Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-11-29

The Session.
The seventh biennial session of the leg
stature closed s. o'clock this morning.
Work was completed two hours and a
half before and the two houses took a
recess until the hour named in the resolu
..rn for final adjournment.
The legislation of the last eight weeks
IS certainly important in tha; it institutes
r rev method Of raising the state lax or
the greater part Of It. We have before
gwen the provisions Of the ways and
.c~er> committees bill which Substantially
: ken dc scribed has become law. The
committee also assessed r tax Of ten per
.aut on the grand list of 1852. After the
money raised BY that tax is used the sta'e
mus. &c; its revenue from the tax on cor
pora.ions as far as it will GO the remain
or 70 be apportioned among the several
owns according to population. That is
VIA. money is not raised from corpora
t.oEs mus: Be paid BY the towrs in
proportion to the number Of thcir -ahabi-
ans
The advocates OF the I'LL acre confident
I tie constitutionalily Of the plan and
I've grea, hopes tha: much the greater
portion o! state expenses will be borne BIZ
.ogpora.ious. This view va, urged by
ne com uittec and the friends # the bill
ao,.ceably by Speaker Martin who ,ef. the
chair and iron the floor Of the House ear
.es,ly urged the passage OF tue bill. He
e.ajmed that the law was constitutional
bo.h under the United States aud state
constitutions: that one great benef: OF it
vas the doing away with the old and
wre.chel pan OF equalizing b)ard. that
10 10: equalize as much as they trade;
and finally that the per capita assessment
"c- the deficiency would not be Must Hi,
position was that many OF the towns which
with small grand lists complain that the,
W, have more than their share TO pay or
lie per capita tax are really low taxed
40 little. He though. tina: some SINAI.
towns had their property urderva.ued by
their listers and that the per capita system
wol,d ~. the honest towns and the dis.
homes: towns On an eveter whereas the
homes: ones have now more han their
share Of the burden to pay.
The view aiken BY Mr.. Abel was that
he smaller towns have less property &c
each person than the larger ones, or rath.
er ;ha. number Of persons is no test Of
property 50 that per capita tax would be
very unjust. Doubtless Mr.. Abel is RICH;
IL holding that there would be an ineqqal
i,v-that is that thousand dollars O
property in one town would no. undey
cae per capita system pay as much Of the
safe tx as thousand dollars in another
.own--bnt be did not prove that there
d7es 10: exis. an inequality full as marked
n7l=r he present system.
The proof Of the pudding is in be
ca.,r-. The famous Fl. 4i4 Of the sessior
o. lS>o howled 4: when the legislature c
La: year adjourned, is TOW praised with
o.. stat. II. sol OF the pre.en. session
meets with general approval now
~1- her i. shall become a popular idol a
PREDECESSOR has remains TO be seen.
he grand lis! committee with Mr.
J.n,s Ct Waitsd-ld as chairman and Mr.
.ng a. It's lawyer wisely Tefrained fron
35ing more than p1;ting The present laV
'..o better shape. The provisions Of tn
b.lrepor,ed By this committee will b
QUAD TO harmonic some confiict in tn
resent law and to make /. moe de!ini.
.13 e.ti.ient,
IL school legislation i. was wisely Judge
es. 70 pr: the normal schools on a li;tl
ter footing. The lex, book law va
amended in the direction Of having fewe
changes, and securing lhc best price
a..y.agb.e in a market open % compe;i
.,o-.
There Vas not much done to the high
Wv ,a6s. bu: towns will how have i
aeep bridges however small in repair o
ss.sst the consequences. Peddlers vi
Atva to pay a license as heretofore, 10
aner Judge Wheeler's decieion that til
former Law made an urcons:ilu.ion:
u-oy;s!on, the law was amended. Fols
who drive cattle or other animals ma
now COX out as to their uonc damage
The bills for new library building
"a co,, Of $4,000 or 80, coo failed in Il
House By about twenty votes, though or
pissed the Senate unanimously. The nee
of.te building was concele but man
t.ared hist the new tax law would fail .
uroy1e as much revenue as was hops
I'D SC thought better 20 postpone Ii
Undertaking.
Blu: the laws in full will be q plr
..Jaab,v next week aud they viii fol
.l,,r own bes. commentary, We sheu
Ike to say something Of the -, son
g.4kc up Of the two houses ter hi. ye
IN. ;lis will have to wait One thing b
sccn noticeable the lack OF had feelir
t.4: characterized he relations Of lie ~
'onsc: up to, At least, the las, few hours
The ioint assembly yesterday elect:
Uavre Bailey railroad comm ssoa
4-a;n. William P. Dlliagham was IN
morning nominated and coahrmoh bv d
>.na.e as lax commissioner |, i nn:rr
.t.t. before this the nomination Ui Ju1
thompson Lad been rel c;ei and seut
lie limbo Of departed spiri's of defur
nr.e bills.
CHURCH BuHNED.-Tne Congregation
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