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ment to wit, therefore it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont that the proprietors of Bethel be and they are hereby empowered at any Legal meeting warned for that purpose to rattify & Establish all or any of the Divisions made in said Town, and if hereafter, at any meeting of said proprietors warned as aforesaid said proprietors shall vote to ratify & Establish all or any of the Divisions made in said Town either befere or after the Issuing their Charter, [said vote] shall be considered as good and valid in Law and any person may and are hereby empowered to give the records of the Divisions of said proprietors so Ratified and Confirmed in evidence the same as tho' they were regularly & Legally made.

An act Directing the times & places for holding Probate Courts within and for the District of Bradford and Randolph in the County of Orange &c. having passed the House, Read & Nonconcurred and that Govar Brigham be appointed to Assign the reasons to the House of Representatives for said Nonconcurrence.

The act empowering the Selectmen of the Town of Bennington to Appropriate Certain Lands &c. Returned from the House of Representatives by Mr. Robinson a Member with their reasons for their adherance to said act.

The act for the revival of and in addition to an act entitled an act Granting a Tax of three Cents on each acre of Land in the Township of Fairlee &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred with the following proposal of amendment to wit, erase the whole of said act except the words an act" & Insert the following Lines and words to wit, In addition to an act entitled an act granting a Tax of three cents per acre on each [acre] of Land on the Township of Fairlee in the County of Orange for the purpose of Making Roads & Building Bridges, passed the 22d. of February A. D. 1797.-Whereas the Committee Appointed in & by said act have not been able to Lay out the whole of the Monies arising from said Tax the preceding season agreably to Law, and whereas it appears to this Assembly that it wou'd be greatly beneficial to the Public to have the Post road thro' said Town Compleated the present year, therefore it is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont that said Committee be and they are hereby Authorized and impowered to Lay out the residue of said Tax at any time in the present year, any thing in this or any other act [or] acts of this State to the Contrary notwithstanding. And it is hereby further enacted that the County Court of said County be and they hereby are Directed to allow the same price for Labour which shall be Laid out in pursuance of this act as is Directed to be allowed in the months of Nov. & December in & by an act of this State entitled an act regulating the Disposition of Monies raised by Tax on Lands in the several Towns in this State for the Purpose of Making and repairing roads & Building Bridges passed Nov. the 2'd A. D. 1796.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

An act assessing a Tax of three Cents per acre on all the Lands in Stamford for the purpose of Making roads & Building Bridges &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

An act to Establish the doings of the Selectmen of Hartland &c. having passed the House &c. Read & Concurred.

An act impowering the Administrators on the Estate of Hilkcot [Hilkiah] Grout Late of Weathersfield &c. to Deed Certain Lands as therein Specified &c. having passed &c. Read & Concurred.

The resolution taken Yesterday upon the act assessing a Tax of Two Cents on each acre of Land in that part of Goshen Lying in the County

of Addison being reconsidered the said Act was Concurred in with the following proposal of Amendment to wit, in the tenth Line in the first sect. after the word "Hancock" insert these words-and for the Laying out a Road & making one thro' said Town from Brandon to Ripton &c.

A Bill appointing a Committee to fix the place for holding Courts in Franklin County &c. having passed the House, read & Concurred with the following proposals of Amendment to wit, erase the whole of the preamble to said Act except the Two first Lines and a part of the third Line so far as to include the word Franklin &c. Also erase the whole of the Last enacting Clause.

Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning.

Met according to Adjournment.

[FRIDAY, Nov. 3, 1797.]

The Act Appointing a Committee to Lay a County road from Chelsea to Danville &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

An Act empowering Silas Crosby Administrator on the estate of Jared Crosby Deceased to sell Lands &c. having passed the House &c. Read & Concurred.

A resolution from the House requesting the Gov'r & Council to Join in Grand Committee at 2 Oclock in the Afternoon for the Purpose of Electing a Brigadier General in the second Brigade and third Division [and second brigade of the fourth division] of the Militia of this State. Resolved to Join accordingly.]

