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JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1878.

In pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution and the Laws of the State of Vermont, the members of the House of Representatives convened in the State House in Montpelier, on the first Wednesday, being the second day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

At ten o'clock in the forenoon, Hon. George Nichols, Secretary of State, called the House to order, when

Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev. H. P. Cushing of Burke.

The names of the members who had presented thier credentials were called; whereupon it appeared that the following named members were present, who were duly sworn and took their seats, to wit:

ADDISON COUNTY. Addison .....

....BENJAMIN C. HAYWARD. Bridport....

.. .FRANK A. WILLIAMS. Bristol........

...GEORGE F. MEADER. Cornwall

.. ANSON V. FROST. Ferrisburgh

...HARVEY C. MARTIN. Goshen

...SAMUEL F. WASHBURN. Hancock,

EHUD DARLING Leicester .......

FRANK CHANDLER. Lincoln .......

.MILTON J STEARNS. Middlebury..

...GEORGE HAMMOND. Monkton..

LEWIS L. COLLINS. New Haven......

...DORASTUS W. NASH. Panton.........

....ICHABOD SHERMAN.

.HENRY C. POWERS. Salisbury ....

FRANK W. ATWOOD. Shoreham.....

.HARVEY S. BROOKINS. Starksboro.....

..JOSIAH G. FULLER. Vergendes.....

....WALTER SCRANTON. Waltham.....

RUSSELL WILLIAMS. Weybridge. ..... .... ...CHARLES STURTEVANT. Whiting. .....

...DAVID J. BROWN.

Ripton. ....

BENNINGTON COUNTY.

Bennington ... ... ...
Dorset ....... .
Glastenbury .......
Landgrove ....
Manchester....
Peru... ...
Readsboro.....
Rupert.......
Sandgate......
Searsburgh
Shaftsbury ....
Stamford ...
Sunderland .....
Wiphall.....
Woodford.....

... ...BENJAMIN F. MORGAN.

.ISAAC BURROWS.
.OBED EDDY.
...WARREN W. WILEY.
.THEODORE SWIFT.

GEORGE K. DAVIS.
... MERRITT M. HOUGHTON.
.... WILLIAM ROOT.

.JOHN F. BARBER.
... ALLEN E. BRIGGS.

.JOEL HARRINGTON.
...PATRICK MORRISSEY.
...WINFIELD S. HOLT.
...BAINBRIDGE C. BENSON.
...DANIEL W. GLEASON.

CALEDONIA COUNTY.

Burke.
Danville....
Hardwick...
Kirby......
Lyndon..
Newark........
Peacham..
Ryegate...
Sheffield ..
St. Johnsbury.
Stappard..
Sutton........

...DANIEL S. TOWNSHEND. ...GEORGE E. EATON.

. ALDEN E. JUDEVINE.
....MERRITT S. PARKER.
....BENJAMIN F. LINCOLN.
...ALMON SMITH.

ISAAC N. WATTS.
...HENRY McCOLE.
...CHARLES INGALLS.

LUKE P. POLAND.
. ALBION L. WEED.

ALBERT H. BALL.
...WM. H. H. DAVIS.
... CHARLES ROSS.
...CHARLES ROGERS.

· Walden .......

Waterford...
Wheelock... .....

CHITTENDEN COUNTY.

Bolton ....................

..WALTER H. WHITE. Burlington......

....BRADLEY B. SMALLEY. Charlotte. .....

... HENRY THORP. Essex.......

MARCELLUS A. BINGHAM. Hinesburgh.....

. FREDERICK MAECK. Huntington...

HENRY R. NORTON. Jericho.....

.JESSE GLOYD. Milton........

.ELI T. HOLBROOK. Richmond... .....

...GEORGE A. EDWARDS. Shelburne.....

... EDGAR NASH. South Burlington..

...CHESTER H. STEELE. Underbill..

...JOHN J. MONAHAN. Westford.....

...JOHN ALLEN.

Bloomfield...... Brighton..... Brunswick...... Concord. .... East Haven... Granby....... Guildball..... Lemington...... Lunenburgb ...... Maidstone...... Victory ......

ESSEX COUNTY.

.MILTON COOK.
...ASA B. GAYLORD.

.JAMES M. GILKEY.
......WILLIARD CHASE.

.NOAH S. POWERS.
. ETHAN P. SHORES.
.WILLIAM H. HARTSHORN.
.WILLAIM H. SIMS.

.CHESTER THOMAS.
......FREEDOM D. BEEDE.

.CHARLES DAMON.

FRANKLIN COUNTY.

Bakersfield....... Berkshire........ Enosburgh.... Fairfax...... Fairfield...... Franklin..... Georgia. ...... Highgate.. Montgomery ... Richford....... Sheldon... ..... St. Albans ...... Swanton.......

...... ELISHA H. BEALS.
.......DANIEL MOREN.

.JOHN G. JENNE.
... GARUNER G. ORTON.
....THOMAS B. KENNEDY.

.CARMI L MARSH.
. EPHRAIM MILLS.

OWEN E. SHERIDAN.
....... ALBERT T. KINGSLEY.
.. ...WILLIAM C. BROWN.

in ...JOHN A. POTTER.
........EDWARD G. GREENE.

.... EDGAR N. BULLARD.

Alburgh.....
Grand Isle......
Isle La Mott......
North Hero.....
South Hero........

GRAND ISLE COUNTY.

....HENRY MOTT. ......WILLIAM C. MCGOWAN. . ....JOHN D. BOWMAN. ......DAVID DODDS, ......EDWARD WHITE.

LAMOILLE COUNTY.

Belvidere.....

......WILLIAM WINTHROP. Eden ........

......BAILEY W. FULLER. Elmore......

.....NORMAN CAMP. Hyde Park....

.......SAMUEL CINNAMON. Johnson......

.....HEMAN A. WATERMAN. Morristown....

...SYLVESTER N. PALMER. Stowe.........

...RICHARD R. WAITE. Waterville.......

.VARNUS P. LOCKE. Wolcott......

.....ASA M. HARRIMAN,

ORANGE COUNTY.
Bradford .....................JOSEPH W. BLISS.
Braintree...................

... ..GEORGE L. SPEAR.

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