The daily Green Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1861-1865, 1862-10-28
LEGISLATURE OF VERMONT.
Annual Session. 1862.
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semitic.
Prayer by the Chlplsin. Journal read and APP
proved.
BY Mr.. Bean, to incorporate the Green Noun
tain Seminary to the Committee on Educ4tion.
BY Mr.. Allen, to pay Nicholas NJ Powers, for
expenses incurred in arrestiny horse thief ; 20
Committee on Claims.
REPORTS.
BY Mr. Bean for General Committee, Mvorabp
sundry House bills, providing Tor adoption of GER
tain persons and changes of names.
Mr.. Edmunds said there would never be a bet
ter time than the present to put stop 10 this
business OF changing names by special acts. The
general law was sufficient, and he hoped the Sen
ate would now decline to pass these bills. The
bills were refused thid reading.
GENERAL STATUTES.
Mr. E!mun IS for judiciary Committee, report
Ell Chapters 81 3S, 80, 40, Al, by bill recon-
mending its passage, and the till was referred to
the Committee of the whole Senate.
The Senate went into Committee OF the whole
on the bill.
Tae changes in this bill from the Statutes as
they now stand, were mainly verbal and not
substantial. The bill provides, however, that a
party who has failed by accident or mistake in
securing an appeal from the decree Of the Pro-
bate Court, may bring his petition to the Supreme
or County Court, instead of to the Supreme
Colrt as the law now is.
The bill also provides for striking out of the
section relating to otl,ets in the statute it now
stands, the paragraph which provides that no
" sum due on ccount, the balance whereof shall
not be asceriained under the hand of the party,
except in actions brought and tried before JUS
cc,' shall be allowed in offset.
Sections s, 8 and 10 of chapter 80 Of the Cen
era Statutes do not appear in this bill. Ih' Sc
,eclons are not il the Statute law of the State,
but were inserted in the General Statutes by the
commissioners of Revision. This bill also differs
from the present law by not limiting the time
wien plea in offset in book account may be fled
The bill also provides that the lessor may take
possession OF leased premises for NJ n-payme3t of
rent. 1t also strikes out of the General Stat
utes the Section which corresponds to Sec. %,
Chap. SO, {. 5.
Inc bill was reported to the Senate with the
amendments made by the Committee of the
Whole, who recommended its passage amend
ments agreed to, and the bill ordered to be en-.
crossed and read the third time tomorrow morn
ing.
House bills, (being portions Of the General Stat
utes). Adj.
HOUSE.
Prayer by Rev. Mr.. Druon Journal read
and approved.
REPORTS.
BY Mr.. Reed for Select Committee, iayorlbly
, to Chapter - of the Revision, "Of towns, town
meetings and town officers"
On considering this chapter, the question in
relation to the qualifications of voters at town
meetings came up for debate.
Mr. Dyer OF Salisbury moved to so amend the
chapter as to provide that not only those who had
been listed, but those who were liable to be listed
should have the right to vote. This would OF
course include many young men who have ar
rived at the age Of u years bnt not been listed,
also other persons who have moved from one town
TO another, between the time Of listing and OF
the town meeting.
Mr. Comings, was opposed to the amendment,
because he would not admit reckless Young men
who felt no responsibility to the privilege of vo-
I ting sooner than now permitted.
MIR. Lynde, thought that as others beside those