The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1896-10-21
Legislature of Vermont.
Wednesday, October Ia, 1896.

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mittee on revision of bills Senator Hulburd
Bills Introduced Senator Slack o.
Windsor county S. /, entitled An act tC
incorporate the Springfield local telephone
company" Read twice and referred tC
the committee on corporations
Resolution BY Senator Sargent of Or
ange, providing for the election OF Unit sd
States senator on the Gosh inst, at 2: &c
O'Clock in the afternoon.
A message from the House announced
joint standing and special committees, APP
pointed this morning
AT 10:45 O'Clock Senator Dean of Addison
was called to the chair.
At 10: 80 o'clock Senator Manchester
moved a recess of ten minutes, and the mo
ton prevailed.
The report Of the committee o 4 joint rules
reported when the senate reconvened, The
report, which was accepted without debate,
was similar in text to that adopted at the
session of 1894 The only change of conse-
quence was the making OF the joint special
committee on public health joint standing
committee.
AT II: 10 President Fisk resumed the
chair.
AT II: 10 o'clock the Senate adjourned.
HoUsE-MoRNINa.
Devotional exercises conducted by the
chaplain.
Journal of Monday read and approved.
The speaker announced the
STANDING COMMITTEES,
as follows:
Rules-Platt of Poultney, Whalen of Boil
ton, Head of Andover.
Elections-Powers of Morrstown, Brom-
ley of Pawlet, HARDWOOD OF Dorset Clark of
Glover, Woodward of Plainfeld, Odds of
Norwich, Booth of Essex.
Federal Relations - LETTERS of Victory.
Washburn of Goshen, Chase of Stannard,
Goodwin of Chelsea Richardson of Lowell
Cramton of Ira, Bicknell of Tunbridge
Ways and Means-Smith Of Burlington.
Thomson of Rutland Childs of st. Adams,
Hadley of Rockingham, Morris of Hart
ford, Morse of Barre City, Prouty of New
port, Madison of SALISBURY, Needham of
Leicester,
Webb of Shelburne, Turner of Sandgate,
Hovey OF Waterford, Burns of Enosburgh,
Gift of Middletown Springs, Durkee of
Duxbury.
Judiciary Haskins of Brattleboro, Bates
OF St. Johnsbury, Powers of Morristown,
Darling OF Bennington, Clark of Castleton,
Baldwin of Barton, Palmer of Waterbury,
Platt of Poultney, Walker of Ludlow.
Misunderstanding of Bennington, Bun
ker of Peacham, Palmer OF Waterbury,
Hamilton of Richford, Ward of Putney
Barnes of Addison, Adams of Derby, Pierce
of Chester, Conlin of Colchester.
Claims - Cook of Castleton, Hook of
johnson, Mortified of Brookline, Bliss
of Calais, Young of Troy, Tillotson of
Washington, Gallup of Sheldon, Green of
Canaan, Howe of Jericho, Bingham of
Cornwall, Burditt of Pittsiord, Whitney
of Stamford, Roscoe of New Haven.
Railroads--Gleason of Thetford, Chase of
Bradford Webb of Shelburne Conner OF
Manchester, Platt of Poultney, Slade of
Springfield, Mack of Vergennes, Clarke of
Brighton, Farrell of Swanton.
Highways, Bridges and Ferries-Hamil-
ton of Richford, Head Of Andover, Allen
of Ferrisburgh, Graves of Sunderland, Cor
bett of Wilmington, Sawyer of Hardwick,
Martin of Marshfield, Read of Charlotte,
Holcomb of Isle Ia Motto, Knapp of Lunen.
burgh, Place of Jay, Osgood of Randolph,
Wilcox OF Cambridge, Cobb of Tinmouth,
Ladd of Grand Isle.
Banks-McClary of Windsor, Hadley of
Rockingham, Smith of Burlington, Bristol
OF Bristol, Cochran of Groton, Shattuck of
Waterville, Clarke of Brighton, Gallagher
of Craftsbury, Pierce of Chester.
Manufactures-Bump of Brandon, Morris
OF Hartford, Nichols of Middlesex, Foster
of Whiting, Smith of CRANKY, Sheldon of
Highgate, Raymore of Eden, Landman of
Londonderry, Upham of Weatherstield.
Agriculture of Woodstock, Col
burn of Rutland Town, Richardson of Waits
field, Hack of Orwell, Winchester of Rupert,
Follett of Townshend, Tolman of Green's
boro Smith of Topsham, Norton of Hunting
ton, Hall of Bakersfield, Gil6llan Of Burke,
Miles of Hinesburgh, Pratt of Concord
Parker of Gilmore, Wright of South Hero.
Land Taxes-Patterson of Albany, Noble
of Benson, Laport of Braintree, Bragg of
Fayston, Parker of Wolcott, Allen of YER
non, Mott of Alburgh, Stearns of Royalton,
Larrabee of Berkshire, Hamilton of Bird
port, Paschal of Brunswick, Cutler OF Sears
burgh, Hinsdale OF st. George, Whitehill of
Ryegate.
Grand List-Adams of Marlboro, Hub
bard of Guildhall, Thomson of Landgrove
Moore Of Plymouth Blake OF Milton Far
rington of Walden, Palmer of Monkton,
Buckley of Moretown Smith of Fairee,
Fletcher of Mount Holly, Hotchkiss of
Georgia, Buck of Charleston, Sibley of East
Montpelier, Davis of Mendon, Wheeler of
Cavendish.
General Co nmittee-Button of Middle
bury, Stocker OF Dauville, Buck of Airing
ton, Rogers of Cabot, Warren of Williston,
Mason of Barnet, Silsby of Newbury, Pike
of Stowe, Barrows of Coventry, Robinson of
West Rutland, Barnes of Jamaica, Ed
monds OF Norton, Hobart of Westford,
Cady Of Bethel, McGinn OF Fairfield.
Distributing Commttee-Walter of New
ark, Harbour of Woodford, Martin of Han
cock, Hinsdse OF St. George Bowker of
Bloomfield, Carpenter of Fletcher, Bryant
of Baltimore, Plumb Of Halifax, Ross of
Woodbury., Wells of Bloomington, Perry OF
of Brookfeld. Wright of South Hero.
State Prison - Darling of Vershire,
Cowles of Weybrdge, Wilder OF Weston,
Stiles of Peru, Whipple of Underhill,
Kingsley of Athens, Goodell of Windham.
Corporations-C of st. Adams,
Phelps Of Farhaven, Martin of Rochester,
Edison Of Proctor, Morse of Barre City,
Prouty of Newport, Buell. of Stanford, Jones
Richmond, Silsby of Lyndon.
Town Lines-Crandall OF Berlin, Leonard
OF Pomfret, johnson of StrattOn, Dixie
man of Hubbardton, Goodale of Waltham,
Young OF Kirby, Washburn Of Granville.
Mileage and Debentures-Brown of Bel
videre, Ladd of Grand Isle Carpenter of
Fletcher, Hartwel of East Haven, Merri-
hew of South Burlington, Chase of Sheffield,
White Of Winhall, Kinsley of Lincoln,
Scrbner of Corinth, Marsh of Holland,
Spencer of Clarendon, Stone of Worcester,
Clarke of Grafton, Davis Of Barnard.
Public Buildings - Whalen Of Bolton,
Lamb of Stockbridge, Tudor Of Somerset,
Wilcox of Morgan, Offensend of West Ha-
Ven, Parmenter Of Pittsfeld, Wheeler of
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