The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-10-06

Al inerea .e of
The Claims Between the State Of Yer
mont and the United States.


mont and the United States.
The retiring message Of my predeces
sor contains 4 clear and intelligent state
ment of these claims and the progress
then made IN their adjustment.
| IN brief, the claim of the State against
the United States was more than S275,-
! 900 and was for interest upon money
/ borrowed by it 10 defray certain expen-
ses in equipping its troops during the
Rebellion, against which the United
States government presented claim Of
some $543.7so25 for munitions Of war
Furnished the State soon after the ST.
Adams raid.
| resume the history OF these claims
! at the point down to which the same
was brought by Governor Stickney.
ID February, 1908, il pursuance Of the
efforts Of the agents of the State, d war
rant was drawn and forwarded to me
payable to the order Of the Governor for
sl25,0o0 which | deposited in the State
Treasury.
Ia February, 1904, Congress passed a
further act, 70 enable the Secretary of
the Treasury to pay the State Of YER
mont money appropriated by the act OF
Congress- Of July first, nineteen hundred
two, and TO adjust mutual claims be-
tween the United States and the State
Of Vermont"
In August, 1901, second warrant
was drawn and forwarded to me, payable
to the order ct the Governor, for $685..
1896 which also deposited in the
State Treasury, making total Of $780,
1896 received by the State.
Igx 4bt9 a3i4afu4nnf INA GF0fn urt
only realized the said sum, hut at the
same time the War Department made
an entry balancing on its books its
ordnance account against the State and
wiping out the balance of S543,7S0.25,
which had for 50 many years stood
against the State; leaving the State
however, 70 account for the small
amount Of ordnance stores still on hand
which stores have been appraised by the
War Department to De Of the value Of
IS161964
A full detail Of the steps taken to ar
rive at this adjustment is given IN the
Report of September, 1904, made by the
agents of the State to the Governor,
which Report Ii on file IN the Executive
Department, aud il subject TO the call
81 the General Assembly.
III Is q matter Of congratulatlon 70 the
State that these long pending and EN-
barassing claims have been settled
Under the provisions Of the joint reso
luton OF the General Assembly Of Yer
mont adopted November 22,1s9s, and
the two contracts made by my predeces-
sois for the collection and settlement Of
said claims. the particulars Of which We're
fully stated BY Governor Stickney |
have approved the claim Of the agents
for SAC, 900 payable ont OF the amounts
thus collected
Deaf and Dumb, Blind and Feeble-Mind
ed Children.
BIZ Section s54 Of Vermont Statutes,
the Governor by virtue OF his Office Is
made commissioner Of the deaf, dumb
and blind, and Of the idiotic and feeble
minded children Of INDECENT parents, and
by No. 80 Of the Acts Of 1898, the sum
ii sill 600 is appropriated annually for
the benefit Of such children. Provision |
Is made b. law for their instruction at |
designated schools specially adapted for
furnishing the same.
At the beginning Of my term there |
were forty-one benetieiaries Of the State |