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"Of probate districts," was read

Chapter 12 of the revised statutes, the first and second time.

On motion of Mr. Pierpoint,

Ordered, That said chapter be laid on the table.

The following chapters of the revised statutes were severally read the first and second time, and committed, as follows:

Chapter 13, "Of towns, town meetings and town officers," was referred to Messrs. Swift, Edson and Eaton.

Chapter 14, "Of villages," was referred to Messrs. Goodwin, Simonds and Jenness.

Chapter 15, "Of the settlement of paupers," was referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Chapter 16, Of the support and removal of paupers," was referred to the committee on the judiciary.

Chapter 17, "Of poor houses," and Jenness.

was referred to Messrs. Noble, Hoyt

On motion of Mr. Lawrence, The Senate adjourned.

AFTERNOON.

The following communication was received from His Excellency the Governor :

To the Senate:

I transmit to the honorable Senate a copy of the Adjutant and Inspector General's annual return of the condition of the Vermont militia. S. H. JENISON.

Executive Chamber, Oct. 21, 1839. Which was read, and the said copy of the return of the Adjutant and Inspector General, was referred to the committee on military affairs. Mr. Lawrence, from the committee on military affairs, to whom was referred a resolution of the 15th instant, relating to military expenses and military fines, made the following report:

The committee on military affairs, to whom was referred the resolution requiring them to ascertain and report to the Senate, the amount of money drawn from the treasury the past year, for courts martial, military drills, and other contingent expenses, report that they find, on examination, there has been paid:

For courts martial

military drills

$118 00

4,909 44

to the Adjutant and Ins. Gen. 175 96
printing commissions, &c.

Total,

161 49

$5,364 89

Your committee do not find that there has been paid into the treasury any moneys for fines, the past year. They find there have been twen ty-two regimental drills, the past year, the average expense of which is two hundred and twenty-three dollars to each regiment.

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A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Merrill, their clerk:

MR. PRESIDENT: The House of Representatives have passed the following bills, in which they ask the concurrence of the Senate.

(H. 10.) "An act repealing an act therein mentioned."

(H. 52.) "An act in addition to an act entitled an act in addition to an act entitled an act laying a tax on the lands in Chittenden, in the county of Rutland, approved Nov. 3, 1836."

(H. 48.) "An act laying a tax on the lands in Hydepark."

The said bills were severally read the first and second time and committed, as follows:

(H. 10.) "An act repealing an act therein mentioned,” was referred to the committee on roads and canals.

(H. 52.) The bill relating to a tax on lands in Chittenden, and the bill entitled,

(H. 48.) "An act laying a tax on the lands in Hydepark," were referred to the committee on land taxes.

(S. 6.) Mr. Pierpoint introduced a bill entitled "an act in amendment of an act to incorporate the Rutland Rail Road Bank."

Which was read the first and second time and referred to the committee on banks,

(S. 1.) Mr. Jones, from the committee on bills, reported that the committee have this day delivered to the Governor for his approval and signature, a bill entitled "an act establishing an academy in Enosburgh."

Mr. Kittredge, from the committee to whom was referred the eighth chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same without amendment, and the said chapter was read the third time and passed.

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Mr. Hemenway, from the committee to whom was referred the third chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same without amendment. Ordered, That said chapter be engrossed and read the third time. Mr. Robinson, from the committee to whom was referred the fifteenth chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same without amendment, and the said chapter was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Cobb, from the committee to whom was referred the eleventh chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same with amendments, and the said chapter was considered by the Senate as in committee of the whole, and amended, and the amendment reported to the Senate and adopted, and the said chapter was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Eaton called up the twelfth chapter of the revised statutes, and the same was considered by the Senate as in committee of the whole, and amended and reported to the Senate, and the amendments concurred in, and the said chapter was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Noble, from the committee to whom was referred the seventeenth chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same without amendment, and the said chapter was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Eaton, from the committee on education, to whom was referred

a resolution from the House of Representatives, appointing a day of thanksgiving, reported an amendment to said resolution, which was adopted by the Senate, and is as follows:

Strike out all of said resolution after the word Representatives, and insert the following:

"That the Governor be requested to appoint Thursday, the fifth day of December next, as a day of public thanksgiving throughout this state."

The following chapters of the revised statutes were severally read the first and second time and committed, as follows:

Chapter 18, "Of school distric's, common schools and school funds," was referred to the committee on education.

Chapter 19, "Of instruction to the deaf and duinb and the blind," was referred to the committee on education.

TITLE X, "Of Roads and Bridges," was referred to the committee on roads and canals.

The Senate adjourned.

TUESDAY, OCT. 22, 1839.

