Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-11-18

, motion Of Mr.. Pingry, ordered to lie.
House bill, granting certain powers tc
Chester Academy and School District No
90 in Chester.
House bill, to amend the charter of the
Free Press Association, passed.
Joint ResOiutiOns.-House bill, direct.
ing the Librarian to deliver the town Of
Morristown certain reports, adopted.
House bill, in amendment of an act in.
cooperating the Springfield Wesleyan Sem.
mary.
House bill, in amendment of chap. "a
g. g., of laying out and discontinuing
highways and bridges.
Senate bill changing the day of hold.
ing the annual meeting of the board OF
Education. Third reading ordered.
Special Order.-Senate bill TO protect
fish in Silver Lake; Passage refused.
Senate bill, to protect fish in Tuttle
Pond; passage refused.
\ Senate bill in amendment chap 1, g. O.,
relating to the election of Town Repre-
sentstives. On motion of Mr.. Pingry,
ordered to lie.
/ House bill in amendment Of an act to
incorporate the village of Montpelier,
with proposal of amendment; adopted.
House bill to incorporate the Grand
Isle Steamboat Company, with proposal of
amendment.
House bill to pay Frank Butler the sum
therein named.
House bill to entitle school districts to
send scholars to a higher school A. sub
stitute bill was proposed by the commit
tee on education; third reading ordered.
Biz INTRODUCED Gnd Referred-By Mr..
Nash, to incorporate the Bseman Acade-
my in New Haven; to committee ON edu-
cation
Passed in concurrence. President
pro tenn. in the chair
House bill amending chapter 2l, gen.
eral statutes, relating 10 the rights of
married women.
House bill to incorporate the Burling-
ton Savings Bank and Trust Company.
Mr.. Pingry called up House bill relet-
ing to drainage, proposing en- additional
section fos providing for the appraisal and
awarding of damages to any land owner
through whose lands a drain is construct
ed on motion of Mr. Ladd, ordered to lie
On motion of Mr.. SAKE, adjourned.
HoUeR-EoaEsooN.
Bills introduced and Reteyred.-B Mr..
Fem of Weston, providing for the tenn
porary discontinuance of public highways
under certain circumstances.
By Mr.. Weed of Shelburne, a saaolu-
tion that no till shall Go introduced in
this House after Thursday of this week /;
adopted.
By MIR. Hinokley of Chelsea, to legal
ise the grand lists of the town of Chelsea
for the years lS67-6S-69.
Re- NJ H,,.ll..- .t fsb -. L. ,.-,,u--f
TO cuubie the towns in oarnG0 and Wind
sor counties 10 aid in the construction of
the West Fairlee railroad.
BY Mr.. Ballard of Fairfax, 10 enable
the-towns therein named TO aid in the con-
struction of the Fairfax railroad.
BY Mr.. Salisbury of Townsherd, 20
prevent the destruction cs csl, together
with petition Oh the same subject.
by MIR. Wetherbee of Cambridge, to en-
able the towns and cities therein named
TO aid III the construction of the North
ern Vermont and Lake Champlain rail-
road
By Mr.. White Of Springfield, 10 protect
fish il Spencer Hollow brook and its trib-
utaries.
BY Mr.. Bisbee of Newport, to authorize
Improvements in Clyde river.
BY Mr.. Weed of Shelburne, by request,
to promote anatomical science.
BY Mr., Gleed of Morristown, directing
the State Librarian to deliver to the town
OF Morristown, such copies of the Yer
mont Reports as can be done without de- /
triment to the library; adopted.
By Mr.. Barnes Of Ferrisburgh, granting
ferry to John Quincy Adams
BY Dir. Joyce of Rutland, le,yinz a tax 1
on the county Of Rutland Scr she purpose
of completing the new court house in said |
county.
By Mr.. Langdon of Montpelier, to in
corporate the Montpelier Savings Bank
and Trust Company.
BY Mr.. Morgan of Rochester, deter
mining the jurisdiction of constables.
BY Mr.. Holton of Jamaica, ty request,
to change the name of Michael Matague.
BY Mr.. Knowltop of Straston, chan ging
the name Of Emery Jonas Smith.
BY Mr.. Morgan of Rochester, changing
the name of Marian w Washburn.
BY Mr.. Joyce of Rutland, to incorpor-
ate the Rutland cheese factory company.
By Mr.. Wheelock of Berlin, in altera-
tion of chapter So, z. 8, relating to pri-
vate corporations.
Special Order.--House bill, in amend
ment of seets. IA and 15 of chap. I02, z.
s., relating to fences and fence viewers,
was taxed up, the question being on the
passage Of the bill.
The bill was opposed by Mr.. Boyce of
Fayston; favored by Mr.. Pratt of Pom
fret. and its passage refused.
Unfinished Business.-House bill, in
addition to an act providing for taxing
bank stocks in the several banking associ- ,
atoms in this State, formed under the act
If Congress approved June q, 1854, enti-
lied IAN act providing a national ourren-
~" was read the third time. 4
Mr.. Wheat of Putney, explained that I
he bill provided that the tax of nom ,
resident owners of bank stocks shall be ].
paid into the State Treasury instead of
nto the town and school district t,as- ls
uries. ii
Mr.. Grout OF Barton, objected to the s
of the bill as unconstitutional, | I
md leading to difficulties in the collection !,
Il such taxes, and if the bill passes, we !,
nay lose tax altogether.
Mr.. Hinckley of Chelsea, thought it a
ust as proper to pay all the taxes into the t
state Treasury, as to single out bank Q
tocks for that purpose. He was opposed :,
o any such discrimination.
Mr.. Butter6ed of Wilmington, ex-
'lsined that the bill created no new Iax, Q
r method of collecting it; but only di- I
ected the various treasurers who should O
eoeive the money from the collector to 4
'ay the sum over to the State Treasurer.
Mr.. Wales Of Burlington said the expe-
ience OF the State in attempting to tax :,
he railroad stocks of non-residerts, in a q
iherent manner from what We tar the Il
took of resident owners of tho same q
took, ought to lead us to exercise eau :
( non-residents. The State had lost q
rom 800, 900 to e20O, 900 BY the passage X
the law in relatioa. 70 the taxation of 4
abroad stocks; and j this bill passea We :
hall lose the tax on nonresident owners d
bank STOCK: