Wright, Bridgman, Lee, Gallop, J. Davis, Harrison, and Woodbridge to Join a Committee from Council, Resolved that Judge Marvin and EsqTM Galusha Join the above Committee.

Adjourned untill 2 Oclock P. M.

Met according to adjournment.

An act Limiting the Powers of the Supreme and County Courts in granting new Trials, having passed the House, Read & Ordered to Lie. An act Directing the Treasurer of this State to Credit the Town of Putney the sum of Two pounds & nine pence having passed the House, Read and Concurred.'

The Petition of Eliakim Spooner pray[ing] for a Compensation for the Loss of a Certain fifty acre Lot of Land Purchased under this State the Title not being Valid having been Read in the House was Referred to Mess's Thompson, Harrington, & Harvey, to Join a Committee from Council, Resolved that Judge White Join the aforesaid Committee.

FRIDAY October the 24 Day Anno Domini 1794.

Met according to adjournment.

An act for the Punishment of Theft having passed the House, Read and Ordered to Lie.

An act in alteration & amendment of an act for the Prevention & Punishment of Frauds & Perjuries having passed the House, Read & ordered to Lie untill the afternoon.

The Resolution of the third Congress at their first Session begun & held at the City of Phylidelphia by Two thirds of its members proposing to the Legislatures of the several States the following Article of Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, Viz.

"The Judicial Power of the United States shall not be Construed to "extend to any suit in Law or Equity commenced or prosecuted against "one of the United States by Citizens of another State or by Citizens or "subjects of any foreign State."-Read and Ordered to Lie.1 Adjourned untill 2 Oclock in the afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

An act granting a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land in Walden Gore for the purposes therein mentioned having [passed] the House, Read and Concurred.

An act granting a new Trial to John Hills having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

The act Limiting the Powers of the Supreme & County Courts in granting new Trials was taken up agreeable to the Order of the Day and Ordered to further Lie untill to morrow forenoon.

Adjourned untill to morrow morning 9 Oclock.

land granted by Great Britain to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign parts-the decision being that the State should appropriate these lands for the support of schools. Oct. 29th the bill for this purpose was passed by the House, yeas 100, nays 15. Another bill devoted the church glebes to religious purposes, and both bills became acts. See The Documentary History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Vermont for a history of this matter.

1 This amendment was ratified by Vermont.-See Appendix B.

SATURDAY Oct. the 25 Day A. D. 1794.

Met according to adjournment.

The act Limiting the Powers of the Supreme & County Courts in granting new Trials was taken up agreable to the Order of the Day. Read and Concurred.

The Resolution of the House appointing a Committee of five to Join a Committee from Council to prepare and Report a Bill to make adequate Compensation to this State's Quota of 80,000 Militia, Ordered by Congress to be held in readiness upon any emergency, in case they are called into actual service-Members Chosen Mess's Emmons, J. Wright, Wm. Chamberlain, J. Robinson, & Chittenden. Read and Resolved that Judge Lynde Join said Committee.

The act in alteration and amendment of an act entitled an act for the Prevention and punishment of Frauds and perjuries was taken up agreable to the Order of the Day, Read and nonconcurred because the Council Consider the present existing Law in such Cases made and provided is well guarded and that innovations in the System of Jurisprudence without urgent reasons for it is Dangerous to the Liberties and Interest of the the Citizens of this State.

The act for the Punishment of Theft was taken up agreeable to the Order of the Day, Read and non concurred for the same Reasons as above.

Adjourned untill 2 Oclock in the afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

Adjourned untill 9 Oclock Monday Morning.

MONDAY Oct. 27 Day A. D. 1794.

Met according to adjournment.

An act granting a Tax of Two pence Per acre on the Lands in the Town of Victory in the County of Orange having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act Discharging Jonathan Greene from the paying of a Bill of Cost having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act granting to Samuel Mattocks Esq Treasurer sixty nine pounds fifteen shillings & Two pence having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act authorizing Simeon Brown Administrator on the Estate of Oliver Blie Late of Springfield Deceased to sell Lands therein mentioned having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act Directing the Treasurer of this State to pay to Joshua Bayley the sum of six pounds fifteen shillings having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act granting a Land Tax on the Town of Barre alias Wildersburgh having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act Directing the Treasurer to pay to Tarant Putnam the sum of four pounds Twelve shillings & ninepence having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act regulating the Publishing of Advertisements within this State and repealing an act for that Purpose passed Oct. the 31 Day A. D. 1793 having [passed] the House, Read & Concurred.

