AFTERNOON. Mr. J. Barrett presented the petition of Rollin Richmond, of Barnard, and 46 others, praying for legislative action in promotion of the improvement of Common School education. Mr. Chittenden presented a like petition from Oliver H. Bascom of Orwell, and 25 others. And these petitions were respectively referred to the Committee on Education. Mr. Billings from the Joint Committee appointed to prepare and report Joint Rules of the two Houses, reported the Joint Rules of the last session, and recommended their adoption. And the question being taken, the Joint Rules thus reported were adopted, on the part of the Senate, as the Joint Rules of the two Houses for the present session; and are as follows: 1. A joint assembly shall be formed by a union of the Senate and House of Representatives in the hall of the latter, for the purpose of electing certain State and County officers, and Judges of Probate, in which the Secretary of State, or in his absence the Secretary of the Senate, shall officiate as Clerk. It shall be formed only at such time, and for such specific purpose, as may be expressed in a concurrent resolution of both houses; and may adjourn from time to time during the sitting of the General Assembly. 2. The proceedings of every joint assembly, including the resolutions 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. 3. Previous to the meeting of any joint assembly for the election of county officers and Judges of Probate, the members of the Senate and House of Representatives, from the several counties, shall meet in conventions, and make a nomination of all the officers to be elected in their respective counties, and the members of the Senate and House of Representatives residing in the several Probate districts, shall meet in Convention and make nomination of the Judges of Probate for their respective districts, and present the same for the consideration of the joint assembly; and no nomination of any county officers or Judges of Probate shall be finally acted on by the joint assembly, until the same shall have been submitted to the aforesaid conventions. 4. The rules of the Senate, so far as applicable, shall be observed in regulating the proceedings of every joint assembly. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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 committees shall meet, at a convenient hour, to be agreed upon by their chairmen, 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 report of their doings to their respective houses as soon as may be. 8. 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. 9. When bills are on their passage between the two houses, they shall be under the signature of the Secretary or Clerk of each house respectively. 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 designated the Committee on Bills, who shall make careful examination, and see that they are correctly engrossed, 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 the Governor for his approval, and shall make 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. 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 custody of, the house which first acted upon them. 12. Each house shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded; and should such bill or resolution pass both houses, the same papers shall be delivered to the Governor. 13. After each house shall have adhered to the vote of disagreement, a bill or resolution shall be lost. 14. No bill, which shall have passed one house, shall be sent for concurrence to the other, on either of the two last days of the session. (S. 1.) A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Merrill, their Clerk : MR. PRESIDENT:-The House of Representatives concur with the Senate in passing the bill entitled "An act in amendment of Chapter 80 of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of Banks.'"' The President announced the appointment of Mr. Onion and Mr. Smith as the Committee on Bills, on the part of the Senate. (S. 3.) Mr. Smith introduced (a bill entitled "An act relating to offences against private property, in alteration of an act in addition to Chapter 95 of the Revised Statutes." And it was read the first and second time, and Ordered, To be engrossed and read a third time. The said bill was thereupon engrossed, and the rule, on motion of Mr. Smith, having been suspended, it was Read the third time and passed. The hour to which the Joint Assembly was adjourned having arrived, the Senate repaired to the hall of the House of Representatives. And having returned therefrom, Mr. Brownell presented the petition of Hiland Hall, for the passing of an act in relation to variance between the pleadings and proof in judicial proceedings. And it was read and 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, on their part, adopted the Joint Rules reported to them by the Joint Committee of the two Houses. On motion of Mr. Rich, The Senate adjourned. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1845. Prayer by the Chaplain. The journal of Saturday was read and approved. Mr. Campbell presented the petition of S. S. Arnold and 79 others of Westminster, praying for legislation in behalf of Common School education. Mr. Bradley presented a like petition from Nahum Peck and 95 others of Hinesburgh. Mr. Hodges presented a like petition from F. W. Hopkins and 143 others of Rutland. Mr. Button presented a like petition from Jared Andrews and 49 others of Mount Holly. And these petitions were respectively referred to the Committee on Education. (S. 4.) Mr. Vilas introduced a bill entitled "An act relating to Attorneys at Law." And it was read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (S. 5.) Mr. Smith introduced a bill entitled "An act directing the Treasurer to pay Richard F. Abbott the sum therein mentioned." And it was read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Claims. Mr. Billings presented the following resolution, which was read and passed: Resolved, That so much of the Governor's message as relates to the subject of Education, be referred to the Committee on Education. The President announced the appointment of Mr. Sabin, Mr. Fifield, and Mr. Brownell, to constitute, on the part of the Senate, the Joint Committee under the fifth Joint Rule. A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Merrill, their Clerk : MR. PRESIDENT:-The House of Representatives have appointed Mr. Maxham and Mr. Bill to constitute, on their part, the Joint Committee on Bills; and Mr. Stevens, Mr. Kellogg, and Mr. Fairbanks, the Joint Committee to whom may be referred all documents transmitted by the Governor to either House for the use of the General Assembly. Mr. Rich presented the following resolution, which was read and passed: Resolved, That so much of the Governor's message as relates to "the four brass cannon taken by the Green Mountain Boys from the British at Bennington on the 16th of August, 1777," be referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. Mr. J. Barrett presented the following resolution, which was read and passed: Resolved, That so much of the Governor's message as relates to the Asylum for the Insane; also so much as relates to the Geological Survey of the State; also so much as relates to "Supreme and County Court Orders," and "Clerks of Courts for the expenses of Supreme and County Courts," be referred to the Committee on Finance. The documents accompanying the Governor's Message, relating to the brass cannon taken from the British at Bennington on the 16th of August, 1777, were referred to the Committee on Military Affairs. [See Appendix.] On motion of Mr. Noyes, The Senate adjourned. AFTERNOON. Mr. T. T. Barrett presented the petition of William Armington and 78 others of Chester, praying for legislative aid in promotion of the improvement of Common School education. Mr. Sabin presented like petitions from Jesse Smith and 32 others, and James Sowle and 31 others of Fairfield. And these petitions were respectively referred to the Committee on Education. (S. 1.) Mr. Onion, from the Committee on Bills, reported that they had, this day, presented to the Governor for his approval and signature, the bill entitled "An act in amendment of Chapter 80 of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of Banks.'" (S. 6.) Mr. J. Barrett introduced a bill entitled "An act in addition to an act incorporating the village of Woodstock,' passed Oct. 11, 1836." And it was read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. Mr. Billings presented the following resolution, which was read and passed: Resolved, That the Committee on Land Taxes be instructed to inquire into the propriety of so altering the listing law that the lists of the several towns in this State may be finished by the first of August, or near that time, and that the taxes be made immediately after the completion of the lists, and put into the collectors' hands. (S. 7.) Mr. Richardson introduced a bill entitled "An act in addition to Chapter 28 of the Revised Statutes." And it was read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (S. 8.) Mr. Brownell introduced a bill entitled "An act in amendment of Chapter 63 of the Revised Statutes, relating to divorce." And it was read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. On motion of Mr. Onion, The Senate adjourned. Prayer by the Chaplain. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1845. The journal of yesterday was read and approved. (S. 9.) Mr. Richardson introduced a bill entitled "An act in alteration of Chapter 15 of the Revised Statutes, entitled 'Of the settlement of Paupers.' And it was read the first and second times, and referred to the Com. mittee on the Judiciary. |