A resolution of Council requesting the House to Join Immediately to Receive the Report of the Committee of Revision, Read & Concurred [Adopted.]

Gen' [William] Chamberlain Motioned to reconsider the Vote taken upon the Resolution of the House. Resolved to reconsider said Vote & to Concur.

The Act pointing out the Office and Duty of the Secretary of State was again taken up, Read and Resolved that Mr. Jacob be Appointed to return said Act to the House and Assign the reasons for not acting upon it.

The Act regulating poor Debtors swearing out of Goal &c. having [passed] the House, read & resolved that Mr. Lynde be Appointed to return said Act to the House and assign the reasons for not acting upon it. Adjourned Untill 2 O'clock in the afternoon.

Met According to Adjournment.

The Lieut. Gov'ar & Council then proceeded to the House to join in Grand Committee Agreable to the resolution taken in the forenoon. Judge Safford arrived in Town & took his Seat in Council. Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning.

THURSDAY the 16th Day of February A. D. 1797.

Met According to Adjournment & then proceeded to the House to Join in Grand Committee for the Purpose of hearing the report of the Committee of Revision &c. according to their Resolution.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to Adjournment & adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning & then proceeded to Join the House in Grand Committee to hear the Report &c.

FRIDAY February the 17 Day A. D. 1797.

Met According to Adjournment.

Resolved that his Excellency the Gov'r be requested to sign a Charter of an exclusive privilidge to Lemuel Bradley & others of Smelting & refining certain ores & minerals &c.

Judge Marvin moved for Leave of Absence Untill the Middle of next week, which was granted.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to Adjournment.

Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning & then proceeded to the House to Join in Grand Committee to hear the report of the Committee on Revision &c.

SATURDAY February the 18 Day A. D. 1797.

Met according to adjournment. An act appointing new Managers to the Connecticutt River Lottery &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

A Petition from the Inhabitants of Fairlee in the County of Orange praying to be Divided into Two Towns &c. being read and by the House referred to Messrs. Burt, Painter, & Spencer, to Join a Committee from Council &c. Resolved that Judge Knoulton be Appointed to Join said Committee.

An Act appointing David Knowles a Committee man to superintend the expenditure of a Certain Tax in the Town of Westford Instead of Eliphalett Smith who has moved away &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

In COUNCIL February the 18 Day A. D. 1797.

The Answer of the President of the United States to the Address of the Legislature of this State made at their Oct. Session last past Communicated by the Senators from Vermont being read, resolved that the same together with the said Address be entered at Large on the Journals of Council & that the Lieut. Govar. be requested to Communicate the said answer to the General Assembly.1

An act Laying a Poast road from Vergennes to Burlington &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

An act assessing a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land in Colchester &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

An act assessing a Tax of 2d on each acre of Land in Burlington &c. having passed the House, read and Concurred.

An act assessing a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land in the Town of Stockbridge &c. having passed the House, read and Concurred. An act assessing a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land in the Town of Barton having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act assessing a Tax of 3d on each acre of Land in the Town of Highgate &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred with Proposals of Amendment Viz. that it be 2a instead of 3d.

An act assessing a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land in the Town of Shelburn &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred. An act assessing a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land in Charlotte &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act assessing a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land on the Township of Pittsfield &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

A Resolution from the House Appointing a Committee Consisting of three persons to Join such Committee as the Council shall please to Appoint to Confer with the Committee of Revision &c. Members Chosen Messrs. Burt, Farrand, & Davis, Resolved that Judge Galusha be appointed to Join said Committee.

A Resolution from the House requesting his Honor the Lieut. Gov'ar & Council to Join the General Assembly in Grand Committee at the opening of the House on Monday morning next, Resolved to Join accordingly.

An act authorising Theodora Young to sell all the real estate of Rodolphus Wheelock &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

An act assessing a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land on the Township of Woodbury &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act assessing a Tax of one penny half penny on each acre of Land in the Town of Littleton [Waterford,] &c. having passed the House, read & Concurred.

An act Authorizing the Selectmen of Townshend to Deed Land &c. having passed the House, read & Concurred.

The order, to enter the address and answer on the Journals of the Council, was not executed. For those documents See Appendix H.

An act granting a Tax of Twopence on each [acre] of Land on the Township of Jamaica &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred. Adjourned Untill 9 O'clock Monday Morning next.

[MONDAY] February the 20 Day A. D. 1797.

Met according to adjournment & adjourned Untill 2 O'clock in the afternoon. The Licut. Gov'nr & Council then proceeded to the House & Joined in Grand Committee according to their concurrent resolution with the House.

Met according to adjournment.

An act to enable Samuel Bellows of Charlestown [N. H.] to sell Certain Lands having [passed] the House &c. Read & Concurred. Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning.

TUESDAY February the 21 Day A. D. 1797.

Met according to Adjournment.

An act annexing part of the Town of Monkton to the Town of Starksboro' having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

An act Directing the mode of passing Laws &c. having [passed] the House, Read & Ordered to Lie for the present.

An act relating to Quakers and for other purposes mentioned &c. having passed the House, Read & Ordered to Lie &c.

An act to prevent the spreading of the Small Pox &c. having passed the House, Read and Ordered to Lie.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

The act Directing the mode of passing Laws &c. being read again, Resolved to Concur.

An act Limiting the time of the County Offices therein mentioned &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

An act empowering Benjamin Fassett to Sell the real estate of Henry Walbridge the second &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act granting a Tax of three Cents on each acre of Land in the Town of Fairlee &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred. Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning.

