Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-12-04
ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGIS-
LATURE.

The legislature flushed Its third b.
ennial session last Wednesday. after
weeks Of labor. The session will rot be
marked for any extraordinary legislator.
or for the amount Of work done. but if
it has accomplished little god. it
has done DO great harm. Something
near four hundred bills were introduced
in the House. and one hundred and sixty
IN the Senate. Many Of these took con-
siderable time IN the committee rooms.
as well as in the two houses The
amount Of private legislation has been
less than at previous sessions. but sever
al corporations were formed. many pm
vate claims we're considered. and not =
few measures Of small importance erePt
in 70 absorb time.
The Reform school was denied large
appropriation which was asked for; the
States Prison was visited BY commit
tee. aud new laws enacted for Its gOvers-
meut and regulation. The Insane Asy-
lum was discussed. At some length, VS.
tied by = committee. and Is 70 BE revis-
tied by commission. hereafter. Mr.
SpraEus vas paid about $4,000 for the
Vermont building at the Centennial /;
$1,000 were appropriated for a monu-
meut and a celebration at Bennington :
the salaries Of state officers we're reduced
state bankrupt act was passed; ve-y
stringent liquor laws we're enacted and
many statutes were repaired. altered and
repealed.
The most important and most needel
measures were killed in enc house or th'
other. and the slaughter near the end o
the session Of bills which had been care
fully considered by intelligent COMMITTEE
Vas fearful The alterations and improve
ments in graDd list Avs were nearly a
Incorporated into : House bill prepare
with great care By the grand list con
mittee. and the whole thing was ca.
overheard by the aged grand ma'Ams (
the senate.
The re-maPPing scheme threw Il
House into eonmotion and sbsOrbe
much time and attention IL al vel
for uaught The House was = remarks
de body. and though temperats, hone
and conservative a. whole 1t was
tickle as the wind. one day it vOu
be dangerously generous with the fun
Of the State. the next il would refuse
the most niggarily manner. money, wbe
the Withholding vas unnecessary. 81
the poorest economy.
The Senate vas composed Of We
good men, but there was an element
IL that was too conservative ard stiul
for centennial tines. Any nsasu
where the pockets Of the people we're ,
fected found little sympathy With -
portion Of the upper House.
The papers, the Montpelier Jo1lrI
in particular. soold great deal abb
the House. bat We are inclined 70
Eeye that the third" House institu;
some Of the worst and defeated some
the best measures that entered the Hou
The Journal shows not little sel6shn
when it is willing to attribute all
mistakes Of the session 70 the b'sEH
system. and sls0 when it complains
cause the salaries Of certain state ofhc
living at Montpelier have been reduC
II the legislature is guilty Of all
Journal attributes 10 il, the less oftel
is called together the better and in
gard to the reduction Of salaries.
body who knows the "true inwardns
Of the matter. believes the salaries b
been made too small
We are inclined to believe that
harm and more good has been done
ing this session than at some for
sessions