Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-08-12


THE RUTLAN
Prayer By Rev: J: sprd wrisht.
The Journalf yestsv PAS read and
aG1bv1l "
III. hrmaa from aeLegislative Com
mittss, subs1ttsd tho bllowing report,
which NJ red and accepted:
70 nm oouHcu o. CEssons
The Legislative Committss, to whom was re-
Se1red the resolutinn instructing them to inquire
whether the laws Of TIE State regulating the rate
Of interest have been disregarded and violate l,
ETC., and the said Committee report the cause Of
such violation and whether 1t be within the prov
ince Of this Council to provide . remedy.
Report that we have considered the matter SUBJ
mitted to us by said resolution and state that the
laws Of the State regulating the rate Of interest
have been very generally disregarded. The cause
Of such violation is the proclvity Of the citizens
of this State, 'moved and instigated by the love
Of money" to evade the law to gain important
ends.
But we think that matter so variable the
use of money should be under the control of the
Legislature, whose flexible legislation can be bet
ter adapted to the varied value of money, and
the various exigencies and wants of the people
than a stiff and infiexible provision Of organic
law And we therefore think it is not within the
legitimate province of the Council of Censors to
provide remedy.
TIMO. P. REDFIE I'D, for Com.
On motion of Mr.. Colburn, ordered that
the report lie.
The report of the special committee on
woman suffrage was taken up, and the
question being, shall the article of amend.
ment proposed by the committee be
adopted? the yeas and nays were de.
manded by Mr.. Rand. The vote being
taken, those gentlemen who voted in the
affirmative are:
Messrs. Cleaveland, Hollister, Powers
Rand, Reed, Ross.-yeas 6.
Those getlemen who voted in the neg.
alive are:
Messrs Colburn, Field, French, Har-
mon, Lane.-nays D.
So the propos ID article of amendment
to the Constitution was adopted.
Mr. Cleaveland called up the minority
report of the Special Committee on chang
ing the mode of amending the Constitu
ton.
Mr. Ross moved to amend the first sec
ton of the substituted amendment of Mr.
| Cleaveland by substituting the followin g
Article of amendment proposed By Mr.
Ceaceland and substituted for tie ar
t1cle proposed IN Minority RePort o
Mr. ColJ,trn, and amended on motiol
Of Nh Ross
ARTICLE No. -.
SEC. /. At the session OF the General Assembl!
of this State, 1880, and at the session thereof
every tenth year thereafter, the senate may, b.
a vote Of two-thirds of its members, make pro
posals of amendment, if eoncurred in by major
ity of the members of the House of RepreSen la
tives, shall be entered ON the journals OF the tw
Houses and referred to the General Assembl,
then next to be chosen, and be published in tn,
principal newspapers of the State and if ma
jority of the members of the Senate and of th,
General Assembly shall, respectively, concur il
the same propose of amendment any of them
it shall be the duty of the General Assembly t,
submit such proposals Of amendment to diroc
vote of the freemen of the State and such OF sal,
proposals of amendment as shall receive major
ity OF the freemen voting thereon, shall become d
part of the Constitution of this State.
SEC g The General Assembly shall direct th,
amendments, and enact all such laws as shall b,
necessary to procure free and fair vote upoI
each amendment proposed and TO carry into et
feet all the provisions of the preceding section.
SEC. 3. The House of Representatives shall hay,
all the powers now possessed by the Council o
Censors, to order impeachments, which SHAH il
all cases be by vote of two-thirds of its mem.
bers.
SEC. T. The forty-third section of the second
part of the Constitution iof this State is hereby
abrogoted.
Pending the question, shall section frs,
of the article of amendment proposed by
Mr. Cleaveland, and substituted for the
article proposed in the minority report of
Mr.. Colburn, be amended by substituting
the article r-~roe~a by Mr.. Ross
On motion of Mr.. Powers. the vote
whereby the amendments proposed by the
Special Committee to their report was
adopted was rtconsidered
The question recurring, shall the ar
ticle OF amendment proposed be adopted !;
the yeas and nays Were demanded by Mr..
Powers, and the vote being taken, those
gentlemen who voted in the affirmative
IRE
Messr-. Cleaveland, HOLSTER, Powers
Rand, Reed, Ro-s-yeas G.
Those gentlemen who voted in the ne.
gative are
Messrs Colburn, Dewey, Field, French
Harmon, Lane-nays g.
There being a tie vote, the President
cast the decisive vote in the affirmative, so
the amendment was adopted.
Mr. Dewey, from the Commute on the
Judiciary, submitted the following sup.
Elemental report, which was read and
accepted
REPORT.
To he C0pncH Ceasors
The Special Committee on the judiciary, tc
whom was rccommitted the proposed article OF
amendment in relation to the appointment OF
the Judges of the Supreme Court, with leave to
amend the same, report the back To the
Council, amended in certain respects as fol-
lows
ARTICLE
SEC. l. The Judges OF the Supreme Court and
the presiding Judges of the County Courts shall
be appointed by the Governor, by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate.
SEC. ,. The term of Office Tof the Judgesl of the
Supreme Court, and the presiding Judges of the
County Courts, shall be six years, provided thai
under the first appointment made IN pursuance OF
this section the two Judges first appointed shall
hold their offices for the period of six years the
two next in order of appointment shall hold thei,
offices tor the period of four years; and the two
next in order of appointment shalt hold their of.
fees tor two years.
SEC 5. Whenever the number ofthe Judges OF
the Supreme Court shall exceed SIX the Legis-
lature shall fix the time when the term of Office
of the JndCres eyceSs If that hal oo,p