Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-11-13

ing letter from Maj. Gen. W. T. II. Brooks.
in reply TO invitation of General Assembly
to be present at the reception of Gen. p. ii
Sheridan, which was read and entered upon
the journal of the House The letter is as
follows
NEAR HUNTSVILLE, ALA, Oct. 30. 1867.
Has ErceRencv, the Gorernor of Vermont
Montpelier
Governor: | am in receipt from your office
OF copy of the joint resolution of thanks
and invitation to Gems. Smith and Brooks. y
May ask you, Governor, to convey to the
General Assembly my thanks for the COM
pliment thus paid me, and their appreciation
Of my efforts to convert a body of the citi-
zens of the State into soldiers worthy of a
great republic.
| am, Governor. very respectfully,
". I. Ii BRooKs.
Bills introduced-Bv Mr.. Parker of Hart
ford. to amend section eleven. chapter one
hundred and nineteen of the General Stat
utes (lorbidding cards, dice and billiards for
gaming J by Mr. Cleveland of Brookfied.
amending sections nine and fourteen. chap
ter sixtv-nine of the General Statutes re-
lating to marriage by Mr.. Crook Of Corinth,
to legalizc the corporate acts OF Vt. Copper
Company and C0rinth Mining Company.
By Mr.. ferrin Of Montpelier, to incorporate
Green Mountain Quarrying and Alanufac-
turing Company; by Mr.. Goss of Nergenne7,
to Incorporate the Manhattan Marble Com
pany. By. Mr.. lIaskins Of MarshieId.
changing the name Of Jennie II. Blodgett
and constituting her heir-at-law of Harriet
c Pitkin. BY Mr.. Aldrich of Shrewsbury
to legalize the list OF Shrewsbury for lS6.
By Mr.. Van Sicklen of Burlington. relating
| to nuisances and Instructions to highways
By Mr. Wheeler Of jamaica to amend Sc,
( tions 66, o.. chapter 24 of the general stat
utes on highways. &c. BY MIR. Pollard u
7 Windsor. in amendment OF section /, chap
4 ter Of the general statutes. of public a.
counts By Mr.. Pilshurv of Sutton, Z
/ Incorporate the Orleans and Caledonia steam
mill company. BY Mr. Pollard of Windso
machine Bv Mr.. Proctor of Rutland I
incorporate the Rutland boot and shoe com
pany. BY Mr.. Cooper Of Canaan. TO chanr
the time of holding the Essex county court
II committee consisting of members from
Essex county. By Mr. Hubbard of Stock
bridge, in addition u section Is. chapter l23,
general statutes, relating to the State prison
BY Mr.. Crane Of Newport. 70 revive an act
to establish county grammar school in tio
county Of Orleans, passed Nov 80. 1920 b.
Mr.. Ball of Springfield, in addition to am
amendment of the act incorporating the
Springfield Wesleyan Seminary. also petit
I
subject; to committee on education. By Mr.
White Of Shelburne, to incorporate th,
Shelburne railroad company. By Mr. Syke
of Dorset. to set a portion of the town %
Mount Tabor t. the town of Dorset b,
Nlr- Parker of Wolcott to pay VIM. c. Doal
/ the sum therein named. BY Mr.. Perkins
St. Adams, laying tax on the coIntv
Franklin for the purpose Of building n conr'
house, and To pay the Indebtedness Of th'
county.
Reports select committee, againS
l46, altering the time of holding the Decem-
her term of Orange county court: third read
ing refused.
Sundry rem0nstrances against the charter
Of any new railroad to connect with the Troy
and Boston railroad were presented; also nu-
merous petitions from variOns towns asking
for the charter of such road, all of which
were referred 10 committee on railroads.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
SENATE-BlHs introduced and rsferred--By
! Mr. Allen. TO incorporate the Green Noun
tain quarrying and manufacturing company:
TO committee on manufactures Bv Mr. Bul-
lard. providing for memorials to be present
ed u soldiers of this State who ser we'd in the
late war: TO committee on printing B1
Mr.. Dewey. in amendment to chapter s.
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BY Mr.. Brown, (hy requestl. relating to tn.
formation of new county. the establish
ment Of county lines and the alteration
county seats u committee on printing.
Reports - From committee on railroads
House bill loo. to incorporate the Montpe-
/ lier and White River railroad company
passed. From committee on education.
against Senate bill 33 adding certain book,
te the list prescribed for use after Nov.
ls6S; third reading refused From com
mittee on finance. House bill l4l amend
ing section I, cl apter So, general statItes
relating - the grand list; passed.
From special committee. House bill 2S to
enahle the towns therein named TO aid in
the construction OF the Iamoille Valley rail
road. After brief statement by Mr. Hen
dee in favor Of the bill, Mr. Kellogg addresse4
the Senate i'm opposition n it. He was op-
posed to the principle of bonding towns fol
the purpose OF builing railroads. He be
lieyed the tendency to he injurious To the
State at large that under this aid many
roads would probably be built that would
never pav. 1t would occasion controversy.
| litigation and discomfort, and thereby COM
| pei minority 40 become stockholders in
railroad, whether they would or not. The
| powers Of towns should be confined 10 the
| discharge of those duties naturally deyol-
wing upOn them municipalities. The
! principle of the bill Is departure from this
rule and believed to he dangerous. Mr.
! Kellogg demanded the yeas and nays.
/ Mr. Hendee discussed the bill at some
| length in its favor. The proposed road was
was not built for the benefit of Lamnille Val
/ ley alone. but was Il trunk line forming
part Of the connection between Portland and
/ 0gdensburg across the entire width of the
State. in it's widest part The legislature
/ last March past similar bill to enable
! towns to aid in the construction OF the Mont
! pelier and st. Johnsbury railroad, through
| the WinoOski Valley. He urged that no
/ harm had yet arisen from enabling acts to
/ forewarn them of danger from the principle,
and as q matter of Justice the privilege
should not now be withholden from the Ia
moille Valley road. He believed that if rail
roads were to be built the capital of the
State must build them, and the fairest way
to get at it was, by direct taxation. After
explaining more minutely the provisions OF
| the bill and the manner in which it was
guarded. ON motion of Mr.. Martin, the bill
was read for information. The vote being
] taken it resulted as follows -
/ YEAs-Messrs. Anderson, Baker, Barstow,
! Bullard. Burt, Garfield, Clapp, Dale. Dew
ev. Hard Hendee. Henry. Hill, Lane, Mar
! tin. Root, Sanborn, Simpson, Smith, Walk
! er-2l.
| NAys-Messrs. Alien, Atwood, Barrett.
Brown, Goodhue, Kellogg, Leonard, Orcutt,
! Prout,-9.
! The bill was passed
/ Mr.. Goodhue called up Senate bill +, gran
| ting State pay of IS per month to certain
Vt. soldiers Mr.. Barstow proposed an
| o,oandmaDt which was adonted Mr. An