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due, the holders of all or any of such dishonored notes, shall be at liberty to apply to this court, for relief in the premises in this cause, by the enforcement and realization of their securities, and if said funds shall exceed an amount sufficient to pay off all said notes and interest, then such residue, as well as said cars and engines, shall fall into and become a part of the general funds and assets of said receivers and managers, and all payments upon and securities for said notes and interest shall be shared in by, and made to the holders of said notes equally and ratably, and in case said receivers and managers shall not be able to raise and obtain the aforesaid necessary sums of money in the manner aforesaid, they shall be at liberty and are hereby authorized to make such temporary loans as shall be needful, as aforesaid, in the premises, and on the credit of the funds and assets of said receivership and management, and to repay the same with interest, and necessary expenses, out of any earnings accruing, accrued, or to accrue from the business of said line at any time, and to use and appropriate for the needful purposes aforesaid, all of such earnings as may be required.

Now, therefore, the provisions of the aforesaid decree in said cause are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

SEC. 2. This act shall take effect from its passage.

The House agreeing to propose to the Senate so to amend, the bill was read the third time and passed in concurrence, with proposals of amendment.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Clark, their Secretary, as follows:

MR. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform the House of Representatives that the Governor has informed the Senate that he has approved and signed bills, originating in the Senate, of the following titles:

S. 2. An act relating to offenses against private prop

erty;

S. 3. An act to incorporate the Home for Destitute Children at Burlington;

S. 5. An act to incorporate the Wilmington Cornet Band;

S. 9. An act in amendment of section forty-two of chapter one hundred and twenty-six of the General Statutes, in relation to the fees of town clerks.

The Senate have considered House bill entitled

H. 49. An act to incorporate the Red Mountain Manufacturing Company;

And have passed the same in concurrence.

They have also considered a joint resolution fixing the day of final adjournment;

And have adopted the same in concurrence.

Mr. Park offered the following joint resolution :

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the use of the Representatives' Hall on this (Thursday) evening, be granted to Rev. A. W. Eastman for the purpose of delivering a lecture on the past and present condition of the freedmen in the South;

Which was read, and adopted on the part of the House. Engrossed bills of the following titles were severally read the third time and passed:

H. 74. An act to incorporate the Vermont Conference Seminary and Female College;

H. 76. An act relating to the pay of town superintendents of common schools;

H. 79. An act giving additional compensation to the Secretary of the Board of Education;

H. 116. An act in amendment of section fourteen, chapter eighty-nine, of the General Statutes, relating to banks; H. 128. An act to incorporate the Brattleboro Woolen Company.

Senate bill entitled

S. 17. An act for establishing town libraries;

Was read the third time and passed in concurrence.

Mr. Forbush, from the Committee on Roads to whom was referred House bill entitled

H. 119. An act to incorporate the Rutland and Woodstock Railroad Company;

Reported in favor of its passage, when amended by adding thereto an additional section, as follows:

Sec. 8. This act shall be under the control of the Legislature, to alter, amend or repeal, as the public good may require.

The House agreeing so to amend, the bill, as amended, was
Ordered to be engrossed and read the third time.

Mr. Belding moved that the House do now adjourn ;
Which motion was disagreed to.

Mr. Robinson, of Highgate, submitted the following report:

To the House of Representatives now in session:

The select committee to whom was referred so much of the Governor's message as relates to the obligation of Vermont to her soldiers, report:

That they have considered the same, and are of the opinion that the whole debt cannot be canceled by passing simply a resolution of thanks. The spirit of the message of our beloved Chief Executive on this subject must meet with a hearty response from the heart of every loyal Vermonter. Such language can emanate only from the deep recesses of a parental and patriotic heart, and must reach the heart and kindle a flame of gratitude in every soul.

The Vermont soldier has made his record, his fame is world-wide, he has honored his profession, and has conferred an enduring honor on the State he represents. He has braved death on the battle-field, and maintained his post with the same tenacity as the steadfast rocks of his native hills.

