The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-05
Thursday, October 30



Bills Introduced and Referred-S. So. bv
Senator Pedse, to incorporate the village of
Hartford; to general committee.
). So, 10y Senator Dow, to incorporate the
Essex Cooperative Savings and Loan
Associations to banks.
s. 81, by Senator Camp, fixing the salaries
of certain state officers; to Joint special com.
on state and court expenses. The annual
salary of adjutant and inspector general shall
be $500; that of the quarter
500. No state officer allowed a salary
shall receive extra allowance for expenses.
Members of boards of commissions not to
receive a per diem exceeding five dollars
S. So, by Senator Grout, to assess and tax
the real estate Of railroads in this state;
grand list. Listers shall set in the lists of
their respective towns the real estate of
railroad corporations, situate therein, in
Guiding the road-bed and tracks. Exempts
from taxation for first five years of opera
ton.
s. 80, by Senator Adams, in relation to
imprisonment in the house of correction;
judiciary.
s. 90 by Senator Kingsley, to amend
Sec. of Act No 146 of the acts of 1886;
general com.
:. 81, by Senator Child, by request, to in
corporate the All ha Mu chapter of the Chi
Psi Fraternity of Middlebury; general com.
s. %. by Senator Roberts, to incorporate
the Burlington Manufacturing Promoter
s. 93, by Senator Morse, to incorporate the
Union Savings Bank and Trust Company of
Morrisville; banks.
S. o., from judiciary, as substitute for S.
II, relating to paupers; ordered to lie and
be printed.
Bas Passed.-H 26, to legalize the grand
list of Victory for the year 1889. II. 20, to
regulate fishing in the waters of Lake St.
Catharine; IL. rs, to pay Ira j. Twitchell
sun named.
House Bills Read ami Reterred,-H. Al, to
legalize the grand list of the town of Sher-
burne for 1889 and 1890, including the quad
rennial appraisal; grand list.
H. 81, to legalze the grand list and quad
rennial appraisal for the town of Sandgate
for 1890; grand list.
H. 1j1 to incorporate the Hardwick Aque-
duct and Water Supply Company: gen. com
II. 164, to incorporate the village of Hard
wick; gen. com.
H. III, to protect pickerel in Metcalf Pond
in the town of Fletcher; game and fisheries
H. 1872, to incorporate the Lake View Gem
etery Association; gen. com.
H. lS9, to incorporate the Vermont State
Fireman's Association; gen. com.
III. l9s, to incorporate Saint John the
Baptist Benevolent Society; gen. com.
Passage RcfUSed.-S. Is, relating to re-
pairs of highways and bridges.
Constitutional AmeHdDeHt-A proposal
to the house was offered by Senator Smith
of Windsor as follows: Art (25) Section l.
At the session of the general assembly of
the state A. ID. 1894, and at every session
thereof every second year thereafter, the
senate may, by vote of two-thrds of its
members make proposals of amendment to
the constitution of the state which pro-
pOsals of amendment, if concurred in by
majority of the members of the house of
representatives, shall be entered on the
journals of the two houses and referred
to the general assembly then next
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in the principal newspapers of the state,
and if a majority of the members of the
senate and of the house of representatives
of the next following general assembly
shall respectively concur in the same pro-
posals of amendment, or any of them il
shall be the duty of the general assembly to
submit the proposals of amendment so con
Cured in to direct vote of the freemen of
the state; and such of said proposals of
amendment as shall receive a majority of
the votes of the freemen voting thereon
shall become part of the constitution of
this state" Referred to com. on constitu-
tonal amendments
Third Rcdding Ordered-.-S. II, to increase
the penalty for the adulteraiiOn of maple
sugar, maple syrup and bees honey, and ii.
49, in relation to the protection of fish.
Senator Dow presented petition in behalf
of S. bill S6, which was referred to com.
on banks. Adjourned.
Bills Introduced and Referred.-H. 263, by
Mr.. Buifum of Dorset, to promote immigra-
ton and increase the value of land prop
erty. Provides for commission, which
shall publish in book FORM photographs of
lakes, ponds, streams, mountains, ravines,
landmarks, or other natural scenes which
may promote the interests of Vermont;
authorizes assistant judges in each county
to make appropriation for such purposes.
The governor, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
speaker are made commission, who shall
appoint one or more suitable persons in
each county of the state to collect, examine
and approve all views and descriptionsl;
com. ON immigration and industrial inter
ests.
II. 264, by Mr. Wells, in relation to
cruelty to animals. prohibits -" docking"
horses tails, and the use of the overdraw"
check-rein. Introduced by the request of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animalsl gen. com.
III. 265, by Mr.. Wells to pay Jerome
Dumas sum named. For money expended
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