Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-04

j., On the adoption of the amendment, the
yeas and nays were demanded by Mr.. Abel
of West Haven, and were taken as follows
ayes III, nays 43. 81 the proposed amend
ment was agreed to.
Adjourned.
AFTERNOON.
/ SENATE.-Joint Resolution BY Mr. Farm
| ham, providing for. Joint Assembly at PM,
! Thursday the Doth, to elect Trustees of Yer
mont Reform School adopted
Bills passed.-Senate bin 30. regulating
the sale of coal and petroleum oils. House
bill SIS, enlarglng the powers of Northern
Educational Union of Fairfax. House bill
! SO, TO pay Joseph Gilman the sum therein
mentioned. Senate bill 50, to pay Geo. W..
Bromley the sum therein mentioned. Senate
bill IS, reviving bank of Poultney.
/ Third reading refused-House bill 6S,
changing the name of Rollin E. Hill. &c
Bill tnfrOduced.-By Mr.. Clark incorpor-
atng the State Fire Insurance Company to
General Committee. By Mr.. Wheeler, re-
lating TO instruction of the deaf, dumb and
blind; to Committee on Printing
On motion of MIR. Green, the Senate ad-
journed.
HoUsE.-House bill H. to incorporate the
Queen City Fire Insurance Company, being
under consideration at adjournment this
morning. was taken up and passed.
RepOrts.-ErOm the Committee on judi
ciary, in favor of Senate bill l0, for the ad
vancement of the science of medicine and
surgery, on motion of Mr.. Grout of Barton
laid on the table and made the special order
for Thursday afternoon ct half-past two
o'clock. From the Committee on Education,
in favor of Senate bill :, to amend section
30, chapter %, General Statutes relating to
schools with amendment which was agreed
to. From Committee on Grand List. IN favor
of House bill lo2, to legalizc the grand lists
Of the town of Jamaica for the years 1867
and 1868; third reading ordered From
Committee on Judiciary, against House bill
16, TO prevent disturbance in religious meet
ings third reading refused From Commit
tee on Education, against House bill %, IN
relation to the use OF textbooks in schools;
third reading refused. hy Mr.. irish OF
Searsburgh. to incorporate the Walloomsac
Railroad Company; from the State line in
5 Slaftsbury TO the Henry Mines in Benning-
ton, TO Committee on K ilroads.
JOINT ASSEMBLY.
The Senate appeared in the Representa-
tives Hall, and Joint Assembly was formed
10 hear the report OF the Committee appointed
70 canvass the votes for county and probate
oficers. Hon. Geo. W. Hendee. President
pro TEN of the Senate, in & chair Hon.
George Nichols, Secretary Of State clerk.
The following Justices Of the peace We're
elected to fill vacancies
Stannard, Levi Utley: CRANKY. Richard
T. Boyce. Looms y ellis and Lewis " Jones.
Fairloe. Benjamin C.ley and Thomas STRAIT
ton. Moretown. r Marshall Nergennes.
Rodman Chapman AMI Milton J Graves
On motion OF Mr.. Grandey of Yergennes.
the joint Assembly then adjournei until three
o clock on Thursday afternoon of next week
and the Senate withdrew
Special Orders.-Hou-e bin IS, u repeal
an act 10 authorize improvements to he made
III the Nulhegan river
Mr Grover of Wells. for the committee.
explained that but little had been done IN
der the act of last year that the interests
of the cOrporatUrs COnfict,d with the in
terests Of the whole township Of Wells
bringing the owners of timber lands in that
town under tribute to the corporators IN the
act TO be repealed. 1t appeared that the
corporators had expended about 5000 IN
making the contemplated improvements in
the river, but it also appeared from the testi-
mony Of the corporators themselves that
they had received over 1000 benefit from
these improvements, and that they should
have made Them. had this bill not been
passed. The committee found that tie bill
was passed last year without that cOnsiiera-
ton III all respects that it ought to have had,
and therefore recommend that Il be now
repealed.
On demand for the yeas and nays by Mr.
Morse Of Morgan, they were taken, ar fol-
lows; ayes 1871, nays 10 So the bill passed.
House bill 52, IN relation u the rate et
interest. Mr.. Brigham of Hydepark, stated
that the bill made 10 change iu the rate OF
legal interest, leaving it at six per cent,
except in case the parties agree in writing
to some other rate. The law il now
stands is a dead letter, and is openly violated
by business and moneyed men, and ar high as
eight. nine, and even ten per cent was paid
for the use of money. Ii the rate of six
per cent. II retained as the legal standard,
money would be sent out of the State for
investment, To the detriment Of the business
interests Of the State. Ii would be better
for the poor man, and would not be at all
oppressive 10 him. He hoped the bill would
pass.
Mr. Wood, ,-of Fairhaven, moved that the
bill be ordered to lie and be made the special
order for tomorrow afternoon at three |
0 clock.