The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1864-10-21

the present PROVISIONS Oh inc act ohiN /
qualified electors arc permitted to
vote.
As thfIe nro many now in the milf /
tary service Of the United States from !
this State, who lave, since enttng J
the service, arrived at a legal age, they (
ahould be entitled to the privileges III
the act, and provisions should Vel
made, giving authority to special ool.-
stables TO administer the necessary
oaths.
Provision, should also be made, CIV
ing to volunteers, officers having conn
mission from United States authori
tics, who are citizens of this Stato, the
the right TO vote at the polls Of any
company from this State in tine blig
ade, division or corps to which they
may be attached.
l would therefore recommend that
the act be amended in these respec S
ut an early day, that proper instruc
tons and blanks may be forwarded
TO the field in season for the APP
prooching election.
| herewith transmit the opinion of
the Judges Of the Supreme Court upon
the question Of the constitutionality
of the law
LAND scniP.
The agent appointed under the act
providing for the sale Of the land
scrip, approved November il, 1868,
has affected a sale Of the same The
proceeds Of said sale amount to the
sum Of one hundred and twenty-six
thousand two hundred and forly-one
dollars and forty cents, which has
been duly invested in the bonds Of
the State mt par.
In October last, the Hon. Homer T..
Royce, one OF the agents appointed
under the act, resigned the trust ]
appointed Henry W. Hickok, Esq, Of
Burlington, to fill the vacancy.
yERMNNT STATE UNIVERSITY AND AssocI- By
ATE co1IEoEs.
The act Incorporating the Vermont
State University, and appropriating
the income arising from the proceeds
of the scrip for public lands, approved
November II, 1863, provides for the
Union and incorporation Of the three
existing corporations in this State, the
President and Fellows Of AHddlebury
College, the University Of Vermont
and Norwich University, or either one
Of them, with the corporation created
by the act aforesaid, and for the trans
fer and conveyance Of all their prop
erty both real and personal to the
State University.
1t was strongly hoped that this act
would have secured to the State and
to the cause Of oducation the full ben
efcial results OF union of all the
present colleges, and the formation Of
one institution, uniting the strength
and resources of ALL and realizing
the true idea Of State University
managed and controlled by no sect OF
denomination, but established anC
maintained upon a broad and liberia
basis, that should secure to tn,
State that strength of position in al
her educational interests with such n
institution properly conducted alon
can give Efforts have been made du
ring the past year to secure such al
union and incorporation of the sever
az colleges, but the difficulties whicl
necessarily attend such an entelpris
before harmony of action can be Sc
cured and proper basis determined
have thus far prevented.
The University of Vermont ha,
however, elected to become united an
incorporated with the State Uniyers
ty, and have elected seven persons
their number to become members
the corporation created by the n,
aforesaid, and have transferred by the
vote all the property of the Uniyors
ty together with the rights TO the rem
and uses of the lands belonging I
them, and haye left for record an
caused to be recorded in the Office
the Secretary of State, in the book
records, a true and attested copy
the record of the proceedings Of IL
meetings OF their board duly certifo
by their secretary, in compliance wit
the provisions of the act Aforesaid
BY this act of union the colporatio
OF the Vermont State University b.
comes ON the first of November prox
mo, valid and legal, uudcr and by Vi
tue of said act OF incorporation. j
partial extent therefore has been /
allied the plan of state institutio
into which shall be incorporated Il
elements contemplated by the act
Congress, namely: instruction in su,
branches Of learning as are related
agriculture and the mechanic arts n
excluding other scientific and classic
studies IN such manner as to promo
the liberal and practical education
the industrial classes in the sever
pursuits and professions Of ife
1t is TO be hoped that the union
all the colleges viii yet be effected
that the sentiment of the state. whi
has SO strongly favored such
union and which has Increased in Or
portion os the subject has been al
tated, will yet find It's realization in
institution strongly established on II
broad basis of a university in It's tn
idea, sustained and potronized by Il
people, and contributing by It's pow
and influence 70 the great and par
mount interests Of education. un
Vermont, now occupying dist
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