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to Adjournment.1

The Gov'r & Council then proceeded to the House of Representatives & Joined them in Grand Committee according to their Concurrent resolutions taken in the forenoon of this Day-& after the Dissolution of

'The following resolution of the Governor and Council was not entered on the journal of that body, but was sent to the House, and was printed in its journal.

From the printed Assembly Journal, Nov. 3 1797: The following resolution was received from the governor and council, viz.

And

IN COUNCIL, November 3, 1797. Whereas by an existing law, directing the mode of passing bills, and by the constitution of this state, it becomes the duty of the house of representatives, on receiving a bill from the council, with the proposals of amendment thereto, to proceed to try the sense of the house, whether they will concur with the council in the amendments proposed, and on non-concurrence to return the bill to the council, with the reasons of their dissent, that the council may proceed further thereon. whereas it appears from the journals of the house of representatives, that the bill entitled “An act relating to the office and duty of an attorney general, state's attornies, clerks of the supreme and county courts, and county treasurers," returned to the house of representatives, by the council, on the 23d of October last, with proposals of amendment, has been dismissed by the house without acting on the amendments so proposed as aforesaid contrary to the opinion of the council, to the express letter of the law, and a just construction of the constitution: Therefore, Resolved, That it be recommended to the house of repre

said Committee the Gov'ar & Council returned to the Council Chamber and reassumed the Business of the Day.'

An Act Directing the Treasurer of this State to pay Elisha Clark for his services as Auditor of Public Accounts fifty Two Dollars &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act assessing a Tax of Two Cents & one half per acre on all the Lands in Enosburgh &c. to make a Bridge across Missisqui River & Repair Roads &c. [having passed the House,] Read & Concurred with the following proposals of Amendment-to wit, In the Title of the act & in the third Line of the enacting Clause erase the words "& an half," & at the Close of the Act add the following providing Clause Viz: Provided Nevertheless and it is further enacted that the Collector of said Tax shall have no power to sell any Lands for the payment of the same Untill after Two years from the passing of this Act, and it is also further provided that the aforesaid Committee shall [not] be entitled to Charge or receive any more pay for their services in advertising & Directing the expenditure of Monies arising on said Tax than they would be entitled to receive if they Lived in the said Township of Enosburgh. Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning.

Met according to Adjournment.

SATURDAY Nov. the 4 d. A. D. 1797.

The Hon" Judges of the Supreme Court of Judicature Appeared in Council & were by his Excellency the Gov'ar Duly Commissionated & sworn to their said Office respectively.

An Act Declaring the Manner in which Accounts shall be kept &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred. Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met According to Adjournment.

An Act Adopting the Common Law of England &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act Assessing a Tax of Two Cents per acre on all the Lands in Newfane &c. having passed the House of Representatives, Read & Nonconcurred & Mr. Olin is Appointed as a Member to Assign the reasons therefor to the House &c.

An Act for Quieting the Heirs of William Utley Late of Brumley [Peru] Deceased &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred.

A resolution from the House of Representatives Appointing a Committee of One Member from each County to Join such Committee as the Council shall please to Appoint to Assertain the Hard money in the Treasury and Apportion the same among the Members & Officers of the Legislature &c. Resolved that Judge Olin be Appointed to Join said Committee.

sentatives, to proceed and act upon the amendments proposed by the council, in the manner prescribed by law.

A true extract from the journals, Attest, TRUMAN SQUIER, Secretary.

In the House this matter was debated largely on the 4th of November, and on the yeas and nays the House refused to reconsider the vote dismissing the bill-yeas 38, nays 65.

'The Brigadier Generals elected were Martin Chittenden and Cornelius Lynde.

An Act for Establishing Addison County Grammar School &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred with the following proposals of Amendment to wit, in the fifth Line in the Title of the act erase the word "Middlebury" & Insert the word County in its Stead, in the the Eleventh Line in the first page erase the word "Middlebury" & Insert Addison County in its Stead-in the second page in the first Line erase the word " Middlebury" & Insert Addison Countyin the tenth Line after the word "made" [insert] within said County of Addison &c.

Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning.

WINDSOR Wednesday Nov. the 8 d. A. D. 1797.

Met according to adjournment.

