Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-11-10
Notes from the Capital.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Both Houses accomplished fair amour
of business on Saturday, although the
adjourned at an early hour in the after
noon.
Batchelder's great painting OF the Battl
of Gettysburgh is to be on exhibition
Montpelier, Nov. 18th and 18th, at Bur
lington on the 10th and 10Th, and sool
afterward it may be expected at Rutland
There have been, up to the close of tn
session on Saturday, 254 bills introduced
into the House, of whi' h ouly la are o
public nature, the bal,n being TO
changing names, acts of private incor
poration, and the protection of fish.
The bill entitled Gan Act in addition
to the Act incorporating the RUTLAND
Railroad Company" approved March 90
1867, has passed both Houses and gone t.
the Governor for his approval and sigma
ture. The bill allows the Rutland Rail
road Company to make a limited inoreas'
of capital stock and to construct branche
of their road to any quarries or mines il
any town along its line, except to Wes
Rutland
QHartermaster-G General Pitkin has JUS
returned from New York, where he hal
sold military sccoutrements to the amount
OF thirty.five thousand dollars. The money
received from both sales has been deposit
ed in the State Treasury, which affordl
such resources as will lessen the State tar
the coming year, much to the qualification
Of taxpayers, undoubtedly. These sales
have been wisely completed by Gen. Pit
kin and he will retire from office with q
good record for having done the State
good service and very gratifying and hon
orable public record.
BILLS APPROVED AND SIGNED BY THE
GOVERNOR.
An act to incorporate the Monkton
Pond Cheese Company.
An act to incorporate the Essex Mills
An act for the incorporation of the
Board of Trustees of the Springfield
Town Library.
An act to incorporate the Burlington
Trust Company.
An act to amend an act entitled au act
to incorporate the ST. Adams Gas Light
Company, approved Nov 10, 1860.
An act entitled an act to incorporate the
Newport Cemetery Association.
An act to incorporate the Vermont
Slate and Alum Company.
An act to enable The town of Springfield
to aid in the construction of the Ascutney
Railroad
An act to incorporate the Burlington
Prospecting and Mining Company.
An act to incorporate the Shelburn
Cheese Factory Company.
An act to incorporate the Coos Valley
Railroad Company.
An act altering the name of Case and
Thomas Manufacturing Company.
An act to amend an act to Incorporate
the Wantnstiquet Railroad Company.
An act to annex the part of the town of
Lowell to the town of Albany.
An act to establish the North Benning-
ton Graded School District.
An act to pay the widow OF the late
Governor Peter T. Washburn the sum
therein named.
An act in addition to No. 40 of the acts
OF 1869 relating to Trustee Process.
MONDAY WORK.
4 quorum of both Houses assembled Cd
Monday morning and full and import
ant days work has been done. This will
be the best working week of the session
with the exception Of the recess on Wed
nesday afternoon to euahle the rnembers
to make an excursion to the Vermont
Reform School.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
The members of the Legislature are
thinking of reaching an end of their la
bors. A joint resolution has been adopted
for the appointment of a committee to fix
the earliest practicable day consistent
with the business for final adjournment
The day will probably be Tuesday, No
vember 22d. There are many bills of q
public nature which will require time to
perfect if they are to be pressed to pas
sage. Within the last week bills of an
educational nature have come in, making
radical changes in our system of educa-
ton that require great consideration be-
tOAO tiitJ EiChAA bS eng oAhrN 1htO Jul
lave. We believe Vermont should have
distinctive system Of schools, and the
features of the system of other States can
not be forced through the Legislature
without great opposition, which will con.
sumo much time. There is no probability
of the General Assembly sitting beyond
the day fixed for the annual Thankagiv
ing, but diligent labor will be required tc
close at that time, hut it can be accom-.
plished easily by holding evening sessions
which should be commenced as early al
the present time, and there ia no reason
able argument that can be used why
evening sessions should not be held, and
ueed in the discussion of controverted mat
ters,ifnot in general legislation. Among The
measures to make progress towards ad
jounment il TO cut off the introduction o
bills. A resolution was offered in the
House on Friday that no bills should b,
Introduced after Tuesday, November 18th
but it was very promptly laid on tn,
table.
THE STATE POLICE BILL.
The bill to establish State Police has
not as yet made it appearance from tn,
committee on the Judiciary, to whom j
was referred. There seems to be variet,
of opinions expressed as to the fate of thi
measure. Some predict that it will b.
summarily strangled in the committee
others that if it is reported it will receive
little consideration in the Houses and b,
kicked out at once, while another feel
very confident it will receive consideration
and pass both Houses by large majority
We cannot perceive why it should not /,
duly considered, at least, when so large :
number of the citizens of the State ar
praying for its enactment. Hardly day
passes that large number of petitions
are not presented for its passage. Nearly
every town in the State has sent IN pc
tition, and many thousand signatures il