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the testimony of any person W hether insan
7 or otherwise, shall be taken - which pro
1 posal of amendment was subsequently with
t drawn.
The bill was then passed.
SPECIAL order.-H. 10. to assess and tt
the real estate OF railros Is in this Stats, wa
E taken up, the question .eing on the amend
: ments proposed by the committee.
mr. COOK oi NJ endon, said the railroad
are property witch escapes taxation an,
they ought to reached and be taxed hk
other propert'. He said that all that i
asked Is tina. the real estate of railroad
snail be tay ed the same as Other real estat
IN the loc' .lities where they are located. III
uld not fully approve of the amendment
Propo" d, but 1t was in the right direction
ana II lght be an entering wedge to more
perfect legislation in the future. lie claim
eu that 1t Is unjust to take property out o
U c list and throw the burden OF taxation OF
those who are less able to bear it. he wOulC
prefer to leave the matter of appraisal Il
the listers, rather than fix an arbitrary ap'
= pral>al per mile as in his amendment; tn,
listers would understand better the value
Of the property and could treat it like other
property. The proposal of the committee
to put special rate of tax per mile upon
the road bed would be found to be uncOn-
stItutlOnal, and therefore would defeat the
object sought by the bill. BY the commit
tees amendment the railroads would pay q
tax OF S3l 200; by the appraisal as fixed in
the amendment. 1t would amount to only
about 5000. The adjoining States are re-
ceivlng very much larger per centage OF
taxation than Is proposed by either of the
amendments. lie hoped we should reject
the amendment proposed by the majority OF
the committee. ana take up the amendment
presented by him and perfect that and pass it.
The fact that the roads have been extrav-
agant and piled mortgage upon mortgage
/ upon their property. was no reason why we
should exempt them from taxation. We do
not have sympathy for farmer who has
managed 80 badly as to get his farm deeply
involved IN mort cages, bat compel him to
pay taxes on his farm; we should be no more
nsiderate for corporations than for indlyi-
duals He hoped We should not leave this
matter until son ething has been done to
/ tax this property.
Pending the consideration of this amend
ment, the Senate came in for Joint Assem-
/ bly,.
JOINT ASSEMBLY.
The Senate came in and the adjourned
meeting OF the JOINT Assembly was called to
order by HIS Honor Lyman &. Hinckley,
President Of the Senate; Hon. George
Nichols, Secretary of the State. Clerk
For Railroad Commissioner, Mr.. Davis of
St Adams, nominated Hon. Myron W
Bailey of ST Adams, and he was elected
by riuG uOCe vote.
For Commissioner of the Insane, Mr.
Henry OF Chester, nominated Dr. II. II
Atwater Of Burlington. seconded by Mr.
Biodgett Of St. Johnsbury and Senator
Che-mOre Of Chtienden county, and be
wa elected by a rIrG rOoe vote.
For Superintendent OF the State Prison,
Senator Howe of Nindhtm county, nomi-
mated John F. Bailey OF Windsor and be was
elected by uira roce vote.
Fui First Director of the State Prison,
Mr. Henry OF Chester. nominated Hon c.
+. Houghton. seconded by Mr. Smalley of
Burlington. Mr. Munson of Manchester Mr..
Davis Of 81. Alhans, Senator Walton of
Washington county and Mr.. Davis OF Read
ing.
Mr.. Grog, Of Barton, said he had no OBJ
lection 10 the lol4iultion of Mr. Houghton
he Is now one OF the members of the Board
ot Trustees and should be retained and there
are other members on that Board who
should also be retained. He nominated Hon
John W. Hartshorn for First Director.
and urged that We should not now leave off
50 efficient a man as Mr.. HartshOrn. lie
was seconded by Senator Chesmore of
Chitteuden county
Senator RJwell of Orange county, fully
coucurred with what had been said by
both gentleman from Chester and the
gentleman from Barton. For the purpose
then OF bringing this whole matter before
The JOINT Assembly, and giving the present
Board all an equa. chance as to the chair
manship, he nominated Hon. William R.
Sh-d OF Newbury; seconded by Senator
George Of Orange county.
