Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-11-20

means reported in favor of an act to pay the
tuition of INDECENT students ia the University
of Vermont and State Agricultural College,
and to pay the salary of professor of agri-
culture in said college, with proposal of
salary of professor
Mr.. Lyndo of Marlboro, inquired If It did
not appear before the committee that this
college was now drawing sum exceed
ing eight thousand dollars per year from the
stateP If 1t did not appear that there had, as
yet, been no graduates from tho agricultural
department of the colegeP if it did not ap.
pear that tho annual increase of this institu-
did not exceed 500, O0OP and if the number
of students in the university was not less
than ninety-five, with eight professors in the
university which interrogatories were an
swered aflirmatively by Mr.. Hyde of Castle
ton, of the committee. Mr.. Lyndo then OPP
posed the bill. Mr.. Hyde OF Castleton, de-
Tended the report of the committee. Mr..
Lynde, of Marlboro, moved to dismiss the
bill and the amendment, and demanded the
yeas and nays. Mr.. Shurllelf, of Plainfeld,
stated that n large portion of the students
educated in Vermont academies were in
duced, by lower rates of tuition, to finish
their education Mt colleges outside of Vcr-
mont, and the reason that these institutions
could afford to offer better terms, was be-
cause the states in which they are located
have literally endowed their colleges and
universities, while Vermont has uniformly
pursued II niggardly course in this particu-
lar. Mr.. Sladc of Middlebury, Mr.. Daven-
port OF Wilmington, Mr.. Rowe OF Poultney,
and Mr.. Buell. of Middletown opposed the
bill, and Mr.. Abbott OF Cabot favored it.
Mr.. Perrin of Berlin demanded the previous
question and the bill was dismissed-yeas
III, nays 40.
FT1ddy-An amendment to the bill to
prohibit tree passes. including editors and
publishers of newspapers and ministers of
the Gospel in the saving provisions of the
bill, was passed, but the bill itself was voted
down,yeas 3; nays 81.
The committee on insane asylum reported
against the bill concerning the imprison-
ment of persons in the insane asylum, and
third reading was refused.
joint resolution directing our Congress
sional delegation to oppose the proposed
reciprocity treaty with Canada was passed
with only four dissenting votes.
House. The bill regulating the discharge
OF patients from the insane asylum was
amended so as to allow two physicians in
stead of one to act with the commissioners
OF insane, and passed.
The bill abolishing the state board of ag :
rtculture and creating state superintendent
of education, elected by the legislature, ut n
salary of $500 per year, was passed.
Sdturtidy.-In the House the bill to
provide for the revising and compiling of
he laws of the state was refused u third
reading.
A bill practically repeating the prohibitory
law and establishing license law was dis
missed by n vote OF 100 to 40, "a members
being absent or not voting.
MOHidy.-In the Senate the committee on
insane asylum reported favorably on an act
for the better protection of personal liberty,
with proposals of amendment, and it was
ordered to lie.
| The joint resolution of the House against
the claims of the Iroquois Indians was
adopted in concurrence. Jeint resolution
of thanks to Mr.. Clifford for u portrait Of
Gov. Peck was adopted in concurrence.
In the afternoon the insane asylum act
was taken from the table and passed.
House. Petitions for and circumstances
against the formation of u new county come
in Mt the rate of about half dozen per day.
Tho Senate bill for the protection of game
birds in the state was passed in concurrence.
Alter long discussion, bill was passed
assessing a tax Of one-half of one per cent
on all deposits in savings banks. to be paid
into the state treasury.
The Senate refused to pass the bill making
certain officials responsible for insufliclency
of the highway, instead of the towns, rs ut
| present.
House. The bill to place the inmates Of
the insane asylum under the protection Of
tho laws was passed with amendments pro-
| posed by the committee.
The bill to assess and tax the real estate
of railroads was discussed mt length, and
made the special order for tomorrow morn.
ing at half past ten.
In the afternoon, in joint assembly, thu
| lOHoWinB Ollclais were elected.
Railroad commissioner, Myron w. Bal
ley, of st. Adams.
! Commissioner of tho insane, ii. ii. Atwat
or, of Burlington.
Superintendent of the state prison, John
+. Bailey, of Windsor.
First director of the state prison, Charles
+. Houghton, OF Bennington. Second direct
or, Elon &. Pettgrew, of Ludlow. Third
director, Marcus ID. Gilman, of Montpelier
For first trustee OF the reform school, Hon
Paul Dillingham;, of Waterbury. Second
trustee, Charles Rogers, Jr., of Wheelock.
Third trustee. Victor Atwood, of st. Adams
For trustees of the university of Vermont
and state agricultural college, Justin S.
Morrill,, of STAFFORD, Waldo Brigham, o
Hydepark, and Eliakim p. Walton, of Mont
pelier.
For chief justice of the supreme court
Hon. John Pierpont, of Vergenncs. First
assistant justice, Hon. James Barritt, o
Woodstock. Second assistant, Hon. Hoyl
ii. Wheeler, Of Jamaica. Third assistant
Hon, Homer +. Royce, of st. Adams
Fourth assistant, Hon. Timothy p. Redfeld
of Montpelier. Fifth assistant, Hon. Jona-
than Ross, of st. Johnsbury. Sixth assist
ant, Hon. Henry II. Powers, of Morrisville
| For reporter of the decisions of the al