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Zadock Thompson, in his history of Vermont, says, that Chittenden County was incorporated October 22d, 1782, and Addison County Feb. 27, 1787. This is a mistake as to both Counties, as will be seen by the following extract of a letter from Mr. Thompson to a friend, who had addressed him on the subject : "While in Montpelier a few days since, I was induced, by your suggestions, to examine the manuscript acts in the office of the Secretary of State, and I there found that Ad- dison County was incorporated October 18th, 1785, and that Chittenden County was incorporated October 22nd, 1787." This explanation explains a mystery which was hard to solve, which was, " how came Addison County Court to set in Colchester at their Nov. Terin, 1786, and one of Chit- tenden County citizens for the first Sheriff, in 1785, and one of her citizens for side Judge 1785,and another in 1736," for such are the facts, and as appeared it was all done over one year before Ad- dison County was incorporated. When the County of Addison was incorporated itincluded with- in its boundaries the present county, (except Granville and Orwell, ) the whole of Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle, and Lamoille, nine towns from Orleans, and eight from Washington Coun- ties, and that was the size of the County till Oct. 19, 1787, when Kingston, now Granville, was an- nexed to it from Orange County, and three days after by the incorporation of Chittenden County. Addison County was reduced to its present dimensions, except Starksburo' has been added from Chittenden, and Orwell from Rutland, and a part of Philadelphia in Rutland has been added to Go- shen, and a part of Goshen has been set to Rochester, and the town of Warren in 1829 was annex- ed to Washington County. Avery's Gore has been annexed to Lincoln, altering no County lines. The first County Court in Addison County, was holden at Addison, on the first Tuesday in March, 1786, and continued to be holden there, (with the exception of the November term of that year which was held at Colchester,) till the first of April, 1792, and since that all the sessions have been holden at Middlebury.
The Counties of Caledonia and Franklin were incorporated Nov. 8th, 1796, the former from Or- ange and the latter from Chittenden Counties. The Legislature on the 2d day of March, 1797, passed an act defining the boundaries of eleven counties, including the whole State, but left the Counties of Essex and Orleans to be connected with Caledonia and Franklin for all purposes till a future Legislature should elect their County officers, which was done at the October Session, 1797 as to Orleans County, and for Essex County, the County officers were appointed at the Oct. session 1800. Thus the State remained with eleven Counties till the organization of Grand Isle County, which took place in November, 1805. After the sessions of the Legislature were established at Montpelier, and that became a thriving town, the Legislature saw fit in 1811, to organize a new County of which Montpelier was near the centre, by the name of Jefferson, containing 15 towns from the adjoining Counties of Orange, Caledonia and Chittenden. In 1814, when the Federal party were predominent in every branch of the government, the name of the County was changed to " Washington," and has retained that name since. In 1836, the County contained 19 towns by the addition of Elmore from Orleans, Woodbury from Caledonia, Roxbury from Orange, and Warren from Addison. In 1336, the County of Lamoille was incorporated by taking Stowe and Elmore from Washington, Mansfield, which has since been annexed to Stowe from Chittenden : Eden, Hydepark, Morristown and Wolcott from Orleans, and the other five towns from Franklin, and the State has remained in that situation since till 1848, when the towns of Windsor, and Montpelier were divided into two towns each, West Windsor and East Montpelier, making 240 organized towns in the State.
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OFFICERS OF VERMONT LEGISLATURES.
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Yeats. Governors. Lt. Gov's March 12 1778 Thomas * O 78 Chittenden, J
Treasurers Sec. of State.
Speakers.
Clerks.
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Fra Allen. 66
IT. Chandler Nathan Clark.
66 Benjamin Baldwin Rosweil Hopkins. .6 pi Joseph Fay. Thomas Chaudler. Bezalce) Woodard 46 Thomas Porter. Micah Townshend. increase Moseley. Isaac Ticheuor. Nathaniel Nilow. Stephen R. Brad- " Gideon Olin. ley.
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Robert B. Bates.
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Charles Davis. Robert Pierpoint.
Danlel P. Thompson O.H. Smith
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Ebenezer N.Briggs Edward D. Barber. Daniel P. Oramel H. Smith.
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William C. Kitt.
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50 Charles K. p Williams.
Julius P
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Thomas E. Powers.
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SESSIONS, DEBENTURES AND PREACHERS.
Where holden.
Began.
Ended. Days. Debentures. Preachers Election day. Sec. Gov. & C.