An act establishing and Constituting the Eastardly part of Burlington the Southardly part of Jericho the Two Societies of Williston a part of Newhuntington & part of Buels & Averys Gore into three Distinct Towns having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

An act making a Grant of Lands to Samuel Knight Esq' having [passed] the House, Read & Returned with an amendment Proposed and as follows to wit, provided nevertheless that this shall not enable the said Samuel Knight Esq' to Lay Claim to a Certain Gore or Tract of Land Lying & being situated between Goshen, Hancock, Philidelphia, & Leicester.

An act to release from Confinement the Body of Samuel Beach for the Space of one year and to secure his Body from arrests on Civil process During that Term having passed the House, Read and ordered to be sent Back with the following proposed amendments Viz. for any Debt or Contract entered into by the said Samuel before the passing of this act; 2th [20] provided that the said Sheriff shall take the Bonds mentioned in this act for the Benefit of the said Samuel's Creditors & they shall be assignable to them in the same manner as bonds for the Liberties of the Goal Yard by Law are Directed to be taken.

An act appointing Commissioners for the Purposes therein mentioned having passed the House, Read and ordered to be sent back with the following amendments proposed Viz. the 1 after having advertised in the Vermont Journal three Weeks successively at Least six Weeks before the Day of Sale; 2th an equal Proportion.1

An act in addition to an act entitled an act Regulating proprietors meetings passed March the ninth Day A. D. 1787 having passed the House, Read and Ordered to Lie till to morrow morning.

A Bill for Limiting the time for bringing writs of Error proposed by the Council, Read and Ordered to be sent to the General Assembly to be passed into a Law.

Adjourned untill to morrow morning 9 Oclock.

TUESDAY October the 28 Day A. D. 1794.

Met according to adjournment.

An act for raising a Company of Cavalry in the second Regiment in the eighth Brigade & first division of the militia of this State having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

The act in addition to an act entitled an act regulating proprietors meetings &c. taken up agreeable to the Order of the Day and Ordered to lie untill the afternoon.

A Bill brought in from the House in alteration of an act regulating Term fees being referred to a Committee to Join a Committee from Council being Read Resolved that Judge Olin Join the said Committee. Adjourned untill 2 Oclock in the afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

An act Dividing this State into Districts for electing Representatives to the Congress of the United States and Directing the Mode of their Election having passed the House-Read and Ordered to be sent back with the following amendments: the 1 the Words or a Representative from some adjacent town next after the word "Town" in the eighth Line from the Bottom in the second Page; the 2 the Word Publicly to be inserted next after the Word "there" in the second Line from the Bottom in the third Page; the 3 the Words four highest to be erased in the fifth Line from the Top of the second Page in the second Sheet.

In the Assembly Journal the places in the bill of these amendments are specifically stated. The Secretary of the Council seems to have deemed it fit to state the substance only.

An act appointing Josias L. Arnold one of a Committee to superintend the expenditure of Tax in Burke in the Place of Jonathan Arnold Esq' Deceased1 having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act constituting and establishing the Persons therein named as Company of Artillery &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred. An act granting a Tax of one penny on each acre of Land in the town of Berlin &c. having passed the House, Read & Concurred.

An act granting a Tax of one penny on each acre on the Town of Johnson & Twopence per acre on Coit's Gore &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act in addition to an act entitled an act Directing and regulating the Levying and serving of executions having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act appointing a Collector of a Land Tax in Johnson having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act making it the Duty of the several Judges of the Supreme Court to keep Regular Extracts &c. [of the actions, evidence, and determinations in each cause,] having passed the House, Read and Resolved that the General Assembly be requested to Lay the act over until the next session of the Legislature.