An act for granting a Tax of three Cents per acre on all the Lands in the Town of Concord &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act Directing the Treasurer of this State to pay to the Selectmen of Northhero sixty six Dollars & fifty nine Cents &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act Assessing a Tax of One Cent per acre on the Town of Holland &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act in addition to an Act assessing a Tax of Twopence per acre on all the Lands in the Town of Craftsbury &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

The Hon. Martin Chittenden Esq. appeared in Council & was Duly Qualified to his Office as Cheif Judge of the County Court within & for the County of Chittenden for the year ensuing.

An Act granting a Tax on Lincoln of Two Cents per acre &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read and Concurred.

The Honrble Cornelius Lynde & Martin Chittenden appeared in Council and were Duly Qualified by his Excellency the Gov'r to their respective Offices as Brigadier Generals &c.

An Act in addition to an Act granting to Israel Converse &c. the right of running a Stage from Windsor to Burlington &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read and Concurred.

An act assessing a Tax of Two Cents per acre on all the Lands in Darby [Derby] &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act appointing a Land Tax in Fletcher &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act Directing the Treasurer of this State to pay to the Selectmen of Dummerston the sum of forty six Dollars & Eight cents &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act assessing a Tax of Two Cents per Acre on all the Lands in Whiting &c. having passed the House of Representatives, Read and Concurred.

An Act empowering Asa Tilden Administrator to the Estate of Benj. Follett to sell all the real Estate of the Deceased &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act suspending all Civil prosecutions against Simeon Hagar for three years &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read and Nonconcurred & Mr Olin is appointed to return s'd act & assign the reasons for said nonconcurrence.

An Act assessing a Tax of Two Cents per acre on all the Lands in

Sterling &c. having passed the House of Representatives, &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act Appointing a Collector of a Land Tax in Fairfield &c. having passed the House of Representatives &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act Directing the Treasurer of this State to pay the Selectmen of Shelburn the sum of Twenty five Dollars & 45 Cents &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act in Addition to an Act entitled an Act Organizing the Counties of Franklin & Caledonia &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act Authorizing Reuben Bradley to Deed Lands &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act Laying out & Establishing a Road thro' St Johnsbury & Lyndon having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act in Addition to an act constituting the Supreme Court of Judicature, County Courts, and Defining their powers &c. having passed the House &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act assessing a Tax of three cents per acre on all the Lands in Orange &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act Assessing One Cent & an half per acre on Georgia &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Nonconcurred, And Mr. Wms. is appointed to Assign the reasons therefor to the House &c.

An act empowering Joel Foster and Jerusha Washburn Administrs on the Estate of Daniel Washburn Deceased &c. to Deed One hundred acres of Land &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act in addition to an act entitled an Act granting Leave to Jabez Rogers of Middlebury to raise Twelve hundred Dollars by Lottery for his benefitt &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An Act Describing the Division Line between the Towns of Burlington & Williston &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred. An Act Authorizing the proprietors of Leicester to Divide their Lands by pitching &c. having passed the House &c. Read & Concurred. An Act assessing a Tax of three cents per acre on all the Lands in the Town of Barnett &c. having passed the House, &c. Read & Concurred.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

An Act in Addition to and Alteration & in revival of an Act entitled an act assessing a Tax of Twopence per acre on all the Lands in Milton &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred with the following proposals of amendment to wit, erase the four first Lines of the Preamble and in the third Line of the first Section erase the word "three & Insert the word Two instead thereof.

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An Act suspending all prosecutions against Simeon Hager for three years returned by Mr. Marsh a Member with the adherence of the House &c. to their said act.

A Bill repealing the 10th Section of the Act Defining what shall be Deemed and adjudged a Legal Settlement &c. having passed the House &c. Read & Concurred.

An Act empowering Samuel Wheat to Sell Lands &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act granting to Joseph Marks Liberty to redeem his Farm &c. having passed the House &c. Read and Concurred.

An Act regulating fees &c. having passed the House &c. Read & Concurred with the following proposals of Amendment to wit, in the first page under the title Gov'ars fees erase the three Last Lines-under the title Councillor's fees erase fifty Cents-& seventy five cents under the

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