Windsor
Mar. 12 1778 Mar. 26 151
Bennington
June 4 1778 June 18 15
Windsor
Oct. 8 " Oct. 24 17
' Eden Burroughs
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June 2 " June 4
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Manchester
Oct. 14 = Oct. 27 14
Westminster
Mar. 8 1780 Mar. 16
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Oct. 12
Nov. 8
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June 13
June 28 16 1,860 83
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Olcott
Bennington
June 13 : June 21
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Manchester
Oct. 10
Oct. 24
15
Windsor
Feb. 13 1783 Feb. 27
15
Westminster
Oct. 9 4
Oct. 24
16
' Joseph Bullen
Bennington Rutland
Oct. 14
Oct. 29
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' Job Swift
Norwich
June 2.1785 June 18
17
Windsor
Oct, 13
Oct. 27
15
' Asa Burton
Windsor
Oct. 12
86 Oct. 31.
20
' Peletiah Chapin
Bennington
Feb. 15
87 Mar. 10
24
Newbury
Oct. 11
" Oct. 27
17
' Lyman Potter
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Manchester
Oct. 9
88 Oct. 25
17
' Elijah Sill
Westminster
Oct. 8
89 Oct. 29
22
' Dan Foster
Castleton
Oct. 14.
90 Oct.
28
15
' Mathias Cazier
Bennington
Jan. 10
91 Jan. 27
18
Windsor
Oct. 13
" Nov.
3
22
' Saml Shuttleworth
Rutland
Oct. 11
92 Nov.
8 29
' Caleb Blood
Windsor
Oct. 10
93 Nov.
4
26
' Benjamin Bell
Rutland
Oct. 9
94 Oct. 30
22 20
Rutland
Oct. 13
96 Nov. 8.
27
66
Feb. 4
97 Mar. 10
35
Windsor
Oct. 12
" Nov. 10
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Oct. 11
98 Nov.
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29
' Dan I C. Saunders Richard
Windsor
Oct. 10
99 Nov. 5
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Oct. 8
1 Nov. 6
30/10,967 64 ' Nathaniel Lambert 30 11,483 41 ' Jeremiah Atwater
Windsor
Jan. 26
4 Feb.1
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Rutland
Oct. 11
" Nov.
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11,007 52 ' Heman Ball
Danville
Oct. 10
5 Nov.
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Middlebury
Oct. 9
6 Nov. 11
34 12,727 68 ' Thomas A. Merrill
Woodstock
Oct. 8
7 Nov.
11 35 12,841 63' Thomas Gross
Montpelier
Oct. 13
8 Nov. 11
30 11.952 47 ' Tilton Eastman
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9 Nov. 8
28 [0,973 04 ' Sylvanus Haynes
Oct. 11
10 Nov. 5
26 10.227 21 ' Chester Wright
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Oct. 10
11 Oct. 31
22 9,217 81 ' Thomas Skeel
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Oct. 8
12 .Nov. 9 33 13'057 42' Isaac Beal
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Oct. 14
13 Nov. 17
35 13,838 42 ' Daniel Marsh
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14 Nov. 11
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Rollin C. Mallary Wm. Page Rollin C. Mallary
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Windsor
Oct. 8
95 Oct. 27
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Oct. 9 1800 Nov.
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30 9,105 98 ' Benjamin Wooster
Burlington
Oct. 14
2 Nov. 12
Westminster
Oct. 13
3 Nov. 14
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William Page jr. 66
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Bennington
Feb. 11 1779 Feb. 26 16
Rev. Peter Powers
Joseph Fay
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· Benajah Root
Feb. 7 1781 Feb. 23
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13 1,377 48
Apr. 4
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Windsor
' Gershom C.Lyman
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SESSIONS. CONTINUED
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Where holden.
Bogan.
Ended.
Days. Debentures. Preachers. Sec. to Gov. & Council.
