The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-20
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LEGIsLATUnE OF VERMONT.
Ninety-FOurth Session.
SENATE.
MORNING SESSION.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. /


Senator Ladd said that there Is wide
spread dissatisfaction with the board of ed
ucation, and he hoped that bill would not
be tempered with at this late hour in the
session.
Senator Granger said that the teachers
institutes had been held at the expense of
the various districts, and the present law
embodied the provisions of the Illinois law,
which requires petition Of thirty teachers
to hold an institute, and the committee had
decided on this feature, after much con-
sultation.
Senator Walton said that in answer to
the evident disgust of the people, he had
decided to support the original BILL
The amendment was disagreed to, and
the question being, shall the bill be read
the third time, Senator Chessmore demand
ed the yeas and nays, which were-yeas 81,
nays /; Senator Brookns voting in the
negative, Senators Henry and Houghton
absent, and the bill was read the third time
and passed in concurrence.
Senator Rowell called up S. 1853, an act
| to establish work house, and the bill was
| passed.
Senator Wilson called up s. 11G, an act
in amendment of an act 'to allow owners
of land to drain the same" the question
being on the amendment proposed by SEN
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''i Id 10 r ano e." Sr poS Tt
of Chittenden, providing. for a joint assem-
| bly,, Nov. 18th, at p. M, to elect q state
| superintendent of instruction; adopted on
the part of the senate.
From The house, S. SO, an act to empow-
er certain railroads therein named, to con-
solidate with each other, with proposals of
IN n,o,;op Of Sena,or Rovro,ds al.
;e Wm h'o''oi Vi 'en"'oi noyno'os' "o-
AFTERNOON.
House bills refer led H. 121, an act to
place the inmates of insane asylums under
protection of law; to committee on insane
asylums.
Unfinished business Senator Wilson of
Athens called up S. SO, an act to empower
certain railroads therein named, to consoli-
date with each other and the house propos-
ais of amendment were concurred in.
S. 1862. an act to amend section Al, chap
ter 25, g. s., also No. 40, acts of 1870 the
question being shall the amendment strik-
ing out the first section. and making the
time of notice to towns twenty days in
stead of six. and the amendment was
agreed to and the bill as amended passed.
Yeas IA, nays IA; the president giving the
casting vote in the affirmative.
Senator Walton moved to suspend the
rule of the senate in regard to reconsidera-
tions. in ordea that the vote refusing the
third reading of Ii. 357, an act to provide
for the further distribution of testimonials
to Vermont soldiers might be reconsidered;
motion disagreed to.
Senator Colburn called up S. so an act to
authorize the manufacture of chars at the
reform school. Mr.. Colburn briefly op-
posed the bill.
Senator Rowel Intercepted the commit
tee.
Senator Edmunds, for the committee,
read the testimony of Gov. Dillingham;, one
of the trustees.
Senator Howe of Windham said he felt
perfectly sure in leaving the control of the
proposed appro priaton in the hands of
!, therefore favored the bill.
Senator Proctor thought the appropria-
ton was premature and that we should wait
till the newly elected trustees should ask
for the appropriation.
Senator Rowell moved to amend by max
ing it discretionary with the trustees to use
this appropriation or not; agreed to.
Senator Walton said that the state could
afford to buy this property and could man
age it successfully. The factory would
furnish occupation to the older BOYS in the
school VINO neeu 10 master some trade be-
fore going out into the world. He favored
the project, and should vote for the bill.
Senator Smith stated that he was op-
posed to the bill. He thought with the
honorable senator from Rutland, that it
, was best to wait till the trustees asked for
, en- appropriation. He thought that it was
strange TO see the superintendent coming
here and Offering to sell to the state SO pro.
, fitable property as he had testified that
, this was. This appropriation was a nest
egg for future ones. And Sl5, 900 was not
a 1.-THE of what would be necessary to carry
such thing through successfully.
Senator Granger was willing to leave the
management to the trustees of the school;
the business of seating chairs is not proflta-
BILE. but chair making is profitable. 1t
would be particularly successful in the re-
form school, because the labor would cost
comparatiyely nothing.
. Senator Rowell said that this institution
was specifically reform school, and Won
can reform no man or bow in idleness
Something must be done to train them up
to the habit of working, and protect them
from the vice of idleness. He thought the
proposed business was good one for the
bows. and hoped the bill would PASS.
Senators Chessmore. Smith. Wilson of
Windham. and Wilson of Orleans. further
opposed the bill, and Senators REYNOLDS.
Granger and Page favored it. On the
question shall the bill be read the read time
Senator Smith, demanded the yeas and nays
, which were as follows:
Yeas.-Senators Clarke, Edmunds. George.
GRANGER. Holmes. Howe of Windham'
kim. Page, Parker. REYNOLDS. Roby'
Rowell. Tolman. Walton-i4.
Nays-Sepatois Allen. Benton. Brook
ms. Chessmore, Colburn. Houghton. Howe
, of Rutland. Ladd. Proctor. Smith. Wilson
of Orleans. Wilson of Windsor-1o
, So the third reading of the hin was or
dered for Tomorrow morning.
Senator Walton called up s. Sc an act
relating TO insane asylums and the cues
r tion he;nr on tbe adontion of the second