6.

In every case of disagreement between the Senate and House of Representatives, if either shall request a conference and appoint a committee for that purpose, and the other House shall also appoint a committee on its part, such committee shall meet at a convenient hour, to be agreed upon by their chairman, in the conference room, and state to each other, verbally or in writing, the reasons of each House for its vote on the subject matter of disagreement, confer freely thereon, and make a report of their doings to their respective Houses as soon as may be.

7.

Committees of Conference shall consist of an equal number from each House, and shall return the papers referred to them to that House which last voted upon the subject matter of disagreement.

8.

After each House shall have adhered to the vote of disagreement, a bill or resolution shall be lost.

9.

When bills and resolutions are on their passage between the two Houses, they shall be verified by the attestation of the Secretary or Clerk of each House respectively, and all joint resolutions shall be fairly engrossed, after their passage, in the House in which they originate, and shall, when finally passed, be signed by the presiding officers of both Houses, in the same manner as bills.

10.

After bills have passed both Houses, and a certificate, showing the one in which they respectively originated, has been duly endorsed thereon, they shall be delivered to a joint standing committee of two Senators and two members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses respectively, and to be designated the Committee on Bills, who shall make careful examination, and see that they are correctly engrossed, both as regards the original bill, and all amendments thereto, and when satisfied of their accuracy, shall present them, first to the

Speaker of the House of Representatives, and then to the President of the Senate, for their official signatures, and having obtained them, they shall forthwith deliver them to Governor for his approval, and shall make a true report to both Houses of the day on which such bill was delivered to the Governor, which shall be duly entered upon the Journal of each House.

11.

A joint committee of two Senators and two Representa-tives shall be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses respectively, at the commencement of the session, to be designated the Committee on Joint Rules.

12.

When a bill or resolution, which shall have passed one House, is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the House in which the same shall have passed; and all such rejected bills or resolutions, with the accompanying papers, shall be returned to, and left in the custody of the: House which first acted on them.

13.

Each House shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded; and should any bill or resolution pass both Houses, the same paper shall be delivered to the Governor.

14.

No bill, which shall have passed one House, shall be sent. for concurrence to the other, on the last day of the session.

15.

The final adjournment of the General Assembly shall be fixed at an hour between six o'clock in the forenoon and nine o'clock in the afternoon.

16.

A two-thirds vote of all present shall be required for the suspension of any joint rule.

17.

A joint committee on the Library, consisting of two Sen

ators and three Representatives, shall, on nomination of the presiding officers of their respective Houses, be appointed by each House respectively.

18.

A joint committee of three Senators and five Representatives shall be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses, respectively, to be designated the Committee on the Reform School; whose duty it shall be to visit such School and report the condition thereof to the General Assembly, each session, and to take into consideration all matters relating to said School, which may be referred to them.

Thereupon they were adopted as the Joint Rules on the part of the Senate.

The President nominated, and the Senate confirmed, the following Joint Committees on the part of the Senate:

Thereupon the Canvassing Committee were duly sworn.

On motion of Mr. Heath, the Senate adjourned.

AFTERNOON.

A message was received from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Newell, their First Assistant Clerk, as follows: MR. PRESIDENT: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House have considered joint resolution from the Senate granting the use of the Hall of the House of Representatives to the managers of the Home for Destitute Children, and have adopted the same in concurrence.

Mr. Saxe introduced a bill entitled

S. 8. An act to incorporate the Northern Vermont and Lake Champlain Railroad;

Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Railroads.

Mr. Hutchinson of Franklin asked to record his vote on the joint resolution ratifying the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States;

Whereupon the name of Mr. Hutchinson was called and he voted in the affirmative.

Mr. Heath introduced a bill entitled

S. 9. An act to aid the Vermont Historical Society; Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Printing.

Mr. Green, from Committee on Printing to whom was referred 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;

Reported the same, recommending the printing of three hundred and fifty copies; Thereupon the bill was

Ordered to lie and be printed.

Mr. Wheeler introduced a bill entitled

S. 10. An act creating degrees in the crime of murder; Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Printing.

Mr. Dale introduced a bill entitled

S. 11. An act relating to pleading and proceeding in certain criminal cases;

Which was read the first and second time, and referred to the Committee on Printing.

On the motion of Mr. Saxe, at three o'clock and fifteen minutes, the Senate adjourned.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1869.

Prayer by the Chaplain.

Journal of Wednesday was read and approved.

Mr. Dewey of Washington asked to record his vote on the joint resolution ratifying the amendment to the Constitution of the United States;

Whereupon the name of Mr. Dewey of Washington was called, and he recorded his vote in the affirmative.

Bills of the following titles having been presented, were taken up, and referred, as follows:

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;

S. 4. An act in amendment of an act passed November 2, 1833, incorporating Newbury Seminary;

S. 5. An act permitting parties in civil suits to challenge jurors;

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;

To the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Wheeler introduced a bill entitled

S. 12. An act in amendment of sections three and four