Secretary of State, Sergeant-at-Arms, Auditor of Accounts, Commissioner of the Insane, Railroad Commissioner, Adjutant and Inspector General, Quartermaster General, Judge Advocate General, Superintendent of the State Prison, and three Directors of the State Prison, for the year ensuing. Mr. Farnham introduced a bill entitled S. 3. An act in amendment of section fifteen of chapter sixty-three of the General Statutes, in relation to the limitation of actions; Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Printing. On motion of Mr. Hastings, the Senate adjourned at ten o'clock and fifty minutes. AFTERNOON. Mr. Camp, from the Committee on Printing, to whom was referred bills entitled S. 2. An act defining who shall be voters in town meetings; S. 3. An act in amendment of section fifteen of chapter sixty-three of the General Statutes, in relation to the limitation of actions; Reported the same, recommending the printing of three hundred and fifty copies of each of said bills; thereupon they were severally Ordered to lie and be printed. Mr. Hall introduced a bill entitled S. 4. An act in amendment of an act passed November 2, 1833, incorporating the Newbury Seminary; Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. Royce introduced a bill entitled S. 5. An act permitting parties in civil suits to chal!enge Jurors; Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Printing. Mr. Dewey of Washington introduced a bill entitled S. 6. An act in amendment of "An act to enable the towns in the counties of Washington, Caledonia and Orange to aid in the construction of the Montpelier and Wells River Railroad," approved October 30, 1868; Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Railroads. Mr. Green, from the Committee on Printing to whom was referred a bill entitled S. 5. An act permitting parties in civil suits to challenge Jurors; Reported the same, recommending the printing of three hundred and fifty copies of said bill; thereupon the bill was Ordered to lie and be printed. On motion of Mr. Copeland, the Senate adjourned, three o'clock and five minutes. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1869. Prayer by Rev. W. J. Harris of Montpelier. Mr. Farnham introduced the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, That the Secretary be directed to procure the printing of three hundred and fifty copies of Senate bill No. 4, entitled "An act in amendment of an act passed Nov. 2, 1833, incorporating Newbury Seminary." Mr. Benedict introduced a joint resolution, as follows: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the use of the Hall of the House of Representatives be tendered to the Managers of the Home for Destitute Children, at Burlington, on Wednesday evening, October 27, 1869, for a meeting, to set forth the objects of the institution; Which was read and adopted on the part of the Senate. Mr. Collamer introduced the following resolution, which was read and adopted: Resolved, That any committee to whom any bill is refer red, are hereby instructed to report against the passage of the same, if, in their opinion, the provisions made by the statutes are already sufficient to effect the object contemplated by said bill. A message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Camp, their Clerk, as follows: MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House have considered joint resolution providing for Joint Assembly on Thursday afternoon, for election of certain State officers; And have adopted the same in concurrence. They have also adopted, on their part, a joint resolution ratifying the proposed Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; In the adoption of which the concurrence of the Senate is requested. JOINT RESOLUTIONS RATIFYING THE AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Whereas, The Congress of the United States, on the seventeenth day of February, A.D. 1869, by joint resolution proposed to the Legislatures of the several States an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, in the words following, viz: ARTICLE XV. SECTION 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States, or by any State, on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. SECTION 2. The Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. Therefore, Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the said proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the United States be, and the same is hereby, ratified by the Legislature of the State of Vermont. The joint resolution was read, and, on motion of Mr. Royce, the rule requiring its reference to the Committee under the Fourth Joint Rule was suspended. The question being, Will the Senate concur with the House of Representatives in the adoption of the resolution? it was decided in the affirmative-yeas 26, nays 0. Mr. Royce having demanded the yeas and nays, they were taken, and are as follows: Those senators who voted in the affirmative are Messrs. On motion of Mr. Pingry, Senate Rule No. 21 was suspended. Mr. Pingry moved that Mr. Dewey of Windsor be allowed to record his vote on the resolution to ratify the Amendment to the Constitution, also any other Senator who was not within the bar of the Senate on the call of the roll; Which was agreed to. Thereupon the name of Senator Dewey of Windsor County was called, and he recorded his vote in the affirmative. Mr. Heath asked leave for Mr. Hastings of Washington to record his vote on the ratification of the Amendment; Whereupon the name of Mr. Hastings was called, and he recorded his vote in the affirmative. So the joint resolution, ratifying the Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, was unanimously adopted in concurrence. Mr. Farnham introduced a bill entitled S. 7. An act in amendment of an act entitled "An act in amendment of chapter eighty-three of the General Statutes entitled ‘Of the grand list,'" approved November 9, 1865; Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Printing. A message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Camp, their Clerk, as follows: MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House have adopted, on their part, the report of the Committee on Joint Rules. Mr. Ladd, from the Committee on Joint Rules, reported the following JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1. A Joint Assembly shall be formed by an Union of the Senate and House of Representatives in the Hall of the latter, at such time and for such specific purpose only as may be expressed in a concurrent resolution of both Houses; and may adjourn from time to time during the session of the General Assembly. The President of the Senate shall in all cases preside over, and the Secretary of State, or in his absence, the Secretary of the Senate, shall officiate as Clerk of every Joint Assembly. 2. The proceedings of every Joint Assembly, including the resolution ordering the same, shall be recorded by the Clerk in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be preserved in the office of the Secretary of State, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Governor by the Secretary of State, and shall also be published with the Journal of the proceedings of the House of Representatives. 3. The rules of the Senate, as far as applicable, shall be observed in regulating the proceedings of every Joint Assembly. 4. A joint committee of three Senators and three Representatives shall be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses respectively, to whom. may be referred all documents transmitted by the Governor for the use of the General Assembly, who shall report thereon to that House from which they were received. 5. The committees of the Senate and House of Representatives, to whom the same subject matter shall have been referred, may, for the purpose of facilitating business, meet together as a joint committee, and make a joint or separate report to either or both Houses, as they may think expedient. |