The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-11-12
Friday, November :

sENATE-MoRNING.
PctHioHS.-That of Amasa Woolson and
others. praying for the passage Of no bills
impairing the prohibitory law, by Senator
Brown that of citizens of Greensboro for
passage of III l29, by Senator Cleveland.
PdSSed.-H. l19, to incorporate the Chris
tan aid association. II. "A, to establish a
board of street commissioners for the city Of
Burlington H. 81, authorizing the assistant
judges of Orange county to purchase the in
terest of Chelsea in the county court house
ii. 70, TO incorporate the Hot Springs water
company.
Constitutional 1HcR dmeHL-A proposal to
the house was offered by Senator Roberts
and referred to committee on constitutional
amendments. 1t reads thus: "The senate
shall be composed Of thirty senators, to be
of the freemen Of the districts for which
they are respectively elected, who shall have
attained the age of thirty years, and one
senator shall be elected bennially by the
freemen of each district respectively. The
stat shall be divided by the legislature into
thirty senatorial districts as nearly equal
in population as practicable. Each district
shall be composed of contiguous towns,
cities and wards of cities, but no town
and no ward of any city shall be divided
and placed in separate districts The first
division shall be made upon the basis of the
population aSCertained by the census taken
under the authority of congress in the year
1880; and new division of the state into
senatorial districts shall be made after the
taking of each census Of the United States. -
House BHlS Redd and RCterrcd-H, lj4, to
amend incorporation act of village of Rich
| ford; gen. com. H. 2Oj to incorporate the
ST. Albans board of trade; gen. com. II
209 to legaiZe grand list of town of North
field for 1890; grand list. ii. PIG, relating
to allowance to the widow and children Of
the deceased; judiciary. IL. 226, TO EN-
power the village of Mortified to bring
inf uail IL,
that purpose; gen. com. III. 24S, to change
name of Monumental Granite Company to
the Langdon Granite Company; gen, COM
Ii. 253, to incorporate the Young Men 5
Christian Association of Brattleboro; gen.
com III. 273, to incorporate the comrades
of Whitney Post; military affairs. II, 276,
to incorporate the village of Poultnev; gen.
com. III 300, to incorporate the West Ran
dOlph Library Associations; gen. com. II.
293, TO legalize quadrennia appraisal of
CRANKY; grand list, IL. 3OS, TO egalize
grand list and quadrennial appraisal of
| Plymouth; grand list H. 1876, authorizing
the town of Jamaica to fund its present in-
debtedness; gen. com.
BWS 1pprOred.--S. Is, relating to courts of
chancery. S. %, laying tax on the county
of Bennington. S. "a, TO pay j. p. Lamson
| the sum named
amendments Agreed to.-The house pro.
pOsalS of amendments to S. -, to prevent
deception in the sale of dairy products,
were concurred in
| Joint Resolution. From the house, grant
ing use of hall of house of representatiN es
| TO DIR. button, was taken up. Senator Dow
| thought the gentleman had already been al
| lowed sufficient opportunities to be heard,
| as he had appeared before two of the com
mittees. Senators Cleveland and Harvey
were willing To give him one more chance,
A vote was then taken, resulting 10 for
adoption and 10 against it, whereupon the
| chair directed the a
of the president, who voted "yes," and the
resolution was adopted in concurrence.
Passage RetuSed.-S. 100, making appro-
priation for use of trustees of Woman s
Home" -; H. l02, relating to holidays
Ordered to Lie.-H. 80, to simplify indict-
Inents for perjury.
Adjourned.
HoUsE-MoRNING.
Senate BWs Read and Reterred.-S 81, to
| INCORPORATE st. Johnsbury Investment Co.
banks, S. "a, relating to discharge of recog-
| nizances; judiciary. 5, 6S appointment of
| Burlington municipal judge judiciary. S.
Sc, To incorporate Essex Savings lnstitu-
! ton; banks. S. 81, relating To paupers;
! judiciary.
Introduced II. 1888, from military COM
mittee, as a substitute for ii l65 and III. l6S,
! These bills respectively provided appropri-
| atoms for building hospital at Soldiers
Home, and for the support of the home
| The substitute proposes the appropriation
of $50, 900 for the support of the home and
erection of hospital
Passage RetitSed.-H. $50, to promote in
dustry, thrift and temperance by reducing
legal rate of interest from six per cent to
five per cent. Ii. 30, to pay Il. NJ. Collins
the sum therein named III 10S, in relation
to the taxation of quarres and kaolin beds
III. $50, changing name of Frank Field III
35S to pay E. Thibault the sum therein
named. II. 2l3, amending Sec, 1858, X. L..
relating to the election of moderators il
town meeting.
PdsSed-H. 81, repeating No 3l7, acts OF
| 1909 l'rha not rernlntan fishing In InwAl