[Oct. 12
15 Nov. 13 (33 13,129 69 ' Henry Davis
Oct. 10
16 Nov. 6 28 11,457 95 ' Samuel Austin
Oct. 9
17 Nov. 7 30 11,480 75 $ Phinehas Peck
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Oct. 14 19 Nov. 17
35 13,110 71 ' James Converse
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20 Nov. 16
36 13,921 78 ' George Leonard
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Oct. 11 21 Nov. 16 37 13,536 68 ' Joshua Bates
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Oct. 10 22 Nov. 13
35 13,372 86 ' John Linsley
Oct. 9
23 Nov. 7
30 12,057 81 ' Joseph W. Sawyer Daniel
Oct. 14 24 Nov. 19
37 14,116 26 ' Amariah Chandler Kellogg
Oct. 13
25 Nov. 18
37 14,631 58 ' Robert Bartlett
Oct. 12
26 Nov. 16
36 14,622 96 ' Wilber Fisk
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Oct. 11
27 Nov. 15
36 14,830 05 ' Thomas Goodwillie
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Oct. 9
28 Oct. 31
23 10,616 19 ' Jona'n Woodman
Oct. 8
29 Oct. 30
23 10,472 70 ' Charles Walker
30 Nov. 11 33,12,443 20 ' George G. Ingersol " [Barber
Oct. 13
31 Nov. 10
29 12,291 87 ' Leland Howard
Edward D.
Oct. 11
32 Nov.
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30 12,737 87 ' Warren Skinner
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35 Nov. 7
31 14,895 31
This year ended the old Connecticut
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Oct. 11
38 Nov.
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41 21,003 84 members came to the conclusion that the money and time thus spent might be put 23 13,016 69 to a better use. They therefore resolved 30 16,283 25 to have no more Election Sermons with
Oct. 14
41 Nov. 12
Oct. 13
42 Nov. 14
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Oct. 12
43 Nov. 2
33 17,270 65 accompanying expenses after 1834 unless it should be otherwise ordered in future 22 12,236 40 This has not yet been done ; but wheth .
Oct. 10
. 44 Oct. 31
23 11,536 70
Oct. 9
45 Nov.
6 29 13,858 50
Oct. 8
46 Nov.
3 27 13.305 24
Oct. 14
47 Nov. 16
34 16,063 60
Oct. 12
48 Nov. 14
34 17,011 0G
Oct. 11
49 Nov. 14
35 17,877 55
¡Oct. 10 1850 Nov. 14 36 23,552 84
er any very materiel beaufit has been effected by the change is a doubt in the minds of many. If a Farmer hired a man to mow in his meadow six days, & he should go earley to the meadow and swing his sythe a few times on the sixth day. then quit and go home, there is a doubt whether that farmer would feet disposed to pay full price for that last day. But if the man had taken his pay for the six days, and quit on the fourth day morning, it might be some less doubtful how that farmer would act, but
HON. STEPHEN HAIGHT,
Of Monkton, commenced in legislation while young, he would ke be apt to hire him again ?
first represented the town in 1812, and was elected each year to 1822, eleven years, and three years afterwards. He concocted in Caucus, and brought was four years judge of the County Court, and four years the legislature to a tie. Thus le- Sheriff, ending the last office in 1832. In the fore part of gislation stood nearly still for a his public life he belonged to the old Federal School in pol- week, but tampering with a repub- itics, and figured very adroitly in effecting the election of lican member to carry a load to Martin Chittenden, Governor in 1813. The federal mem- Boston, at a great profit did not bers of the legislature and many others of the party met at stand so still, a few federal lead- Montpelier the fore part of election week, and there found, ers kept that moving, but not to on comparing notes, that unless some of the freemens votes much purpose, as he staid in the were rejected, there would be a federal majority of four in house and voted for Jonas Galu- the House, and a republican majority of ten in the Council. sha throughout, making a tie, 112 It was then found that rejecting the votes from Colchester each. After a number of ballots on account of a part of them being given by the U. S. troops, the votes were reported 112 for and altering the votes of a few other towns, it would elect Martin Chittenden. and 111 only three more federal members in the Council, and bring the for Jonas Galusha. It has caused Joint Assembly to a tie, 112 each. The canvassing com- many conjectures as to who was mittee with a large federal majority carried out the measures guilty, or negligent, as to that vote
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34 Nov.
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30 12,780 85 . William S. Perkins George B. Manser 30 13,286 22 ' Tobias Spicer
Oct. 13
36 Nov. 17
Oct. 12
37 Nov. 1
37 18,892 03|practice of all the Clergymen going to 22 12,613 02 Election, and dining at the expense of the State, and have a sermon from 27 14,468 50 one of them. Some of the most radical
Oct. 10
39 Nov. 19
Oct. 8
40 Oct. 30
= George B. Shaw
Oct. 14
Oct. 10
33 Nov.
Robert Temple
18 Nov. 12 36 13,258 01 ' Clark Kendrick
Rollin C. Mallary
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COUNCILLORS FROM 1778 TO 1835.
1778 Jonas Say, Ben-
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nington
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Jobn Fassett, jr.
