Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-11-27

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oa0 people and $500 legal voters, Tor ne
. :cred that, Nth the exception OF one or
,vo towns majority of the inhabitants OF
the towns embraced in this bill are opposed
m the massage of this bill he believed
that the fact would appear that
Mr. Henry actually represented only the
perple of Andover with population oil
SIS. the people of Weston with popnia-
tiur @. e3l, and the people OF his own town
or Chester with population oil 2oo2. a
majority Of all the other towns are opposed
20 the project Of new county he sara
H. i strictly Chester project and the |
,t!.r towns are either opposed or Inditfer-
,i.t to it. He hoped i: would be settled
. here and not be sent to the people.
Mr. Powell of Richford, said he had no
interest in the matter, but he thought the
proppsition of the committee just to submit
lie matter to two-thirds vote OF the towns
Ia be organized into The new county. vi
course the other towns Of Windham and
Windsor counties would object TO it and
so LET the Towns in interest decide Tor them
selves.
Mr. Davis of Reading, said his town had
a particular interest IN this matter; ana ne
beiieyed that majority of all the towns IN
the proposed new county, even, are also m
terested in and opposed to the PROJECT lie
Ice i that there are ample county buildings
at Woodstock and Newfane to aceommo-
Gate the people of the counties; that there
i no complaint but the court business Is
promptly done and that this is scheme
gotten up by certain parties in the town OF
Chester II we organize this new county,
we shall have no ends to claims Tor new
counties in the State.
Mr.. Boynton of Woodstock, said, on the
argument for a new county. that the
present county seats are such as that the
navel Is hard in the month of December to
yet t. the county courts, he dld not
know of any section of Vermont where the
travelling in the month of December l. not
hard lie aid we might in the same way
make the arg ument to apply to the whole
State AID 20 county seats in other counties.
r., a.-, thai the population OF the new
c,...;, Nill be as large as the average OF
t.vuit,r counties IN the State. Is no argu-
nlrlL Tor it, formation. lie did not doubt
;..tt l.c p,..r,a II Chester wanted 10 be the
~a.-,- .aUu % the new county, but 1t was
-.. mi-lr-tune u: circumstances that we
ran,.t ala lyr IN Shire towns of county.
Is linu- rt the balance of the testimony
-..v.d i.s.i the people did not demand tins
H.a--tc. aud ue trusted 1t would not be
i''~-ed
Al Martin o.; Londonderry, said he be-
.irf.d BE represented an undivided cOnstlt-
atury when he asked for the passage OF
ttl- bib. IeIe has been great change IN
5i. au. u.-ruriug and business centres Of
ih. state. pad tins demand came from
i.-,.iIr taar arc hurdened with the oppre--
son nt the present organization OF the
counties. lie said It was somewhat singular
that representatives here are 80 urgent IN
their statements that majority of the peo-
ple ut the towns named in this bill are op-
posed L. il, aud yet are not willing 10 sub
nit the question 10 a vote OF twO-thlrds OF
the legal voters OF the towns. As to the
county buildings in Windham county at the
commencement OF the session there was
bill! introduced here to lay tax on Wind
han county /, repair those buildings, but 1t
!ec ho.l .Lri,d in some secret recess 50
t-at ta,y ul-hr be able 20 talk about their
good c,rn;y lCildlngs. lie characterized
"a, buildings a. being anything bat SUIT
uhis inr the purposes Of the county.
Nj Davenport of Wilmington. opposed
t.a h..I. because rot demanded by the PEG
p.,. u.t establishing a bad precedent for
tae breaking up OF the OLD and established
county lines of the State.
NJ Eddy Of Jamaica, said that IN reply to
Mr.. Martins assertion that there were no
upu- Tor the court at Newtane, Hon. james
Barrett, the Judge of the Supreme Court.
testified before the committee that Newlane
was one Of the best places in the State to
hold a court.
