The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-10-17

S. 8, an act relating to the legal residence
of the beneficiaries of the Soldiers Home
ordered to lie. BY Senator Chamberlin for
the committee on agriculture in favor OF
the joint resolution relating to the agri.
cultural experiment station: adopted Nv
Senator Butterfed, for the judiciary com.
mittee, in favor of S. 8, an act in amend.
ment of sec. S16, Revised Laws relating to
court reporters; with proposals of amend.
ment striking out the words " all persons -
and inserting in lieu thereof the words
" the referees, commissioners, masters i'm
chancery, auditors and judges before whom
such proceedings were had" and which
were agreed to and third reading ordered
for Monday afternoon. Adjourned.
HoUsE-MoRNING
message was received from the COVER.
nor announcing that he had approved II
90 the BrattlebOro bridge bill
BHiS introduced and Rcterred.-H. Is, by
Mr. Emery of Chelsea, TO change the name
of w. S. Clough of Bethel to w. S. Lewis
to the general committee
II. rs, by MIR. Edredge of Middlebury (by
requesD, to incorporate the village of Rich
ford; TO the committee on corporations.
II. n, by the same, compelling the Cana.
dian Pacific Railway Company to keep a
flag-man NJ the railroad crossing in Richford
village; to the committee on railroads.
II. IS, by the same to incorporate the
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mittee on corporations.
ii. 10, by Mr.. Kenerson of Barnet to le.
gaize the grand list of the town of Barnet
for the year 1887; to the committee on the
grand list
II. 80, by Mr. Conway of Norton. legal.
izng the grand list, including the quadren-
NAL appraisal of the town of Norton for the
years 1887 and 1885; to the committee on
the grand list.
II. 81, by Mr.. WheeloclS of Milton, re.
lating to fees of Justices of the peace AL
lows justices "A fee of 81 for making re-
turns to county clerks]; to the committee
on state and court expenses.
IL. %, by Mr.. Sherwin of Jamaica re-
lating to railroads [Compels railroad com
panies, owning track running parallel with
any travelled highway in any town of the
state and obliged to turn snow or ice upon
the same in clearing said track to remove
such obstruction without noticel; to com
mittee on railroads.
III. 81, by Mr.. Howard of Fair Haven, adj
ding to secs. 1861 and 1865 Revised Laws,
so that when an execution has been levied
upon real estate and part of the real estate
has been conveyed away, in fraud of the
levying creditors rights. he may maintain a
suit in the court of chancery for the satisfac-
ton of his execution out of the real estate Sc
conveyed, by a sale thereof; to the judiciary
committee.
PetujonS.-Pettions relating to woman
suffrage were presented as follows, and re-
ferred to the judiciary committee. BY
Messrs. Skinner of Barton, Williams of AL
bany, Walbridge of Concord Slack of
Springfield, Stevens of St. Adams, Barrett
of Wardsboro, Campbell of Sutton, Mann
of Wilmington, Shattuck of Bridgewater
Marsh of Woodstock
Joint ASsemby.-At II o'clock the senate
and house met in joint assembly to receive
the report of the canvassing committee on
county and probate officers and justices OF
msce Of the Mace Of wdS nsse
Tibbetts of Fairfield, and Amos Ball OF
Athens. The joint assembly then dissolved
Bills PdSSed-H. 49, an act to incorporate
the Bennington Village Improvement So.
ciety: II. 20, amending the act incorporat.
ing the Granite Savings Bank and Trust
Company of Barre Adjourned.
CONTINUED ON EIGHTH PAGxl