Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1886-10-15
LEGISLATURE De VERMONT.

Y, L. I,
In the Senate little was done beyond the an
nouncemcnt of the standing committees OF
that body, tl@ chnirmen of which are Rules,
Mr.. Bates; finance, Mr. Foster; judiciary, Mr..
Baker; claims, MIR. Nash; education, MIR.
. Bunker; agriculture, Mr.. Slayton; mnnufac-
lures, Mr.. Smith elections, Mr.. Powell; mill
tary affairs, Mr.. Valentine; railroads, Mr..
Stoddard highways and bridges, Mr. Chaplin
banks, Mr.. Wells; land taxes, Mr.. Wright
printing, Mr.. swain; general committee, Mr..
Clark; federal relations Mr.. Hall state pris-
on, Mr.. Cushing; insane asylum, Mr.. stanley
grand list, Mr.. Bailey. 1t will be seen that
each of the Addison county senators is chair
| man of II committee. Mr.. Nash Is also on the
railroad committee and Mr.. stanley on the
general committee. A committee of three
Senators was appointed to inform Hon. Lew
Il. Fuller of his election rs lieutenant-gover-
nor and conduct him to the bar of the senate
to receive the oath OF office. The lieutenant.
governor, escorted by the committee, ap.
peared at the bar andSreceived the oath of of.
! flee, and on taking the chair briefly addressed
the Senate.
In the House among the measures introduc.
ed were two amending the law as to trustee
process, the first by Mr.. Knapp of Middle.
bury changing the limit to $40. and the other,
by Mr. Marsh of Woodstock, raising the limit
to $40. The speaker announced that the clerk
had appointed Edward Dana of Rutland and
George NJ. Powers of Worthwhile assistant
clerks, and that the speaker had appointed as
official reporters of the House John II .Mtmns
of st. Albans and Eugene f. Howe of Ludlow.
At IL o'clock "a Joint assembly was held.
Governorecct Ormsbee presided, with Hon.
{. W. Porter, er-opiciO clerk.
On motion of Mr.. Poland of Waterville, II
committee of one senator and two represent
tatives was appointed to wait upon the retir
ing executive, Governor Pingree. The com
mittee retired and soon returned to the House
with his eXccllcncy the governor, who was
introduced by the presiding officer, and then
delivered his message.
FRIDAY, Oct. s,
Lieut.Gov Fuller announced in the Senate
that he had appointed Earl :. kinsey of
Burlington official reporter. Mr.. Baker OF
Rutland introduced an act relating to the SUI
preme and county courts. The Senate adj
journed to Monday afternoon.
The House adopted resolutions providing
for the printing of 1000 each of the messages
OF the retiring and incoming governors; for
the appointment OF a revision committee to
whom bills of II public nature shall be refer.
req Tor revision previous to thei Err maj pas
troduced, and the House adjourned to Mon.
day afternoon
MONDAY, oct IL.
The only bin of consequence introduced in
the senate was by Mr.. Hale of Essex, amend
ing the highway law of lss4 so as to provide
that the sclectmen of each town shall annual
ly assess tax OF 20 cents on the dollar of the
grand list the proceeds to be used for the re.
pair of highways and bridges.
The House did nothing OF general interest.
TUESDAY, Oct IL.
In the senate Mr.. Bailey OF Orange intro.
duccd II bill amending sec. 266 of the revised
laws ana providing that the polls of the male
inhabitants OF the state, citizens and aliens
over twenty-one and under sixty years of age,
shall be set in the town lists ut - each cX.
cepting persons who are actually poor, or per.
sons who were disabled in the war of the re
bellion. \ joint resolution was adopted, that
so much of the messages of retiring Governor
Plngrcc ana of Governor OrmSbcc rs relates
to the Bennington battle monument be refer
red to Il Joint special committee to consist of
two senators ana five representatives, to be
appointed by the president of the senate and
speaker OF the House of Representatives re-
spectively. The lieutenant governor appoint.
ed on the part OF the senate committee to
canvass votes tor county and probate officers
and Justices of the peace with Mr. stanley of
Addison county chairman also committees to
canvass votes Tor members OF Congress, Mr..
Nash being chairman OF that tor this district.
The speaker of the House announced the
committees. The chairmcn are Federal re.
lations, Mr. Moody OF Waterbury; ways and
means, Mr.. Bcdard of It. Adams; military AZ
fairs, Mr. Ripley OF Mendon; judiciary, Mr..
Poland of Watervile; education, Mr.. >imonds
of Manchester: claims, Mr.. Fletcher OF st.
Johnsbury railroads, Mr. Marsh OF Wood
stock; highways, bridges and ferries, Mr..
Peck of Broollteld; banks, Mr.. Houghton of
SwantOn; agriculture Mr.. Tinl<ham of Pom
fret; land taxes, Mr.. Cutler of Searsburgh;
grand list Mr.. Butler OF Essex; general com.
mittee, Mr.. stanton OF RoXbury; distributing
committee, Mr.. ODER of Athens; state prison,
Mr.. TuXbury of Windsor corporations, Nr.
Knapp of Middlebury; town lines, Mr.. Rey-
nolds of Alburgh; mileage and debcntures,
Mr.. Gardner OF Pownal; public buildings, Mr..
Briggs OF Brandon; insane, Mr.. Chesmore of
Huntington. Mr.. Brooks OF Brattleboro is
chairman OF the joint standing committee on
library, Mr.. Abel of West Haven OF that on
the House of Correction and Mr.. Hopkins of
Nergennes of that on the Reform school. The
Addison county members OF the joint com
mittce to canvass votes tor member OF con-
grcsS are Me-Sr>. Flint OF Hancock, Brown OF
Goshen and Ketcham of Whiting; and OF the
committee to canvass votes tor county and
probate officers, etc, MrS~rs. Morgan of Lin
coin, PurintOn OF Starksboro and Dean of
MOnkton. Addi- ION county members are on
other committees a. follows: Mr.. Knapp,
judiciary; Kingsley OF Salisbury, education,
Lane OF Cornwall claims; Burwell of Bird.
port, highways; Allen of Fprri-burgh, banks:
PattersOn,o of Bristol, manufactures; Barton of
Waltham, agriculture; krtcham OF Whiting,
land taxes; landOn ofNew Haven, grand list;
>tickncy of Shoreham, general committee,
Flint OF Hancock, distributing committee;
Smith of Addison, state prison; Brittell OF