct OF
'fences against private property" except so FAX
as r-lates 10 the 9th and 18th amendments re-
port agreed to.
By Mr. Dana, for Committee on Public Build
ipUc Nh I NJ
commissioner to superintend and direct needed
pairs in the roof o, the State House third read
iIno.
THIRD READING or Bills.
/ House bill TO pay Milo /. Bennett and others,
fer labor in revising the Statutes.
Mr.. Fletcher, of Cavendsh. spoke in oppo-
ston to granting The sum mentioned in the BIZ!
(S3 000) to Milo L. Bennett. He thought it was
more than should be paid, in com parison with
with the sums paid to State officers. He moved
to commit to a member to amend SO as to pro-
provide to pay Judge Bennett thousand dol
lars year, and his CLERKS four hundred.
oar. Henry stated that Mr. Bennett was taken
from position where he was receiving eighteen
hundred dollars year. 1t had been thought
proper that he should not receive less sum for
me work which The State had required, and which
ceprably.
Mr.. Balch moved TIE motion 10 amend the
smendmpnt as to read twelve hundred dollars
per year for Judge Bennett.
THE time for which payment is to be made is
two years.
| Mr. IiuDbel thought the committee had the
bes. opportunity to understand what Tas just in
this CASE. He would inquire what necessary
| in proceeding with the revision of the statutes.
1t requires The best l-ga. talent in the State and
the more because this is rer,siOn and not
merely compilation. A great deal of labor is
required 10 remove ambiguity from the laws and
yet retain all that was intended IN their enact
men. From this he would conclude that lib
eral compensation should be paid for such abor.
He further stated tho, The account of Judge Ben
nett was less than the amount paid in 1889 for
the revision Of the statutes. At that time all sal.
aries were less than they now are. Judge Ben
nelt's account was s4,9S7 [ot which $1,000 had
been paid. while in 80, $4,000 had been voted by
| the General Assembly.
Mr.. Shaw .aid that the matter under conside-
ration had been carefully examined by one of the
most reliable committees of the House, and he
hoped there would be no deviation from their re-
port. If there vas to be an error in settling with
a tried and faithful public servant, he hoped it
would be the side Of lihersity. He would
state in addition to what had been said in refer
enee to the definite sum named that iD Massachu-
sets $1,000 had been pad for the same service
of revising the statute laws.
Mr.. Depson spoke briefly against the amend
lncnt proposed, and in favor OF the Committees
report.
Mr. Dana of ST. Johnsbury, believed that as
the Committee had tx .mned the matter and re-
l. I.
the Legislature to lessen the sum reported. The
claimant would, and very properly, persist in pre-
sentng his claim in future years unit! b. should
obtain what he believed to be justice.
Mr.. l!unton believed that after the committee
had tried a claim and decided uponit, it would be
unvise for the House to override their decision.
The Committee on Claims wa. the proper tribunal
TOR irving this claim, and not the House. Al
though the Hou.e could decide against the claim,
vet the applicant must necessarily feel that the
adjudication of the committee was the true deci-
sion in the case. The House was rather party
in the case, and though privileged with the power
to over-rule the decision of the committee to
whom properly the decision belonged, yet il would
he very injudlcous to exert that power in case
ike this.
The question was then taken on the amendment
moved by Mr.. Fletcher amended by Mr.. Balch,
b, Mr.. Fletcher's consent, 50 as to read $1,000
per year.
Mr.. Fletcher demanded the year and nays
n ,kah bail 30, al