Mr.. DaniOrth Of Barnard. said his town
was 50 situated as to take a birds eye view
OF the situation, and he believed the towns
had been 50 well accommodated for YEAR
past that this House would not now begin
to divide and split up the counties u tie
State.
Mr.. Henry Of Chester, said that when La
noble County was formed. the proposition
was not submitted to the Counties oil
Franklin. Chlttenden and Washington. So
now we should not submit this proposition
TO the people of Windham and Windsor
Counties, but only 10 the towns to be Or
gained into the new county. No such bug
bear as was held up TO our view about tbs
general splitting up Of counties, resulted
from the formation OF LamOille County, anC
no such catastrophy would follow this pro
feet. lie said two towns IN Niudhau'
County had been left out of the bill a. orr
ginallY drawn, to prevent the removal OF
the county buildings in Windham County
about which So much fear had been ex
pressed. The County seats of both Wind
ham and Windsor Counties would not be
disturbed by this new county.
Mr. Kent of Dorset demanded the pre-.
vious question, which demand was second
ed by the House.
The question then REQUIRED, shall the bill
be dismissed? and on that question the yeas
and nays were demanded by Mr.. Davis Of
Reading, and were taken-ayes IS, nay:
l09.
s. the I'LL was not dismissed.
Tie question then REQUIRED en- the adopt
ion OF the amendment proposed by the
committee.
Mr.. Eicy OF Jamaica. proposed to amend
80 as TO submit the act TO vote of all the
towns in Windham and Windsor Counties
instead OF to the vote of the towns to be
created into a new county, which vas dis
agreed to--ayes 30, nays 92.
Mr.. Clark of Bethel, said that if this bill
is passed it will inevitably lead to the for
nation of a new county with county seat
on White River; and perhaps that will lead
to still another. We should not disturb
old county lines.
Mr.. Davis of Reading. said that if this
new county is formed we shall break into
two of the Probate Districts of Windham
and Windsor Counties and discOmmode
the probate business of the two districts.
Mr.. Henry of Chester, said this matter Of
probate districts is bugbear which is pro-
vided for in the bill itself, and amounts to
nothing as an argument against the bill.
Mr.. LYnde OF Marlboro, moved that the
bill be ordered to lie on the table, which was
disagreed to-ayes II, nays %.
The question REQUIRED on the adoption OF
the substitute bill as reported by the COM
mittee; and on this question Mr.. Eddy OF
Jamaica. demanded the yeas and nays,
when were taken-ayes "a, nays "a
The Speaker gave the casting vote in the
Affirmative; 80 the amendment was adopted
AFTERNOON.
Joint resolufions-From the Senate. pro-
yidIng for Joint Assembly at p O'Clock this
afternoon, to elect a State Superintendent
Of education; adopted in concurrence.
The amendment TO the joint resolution
relating to final adjournment, proposed by
the Senate was cOncurred in.
Unfinished business H. 277, constituting
anew county by the name of Allen, was
taken up, the question being on the third
reading Of the bill as amended this fore
noon.
Mr.. D-ttin Of Norwich, opposed tie bill
beng opposed to the breaking up of the
county and lines of the State.
Mr.. lyndc Of Marlboro, said that por-
ton Of the towns in the new county are as
WEI! accommodated now, as they can be in
the Lew arrangement. The lower towns in
Nindham county oppose the bill on prin-
cipie. though II might result in bringing
the Shiretown of Windham county nearer
10 them personally.
Mr.. Martin Of Londonderry, said that per-
sOnally and financially, it was for bis inter-
est to oppose new county; but his town
had sent him here to favor a new county,
and they are nearly unanimously in favor
of it.
Mr.. Perrin Of Berlin, said he should op-
pose this project of new county, because
he thought it not right.
Mr.. Shurtliti Of Plainfeld, said if the peo-
pie Of these towns are to be better accom-
modated b. new county. We should grant
the'r request. The question is lett in the
bill for the people themselves to decide and
he was perfectly willing to leave it there
He thought there had been discussion
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