MONT. 



: 



expenses, and the interest is applied t., the use 

 of the schools for which the fund was given. 

 To the resource- should be added the dit. 

 money jiaid later in the year by the I'nit.-d 

 M at .-.-<;.> \ernment, which amounted to $] , 



The following statement was published in 

 November : 



The iv port of the in>| -tor of finance MJHIWH that 



.'nix's institution* and tru.-t ipani. .- <>f this 



old depoMi.- to the am.. unt of -j|,r>:;u,808, an 

 ilicrca-- I of *-_VJ-'.i,T.;s. Of the 



'.o is held l.y n 



:illllhi-r of re.-idellt dcpo.-itol ; Holl- 



re-ideiit. -, '.":<; a^rLrreifate, T'J.T" 1 ^, an inereiise daring 



to depo.-itors iiinount to 



-I, an in. -i. ;.T,;I. The dividends 



ranire from -1 t.. 1| percent. The amount loaned on 

 inort_Mjv- ..f real estate in Vernion: 



i_'cs of n-al e.-tate cUcvvher, . Tho 



tjible of NVeM.ru mortLrau'e investment sho\vs thut 

 these institution.-, had in this da.-.- of seeiirities, in 

 1879, * .nd that the amount 1. 



year l>\ \ ear till in 1691 the aggregate bum has 

 - 



Legislative Session. An extra session of 

 the Legislature was called by the Governor, to 

 meet on Aug. ~.~i, to enact, the special lavs- re- 

 quired by act of Congre.-s refunding the direct 

 tax levied in 18G1, and by another act providing 

 for the erection of a l-'cdcral liuilding at St. Al- 

 bans. Tho Governor said also that there ap- 

 peared to lx- a strong public sentiment calling 

 for further legislation on the subject of the Co- 

 lumbian Exposition at Chicago, for which only 

 $5,000 had been appropriated. The session was 

 convened on Ant:. '&. and adjourned on Aug. 27. 

 A joint resolution was passed accepting the di- 

 rect-tax money and authorizing the Governor to 

 receive it. A joint resolution was passed turn- 

 ing the money into the treasury. A bill mak- 

 ing the appropriation for the World's Fair $15,- 

 <><)<) was jia-sed by a vote of 150 to 49, after a 

 strenuous effort to amend by making the sum 

 $10,000. It is designed to erect a building of 

 granite, marble, and slate, to cost from $(i,000 

 to $8,000. Land was ceded to the United States 

 for sites for buildings jit St. Albaiis. A bill was 

 i providing that express companies shall 

 not charge higher rates than those of Oct. 1, 

 1890 that is, before the passage of the corjwa- 

 tion tax law of the last session. The companies 

 added 4 JMT cent, to their rates after the jiassago 

 of that law. Among other measures passed were 

 the following: 



teoorponting the Black River Railroad Company. 



Ineorporatinir the North Craft.-hiiry Water Com- 

 pany and the Pitt. -tor, 1 A.|iicdii.-t Companv. 



Extending the time for completing the Jutland and 

 Woodstock Railroad. 



The Direct-tax Money. The share of Ver- 

 mont in the direct-tax "money amounted to 

 sl7!>. 107. The question arose whether the Gen- 

 eral Government ought not to offset tin- by iv 

 claim for arms furnished to the State after the 

 St. Allan's raid in lN(il. The State at that time 

 organized and officered several regiment- of mi- 

 litia, includinu' regiment of cavalry, for the 

 defense of the northern border. S.me of the 

 regiments were in active service, and all main- 

 tained their organization and were ready for 

 duty. It seemed unfair to charge the St., 

 arms furnished to the militia while they were 



ling th.. Under and MI\H./ <he (iovrrn. 



iin-iit from vitfcdmwtaf tr*-|.- 



and tin- chum witu not | rtHMil. After tin- Sut 

 Legialatare natMH-d th<- n 



money the Governor went to \S 



it. and it wa- paid t 

 [ nil, d v 



' m htii rmitfimi 

 on N,.\. 1. lli< hi. 

 continuously for twenty-live v.r>. I 

 fir-t appointed i 'd 'billm- 



senalr-hip made vacant by tin- death f Solo- 

 moii Foot, during (lie presidency of Andrew 

 John-oil. It WHS at lii-i 

 cessor to Senator Kdmnn.! 

 the special session of the I.i-gi- . 

 ill August ; but since no HI 



occur until Nov. 1. it appeared that .-^'ejection 



WOUld not be legal. ' 



on Aug. 24. to lion. U.-dtield 1' 

 of War. that he proposed to tender h i: 

 Jippoi n tmeiit, and accordingly Mr. Pi> < !>-r Itcair.e 

 Mr. Edmund's successor. 



The Australian Ballot Law. Th. S< retary 

 of State recently sought the opinion of ex . 

 Powers on certain m ot.-.l pi-ints in the lllt.t 

 law of IMin. h', ^j ,, ting the claim that the act 

 makes no provision f. ; ballot f i 



-ntative. in the event of no ckction on the 

 h'r&t, Mr. Powell says: 



-eetinn 1 of tlie act of l-!n. nil tv.Miriir Uwg 

 rcguliiiing the conduct 



. are l.-lt in fore,-. T' 

 nothing in the act of i- 



tov\n ni^n.-tntatives to contain n\ tl.inj; more thn 

 the candidate.- lor tl .- '. he old 



law provide* that ballot.- I-T town iijr.-ti 

 f\ii\}\ v n into a box bv ihei 

 turned and tl; vot.- eounte<l t tl r 

 ufteniiHin, and if i 

 lot i c.rdend. an.. 



nude. The act of IK 1 mcd- 



nre in tin- I. 



law, an otlicial ballot contuii. 

 dates wlio liave been n, n.ii.: : 

 tive, a.- si^-cifled in the act. i- 

 t"Wli el. rk und tis,-d at ' 

 is iiui.le < n the first bn! 

 K. eon.l t nl! n of othcial 



ballot** is liiade to tbe \ ' 



a- r. -jiiiied by the old law. Section JW dirvcto that 

 i>o ballot-- for'evi rv ."" \ otw urt at the next preceding 



lection, shall be prov i.i. 



tentative; and if tins.- are a! 



made, the presiding ot! .ore. 



Maple Sugar. T! - will U the first 



year under the law giving lummy on sugar that 

 reaches n specified standard of excellence, 

 of the .u-mak.rs in the ct>untrv who 



..mplied with the law. filled out blank*. 

 and taken the preliminary steps to M-curc the 

 Ix.unty, t?.(KKt me in Vermont. E tuinjc 



up to the t, -i <.f !Ki by the polarwcoi* will be 

 entitled to a l>oiinty . und; thai 



less than 90 and ii. -t (CM 



of If (vnt a pound. There will N i ne> onnupu* 

 or sirup testing less than ^ 

 posed upoi. : 



or rect-iving the IM.UI 

 to it, is a li: 



Illellt 1 



Railroad-. ** 



has been opened from NN dir.:i>.:. ... \\indbam 



