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signed to them, and that the Governor would soon make his final communication to the House of Representatives for the present session.

A message from his Excellency, the Governor, by Mr. Gay, Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, as follows:

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

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H. 95. An act to repeal an act therein named, and to reenact section twenty, chapter twenty-two, of the General Statutes;

H. 167. An act to amend section thirty-one of chapter onen one hundred and twenty-six of the General Statutes, relating to fees of county clerks;

H. 172. An act to amend section two of chapter fortyeight of the General Statutes, relating to probate courts;

H. 189. An act providing for taxing bank stock in the several banking associations in this State, formed under the act of Congress approved June 3, 1864, entitled, "An act to provide a national currency ";

H. 201. An act to authorize the publication of extra volumes of the decisions of the Supreme Court;

H. 111. An act in amendment of an act relating to the sale of real estate including the homestead, by executors and administrators, and in amendment of chapter fifty-two of the General Statutes, approved November 22, 1864,

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I am further directed by the Governor to inform the House of Representatives that he has received their communication that they have, on their part, completed the business of the session, and that he has no further communication to make to them.

He then withdrew.

Mr. Hebard moved that the House do now adjourn, pending which motion, the Speaker addressed the House as follows:

GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE: Before the final question of the session is taken, permit me to say, that for the kind terms in which you have been pleased to express your approval of my official conduct, I thank you. While I have constantly aimed to discharge the unaccustomed duties of my office with strict impartiality towards you, and fidelity to the State, I cannot fail to remember that whatever degree of success may have attended my efforts, has been largely due

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to your courteous forbearance and friendly co-operation. Be assured, I shall ever cherish a grateful sense of your unfailing kindness to myself, personally. Your labors are now closed. They have been discharged with diligent and conscientious fidelity, and will meet, as they assuredly deserve, the approval of your constituents. And now, as we are about to separate, permit me to wish you a speedy and joyful return to the loved ones at home, and to express to each member of the House a heartfelt good-by.

The motion of Mr. Hebard was agreed to, and the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1865.

At eight o'clock in the forenoon, in accordance with the joint resolution for that purpose, the Speaker of the House of Representatives declared the same adjourned without day. JOHN H. FLAGG,

Clerk of the House of Representatives.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, for the Annual Session thereof, beginning on the second Thursday, being the 12th day, of October, A. D. 1865.

JOHN H. FLAGG, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Montpelier, November 10, 1865.

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