Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-10
OUR STATE LEGISLATURE.
INAUGURATION OF GOV. PlNGREE.
Appointment of the senate Committees
4 few Hills lntroduccd-The New
Lieutenant Recommendations
General Notes.

sworn in imprCSSiVcly by Judge RCdliCld
He did not follow Coy. Barstows exam
pie of sending his inaugural message in
by his secretary and having it read by the
clerk but like our President, delivered it
himself, clearly and distinctly There was
much smaller crowd of visitors present
than usual.
Judge "hompSon, the president pro
tenn. of the senate, presided for the first
time, Thursday afternoon, over the pro
cccdings of a joint assembly. and Dr.
Nichols acted ao clerk for the last time
tie has hcrn most efficient Secretary of
state. and rrtircS with kindly feelings
from ALL Judge Thompson is an accom-
plishpd paliamcntarian, has good voice
and all tuv attributes necessary IOr pre-
siding officer
senate Committees.
The standing committees of the Senate
are made up is follows:
ON rules, Thompson, Garfield and Idc;
finance. JUurs, MrJuilCC ANA Greene; lu'IlCl-
Clubs and carney; claims, Gibbs Garfield,
Horton, Murcu, Fletcher; education. IloitOn
Idle, Curtis, Crsty and Day agriculture, Hin,
Williams and triSty; manufactures Howe,
johnson and Hill elections, Carney, Amsdcn
and Chaplin military affairs, lirliucrl, Howe
and johnson; railroads. Paul ThOmIlSun
Clarke. McDuilcc, llobson, Mott and Field
highways and bridges, Mott williams and
Chaplin banks, Field, Greene and McDulcc;
land taxes, HObSon, Brewster and Chaplin;
printing Horton, Iicbard and Braincrd gen
eral committee lIcbard, Day and Baxter; fed
eral relations, Fletcher, Brewster and Jones;
state prison, AIMS zen, l'raincrd and Clark; in
sane YUM, HoltOn Baxter and Paul grand
list, MOrcu, Curtis and Howe.
The New Lieutenant Governor.
Immediately after the return of the
Senators to their chamber, on motion of
Senator Field, Il committee of three com
possed of himself, Senator Gibbs of Bur
hngton and Senator Green of st. Adams,
was appointed to wait upon Lieutenant
Governor Ormsbce. They did so, and con
Quoted him To the bar of the Senate.
Judge Thompson administered the oath
of Office to him and he spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Senate: Allow me first
through you to thank the frccmCn of the
state tor the high honor conferred upon me
in clrctluL me to the office, the duties AMI re-
spunsihtlr~ If which | am about to enter
upon. Mhiic | am not entirely unfamiliar
with TIA" duties of the Office, |, at the same
time, undertake. the performance OF them
with II consciousness that ! shall need your
fOrbcdrdncr and kindly consideration, and this
tCcl runtilcnt shall have to the extent and
when deserved 1t will be my constant aim
and ctl1rt to perform the duties of my position
in accordance with the letter and spirit of the
oath of office which have taken
should succeed in this, shall
nave no cause ior regret ana yH.i niue chusc
trnm in'itr nn NV m, ,s
your rmmsiIGrntr lid ard indnir"nr". and
trusting that we may succeed in continuing
the high standard of dignity and honor with
proper despatch of business, So uniformly
maintained heretofore by both branches of the
@ sS.iJ .no d, ,, oi tie "iitc To-
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Mr.. Abel of West Haven called the at
tenton of the House in the forenoon to an
omission Of the last Legislature If seems
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canvas the votes Tor Governor, Lieutenant
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1881 maxine thn Offices of Sncratorv of
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Ttr,, II" ~, 'aioi, was ili''ig lol 'he
M ~, W tIlc No'G9 ~ any olhcial' OF
loI '"'iI "Hillii'E anu ueCitrihE the re-
sun va -N'CI' llltl'hhNch IL yollll ItNolu-