Considerable discussion ensuei as to the
action of the Board during the past t~o
years, during which Senator Ltdi of Chit
truden county moved that the JOINT Assem-
biy adj lurn until to-morrow afternoon.
which MAS disagreed To 10 one voting in
t1e affirmative, except Senator Lsdd.
The President appointed a. trlier~, Sena-
tor Ro~e.. OF Orange County Mr. GrUuJ OF
Barton, and Mr. Henry OF Chester. 11s
ballots having been taken, resulted as fol-
lows
Whue number o. o.
tAa- Z. nuu shtoa had ....-.-......... l,s
JOAN ". uartsnorn had................ )
William r. SAeId dhAd.....-............ l.
And thercupon Charles E. Houghton was
declared duly elected First Director Of the
state Prison for the two year. next ensuing.
For second Director of the State Prison,
Senator Wilson OF Windsor County, nomin-
ated Elon q. Pettigrew OF Ludlow; seconded
by Mr. Dana OF Cornwall and Mr. Boynton
OF Woodstock, and no other name being
presented, he was elected by rirG roce
vote.
For third Director Of the State Prison Mr..
Lyntc Of Marlboro, nominated Marcus d.
4 l-s| 4
SaYles Of Huntington, Mr. Powell OF Rich
moud, and Mr.. Grout OF Newport No other
name being presented, be was elected BY
rira rOcc vote.
For first Trustee Of the Vermont Reform
School, Mr. Henry Of Chester. nominated
Hon. Paul Dillingham; ot Waterbury sec
onded by Mr.. Grout of Newport. No other
name being presented, he was elected by
Ulrd r0ce vote.
For Second Trustee of the Vermont Re
form School, Mr.. Hyde OF Clstleton nomi-
na ed Hon. James NJ. Slade OF Middlebury;
seconded by Mr.. Tyler of Irasburgh, Mr.
Boynton OF Woodstock and Mr. Smalley OF
Burlington.
Ex-senator Edmnnds of Windsor County,
nominated Hon. Charles Rogers, Jr, of
Wheelock; seconded by Senator Granger of
Caledonia County, Mr.. Blodgett of ST.
JJhnsbdry, and Senator King Of Washing
ton County.
The President appointed as telers, Sena-
tor Elmunds of Windsor County, Mr. Grout
Of Newport and Mr. Hyde OF Castleton
The ballots having been taken and counted,
were as follows
Whole number Of ballots... ................. 253
Necessary for choice IL
james VI Slaie had.............-.-.... l2f
Charles Rogers Jr.......-.---.......... l25
Scattering --.---..---...--.-...
And thereupon Charles Rogers, Jr., was
declared duly elected Second Trustee
For Third trustee of the Vermont Reform
School, Senator Clarke OF Franklin County,
nominated Hon. Victor Atwood of St Al
bans; seconded by Mr.. Powell of Richford,
Senator Granger of Caledonia County and
Mr. Shurtlif OF Plainfeld.
Mr. Martin Of Londonderry, nominated
Henry Gillett Of Richmond.
The President appointed as tellers.
Senator Clarke OF Franklin, Mr.. Pow
ell of Richlord and Mr. Martin of Lon
dOnderry The ballots having been taken
and counted, resulted as follows:
Whole number Of ballots. 229
Necessary for choice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. lI5
Victor Atwood had. Observation-Disclosures. ISS
Henry Glllett had. %
ocat'eilhs'''' .'''''---'-''-''''--
Ard thereupOn Victor Atwood was declared
duly elected third director.
For trustees OF the University Of Vermont
and State Agricultural College, the fol-
lowing gentlemen were then elected Justin
). Motrill of Straff1rd, Waldo Brigham of
Hydepsrk. EiakIm p. Walton of Montpe-
lIer
fho business of this joint assembly
having been completed it was declared
dissolved, and a new joint assembly was at
once convened in pursuance of JOINT reso-
luton prov idiDg that the two Houses meet
in joint assembly in the Hall of the House
of Representatives on Tuesday, Nov. l7Gh
ut q clock in the afternoon, for the pur-
pose OF electing judges of the supreme
court, and reporter OF the decisions of the
supreme court for the two years next eDsu-
in..
For chief justice of the supreme court.
Mr. Dana OF Cornwall, nominated Hon.
John Pierpoint OF Vergennes. aud he was
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