Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1864-11-24

dismiss the bill. The amendmen, =
rejected and The bill passed by an alm "ss
unanimous vote. noSt
Adjourned to 7 p. m.
EvRNING--Housp
Rports-By Mr. Coles "a, o.
Town hhes' against bill to annex mart ~
Jamaica to Windham; third readInp' % o.
fused, ''"s re-
BY MIR Macomber for com. ON educ.
uon, bill TO regulating Distribution ~
publie school money, with amendment
third reading.
by Mr. Deane, for Judiciary com. hin
In addition TO act to prevent RAIDS,
third reading. '"''''i
by Mr. Lynde, for gen. com. bill N an.
able towns TO meet contracts m nov,
substitutes; third reading. s"'
House coRcurredin Senate amendment
OF hill providing for repairs of houses Of
public worship; bill TO increase paw OF
grand and petit jorors also CONQUERED
IN SO much OF Senate amendment of bill
TO pay cartain State officers as relates IN
salary OF quartermaster-g general and 70.
ferred bill to com. on WAYS and mears
concurred in Senate amendment of hi
to authorize selectmen to build school
houses.
Resolstion-Senate resolution nrovid.
ing for appointment OF joint com. on
final adjournment was concurred in with
amendment
Adjourned.
SATURDAY, Nov. 10.
SENATE.
Rsport-By Mr. Hutchinson, for com
on roads, with amendment III 249 relat.
ing to the Atlantic Il st. Lawrence rail.
road; amendment adopted and bill
passed.
Special orda-H 152 to authorize towns
to raise money to pay substitutes for
drafted men was taken up.
Mr. Dana opposed the bill, believing il
wrong to give towns authority to raise
money for every and all objects, and
thinking that substitutes are in very
different circumstances from volunteers.
They are largely paid for substituting
themselves, and he saw no reason for
paying them any more extra pay.
Mr. Hutchinson favored the bill. The
objections urged were merely technical
As towns have already power to vote
money for enlisted men, he saw no rea,
son why they should not have power
to assist the families of our meritorious
substitutes.
Mr.. Fish thought the bill unnecessary
as in his opinion the law already allows
towns to vote money for the purpose.
The bill was further favored by Sena,
tors Hutchinson, Pennock and Wood
and opposed by Senators Dana and Hen.
ry.
The third reading of the bill was re.
fused
Bal refe7ed-H II, prescribing duties
OF county clerks; to committee on ju.
dietary
Mr.. Bottum moved to reconsider the
vote rejecting S II, to commute the sen
tence Of John Burns; agreed to.
The bill was then favored by Senators
Bottum, Cushman, Richmond, rennock,
Barrett, Tabor. Crane and Flagg, and
opposed by Senators Williams, Henry
Nichols Hutchinson, Wallace, Wood,
and Fish
On the question of ordering the bill
to third reading Mr. Barrett demand
ed the yeas and nays, which were taken,
as follows:
YeaS-Messrs Abbot, Barrett, Bottum.
Clark, Crane, Cushman, Dana, Englesby,
Flagg, Hollister, kellam, Meacham,
Pennock, Richmond, Tabor, Upham--
Is.
Nass-Messrs. Allen, Chapman, Fish,
Henry, Hobart, Hutchinson, Nichols,
Reed, Rublee, Smith, Wallace, Williams,
Wood-13.
Bal introdaesd-By Mr. Henry of Wealth.
ersdeld, to incorporate the Perkinsville
hotel company to committe on corpo-
rations.
ResosHtior-By Mr.. Reed of Fairhaven,
increasing pay of members of the legis.
lature one dollar per day; ordered to
lie.
Bills passed-To amend sec SO chap %
gen statutes, (provides to divide the
public school money on the Friday next
preceding the last Tuesday of march,
an act to enable towns to fulfil con.
tracts to pay substitutes in addi-
ton to act to prevent raids, (authorizes
confning raiders in prison while await.
ing trial.; to incorporate Montpelier ho-
tel company to repeal So much of chap
10 gen statutes as relates to election Of
sealer of weights and measures.
Aaitia.-The House resolved itself into
com, of the whole, Mr. Dorr in the chair;
to consider the Senate bill to organize
twelve regiments of militia.
The question before the com. was upon
recommending to the House to amend
the bill so as to provide for the organ
ization of the entire militia.
The proposed amendment was favored
by Messrs Wheeler Of South Hero, Fisher
Of Cabot, Webster of Charleston, Bruce
Of Pomfret, Nicholson of Wallingford,
Dwinell of Mortified, Marcy of Royal
ton and Daniels of Grafton, and opposed
by Messrs Houston of Victory, Spear of
Braintree, Abbott of Windsor, Clifford of
New Haven, Belding of Johnson, Hin
man of Holland and Rounds of Chester.
The committee of the whole reported
progress to the House, and on motion
of Mr. Stewart of Middlebury, asked
and obtained leave to sit again.