Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-10-13
Notes from the Capital.

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morning of any Monday, at least for sew
eral sessions past. Little business, how
ever, was transacted in either branch
The Legislature is well organized, ant
the committees appointed therefore nj
reason exists why earnest work should
not begin.
The committees give general satisfac
ton, and the new Speaker seems to have
used good judgment in his distribution
to the various sections of the State.
SENATE COMMITTEES.
The Senate committees are appointed
by the Senators in en- informal meeting
and are then nominated to the Senate an
elected pro lorna. The Rutland county
Senators are assigned as follows: Mr.
Merrill is Chairman of the General Com
mittees of Claims and State Reform
School Mr.. Copeland is Chairman o.
Committees on Highways and Bridges
and on Bills, also is member of the Com
mittee on Banks Mr.. Abel is Chairman
of Committee on Joint Rules, and is &
member of the Committee on Banks and
Elections.
The Bennington county Senators have
been assigned as follows: Mr.. Gardner
Chairman on Finance General Commit.
tee and Committee under 4th Joint Rule
Mr.. Horrobin is on Education.
Addison county is thus provided for
Mr.. Grandey (Chairman) on Military AT
fairs, on education and on rules; Mr.. Hill
is on Finance.
Windsor county has the craftsmanship
of the Committee on the judiciary, in the
person of Judge Pingrey. He is also a
member Of the Committee on the State
Reform School. Mr.. Collamer is on Edu-
cation, and is chairman of the Committee
on Federal Relations. Mr.. Dewey is on
Manufactures.
HOUSE COMMITTEES.
The members from Rutland county are
assigned on committees as follows: On
Judiciary, Mr.. Wood of FairhaYen !;
(Chairman,) Beaman of Poultney; on
Ways and Means, Beamen of Poultney
on Railroads, Bromley of Pawlet, Clark
of Brandon; on Banks, Hitchcock of
Pittsford on Manufactures, Day of Ira !;
on Grand List, Baird of Chittenden,
Hitchcock of West Haven; on States
Prison, Cook of Mount Holly and Colvin
of Clarendon; on Public Buildings, Mr..
st. Johns of Hubbardton under 4th
Joint Rule, Edison of Mendon on Bills,
Buel of Middletown, Chairman on
Library, Kellogg of Benson; on Agri-
culture, Hawley of Dandy; on Land
Taxes, King of Mount Tabor DISTRIBUTE
ing Committee, Foster of Sudbury Mile
age and Debentures, Lewis of Wells ;;
General Committee, Bay of Ira on Can
vass of Votes for Members of Congress,
Colvin, of Clarendon, Estabrooks of Sher-
burne, Congdon of Waliingford on Fed
eral Relations, Mr.. Smith of Shrewsbury;
on Reform School, Mr. Hyde of Castleton;
on Revision of Statutes, Mr.. Wood of
Fairhaven, Chairman. 1t has been re-
marked by some that Judge Kellogg of
Benson, was not on the Committee on the
Judiciary as it was expected he would
have been its chairman. We learn that
the position was rendered him and de-
clined. He has been made Chairman of
the Special Committee on the General
Railroad bill introduced by him. We
make this note lest his friends may think
he has not received the position so mani
testify due him, and that it was by his
own desire that he was not appointed on
the Committee on the Judiciary. 1t will
be noticed that the Chairmen of the Com
mittee on bills, in both Houses, are from
the town of Middletown, Messrs. Cope
land and Buel.
The Addison County Committees are as
follows: On Ways and Means, Mr.. Slade
of Middlebury, Chairman; on Elections,
Skiff of Monkton on Education, Maxfeld
of Vergennes; on Grand List, Tappan of
Panton, Brown of Goshen; on Corpora
tions, Thomas of Salisbury, Oryis of
Starksboro; on Town Lines, White of
Orwell; on Highway Bridges and Ferries,
North of Shoreham, Billings of Ripton
on Agriculture, Benedict of Cornwall
on Land Taxes, Hamilton of Bridport
on Distributing Committee, Dixie of Bris-
toll; on Mileage and Debentures, Hub
bard of Whiting; General Committee,
Mr.. Barnes of Ferrisburg, Chairman
Canvassing Votes for Congress, Smith OF
New Haven, Evarts of Waltham; on Re-
form School, Powers Of Leicester.
The Bennington county members are
assigned to committees as follows: Oh
Elections, Bacon of Sunderland; On Mil
itary Affairs, Houghton of Stamford OF
Education, Carpenter of Readsboro; OF
Railroads, Colburn of Manchester; OF
Banks, Graves of Bennington; on Manu-
features, Tyrell of Dorset; on Grand List
Houghton of Stamford, Graham of Win
hall; on Corporations, Houghton of STAN
ford Under 4th Joint Rule, Aldrich o
Woodford; on Federal Relations, Mr.
Graham of Winhall, (Chairman); OF
Agriculture, Mckee of Arlington; OF
Land Taxes, Richards Of Pownal; Dis
tributing Committee, Crozier of Sears
burgh; on Mileage and Debentures, Tyrel
of Dorset; General Committee, Hurd o
Sandgate; Canvass Votes for Congress
Graham of Winhall, Aldrieh of Wood
ford, Crosier of Searsburgh.
The following is the location of a par
of the members from Windsor county oil
committees: On Elections, Henry of Ches
ter; on Ways and means, Richmond o
Woodstock; on Judiciary, Farnsworth o
Windsor on Education, Drake of Royal
ton on Claims, Thomas of Reading; OF
Railroads, Stafford of Hartford, Chair
man on Banks, Morgan of Rochester OF
Grand List, COLON of Stockbridge; OF
Highways, Bridges and Ferries, Field o
Springfield: Under 4th Joint Rule, DIR