St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1874-11-27
From Montpelier.

The Legislature set last Friday for
adjournment. but late in the week they
found they iIld too much work blocked
out to accomplish it. and 81 postponed
adjournment until "Wednesday the da!
we go I" press. Much OF the unfinished
business will have been finished before
adjournment. hut We give II record of it
a. il comes:
On Friday the senate. defeated the
hill allowing appeals from chanccl"r>'
orders made in the chambers. and aid
iourncd over To Monday. The HOUSE.
took up the Senate hill giving Julian
Scott S.J0O more fnr h> painting of the
Battle of Cedar Creek. but when it WAS
well on the WAY Ia passage. amendments
were shut oil on the previous question:
which dl>gII>tcd many. and the passage
was refused 10y Il small majority.
The bill tol the formation of a new
county. t" hr called Allen county. from
parts OF Whitman and Windsor conn
ties passed the House. after II very hot
tight. with Il provision however,, rcquiI-
ing Il tWot thirds vote of the towns to lie.
set of. The Hill t"r removing the
county seat at Orleans county from
Irashurg has passed. and il provides
hat the county commissioners may IS
tlhi>h it anywhere they please. The
contest over these two questions WAS
one of the livclic>t ones in the Lemi>la-
turc for Years.
In consequence" of the election of Mn.
Powers /" the supreme bench. Il speak
cr of the House will have t" Ice elected
| to act IN case an extra session should
/ he called. The choice will hc made
just before the close of the session. and
| will probably fail upon Mr.. Muu>on OF
/ Manchester.
| On "Wednesday there was lively
discussion in the House over the Sen
ateS resolution returning Senator Nor
rills back pay Ia the United States
treasury. The House didn't take at all
t" the Senate'S proposal. and acted very
much like the man who drew the Gle
phant and didm't know what to do with
his prize. Opinion was about evenly
divided between returning il to Morrill,
and Keeping it. \ motion to amend
the Scnatc's resolution hN returning the
grab {" TIA" senate! WAS carried. a. tu
-. but the hill WAS then ordered to lie
on the table. aud there will hr further
fight on the question before it Is set
tied.
The House passed Cooks bill taxing
railroads. after amending it slightly
and dismissed 10y vote of % to 30
lily dies bill controlling the Rensselaer,
and Saratoga frri"htS. The Senate
passed the bill authorizing the purchaS,
OF IL chair factory for the reform school
and voted - to to abolish the State
Board of Education.
Tho Governor returned. with his vct"
House bill III. to incorporate f.. \ +
Fairbanks \ Co.. refusing To approx,
of it. The Governor in his veto mes
sage objects t" the provisions of the bill
foIbidding the sale or transfer of the
stock. except on attachment and eXecr-
ton, or 10y an Administrator, and forbid
ding the deNi>ing OF the stock. if tn,
corporation choose to take ii ut the val
uation of the Probate Court. us being
pre- judicial to the rights of third persons
He considers the provision eXemptins
the stock from taxation still more oh
lccti"nahr. He says if the general law
of taxation is just and proper he car
see n" reason why any special eXemp
ton should he granted to this company
such exemption he considers -'un just t'
other manufacturing corporations an,
other fax payers. unWiSc. and establish
i'll" Il precedent of special legislation q
dangerous and miscellaneous tendency.
Oviatt. the official reporter of til,
railroad investigation held at ST. Allan
in the spring of -, who has hithcrt,
refused to give up his report to TIN
proper authorities. has just passed TIN
document into the hands of the printer
Col. Albert Clark of the st. Allan
Messenger. too late. of couse. to b
+ laid before the Legislature at the pres
I cnt session. though il written copy of
has been used in the hearing now goin
on before the railroad committee. L
l regard to this OViatt business the spc
t cial committee reported the following
8 RcsOIred by the Senate and House q
Representatives.:
That the conduct of Henry Oviatt
as unjuStiliahle us il was mysterious i
Withholding from the committee tu
publication the testimony taken hrtor
the joint committee of the General A.
: Sembly of lc12. to investigate certai
charges in relation to The Vermont Cen
trail railroad. characterize him It's Il pei
son unworthy of the confidence and en-
ployme of the Legislature. or tn
|. courts of the State.