[Arlington Peter Olcott,
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Nathaniel Niles " Fairleo
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Jonathan Arnold, 14
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· 92 Paul Brigham,
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Elijah Robinson " Weathers'd 41
Sam'l Williams = (Rutland
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= Abel Spencer
Noah Chittenden
[Jericho James Witherill
[ Fairhaver
Asaph Fletcher. .. Cavenbish.
*8 Jed. T. Buckingham Daniel Dana
Gilbert Denison
Guilford
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William C. Bradley Maik Richards William Hall jr. Mark Richards Theoph's Crawford
Wm. C. Harrington " [Burlington John Ellsworth William. Cahoon 46
[Lyndos.
l'imotity Stanley " [Greensboro
Joel Doolittle,
[Williston. Truman Chitenden (do.
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Charles Phelps
Joseph Warner
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Eben W. Judd. Samuel Il. Halley. ..
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Bennington.
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$27
John C. Thompson " [Burliugtou
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Ezra Hoyt, " [Newhaven " [Middlebury Zamuel S. Phelps, Silas H. Jenison,
[Windsor. Abner Fortes, lub Lyman, Willtam G. Hunter Sam'l. C. Loveland [Reading.
'31 John S. Pettibone '32 Isaac Sherman "
John Phelps 16 [Guilford
" [Waterbury Jasper Robinson
[Browning'ı
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'35 John S. Pettibone
David Crawford [Putney
Milton Brown
E. H. Starkweather Harvey Bell,
Manchester
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,98
'97 Stephen Jacobs
499
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'1 '2 Ellakim Spooner 3 & 4 " Westm'ns'tr. $5 & 6 4
Stephen Williams Nathaniel Niles
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Chauncey Langdon Apollos Austin, & Pliny Smith, of =
= Gamaliel Painter,
[Ryegate. Solomon Miller,
'14 Moses Robinson
'15 Josiah Wright '16
'17 David Fay, Benning
Putuey
Uriel C. Hatch Chauncey Langdon
#23
"24 Orsamus C. Morrill
John Roberts " Whitingham
Samuel C. Crafts
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*29 Myron Clarke
'29 " Manchester
$31
Henry F. Janes
Austin Birchard ĮNewfane
Allen Wardner, Windsor.
lacking. From an examination of the Journal it ciples as he began, I shold look no further to find might be readily inferred that Judge Kinne, a Ie- where that missing vote did not come from. publican member from Plainfield, was at fault, but Whenever Mr. De Forest, a federalist, or the Speaker, did not vote, the name of the gentleman from Bennington County would help up the num- ber 10 108 an all the test votes, And it is possible that Mt. De Forest being unwell, retired before the last vote was taken, being satisfied that his old helper would help him again. although he was very feeble, and scarsely able 10 leave his lodgings, he did attend on the election of Governor and voted till al! was done, and the fault must lie at anothers door. There were four test votes taken during the maneuvering to get the two branches together, and one after, and at each the federal vote was 108, and the highest on the other side was 103, and that only once. There was a member of the house that year from a small town in the southerly part of Bennington County, and for the first time, and last but one, that was counted with the republicans ; but by an examination of the five test votes as stated, he voted twice on the federal side, twice on the republican, and on the other be did not vote, and if he carried out his prin-
In the latter part of Judge Haight's term of leg- islation he became quite radical, and was it.fluen- tial in procuring the passage of a bill for reducing the fees of many officers, including the County Court Judges, of which he was one. When the Clerk of the conrt had counted out the amount due each Judge at the end of a session, which was much reduced under his own bill. The Judge looked on the money as if in a quandary about
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Beriah Lcomis,
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Daniel Dana ..
Abel Tomlinson, Henry Olin,
Timothy Todd. [Arlington.
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John Throop, Moses Robinson, " [Bennington
Paul Spooner,
Thomas Moredock. Benjamin Emmons. Joseph Rowker.