WEDNESDAY February the 22d A. D. 1797.

Met according to adjournment.

A Petition from Charles Bullis of Manchester praying to be reimbursed the sum of thirty-five pounds which he paid into the State Treasury for a peice of Land he bought of Jeremiah French & which Land he has since Lost by reason of the said French having no title to the same &c. being read [in the House] & referred to a Committee &c. to Join &c. Resolved that Judge Olin be appointed to Join said Committee.

An act to alter the name of Saltash to the name of Watertown &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred with this proposal of amendment Viz, that the word Plymouth be Inserted Instead of Watertown in said act.

An act granting to Elkanah Stevens & others certain privilidges &c. having passed the House, Read & ordered that the same be returned to

the House by a Member & assigns [to assign] the reasons for postponing the Consideration of said act Untill next Session of the Legislature.

An act relating to Quakers and for other purposes therein mentioned having passed the House, read & Concurred.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

The Petition of John Holbrook, Samuel Dickinson, & Lemuel Whitney, praying for the exclusive privilidge of running a Stage from Brattleboro' to Hanover [N. H.] thro' this State for Twelve years, prefered in Oct. Session Last past, being read and by the House referred to Messrs. Z. Curtis, Barron, & Jos. Arms to Join a Committee from the Council &c. Resolved that Judge White be appointed to Join said Committee. The act for [preventing the] spreading of the Small Pox &c. having passed the House, read & Concurred with proposals of Amendment. Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning.

THURSDAY, February the 23 A. D. 1797.

Met according to adjournment.

The House having Concurred to [in] the amendments proposed by the Council to the act entitled an act against spreading the Small Pox, the same has passed into a Law of this State.

The act relating to actions of account having passed the House, read & Concurred with proposals of amendment.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

The Gen' Assembly have sent their written Messuage to the Council to Inform them they have Concurred in their proposals of Amendment for Altering the Town of Saltash to Plymouth by name, & the same has passed into a Law.

The act Directing the mode of taking Inquisition on the Body of a person found Dead by Casuality [casualty] or Violence having passed the House, Read & Concurred with proposals of amendment.

The Gen' Assembly have sent their written Messuage to Inform the Council they have concurred in their proposals of amendment to the act relating to actions of account.

An act regulating Town Meetings & the Choice and Duty of Town Officers &c. having passed the House, read & ordered to Lie for further Consideration.

Adjourned Untill 9 O'clock to Morrow Morning.

FRIDAY February the 24 Day A. D. 1797.

Met according to Adjournment. His Honor the Lieut. Gov'nr & Council then proceeded to the House to Join in Grand Committee agreable to their Concurrent resolution & after returning to the Council Chamber The act Directing the mode of taking an Inquisition on the Body of a Person found Dead by Casuality or Violence, being returned with the nonconcurrence of the House to the proposals of amendment, by a member to assign the reasons therefor, Read & Resolved not to Rescind [recede] from said proposal of amendment & that the same be sent back to the House by a member from the Council to assign the reasons for said proposal of amendment, & Mr. Jacob was appointed the member for that purpose.

The act regulating Town Meetings is again taken up & being read was ordered to Lie Untill the afternoon.

Adjourned Untill 2 O'clock in the Afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

The act regulating Town Meetings & the Choice & Duty of Town Officers being taken again under Consideration agreable to the Order of the Day, Resolved to Concur with proposals of amendment.

A resolution from the House appointing a Committee of three to Join such Committee as the Council shall appoint to take under Consideration the several Militia Laws &c. Resolved that Judge Chamberlain be appointed to Join Said Committee.

Adjourned Untill 9 Oclock to Morrow Morning.

SATURDAY February the 25 Day A. D. 1797.

Met according to adjournment.

Judge Lynde moved for Leave of Absence During the remainder of the Session, which was granted.

An act relating to Bastards & Bastardy &c. having passed the House, Read & Ordered to Lie.

The Petition of John Wood praying for a Lottery to make him good for what he Lost & spent in preventing a Massacre at Westminster in the year 1775 being read & by the House referred to Messrs. Spafford, Foster, & Barlow, to Join &c. Resolved that Judge Robinson be appointed to Join said Committee.

The act relating to Fences and Defining the Duty of fence viewers &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred with proposals of amend

ment.

Adjourned Untill 2 Oclock in the Afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

An act Dividing the Town of Fairlee into Two Towns &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act Dividing the State into Probate Districts & Discribing the Lines & Boundaries thereof &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act to prevent forcible entries & Detainers &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred with proposals of amendment & sent to the House by a Member.

Adjourned Untill Monday Morning next at 9 Oclock.

RUTLAND Monday February the 27th A. D. 1797.

Met according to adjournment.

The act relating to Bastards & Bastardy &c. being again taken up, Read & Concurred with proposals of amendment & the same was Ordered to be sent to the House by a Member.

Adjourned Untill 2 Ŏclock in the afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

An act respecting Testate & Intestate Estates having passed the House &c. Read & Concurred.

An act regulating Marriage & Divorce &c. having passed the House, read & Concurred with proposals of amendment.

The Speaker of the House sent his written Messuage to Inform his Honor the Lieut. Gov'r & Council that the Gen Assembly have Concurred to [in] the proposed amendment to the act relating to Bastards & Bastardy.

The act regulating Town Meetings &c. being returned with the nonconcurrence of the House to [in] the proposed amendments to the 21st,