(H. 84.) House bill No. 84, to the Committee on the Judiciary; and (H. 90.) House bill No. 90, to the Committee on Claims.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Merrill, their Clerk:

MR. PRESIDENT:-The House of Representatives agree to the free conference requested on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses, on the amendment proposed by the Senate to the resolution relating to Joint Rules, and have appointed, to manage at the same on their part, Mr. Vilas, Mr. Whittemore, and Mr. Henry.

The President announced the following select Committees:

On the report of Henry Stevens relative to the claims of Vermont on the General Government, Messrs. Camp, Briggs and Cahoon.

On the Reports of the Secretary of State, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, relative to expenses of printing and distributing the Laws and Journals of the House, Messrs. E. Allen, Read and Bass.

On the report of Governor Paine relative to the Deaf and Dumb, the Insane Poor, and the Blind, Messrs. Cahoon, Sargeant and Munsill.

Mr. Harris presented the petition of A. Wentworth Jr. and 27 others, praying for an act incorporating a Rail Road Company.

And it was read and referred to the Committee on Roads and Canals. The hour provided by a resolution of the two Houses for a meeting of the Joint Assembly having arrived, the Senate repaired to the Hall of the House of Representatives,

And, having returned,

(S. 24.) The engrossed bill on the table entitled "an act relating to sheriff's sales of property," was taken up and further considered.

Mr. A. Allen moved to amend the same as follows:

Strike out section 1; and from section 2, strike out the words "previous to the 1st day of January, A. D. 1844."

And the question being taken, the amendments were rejected.

The question then being, Shall the bill pass?

Mr. Briggs demanded the yeas and nays, and they were as follows: Those Senators who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Briggs, Butler, Camp, Dutton, Field, Harris, Mott, Munsill, Plumb, Sargeant, Scott, Sprague, Starr and Stone-14.

Those Senators who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. A. Allen, E. Allen, Bass, Bingham, Cahoon, Cutts, Farr, Green, Griswold, Hubbard, Morgan, Phillips, Porter, Read, Sabin and Thompson-16,

So the bill was rejected.

On motion of Mr. Briggs,

The Senate adjourned.

EVENING.

The Report of the Secretary of the Senate, (see Appendix,) and that of the Auditor of Accounts, made in compliance with resolutions of the Sen

ate calling on them for information relative to the expense of printing, binding, and distributing the Laws and the Journals of the Senate and the House of Representatives,

Were received, read, and severally referred to the select Committee raised on these reports.

(H. 2.) Mr. Briggs called up the House bill on the table, entitled "an act in relation to the granting of licences to retailers of spirituous liquors."

And the third reading thereof was refused.

So the bill was lost.

(S. 6.) The Senate took into consideration the bill entitled “an act to repeal an act relating to the punishment of capital crimes," which, together with the amendment thereto proposed by Mr. Butler, had been ordered to lie upon the table.

Mr. Briggs moved to amend the amendment by striking out the word "six," in section 3.

And it was so ordered,

And the question being, Will the Senate an end as proposed?

The yeas and nays, being demanded by Mr. Griswold, were as follows: Those Senators who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Bass, Bingham, Briggs, Butler, Cahoon, Camp, Farr, Green, Griswold, Morgan, Mott, Phillips, Plumb, Sabin, Scott, Sprague and Thompson-17.

Those Senators who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. A. Allen, E. Allen, Cutts, Dutton, Field, Harris, Hubbard, Munsill, Porter, Read, Sargeant, Starr and Stone-13.

So the amendment was adopted.

Mr. Briggs moved to fill the blank in section 3 with the word "three." And it was so ordered.

On motion of Mr. Farr,

The Senate adjourned,

Saturday, Oct. 28, 1843.

Prayer by the Chaplain.

The journal of yesterday was read and approved.

Mr. Scott presented the following resolution:

Resolved, That the select Committee on the Grand List be instructed to enquire into the expediency of so amending the 14th section of an act relating to the grand list, approved Nov. 11, 1841, that the listers of the several towns in this state shall be required to appraise all the taxable re. al estate in their respective towns, on or before the 10th day of June, A. D. 1844, and every third year thereafter.

And it was read and passed.

(H. 2.) Mr. Briggs moved to reconsider the vote by which the House bill entitled " an act in relation to the granting of licences to retailers of spirituous liquors," was refused the third reading, and that this motion lie upon the table.

And it was so ordered.

(H. 84.) Mr. Briggs, from the Committee on the Judiciary, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act in addition to an act entitled an act for the relief of Salma Davis and others," approved Nov. 11, 1842," reported the same without amendment, and recommended its passage.

And it was read the third time and passed in concurrence.

Mr. Briggs called up the resolution from the House of Representatives, providing for an adjournment of the General Assembly on Tuesday next, at 7 o'clock A. M., without day.

And, on his motion, it was amended by striking out the words "Tuesday the 31st day of October instant," and inserting in lieu thereof, the words "Wednesday the 1st day of November next," and by striking out the words "at 7 o'clock A. M."

And, thus amended, the resolution was passed in concurrence.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Merrill, their Clerk:

MR. PRESIDENT:-The House of Representatives have passed a resolution relative to a day of Public Thanksgiving throughout the State, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

(H. 77.) The House have considered the amendment of the Senate to the House bill entitled "an act in addition to, and in explanation of “an act relating to banks," approved Oct. 28, 1840,” and have resolved not to concur therein.

(S. 21.) The House concur with the Senate in passing the bill entitled an act to amend an act incorporating Troy Conference Academy."