By some it is said we have fulfilled our contract with the soldier, and discharged our whole duty toward him. Such is not the opinion of your committee. Here we are, quietly feeding upon the luxuriant branches of the tree of liberty, nourished by the blood of heroes. We are abundantly fed from the never-failing products of an unexhaustible soil,. richer by far than when the war began. It appears to your committee that if Vermont is ever to attempt to cancel this debt of gratitude, that now is the day and now the hour to grant some tangible token of regard.

If we who are now living and enjoying the full fruits of a glorious and decisive victory shall neglect or refuse to meet the demand manfully, what can we expect from the rising generation? Human life is uncertain. Our soldiers are mortal and passing away like other men, and we should do all in our power to bless the living hero, and provide for the wants of his family to the full extent of our obligation. Our soldiers first in the field should be made to feel that they are not to be the losers by their early and unbought zeal in our country's cause, in the hour of peril.

Present indications appearing unfavorable, your committee recommend no further action at present, and ask to be discharged from further consideration of the resolution.

All of which is respectfully submitted,

W. ROBINSON, for Committee.

Whereupon the discharge of the committee from the further consideration of the subject was granted.

On motion of Mr. Rounds, of Chester, House bill entitled H. 83. An act to authorize the discount of twenty per cent. in the payment of highway taxes in certain cases;

Was taken up. The question being, Shall the bill be engrossed and read the third time? Mr. Sylvester demanded the previous question. The question being, Will the House second the demand for the previous question? it was decided in the negative.

The question recurring, Shall the bill be engrossed and read the third time? Mr. Foster, of Calais, moved that the bill be

Ordered to lie,

Which motion was disagreed to.

The question recurring, Shall the bill be engrossed and read the third time? Mr. Parker moved that the bill be dismissed,

Which motion was agreed to.

On motion of Mr. Purinton, the House adjourned.

AFTERNOON.

Engrossed bill entitled

H. 119. An act to incorporate the Rutland and Woodstock Railroad Company;

Was read the third time and passed.

Mr. Walker, of Ludlow, from the Committee on Education to whom was referred House bill entitled

H. 96. An act in amendment of section sixteen of chapter twenty-two of the General Statutes, relating to common schools and school laws;

Reported in favor of its passage; and thereupon said bill

was

Ordered to be engrossed, and read the third time to-morrow morning.

Mr. Prout, from the Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred House bill entitled

H. 97. An act relating to the support of transient paupers;

Reported adversely to its passage; and the question being, Shall the bill be engrossed and read the third time? Mr. Brown, of Vernon, moved to amend, by inserting after section one, the following:

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the selectmen of any town having transient paupers, before they shall be entitled to receive pay from the State for so supporting paupers, to make sufficient examination to satisfy them that such transient pauper has no legal settlement in any town in this State, and certify the same under oath, which certificate shall accompany the claim presented to the State for allowance;

Which motion was disagreed to.

The question recurring, Shall the bill be engrossed and read the third time? it was decided in the negative.

Mr. Butterfield, from the Committee on Claims to whom was referred House bill entitled

H. 54. An act to pay the town of St. Johnsbury the sum therein mentioned;

Reported adversely to its passage; and thereupon the engrossment and third reading of said bill was refused.

Mr. Prout, from the Committee on the Judiciary to whom was referred House bill entitled

H. 3. An act in amendment of the first section of chapter one hundred and two of the General Statutes;

Reported adversely to its passage; and thereupon the engrossment and third reading of said bill was refused.

A message from the Senate, by Mr. Lamson, their Assistant Secretary, as follows:

MR. SPEAKER: I am directed to inform the House that the Senate have considered House bill entitled:

H. 50. An act amending section six of chapter one of the General Statutes;

And have not passed the same in concurrence.

The Senate have considered House bill entitled

H. 89. An act in amendment of section eighty-four of chapter twenty-eight of the General Statutes, relating to railroads ;

And have passed the same in concurrence.

The Senate have considered a joint resolution from the House, granting the use of the Representatives' Hall to Rev. A. W. Eastman,

And have adopted the same in concurrence.

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