Mr. Dartt offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the State Prison be directed to visit and inspect the State Prison at Windsor, and report as to the sanitary condition and discipline of the prison and prisoners, and particularly to examine the department in which the female convicts are confined, and report if any legislation or appropriation is necessary in reference thereto;

Which was read and adopted.

Mr. Hibbard introduced a bill entitled

H. 90. An act to prevent illegal voting in town, village or school district meetings;

Which was read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. Grout of Barton offered the following joint resolutions:

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That, having an intelligent regard for the best interests of Vermont as well as the whole country, it is the duty of our Senators and Representatives in Congress to use their influence against the consummation of any treaty relating to reciprocity in trade with the Dominion of Canada, and to insist that the subject of trade and commercial intercourse with Canada, as well as with all other foreign countries, is not a proper matter of treaty stipulation, but belongs to Congress and should be wisely regulated by judicious. legislation;

Resolved, That we congratulate the Canadian people upon the prospect of an early completion of the ship canal connecting the waters of the St. Lawrence with Lake Champlain, as constituting an important link in the line of communication between the great cities on the Atlantic seaboard and the grain and lumber region of the great Northwest, including the richest portions of the Dominion of Canada;

Resolved, That the Governor of this State be and is

hereby requested to transmit a copy of these joint resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress; also a copy, each, to the President of the United States and the Governor General of the Dominion of Canada;

Which were read, and the question being, Shall the resolutions be adopted on the part of the House? on motion of Mr. Grout of Barton, they were ordered to lie, and made the special order for next Thursday afternoon, at three o'clock; and the Clerk was directed to procure the printing of three hundred copies for the use of the House.

On motion of Mr. Davis of St. Albans, the House adjourned.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1874.

Reading of Scriptures, and prayer by the Chaplain.
Journal of yesterday read and approved.

The Speaker announced the appointment of the committee, on the part of the House, ordered to be raised under a joint resolution providing for a committee of inquiry after an unpublished report:

Mr. Wells presented the remonstrance of Roswell Quimby and eighteen others; that of George D. Chandler and fourteen others; that of Merit Newhall and fifteen others, all residents in the town of Concord, against the proposed

action in relation to the West Concord Graded School District;

Which was referred to the Committee on Education.

Mr. Sprague presented the petition of N. G. Norton and twenty-four others, praying for an amendment of the law regulating tolls for grinding grain;

Which was referred to the Committee on Manufactures.

Petitions of sundry persons, praying for amendments to the prohibitory laws of the State, were severally introduced, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, as follows:

By Mr. Dutton, that of William Sewall and sixty-one others, inhabitants of the town of Norwich;

By Mr. Palmer, that of O. H. Briggs and one hundred and forty-two others, inhabitants of the town of Williamstown.

Mr. Chamberlain offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the memorial presented to this House by the agents of the Iroquois Indians be referred to the Committee on Claims, who are hereby requested to ascertain the amount and nature of the claim, and report the same to this House as early as possible;

Which was read and adopted.

Bills of the following titles were severally introduced, read the first and second times, and referred, as follows: By Mr. Clark,

H. 91. An act to pay Gardner J. Wallace the sum therein named;

To the Committee on Claims.

By Mr. Ladd,

H. 92. An act relating to ditches and water courses; To the Committee on the Judiciary.

On motion of Mr. Lynde, the House adjourned.

AFTERNOON.

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

H. 73. An act in relation to the service of extents against delinquent collectors;

Reported in favor of its passage; whereupon the bill was Ordered to be read the third time next Tuesday fore

noon.

On motion of Mr. Shurtleff, the House adjourned.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1874.

House convened at half past two o'clock in the after

noon.

Reading of Scriptures and prayer by the chaplain.
Journal of Friday read and approved.

Mr. Davenport introduced a bill entitled

H. 93. An act in amendment of an act entitled "An act in amendment of section seventeen of chapter one hundred twenty-six of the General Statutes, relating to fees of members of the General Assembly," approved November 19th, 1866;

Which was read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Petitions of sundry persons, praying for the passage of an act increasing tolls for grinding grain, were severally

presented, and referred to the Committee on Manufactures, as follows:

By Mr. Davenport, that of Isaac Estey and twenty-eight others, residents in the town of Wilmington;

By Mr. Nichols, that of William Otis and fifty-three others, residents of the town of Danby and vicinity.

Mr. Bulkley introduced a bill entitled

H. 94. An act to legalize the grand list of the town of Duxbury for the year 1874;

Which was read the first and second times, and referred to the Committee on the Grand List.

On motion of Mr. Pattee, the House adjourned.

Reading of Scriptures and prayer by the Chaplain.
Journal of yesterday read and approved.

Mr. Guild offered the following joint resolution: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That a committee of two senators and three representatives be appointed by the presiding officer of each House, respectively, to ascertain and report as soon as possible, the earliest day practicable, consistent with the business of the session, for the final adjournment of the General Assembly; and to whom all resolutions relating to a final adjournment shall be referred;

Which was read and adopted on the part of the House.
Mr. Norton introduced a bill entitled

H. 95. An act relating to Bennington Graded School
District;