On motion of Mr. Robinson, leave of absence was granted to Mr. Harvey, from the service of the Senate, until Saturday next.

(S. 7.) Mr. Foster introduced a bill entitled "an act to authorize the business of banking."

Which was read the first and second time and referred to the committee on banks.

(H. 15.) Mr. Goodwin, from the committee on roads and canals, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "an act to repeal an act therein mentioned," reported the same without amendment, and the said bill was read the third time and passed.

The following communication was received from His Excellency the Governor :

To the Senate:

I have the honor to inform the honorable Senate, that General Martin Flint, who was recently elected sheriff of the county of Orange, declines accepting the office.

Executive Chamber, Oct. 22, 1839.

S. H. JENISON.

(H. 48.) Mr. Marsh, from the committee on land taxes, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled "an act laying a tax on the lands in Hydepark," reported the same without amendment, and the said bill was read the third time and passed.

(H. 52.) Mr. Marsh, from the committee on land taxes, to whom was referred a bill from the House of Representatives, relating to a land

tax in the town of Chittenden, reported the same without amendment, and the said bill was read the third time and passed.

Chapter 3 of the revised statutes, having been engrossed pursuant to order, was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Swift, from the committee on education, to whom was referred chapter nineteenth of the revised statutes, reported the same without amendment, and the said chapter was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Goodwin, from the committee to whom was referred the fourteenth chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same with amendments, and the said chapter was considered by the Senate as in committee of the whole and amended, and reported to the Senate, and the amendments were concurred in, and the said chapter was read the third time and passed.

The following chapters of the revised statutes were severally read the first and second time and committed as follows:

Chapter 21," Of repairs of highways,"

Chapter 22, " Of ferries," and

Chapter 23," Of turnpikes,"

Were severally referred to the committee on roads and canals. Chapter 24, "Of the Court of Chancery," was referred to the committee on the judiciary.

The Senate adjourned.

AFTERNOON.

The following chapters of the revised statutes were severally read the first and second time and committed as follows:

Chapter 25, "Of the supreme and county courts," and

Chapter 26, "Of justices of the peace," were referred to the committee on the judiciary.

A message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Merrill, their clerk:

MR. PRESIDENT The House of Representatives have passed a bill (H. 47) entitled "an act laying a tax on the lands in Greensboro'." They also concur with the Senate in the amendment proposed to the resolution for a day of thanksgiving.

The Senate adjourned.

WEDNESDAY, Ocr. 23, 1839.

Certain documents accompanying the message of His Excellency the

Governor were committed as follows:

A communication from the American Artiquarian Society was referred to the committee on education.

Communications from the states of Maine, New Jersey and Missouri, on the subject of the public lands, was referred to a select committee of three, to be appointed by the chair.

And thereupon the President appointed as such committee, Mr. Eg. erton, Mr. Kittredge and Mr. Eaton.

A communication from the State of Indiana, embracing resolutions on the subject of slavery, was referred to a select committee of three, to be appointed by the chair.

And thereupon the President appointed as such committee, Mr. Swift, Mr. Adams and Mr. Waterman.

(H. 47.) A bill from the House of Representatives entitled "an act laying a tax on lands in Greensborough," was read the first and second time, and referred to the committee on land taxes.

Mr. Swift, from the committee to whom was referred the thirteenth chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same with amendments, which were adopted, and the said chapter was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Converse, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred the twenty-fourth chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same with amendments, which were adopted.

On motion of Mr. Egerton,

Ordered, That said chapter be laid on the table.

Mr. Robinson, from the committee on the judiciary, to whom was referred the twenty-fifth chapter of the revised statutes, reported the same without amendment.

On motion of Mr. Hemenway,

Ordered, That said chapter be laid on the table.

Mr. Eaton introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That the committee on education, to whom was referred the eighteenth chapter of the revised statutes, be instructed to report an amendinent to said chapter, providing that one fourth part of all public money divided to school districts in the several towns in this state, shall hereafter be divided equally among the several districts, without regard to the number of scholars in any district.

And on the question, Shall the resolution pass?

The yeas and nays, having been demanded by Mr. Noble, were taken, and were as follows, viz:

Those who voted in the affirmative are:

Messrs. Adams, Bowen, Burgess, Eaton, Egerton, Edson, Foster, Marsh, Noble, Robinson, Swift and Waterman-12.

Those who voted in the negative are:

Messrs. Chandler, Cobb, Converse, Curtis, Goodwin, Hemenway, Holmes, Hoyt, Jenness, Jones, Kittredge, Lawrence, McMillan, Pierpoint, Simonds and Townsley -16.

So it was decided in the negative.

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