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John Strong,
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taking it. Judge Olin observed, "O ! take it by have the facts, we can then act understanding- all means, Judge, and nurse it up as it is one of ly". Mr. Fletcher of Lyndon informed the your own children.,'
house of a case within his knowledge. Mr. A In 1821 he got a law passed for enlarging the had given a note to Mr. B for a good likely cow
jurisdiction of justices of the peace to $100, and restricting appeals for a less amount claimed than $10 This law very materialy affected the likely cow was worth $17, and gave a verdict attornies, as it much reduced their business in accordingly, which was paid. Soon after Mr. the higher courts; and they tried to prevent the A found a justice who thought that $15 was as passage of the bill, and to get it repealed after- much as a good likely cow was worth, and he ward. In 1824 a violent etfort was made to re- gave out a writ against Mr. B, and gave judg- peal the 5th. section, which prevented appeals ment that Mr. A recover back $2 and cost, and not appealable as the law now stands. Some
from a justice under $10. Judge Haight arose and began, "Mr. Speaker, we have heard much other cases were mentioned, and one by Esq. said against this little 5th. section of the act of Bell of Walden, in his peculiar mode of deliv. 1821, and I challenge any gentleman upon this ery, about an old saw, in which it appeared that floor, if he knows of any injustice being done some injustice had been done. Judge Haight under the operation of that section, let the house wished to know whether those corrupt justices
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VERMONT SENATE, FROM 1836 TO 1850.
1836 1837 BENNINGTON CO. Orsamus C. Merrill Nathan Burton Winslow C. Watson Heman Swift WINDHAM CO. Phinehas White, Wait'll R. Ranney William Henry. Jolin Phelps RUTLAND CO. T. D. Hammond, Zimri Howe, = Robert Pierpoint, WINDSOR CO. Francis E. Phelps. 3 Samuel W. Porter. William Steele. Julius Converse = ADDISON CO. Eben. N. Briggs Ville Lawrence Jesse Grandey Harvey Bell ORANGE Co. A. B. W. Tenney 'Thomas Keyes William Hebard CHITTENDEN Co. John Van Sicklin jr = Harry Miller WASHINGTON CO. Arunah Waterman Newell Kinsman FRANKLIN CO. Nathan Smilie Joshua w. Sheldon Timothy Foster Homer E. Hubbell Horace Eaton CALEDONIA Co. William A. Palmer John Beckwith ORLEANS CO. Augustus Young EssEx Co. William Gates GRAND ISLE CO. Melvin Barnes SECRETARY to Gov George B Manser SEC'Y to SENATE Norman Williams ASSISTANT SEC'Y. Edmond Weston SERGEANT atARMS Milton Brown Abel Carter LIBRARIAN. Heman Carpenter AUD. OF ACOUNTS David Pierce 11
1838
1839
1840
William Hoyt
Noadiah Swift Ahiman I. Miner
David Crawford
Calvin Townsley ..
Emery Wheelock
Obadiah Noble Win. C. Kittredge
Isaac Norton Orson Clark Anderson G. Dana
Daniel Bowen Ptolemy Edson =
Andrew Tracy
Joseph Simonds
Dorastus Wooster Elias Bottom Isaac Chipman
Lebbeus Edgerton Jonathan Jenness Daniel Cobb
A. B. W. Tenney Simeon Short William Hebard
Lebbeus Edgerton Timothy Morse Daniel Cobb Jonathan Jenness
Simeon Short Nathaniel Wheatly
Truman Chitenden Lyman Burgess Joseph Clark
Joseph Marsh
Joseph A. Curtis Israel Goodwin
Orion W. Butler Nathaniel Eaton
Alden Sears Homer E. Hubbell
Joseph Waterman Timothy Foster Horace Eaton.
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Walter Harvey Elias Bemis jr,
Joseph H. Ingalls
Robert Harvey Andrew M'Millan
S. S. Hemenway
Jacob Bates
Wm. Heywood jr. Joel Allen
George E. Holmes Samuel Adams
D. W. C. Clarke
William Weston
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C Ware, R. Riker
Edward H Prentiss Erastus S. Camp
Jackson A. Vail
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Abel Gilson Barnabas Dean Walter Palmer Thomas P, Russell
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Samuel Swift
Thad's R. Fletcher
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Stephen Howe
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were now in office, and found they were Cushman, of Hartland, who said "Mr. Speaker, not. That is the best way, said the judge, if the argument of the gentleman from Monkton you find justices that are corrupt, and do in- reminds me of a French King who kept a Jester, and this jester had offended one of the Lords of justice, turn them out of office, and let the law remain as it is. This brought up Isaac N. the Court, and the Lord threatened to kill him.
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SENATE CONTINUED.
1 841 BENNINGTON CO. Noadiah Swift Henry Sheldon WINDHAM CO. David Crawford - John Barrett Emery Wheelock RUTLAND CO. Isaac Norton Orson Clark Anderson G. Dana Alanson Allen WINDSOR CO. Abel Gilson Barnabas Dean Walter Palmer
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