(S. 15.) Mr. Camp called up the bill on the table entitled "an act in relation to building and repairing bridges; in addition to, and alteration of, the 21st chapter of the Revised Statutes."

And the Senate having considered the same as in Committee of the whole, it was reported with amendments, as follows:

In section 1, insert after the word "bridge," in the 3d line, the words "which shall have been suddenly destroyed or impaired ;" and fill the blank, in same section, with the word "fifteen."

In section 3, strike out all after the word "propose," in the 4th line from the end, and insert as follows: "to be collected and paid to the town treasurer as other taxes are, by the time limited by the said selectmen." And the said amendments were adopted.

The question then being, Shall the bill be engrossed and read the third time?

The yeas and nays, being demanded by Mr. Camp, were as follows:
Those Senators who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Butler, Camp, Green, Phillips, Read, Sabin, Sargeant, Scott, Sprague, Starr and Thompson-11.

Those Senators who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. E. Allen, Bingham, Cahoon, Cutts, Farr, Field, Griswold, Harris, Hubbard, Morgan, Mott, Porter, Plumb and Stone-14.

So the third reading was refused, and the bill lost.

The resolution from the House of Representatives relative to a day of Public Thanksgiving throughout the State was read, and it was

Resolved not to concur therein.

(H. 77.) The Senate proceeded to consider their amendment to the House bill entitled "an act in addition to, and in explanation of, an act relating to banks, appproved Oct 28, 1840," which had been retnrned from the House of Representatives with their non-concurrence therein. And, on motion of Mr. Starr, it was

Resolved, That the Senate recede from said amendment.

The Senate took up the resolutions of the Legislature of Massachusetts, "against the annexation of Texas to the Union," and "concerning an amendment to the Constitution of the United States,"

And they were referred to the select Committee on that portion of the Governor's message which relates to Slavery, and the annexation of Texas to the Union.

(H. 20.) Mr. Cahoon called up the House bill entitled "an act relating to exemptions from attachment."

Mr. Read moved further to amend the same by inserting, before the word "three" in the amendment ordered by the Senate and on the journal of Thursday morning last, the following: "five bushels of grain in addition to the grain now exempt, and.”

And it was so ordered.

And the bill, as amended, was read the third time and passed in concur

rence.

(S. 6.) The Senate took up the bill entitled "an act to repeal an act relating to the punishment of capital crimes."

And on motion of Mr. Butler, the title thereof was amended by striking out the words "to repeal an act."

And the question being, Shall the bill be engrossed and read the third time?

The yeas and nays, being demanded by Mr. E. Allen, were as follows: Those Senators who voted in the affirmative are,

Messrs. Bass, Bingham, Briggs, Butler, Cahoon, Camp, Cutts, Dutton, Field, Green, Griswold, Harris, Hubbard, Morgan, Mott, Phillips, Porter, Read, Sabin, Sargeant, Scott, Starr, Stone and Thompson—24. Those Senators who voted in the negative are,

Messrs. A. Allen, E. Allen, Farr, Plumb and Sprague-5.

So the bill was

Ordered to be engrossed and read the third time.

(S. 16.) The Senate took up the engrossed bill entitled "an act to incorporate the Champlain and Connecticut River Rail Road Company.” And it was read the third time and passed.

(S. 14.) The Senate took up the engrossed bill entitled "an act in amendment of an act approved Nov. 12, 1842; relating to the advertisement of lands to be sold for taxes."

Mr. Cahoon moved to commit the bill to a Senator with instructions to amend by inserting, after the words "published in," in the 1st section, the words "a newspaper printed in an adjoining county, or in."

And it was so ordered.

And Mr. Cahoon was appointed to perform this service, who reported the same so amended.

And it was, thereupon, read the third time and passed.

On motion of Mr. Plumb,

The Senate adjourned.

AFTERNOON.

(H. 51.) Mr. Field, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act to incorporate the Brattleboro' and Fitchburgh Rail Road Company,” reported the same without amendment, and recommended its passage.

And it was read the third time and passed in concurrence.

(S. 23.) The Senate took up the engrossed bill entitled “an act in addition to an act in relation to the militia.”

And it was read the third time and passed.

(S. 10.) Mr. Bass, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom had been referred the bill entitled "an act to pay William Maxham the sum therein mentioned," reported the same with an amendment.

And, on motion of Mr. Field, the bill and amendment were

Ordered to lie upon the table.

(H. 69.) Mr. Griswold, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act to revive an act entitled 'an act to incorporate the Connecticut and Passumpsic Rivers Rail Road Company, passed Nov. 10, 1835," reported the same without amendment.

And it was read the third time and passed in concurrence.

(H. 21.) Mr. Porter, from the Committee on Manufactures, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act to incorporate the Lincoln Iron Company," reported the same without amendment.

Mr. Cahoon moved to amend the same by striking out from the 9th line in section 1, the words "or may be."

And it was so ordered.

And the bill, thus amended, was read the third time and passed in con

currence.

(H. 55.) Mr. Field, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, to whom had been referred the House bill entitled "an act altering the name of the town of Monroe to that of Woodbury," reported the same without amend

ment.

And it was read the third time and passed in concurrence.

(S. 28.) Mr. A. Allen, from the Committee on Military Affairs, to whom had been referred so much of the message of the Governor as relates to the militia, together with sundry resolutions of the Senate, reported the opinion of the Committee to be adverse to the repeal of the "act in relation to the militia," and, also reported a bill entitled "an act in amendment of an act in relation to the militia."