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present law.
bursting ofthc bubble OF short -ses-
siOns-Lists Of the Yeas ana Nays
Upon Adjournment.
MONTPELIER, Oct. 10.
The bubble of SHIRT sessions has burst and
this reform Legislature has fallen back in.
gloriously into the rIts OF its predecessors.
The collapse took place this forenoon, wher
by vote of 12 to II in the Senate and of o.
to G9 in the House, the Legislature was adj
journcd until two o'clock on Monday after.
noon. The yeas and nays were taken in each
branch upon the call of indignant members
Senator Burnap and Mr.. Rooney Of Fair
field
In the Senate: Yeas Senators Bingham, Brain
erd of Caledonia. Branerd OF Franklin, Childs
Colbnrn, Estey Gilmore, Hogan, Martin, Page
Nays-Boyden, Burnap, Crane, Dartt Goodwin
Howard, lde Mcintosh Perkins, Walker, Whit
comb-ll.
Absent or not voting-Sena,ors Barber. Cham er.
lin, Cutting, Fletcher Jones' kelton, WALL.
In the House: Yeas Allen Barbour, Bates, Bat
tell, Bissell, Blackmer Blake, Bolton Brewster
Brigham. Brown, Chamberlin, Clark Of North Hero
Curtis. Dearborn, Erwin, Fairbanks, Fuller, Can
son. Green of Canaan Grover, Grow, Harlow, Hay.
Iloughton, Houston, Howe, Hubbard, Humphrey
OF Burke, Humphrey Ct Fairhaven, Hutchinson
Of Vernon, Jones OF Dover, kimbal OF vergennes
kinsey, klttell. Landon Leland. Lynde, Lyon
Mack, Mather. Matte3on, Markham of Bethel, Nc.
Lam, Meacham, Merrill. Moore, Needham, Par.
fridge, Pnney Of Holland Pinncy OF Pitisned
Powers of Athens, Powers of Clarendon, Preston
Of Bolton, Preston OF Sharon, QUINN
Ray, Roberts of Burlington, Roberts Of
Somerset, Robinson of Wardsboro, Roscoe Rowcll,
Shepard, sherwin, Smith OF Addison, Smith Of Pits
Stanley of Washington, stevens OF Troy, Stevens OF
Watervle, Stickney. Stone OF Danville, Sutton
Taylor of brunswick, Taylor of Guford, Temple,
Benson. Webb, WEIGH White of Eden, White
more, Wilcox, Willard, Williamson, woodard, Young
OF Greensboro. Young of Roxbury-99.
Nays Andrews, Atwood, Barnard, Bell. Black
u lies, Brldginan, Burton, Butler, Carter, Cotton
culver, Cushing Davis, Dimick, Dixon, Eaton, Ed.
Hancock, Hastings OF Waterford, Hobson, Holden
Rowland Hunt, iun;ley, Jones Of Waitsneld Jones
Of wnseosk Kent Kendall kImoa Of south Bur
Noble of st. Adams Paige OF Cabot, Paine, Peck
Perkins rlumley, Pratt Prescott, Priest, RehIe,
bloomington, Smith Of Newbury, Smith OF Rich.
ford, Sowes, stone OF Painted, Taft, Tewksbury
,uhorp, wadlclgh, Way, Wells, White OF Pan,on
Absent or not roting-Abell, Adams, Arkley,
Aver, Bean OF Glover, Bean OF Victory, Brien
Brggs, Bromley ca Burke, Chils, GhubU CLARK Of
Farnham, Farr, Fay, Fisk, Fits, Fletcher, Fosome,
fullam Gage, Gray, Green OF Plymouth, Crout,
Hamilton, Haynes, ilerrlrk, Horton of Mount Holly
Howard, Hyde, jenkins, Johnson of Walingfori,
Kennedy, Lucier Markham of Pomfret, Nee ulisugh,
Morse, Noble OF Ilnmonth, Orvs, Page, Perry,
Phillips, Pond, Prtchard Raymond Reed. Ridley,
Ripley, RisdOn, Robinson OF Weathers field kutter,
sheridan, Smith of Shrewsbury. Spaulding of West
Windsor, Sykes, Templeion Thompson of Iras-
hnrgn. Walker OF Peru Walter, Winchester, Wing,
Wood Young OF Arlngton-Gs.
This efTectually disposcs of the idea of adj
iourning before the time-honorcd Wednesday
before Thanksgiving-a custom broken only
in 1850, when the Legislature came back and
stayed until the Christmas holidays.
Court Expenses.
Judge Thompson introduced two important
bills into the House, to-day. One III 81
relates to the compensation of county clerks.
1t provides that the annual salaries of the
county clerks, payable semi-annualy, and
which shall be in lieu of all other fees and
charges formerly paid by the State, shall be :
for Addison Bennington, Caledonia, Orange,
Orleans, Windham and Windsor. $500 each ;
Essex aud Lamoilc, $3.50 each Grand Isle,
$780, Chittendcn, Franklin and Washing
ton, 500 each Rutland, 5000 In addition,
the county clerks shall be allowed to retain
fees heretofore returned to the State for ''ac-
lOus culcicu, aCllUuS lTltu 'uOlsultS
and defaults and "jury fees on actions en-
tered, and shall be entitled to the same fees
MS heretofore allowed in civil cases. The
county clerk of Washington county shall re-
ccivc five dollars per day for attendance dur
ing the session of the general term of the
supreme court and Il reasonable compensation
for the preparation of the dockets of the
general term. The other (H. S6) provides
that keepers Of jals shall receive fees as fol-
lows; For commitments, "a cents for dis
charges, % cents; bail piece 25 cents for
fuel and board for State or town paupers,
80 cents for each "a hours. And that JUS
tees in criminal cases shall receive in lieu of
all other fees in cases disposed of without
trial, $3.50; in trial by court. 50 in trial
by jury, $50; for making record when re-
spondent is bound up, 81; for taking IN
quests. 3d. and that prosecuting officers
shall have same fees as justices, 10 cents per
mile for travel They wore referred to the
join, special committee on court expenses.
EpIdemic..
II. so, the bill introduced by Col. Hooker,
amending sections 40lS AID 1920 of the re-
viscd laws, so as to extend their application
to epidemics and other diseases among hu-
man beings, as well rs domestic animals,
providing for the appointment of u board OF
ihree rom n,issioners WIN shall have largo
nnwers Of ;nvas,ina,;nr otto ,ros ronnr, 81
mon favor,hlv h.. H. Rn,i,,. We H., ,,shpnnt 81
he sneriai commii,ec and ,ho hid rnad,n NJ,
was ordered on MonJaw astornnor '" TINS
lii saoms IN nrov;Ja for a ..R,ard Of t,ooi,hS
without al vino Tho con,missano, IN. orh;,r er,
,o,.ars 6s ;n,araon ,,i'i, ,,r,,',,n n,aaar
which hos becn haro,oforo snnn l' WINS
AUS wv" ''''''''' 'o's"'
Hills Passed ana special Orders.
Among the Mills rasscd were tho fol-
lowing. In ,hc Senate $ Senator
Idr's lin ogoins, the sc,Ii,1 If Tow
pistol In the Hons. n %. Local,
izinp the Grand lists of Rnriinaton for IsSo
Issi and 1850 IL a. lrralilIng the grand