The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-14


Banks-Farringtop Allen, Blair.
Land Taxes--Talcoit, Holton, Stone.
Priutiug-Lewis Curtis, Loveland,
General Committee-Deel, Hathorn, Man
Ches er, Petty, Curtis.
Federal Relations Sargent, Hulburd,
Bealtie.
ate Prson-Weeks, Hathorp, Blair.
Insane Hubbard, Foster, Ward.
Grand List-Durkee, Sargent, Stevens.
CcrpOratOns-Allen, Stone, HathOrn.
The Senate then repaired to Representa-
lives Hall fer joint assembly, and upon its
return adjourned.
HoUsE-MoRNING.
Devotional exercises conducted by the
chaplain,
Yesterdays journal read and adopted.
The committee on rules reported, and the
report was adopted.
A message from the Senate announced
the appointment of committees to canvass
the votes for state county and probate Off
GERS and justices OF the peace.
rhe speaker announced the following
committee on joint rules: Messrs. Walker
of Ludlow, Clark of Brighton and Cochran
of Groton.
Joint Resolutions.-From the Senate, pro-
viding for joint assembly at two o'clock this
afternoon to receive the report of the com
mittee appointed to canvass votes for state
officers. Ado oted in concurrence.
From the Senate, providing for joint as
sembly at the same time to hear the mes
sage of the incoming governor. Adopted
in concurrence.
Resolution BY Mr. Haskins of Brattle-
boro, informing the governor that the House
is organized and ready for business. The
speaker appointed as this committee Messrs.
Haskins of Brattleboro, Dyer of Salisbury,
Conlin of Colchester.
Joint Assembly = At eleven o'clock, a
joint assembly was held. On motion of Mr..
Bates of st. Johnsbury, the following COM
mittee was appointed to wait upon the re-
firing governor and notify him that the
joint assembly had convened: Senators
Hulburd of Lamoille and Allen of Chit
tenden, Messrs. Bates of st. Johns bury, Pow
ers of Morristown and Farrell of Swanton.
Governor Woodbury. was escorted to the
House and delivered his message, as fol-
lows
Gentlemen Of the Senate and House of Rep
reSentdtiUeS:
In accordance with the custom which has
prevailed for the last twenty years for
the retiring governor to render the people
an account OF his stewardship and to make
such suggestions and recommendations as
from his experience he thinks may be of
value, beg leave to submit to you the fol-
lowing imperfect account Of some of the
IN alters connected with my administration
during the last biennial term. The trainers
of our constitution wisely invested great
power in the legislative branch of the gov
eminent, and but little in the executive.
The veto power OF the governor is hardly
worth the name, as it requires only the same
number OF votes to pass measure, not
withdrawing his objections, as it does to
pass it in the first place. He has but little
control over expenditures. His influence is
often.potent in controlling the expenses of
public officials and public institutions, but
it is very little elsewhere. The expense of
each biennial term is dett rmined by the
legislature which sits at the beginning of it.
The laws that are now upon the statutes,
and the laws you pass at this session, will
very largely determine the state expenses
for the next two years My successor will
have but little to do with them.
Financial.
Our expenditures have been unusually
large during the last biennial term, but we
have wisely adopted the principle OF paying
as we go, and you will find by referring to
the report of the treasurer that the funded
liability of the state remains the same at
the beginning of the term, S135 30. The
payment of the temporary loan of $780, 900 is
provided for in the estimate OF funds avail
able for the year ending June 30, 1897, The
expenses of the state for the last biennial
term were 1,179, 1882; for the preceding
term, 1920, 1897 .4S; excess over preceding
term, S25S,7 a. Deduct from this the
amount expended for permanent invest
ments in State Asylum and House of Cor
rection, etc. as shown by auditors report,
S212, 900, and it will leave the excess of ex-
peuditures over the preceding term for
other than permanent improvements, S46,-
737 o. The other extraordinary expenses
of the last biennial term, other than for per-
manent Improvements, are as follows: Cost
of printing and editing Vermont Statutes,
about Sl4, OO0 paid for DO Jks for town free
libraries, under act of 1894, $4,000 ex-
penses on account of tuberculosis, about
$40 600; unpaid bills of Vermont State Asy-
hnfprA | "A
SIS 600; total, S56,50O. The amount of sim
liar expenditures during the biennial term
ending June 30, 1894, was as follows Add
ton to State Asylum, S47 900; Worlds Fair
appropriation, S26, $780, expenses of commit
tee on revision of laws, S4,13S.87; total,
ST., S8S ST. The difference between this
amount and the amount of like expendi-
lures during the last biennial term is S2l,-
3S8.87; to this add the amount mentioned
above GAG 737.94), and it makes the ordi-
in excess of the preceding term, $685.
1861. | have analysed the expenses
of this term sufficiently to find that the
above sum is very largely made up of three
items, viz: The court expenses exceed
those OF the preceding term 1927 1910; de-
bentures of the general assembly exceed
$9,128.20; salaries exceed $50 ,296.87 total,
$50, 1927. The increase of salaries is very
largely those of judges Of probate and states
attorneys.
1t was estimated by the treasurer, In his
report for the year ending June 80, 1894,
that there would be funds available for the
expenses of the fiscal year ending June 80,
1895, to the amount of $3.50, 800 90. The
treasurer now estimates that there will be
available funds for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1897, to the amount of 1927 1876 SO,
or $162, 45926 less. Reckoning that S212,-
600 will not be needed for public buildings,
etc, for the present term as most assuredly
it will motif will be seen that the amount
available for expenditures, other than for
public buildings, etc, exceeds the amount
available at the beginning Of the preceding
biennial term by 40540.74 II the amount
received from corporations should be the
same as for the last biennial term (S732,-
80 the amount required TO be raised by
taxation upon the grand list will not exceed
the amount raised for the last biennial term,
which was S208, 55863, twelve cents on the
dollar, even though no reduction in the or
binary expenses be made.
The following will show the valuation
and expenses Of the several New England
States, with the percentage OF expenses to
valuation in each, for the last year;
assessed Per
Valuation, Expenses Cent
Moin qpt 100 9l1 al IN ~ n