Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-11-22
Ll:GIsLATrnE OF VERMONT
SENATE


MoSpAY, NoT. Is. 1878.
Bills iptroiuccd-B Senator Dillingham;,
hv consent. an act to amend sec 30, OF chap
81, entitled OF the traffic IN intoxicating
drinks: 10 Committee On Judiciary.
Third readinss-S 233, an act authorizing
the Governor to employ counsel IN certain
eases passed.
S2I. an ae; to amend sec /, chap -, oil
:. relating to petitions ior new trial
passed
II $50. an act to incorporate the NUNS
matte Society to Committee on JudiciarY.
reports From Committee on Land Taxes,
IN favor OF no, an act to exempt certain
property from taxation. on motion oil Heha-
tor Deane ordered to lie.
Senator Belden called up 5 40, an act 20
establish the salaries OF members OF the Sen
ate and House OF Representatives. lie stated
that the purpose oi the bill was to shorten
the session, but having been kept two weeks
with the committee to which it was referred,
| it had, of course, already tailed OF Its pur-
| pose. lie therefore moved that the bill be
| indefinitely postponed: 1t was 50 ordered
Adjourned.
| Afternoon.
Third readings 2l5, an act providing
Tor the mortgaging OF hotel property :
passed.
5 lG6. an act relating to the repairs OF
public buildings and the letting oil public
contracts passed.
SII, an act to repeal see Il Of an act re-
lating to insurance, approved Nov u, isf'
on melton of Senator Belden, ordered 10 lie.
Observation-Disclosures by Senator Be-
den, that the chairman of each standing
committee report on or before Tuesday next
the number Of bills before such committees,
with the titles thereof.
RepOItS-From Committee on Judiciary
in favor of Ii 300. an act IN amendment oil
an act 10 Incorporating Mddlebury village ;
passed
From Committee ON Education, in favor
OF II 2lS, in relation to the compensation oil
town superlnteEdents: third reading or
dercd tomorrow morning.
From Committee on Judiciary, against )
ll6, an act in amendment Of ch Sc Of :.
relating to dispositions and witnesses; thlru
reading refused.
From Committee on agriculture, in favor
of Ii Ice. an act establishing the standard
of buckwheat and beans passed in concur
, renee.
From Committee Oh Game and Fisheries
in favor of 5 l73, an act to protect black
bass in tho State of Vermont passed.
> Senator Deano called up l2l, an act
, relatiye to the arrears of State pay due the
soldiers of the late war. The question was
! Shall the bill pass the objection OF the
, Governor Notwithstanding.
Senator Powell said he had no intere,
, whatever in the bill. lie introduced tht
D bill by request OF the State Treasurer ant
the reason gwen to him was that the claim
were quite generally in the hands OF agent
and that the claims were also very small
I The Senator said he had no desire to NOV,
G to pass the bill oyer the veto. Senator
Ballard and Mead said that after the con
sheraton that the bill had received, /
j seemed best that the bill should not pas
e over the veto. On call of the yeas AM
, nays the passage Of the bill was refused b.
q unanimous vote.
From Committee on Grand List. agains
D lsO, an act relating to the quadrcnnia
I appraisal of the road bed Of railroads; thlr
reading refused.
Adjourned.