IN JOINT ASSEMBLY, November 1, 1845. The Senate and House of Representatives met in Joint Assembly, pursuant to a joint resolution; and elected the HON. HILAND HALL, Bank Commissioner and Bank Committee for the year ensuing. J. McM. SHAFTER, Clerk. IN JOINT ASSEMBLY, November 3, 1845. The Senate and House of Representatives met in Joint Assembly, pursuant to the following resolution: "Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That both Houses meet in Joint Assembly, on Monday next, at three o'clock, P. M., for the purpose of electing a Brigadier General of the third Brigade, and first Division of the Militia, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Brigadier General Cassius P. Peck; " and elected ORVILLE S. SHAW, to said office. J. McM. SHAFTER, Clerk. IN JOINT ASSEMBLY, November 5, 1845. The Senate and House of Representatives met in Joint Assembly, pursuant to a joint resolution; and elected the HON. HORACE EATON, Superintendent of Common Schools. J. McM. SHAFTER, Clerk. STATE OF VERMONT, SECRETARY OF STATE'S OFFICE, I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the journal of the Joint Assembly of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Vermont, at their October Session, A. D., 1845. J. McM. SHAFTER, Clerk. (B) TO THE AUDITOR OF ACCOUNTS OF THE STATE OF VERMONT. In pursuance of the requirements of the law, making it the duty of the Auditor in the Treasury, to audit, examine, and settle the accounts in the Treasury Department with the Treasurer, and report the condition thereof, to the Auditor of Accounts, the undersigned submits the following, as his doings therein. The State of Vermont in Account with JOHN SPALDING, Esquire, Treasurer: DEBTOR. To Cash paid Debenture of General Assembly, 11,536 70 Judges of the Supreme Court, balance of last, and part of present year's salary, 6,542 75 Gov. Mattocks, balance of last year's salary, 425 00 Gov. Slade, one year's salary as Gov. and Commissioner, 850 00 sioner, 500 00 J. McM. Shafter, half of present and balance of last year's salary as Secretary of State, 275 00 F. F. Merrill, one-third of past and two-thirds of present year's salary, 400 00 D. W. C. Clarke, half of past and half of present year's salary, 250 00 E. Davis, half of past and half of present year's salary, 125 00 H. Hale, half of last year's salary as Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, 100 00 G. H. Beaman, half year's salary as Secretary of Civil and 100 00 A. L. Brown, Engrossing Clerk, half of past and present year's salary, 225 00 G. H. Loomis, Librarian, half of past and half of present year's salary, 100 00 P. T. Washburn, Reporter of Decisions of Supreme Court, three-fourths of present year's salary, 337 50 D. Pierce, Auditor, one year's salary, 150 00 F. W. Hopkins, Adjutant and Inspector General, present year's salary, in part, Wm. T. Burnham, one half of past and one half of present year's salary as Sergeant-at-Arms, Supreme and County Court Orders, Auditor's Orders, and Committee of Claims, $300, 150 00 150 00 580 08 15,003 01 1,960 91 1,332 20 1,120 00 Commissioner of Deaf, Dumb, Blind, and Insane Poor, Massachusetts Asylum for Blind, American Asylum, Insane Hospital, Interest paid to Safety Fund Banks, Sundry towns interest on surplus money, viz :— 1,757 09 Marlboro', 141 27 Goshen Gore, by Wheelock, 19 77 Interest paid sundry banks on advances to Clerks of Courts, 313 55 3,000 00 3,000 00 Debenture of Electors of President and Vice President, 132 20 337 00 Paid balance of note to old Bank of Montpelier, 360 00 18,417 97 September 13, 1845. $113,921 39 CREDIT. By balance in the Treasury on the 10th of Sept., 1844, Cash received for taxes-principal, 18,400 15 71,446 55 Interest on arrearage of taxes, 659 56 72,106 11 Interest collected on Safety Fund notes, 246 27 State's Attorneys, 4,204 80 Cash returned by Clerks of Courts for last year's ad vances, 2,007 59 notes, Cash collected on Vermont State Bank notes, Pedler's Licences, Interest collected on same, and on Vermont State Bank 850 93 405 31 2,398 08 (C) SECOND REFORT OF STATE GEOLOGIST. To His Excellency William Slade: SIR-In compliance with the law providing for a Geological Survey of Vermont, which makes it the duty of the Geologist to submit an estimate of the expenses of the ensuing year, I have to state that the account and estimates of the current year on page 85 of the Report, which I had the honor to submit on the first inst., may be taken as estimates for the ensuing year;-with the exception of the expenses necessarily incident to the collection of the six suites of specimens for the literary and medical institutions mentioned in your Excellency's Annual Message, for which no provision was made in the act authorizing the survey, and which were not therefore contemplated in the appropriation deemed sufficient to secure the objects of the survey. The labor of getting out, trimming, packing, examining at the depot, and putting tickets on several thousand specimens, must necessarily consume much time, besides involving additional expense of transportation and of the fixtures and rent of a place of deposit. The whole addition is fully equivalent to the services and travelling expenses of one assistant, and the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars per annum is the least amount requisite to meet this expense. I have the honor to remain, Your Excellency's most obedient servant, Montpelier, Oct. 21, 1845. State Geologist. |