An act in addition [to] and alteration of an act entitled an act Defining the Powers of Justices of the Peace within this State having passed the House, Ordered to Lie untill to morrow morning.

Adjourned untill to Morrow Morning at 8 Oclock.

WEDNESDAY Oct. the 29 Day A. D. 1794.

Met according to adjournment.

An act annexing the Town of Starksborough in the County of Chittenden to the County of Addison having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act in addition to an act entitled an act regulating Proprietors meetings &c. having passed the House, Read agreable to the Order of the Day and Ordered to be sent back to the General Assembly with Proposals of Amendment.

An act empowering and Directing the Supreme Court to amend a Certain writ having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act ratifying the Doings of a meeting of the Proprietors of Navy [Charleston,] having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

A Bill brought in from [to] the Council to alter the times of the sitting of the County Court in the County of Chittenden-Read and Ordered to be sent to the General Assembly to be passed into a Law.

The act in addition [to] and alteration of an act entitled an act Defining the Powers of Justices of the Peace &c. was taken up agreable to the Order of the Day, Read and Ordered to be sent to the General Assembly with Proposals of amendment.

A Bill brought [in] by his Excellency establishing the Town Officers in the Towns of Burlington, Williston, Newhuntington and Jericho— Read and Ordered to be sent to the General Assembly to be passed into a Law of this State.

Samuel Mattocks Esq'r as Principal & Nathaniel Chipman & John Strong Esq' as sureties acknowledge themselves jointly and severally bound unto the Secretary of this State in the penal sum of ten thousand pounds Lawful money which payment well and Truly to be made they

'See Appendix I.

bound themselves, their Heirs, Executors and administrators firmly by these Presents this 29 Day of October A. D. 1794—Conditioned as follows, that if the said Samuel Mattocks Esq' shall faithfully execute the Office of a Treasurer within & for this State for the year ensuing so that neither the Public or any Individual suffers any Damage thereby, then the above bond of Recognizance to be Void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.

A messuage from the House requesting the Governor and Council to Join them in Grand Committee at the opening of the House in the afternoon to Choose a Councillor in the Room of Thomas Porter Esq' resigned. Read & Resolved to Join accordingly. 1

Adjourned until 2 Oclock in the afternoon.

Met according to adjournment.

1

An act in addition to an act entitled an act granting leave to Anthony Haswell to raise the sum of Two Hundred pounds by Lottery &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act in addition to an act entitled an act for the settlement of Testate and intestate Estates having passed the House, Read and Concurred. An act in addition to & Alteration of an act regulating and Governing the Militia of this State having [passed] the House, Read and Ordered to be sent to the General Assembly with Proposals of amendment.

The Bill sent to the General Assembly for altering the times of the County Court in the County of Chittenden returned with Proposals of amendment. Read and Concurred.

The Hon. Elijah Robinson Esq was requested to attend in Council & take his Oath of Office, who accordingly Did.

An act to Continue in force an act to suspend prosecutions against Edmond Willis having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

The act in addition [to] and alteration of an act entitled an act Defining the Powers of Justices of the Peace being Returned from the House with the Proposals of amendment nonconcurred, Resolved that the same be sent back with a request to the General Assembly to Lay the same over until the next Session of the Legislature.

An act granting a Tax of Twopence per Acre on No. 4 in Kelly's Grants having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act Directing the Judges of Windham County Court to Continue a Certain action &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred. An act in addition to an act relative to Quakers &c. having passed the House, Read and Concurred.

An act appointing a Committee to alter the Lines of a number of

See Appendix C.

From the printed Assembly Journal:

IN GRAND COMMITTEE, Oct. 29, 1794. Agreeable to the order of the day, his Excellency the Governor, and Council, and house of representatives, joined in Grand Committee, to elect a Councillor, in the place of the honorable Thomas Porter, Esquire, resigned, His Excellency in the chair. Ros. Hopkins Clerk. The ballots being taken-Col. Elijah Robinson was declared duly elected.

On motion, by Mr. Arnold, the ballots being taken for an auditor of accounts against the state Elisha Clark Esq. was declared duly elected.