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lie and made the special order for tomorrow after.
noon at 2.3O o'clock.
on motion of Senator Pierce, adjourned

lie and made the special order for tomorrow after
ON motion of Senator Pierce, adjourned.
uoUsE-MoRNING.
Bi,ls Introduced. MIR. Shurten OF Bennington, by
unanimous consent, introduced an act In amend
ment of the charter of bennington.
The report Of tie Committee on mileage was
adopted, with two slight amendments in
The house voted to allow the committee agri.
culture to sit during session.
Mr.. Co. s Sine T' This biz is founded on correct
Tn @ IS paE o h fGs s b of 'f0 s co sG9
ponds upon the children themselves and an equal
years ago people said that the parents of children
should purchase their books, but public opinion Is
at the expense the scholar but now the grand list
is taxed therefor. so, in my opinion the time has
upon upon The e grand list Schools would he greatly
for at hs s OF ee # h m
passes the aggregate expense to the state Will be
be realized The majority Of the hooks now in use
would stu be available with perhaps twenty per
as soon as they have been enlightened"
Mr. Butterhed of Grafton said: :" am in favor of
done in this state to advance the interest Of the
mon schools This bill e enacted, will do more for
| than any other measure that could be enacted. 1t
sHe has n "de
| pete cess and ha. worked well"
Mr. GOodspeed of Wells proposed an amendment
| to leave 1t to vote of thetown. He in favor
| of uniformity In textbooks.
Mr. Hubbard of Lyndon favored the amendment.
The matter should be left to the towns instead of
being decided for them by the legislature
| Carpenter and Chesmore, and was opposed by
Messrs. Mann, Smonds; Pratt Bedard, smith Of
Vershire, Jackman, Tinkham, Harvey, Butterheld
| and Barney.
| The previous question being ordered. the vote on
Mr.; Goodspeed's amendment was taken by yea
| and nay vote on motion of Mr.. Butterield, result
| ing-for the amendment, 30; against the amend
On the question on third reading, Mr.. Goodspeed
u1, tlaIn fnlls
| In favor "a; against, lO9.
on motion Of Mr.. Allen of Ferrsburg, adjourned.
| HoUsE-AFTRRNooN.
| To,cR Of Proctor-H II came up as the special
order. The first amendment was agreed to by a
unanimous rira roce vote. This amendment is the
proposing to take In portion of district No. TO-
The second amendment, relating to an equitable
distribution of town assets and liabilities, then
On the question " Shall the bill be read a third
time, Mr.. Hogan of Rutland offered an amendment
that the act shall not take effect until submitted
to 9 vote of the people OF the town of Rut
ton substantially as follows: 1t is claimed that the
town has outgrown the town system; 1t has not
p population Of 10000 boo. It is claimed that the nun
bier Of voters $500 is too RrEe to properly n let
reduced to 5000? There are only 200 voters so the
instrumentation II that regard would not remedy ne
voters would want to be at town meeting at one
ten years the town meetings have been more orderly
and well conducted; 1t Is claimed that they do not
posed towns; but that claim is disputed squarely
| and dsproved In the evidence The question Is not
plan proposed will afford relief claim it will not
III IS decided that it will then it should be left to
posed plan of relief that is submitted is Just.
Mr.. Knapp. of Middebury interr9gated the com .,
to the voters Of Rutland '''0''''
Mr. Mansur. for the committee, replied that there
was no precedent in this state to submit it vote
of the people in the same way that it is proposed tC
would be e manifesty unfair f because While RUTLAND
village has nearly 5000 voters in favor of non
The law in Massachusetts, has been that Whenever
a town had sufficient area, population and wealth
that the benefits to accrue to the residents of the
oW9 % & t thaa 20 ,s
Mr. stanton Of Roxbury opposed the amendment
The voters proposed to submit the matter to al
irresponsible body in the main, who had NOTHING
settled by this legislature not by body of voters
MIR Knapp Of Middlebury called attention to tn,
from two other towns and one unorganized gore.
Mr. Poland suggested that the main features o.
the bill he first discussed and then the matter o
amendments.
amendment members might speak of the merits o
favor Of OH the b lie had made up his mind aSou
the justice of the matter by his own Investigation
learned by looking at the map of the town. He saw
that Proctor was six miles from the part of Rutant
injustice to make the residents of Proctor have t.
travel that distances There was no real gronn
s Snt 81 se YtTsre thought it wa, hi, duty
rise but he felt about did President Lincoln whel
he signed the emancipation proclamation. Con,
plimented the last gentleman up for his good the
oogy and believed the old adage that three ropes ar
stronger than one, the principle to keep IN 81 lit
Towns with our crop as is Proctor, with her mar
BILE are be looked out for, especially when sucl
financitrs as Ely. in the old copper mines of Yer
shire and Proctor in the marble quarres of Proctor
are the producers. If the bill should pass there /
no earthly reason why the question should be sub
mitted to the people, because ii is just
Mr.. Butterfeld of Grafton: " In my consideration
the fact that the proposed town is situated in tw
towns influences me to u large extent. Rutlan,
cannot be injured as much as the new portion vii
be benefited. Personal consideration has no nfu
ence with me. Every man has his day and anothe
takes his place We should act in the matter a
though Governor Proctor was not there. If Procto
was entirely in the town of Rutland should vot
no."
The bill was further favored by Messrs. Marsh o
Woodstock, Kingsley of Salisbury, Chesmore o
Huntington, Igbee of Charlotte, Denson of Pitts
ford, Flagg of Braintree aud GOodell of ReadsborC
and opposed by Messrs. Hogan of Rutland, Wall o
Dorset and Poland of Waterve.
Mr.. Mansur briefly closed the debate and MI
Flagg moved the previous question, which wa
ordered by "A vote of 1874 to ~. The third readin
was then ordered by rird vote. The bill wa
then read third time and passed by vote of II
yeas to VI nays -