Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-11-10
MONTPELIER, Nov ,, 1850.
Now that a day Of inal al

journment has been fixed upon, the importan
matters are heing urged upon the attention
members. Perhaps the usual mistake has bcei
male by the managers, or the plan laid bl
them To crowd the real work INTO the last few
fsycrish days when nobody thinks clearly oract
wisely except those who have brought about thi'
state Of things 70 subser,e their own designs
Il will he borne in mind that the measures o
greatest practical Importance, those about which
the people are anxious, are almost untouched
up to tl.is date The militia question, now fell
by al to be a question Of vital Importance, re-
mains as 1t wcs- Bills enough have been intro
I juccl. 80 that every member can fnd militia
Z reform or repeal or modification bin 10 suit his
te.-e, hut nothing really has been accomplished.
I The Committee ou military aiIir- have reported
against TIE first tin introduced upon this sub
isct. an act pro,id;;r 10 m,diy the existing
law, but upon tia, report TO action has been
taken. The amount cf progress msde thus far
has been an expression ofopiuion on the part of
the Committee. This Of course Is not much.
The question Is It'll as 1t was. IheAgricultural
College question Is iu the same preiieameut At
Tie question Of taxing L. ;. bonds
and ,b,.r income is somewhat further advanced.
An extended report has been made. covering
port the ground, but really after all, the
pract cai oint in the whole matter still remains
to be acted upon. That point is whether or not,
the shares Of National banks can he taxed.
This question was up before the Committee hav-
ing IN charge lss, evening. They readily
agreed tha, rational bonds cannot hc taxed, but
upon this question oi taxing bank shares they
differed. MIR. Waite of fBrat,lebo'o would hayeit
that te shares are Of uo value Of themselves cl-
Iy ne they represent the bonds, and are not taxa
De. NJ Barlow yi ST. Adams is confident that
sblr,- are property and taxable like other pro
perty. The fact that they are bought with
bonds in part, does not prevent them from beng
taxed. any a.aIg than any other property pur-
chased with bonds This latter view prevails
with d majority O.; fie committee and was ap-
pro,ci hy those phu s,seutled h-t evening to
witness ther IrococI.ngs. Several gentleman
addressed the committee by rcques, Of the com
mittee anil among these was Mr.. Euglesby Of
p.,-,;,.-.,, liz remarks were .,rgularly to
,bo.,..,, and .s,,,i =, .'ue-Ia,s the point
,,,.,a. i....,,..,, ,,sr extent tbst gained zen.
.r,l ..,rn,ol.,,o, II, roip,eI out very
Iii. ,, error Of Mr. waite. IN assuming that
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D'1I fr'' Pcs
There i- very h'i'e agitation '. ii' ~''n
.ll,si .as orhre ihe L1-.a''''it' 10 present
Corporation o'ls AMI other m''-r7 oil minor
importance occupy 'he time 40 present Inc
railroad controversy IS uAneTs''r' '' nave 'e,u
arranged 'y mutual agreement oi '-e l''"'s'
Il looks Little - 'hol-sh 'he agreement was I'D
some sersr a surrender To AI- I'i@- Inc
measures ne iaS I''i's'u '''" o. i' "'''s
easily enough Win u" 'lP'siO'n .' '". ''''''e
" h'i 'ae i'eiins is I'D TOE senate UT '" 70
nuen was si'i''' 10 MI am '' way % ''-'
pr N-s'' Do s1e' IL WIS., ! '' '.' l'''''' '' N'''
Tie m'''''- f''7''.N Us N'' ''lA'l up s'' ~
'ept ID lr''"" ''r''s' 'n' same Is '''' ''s' wan
the As'ieD''ui"l O'i''se '''i- II suggests Ds''
a. Just p'-s'ole' II moi a "''ie more 'nah 'hA,'
NAV "h'" '''e 'Ny ''' "''.'' ''' ''''''"' 49,
these topics VIII suddenly assume an aspect o'
immense ana pressing importance suon events
have been known 10 occur I'D 'Ne history o'
legislation
The committee. go whom was entrusted the
task q invest eating and considering and r1plrtz
ur. upou the right Of the State to tax
noe offended l,,s otlfe An asseruhlq~c Of ucrsOus