The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1866-10-26
LEGISLATURE OF Vermont.

Mr. Iait, To incorporate the IrONl- +
dence orphan asylum and hospital of
Burlington; to com. on education
BY Mr.. Doton. to incorporate the
St. Adams marble company; to com
on manufactures
BY Mr. Taft, regulating probate fees
and salaries; providing that Judges of
( Probate shall receive, for the benefit of
the State, in addition to fees they now
receive. for each order of notice fifty
cents, license to sell real estate, one
dollar, each hearing on citation three
dollars per day, for granting authori
ty to purchase real estate two dollars,
for each inqusition of lunacy two dol
lars, for each order of removal of tran
scient paupers to insane asylum, two
dollars, for making dividend to cred
itors five dollars, distribution of each
estate Of the value of ten thousand
/ dollars ten dollars, for granting letters
of administration or testamentary up
on estates, when the assets do not ex-
coed tea thousand dollars two dollars;
and five dollars for each additional
five hundred dollars, and for records
, ten cents per folio, for the benefit OF
- the register
BY Mr. Barlow, to pay Geo p. Con-
ger the sum Of $50 25, it being for ex-
, penses in pursuit of the st. Adams
S raiders; to com. on claims.
, HOUSE.
Bills passed House bill for the
] preservation of White fish and shad
in lake Champlain and its tributaries
BY Mr. Walker of Ludlow, relating
to fire insurance companies; to com.
= on judiciary
e This bill provides that no fire in
3 surance company doing business in
this state. shall deduct any sum from
the amount of insurance effected by
o its authorized agents, in cases where
g there is total loss by fire, provided
=. the amount of insurance IS not great
er than the value Of the property in
sured.
% The Governor transmitted to the
o house communication, covering a
is communication from the Governor OF
/. South Carolina, requesting copies OF
a certain legislative and judicial reports
to replace those destroyed by the burn
y ing of the State House of South Caro-.
l. lima, in 1865; also the annual report
h OF the Surgeon General Of the State OF
is Vermont; both referred to com under
4th joint rule
h The House adjourned from Friday
TO Tuesday No quorum being pres
>, ent in the Senate for the same time
- no business was of course transacted
IN SENATE
ID Tuesday, Oct %
! Bills introduced BY Mr.. Skinner
to pay Thomas f. Powers the sum .
10 flor services and expenses
~ in experimenting the work of building
IN the State House; to com OH claims
III The Senate considered $. l iii adj
dition TO chap. 10, Of the gen. statutes
and providing that habitual drunken
re ness of either party to a marriage shall
is be cause for divorce on the question
i'll Of its passage
IN On motion Of Mr. Reed, the bill wa
laid upon the table
Bills passed.. ,, relative to tn
earnings Of married women proyidin,
Oh that they shall be entitled to their Owl
e, earnings when abandoned by or Twin.
d. apart from her husband; S. 1, relat
~ ing to lands sold for taxes; S. 5, O
the rights and liabilities Of huaban,
and wife, (the supreme court to au
OF thorize the wife on her petition, to sci
or and convey her real estate, or an,
or part thereof, also the personal estat
.of her husband which may have com
to him by reason Of his marriage il
cases when the whole is abandoned;
~ $. IA, relating to the statistics O
n divorce; sec. %, to incorporate tn
es Providence Orphan Asylum of Bur
rs. lington; h. 10, for the preservation q
shad in Lake Champain and its trib
,et utaries
q The resolution for the ratification c
- the constitutional amendment pre-
posed by Congress, was adopted
yeas, 2S; nays 0.
No business Of importance wa
or transacted in either house in the al
ternoon, save the election Of U.
9 Senator'S, the result Of which we Civ
% elsewhere.
HOUSE.
Iii Bills introduced and referred-B
Mr.. Hubbard, of Stockbridge, in +
,' mendment of Sec II, chap, 126
lty relating to the fees of the members {
5es the Legislature; fixing mileage
lis members at 1 cents per mile each wa,
nst and per diem pay at $500 to con
,,, on ways and means.
~ BY Mr.. shedd, Of Hardwick, to pa
TO substitute soldiers the 81 per mont
State pay given to volunteers; to con
nor on military affairs.
he Pettions-By Mr.. Brigham,
Ma Hyde Park, Of A. G. Brush and other
0'0 asking the incorporation of the We
ar mont Eclectic Medical Society;
md com. on education.
ED The Senate and House met in ioi
the Assembly Wednesday forenoon al
ted completed the elections of Unit,
ted States Senators.
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