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VERMONT. 



VIRGINIA. 



zations ; and it was taken for granted that the 

 pride of this distinctive little commonwealth would 

 be correctly anticipated by objecting to any such 

 mixed service ; besides, this overplus stands to our 

 credit in case of future calls and places Vermont in 

 this respect also at the head." 



The Legislature promptly passed a bill the first 

 section of which reads as follows : 



" The commissioned officers, who have volun- 

 teered or may hereafter volunteer to serve in the 

 army of the United States during the war between 

 the United States and Spain shall receive, from 

 the date of their mobilization in camp until they 

 are mustered into the service of the United States, 

 the same pay and rations as are received by like 

 officers in the army of the United States, the non- 

 commissioned officers, musicians, artificers, wagon- 

 ers, and privates, in the army of the United States, 

 and $7 per month each in addition thereto ; and 

 after they shall be mustered into the service of the 

 United S'tates they shall receive, in addition to the 

 compensation paid by the United States, the sum of 

 $7 per month each as long as he is in the service 

 of the United States under such enlistment con- 

 tract." 



Another section specified that no money provided 

 for in the act should be subject to trustee process. 



Eleven other bills were passed at this session, 

 among which were these : 



Amending the quadrennial appraisal law. 



The alien railway corporation law. 



Providing for the re-enlistment of the National 

 Guard at the close of the war. 



To fill further quotas of troops. 



To enable St. Albans to own an electric plant. 



The regular session of the Legislature began 

 Oct. 6; J. G. McCullough was elected President 

 pro tern, of the Senate, and Kittredge W. Haskins 

 Speaker of the House. The acts of general inter- 

 est that were passed included the following : 



Concerning the State seal. 



Concerning free public libraries. 



Exempting certain manufacturing establishments 

 from taxation. 



Providing for better administration of public 

 schools. 



Continuing the normal schools at Randolph, John- 

 son, and Castleton till A. D. 1920. 



Providing for the conveyance of pupils to and 

 from school. 



Relating to evening schools. 



Relating to instruction of the deaf, dumb, blind, 

 and idiotic. 



Concerning close-jail executions. 



Concerning the plea of insanity in criminal cases. 



Relating to conveyances and devises of property 

 for religious purposes. 



Appointing the following to be the legal holi- 

 days: Jan. 1, Feb. 22, May 30, July 4, Aug. 16, 

 first Monday in September, Thanksgiving Day, and 

 Dec. 25. When one of these days falls on Sunday 

 the preceding Saturday is made the holiday. Aug. 

 16 is to be known as Bennington Battle Day, and 

 the first Monday in September as Labor Day. 



Amending the married woman's property" act. 



Relating to divorces. 



Relating to registration of births, marriages, 

 divorces, and deaths. 



Establishing the Vermont Highway Commission. 



Regulating the width of wagon-wheel rims. 



Relating to formaticn of corporations. 



Extending the powers of the Railroad Commis- 

 sioners. 



Several acts relating to insurance. 



For testing milk and cream. 



Regulating the sale of commercial feeding stuffs. 



To prevent fraud in the sale of garden seeds. 



Providing for payment of expenses of sick sol- 

 diers. 



Several statutes regulating the taking of fish. 



Several statutes relating to game. 



Granting bounties on noxious animals. 



Raising the age of consent from fourteen to six- 

 teen years. 



Relating to cruelty to animals. 



Relating to gambling machines. 



Forbidding desecration of the national flag. 



Establishing a Board of Prison Commissioners. 



To prevent pollution of public waters. 



Political. The Republican State Convention 

 met in Montpelier in June. Edward C. Smith was 

 nominated for Governor and Henry C. Bates for 

 Lieutenant Governor. The platform adopted was 

 in part as follows : 



"We affirm our loyalty to the cardinal principles 

 of the Republican party as enunciated in the plat- 

 form of the National Convention at St. Louis in 

 1896, especially the doctrines of protection and 

 sound money. 



" We believe the United States should build and 

 control the Nicaragua Canal. 



" We heartilly indorse the administration of 

 President McKinley. 



" We commend the wisdom of the State adminis- 

 tration in providing for a full regiment of volun- 

 teers, thus anticipating the second call for troops 

 and preserving the unity and individuality of Ver- 

 mont soldiers in the war. We also approve the 

 action of the Legislature in voting the State pay to 

 those of our citizens who do our work and maintain 

 our honor in this contest at the hazard of their lives." 



Burlington was the place selected for the Demo- 

 cratic Convention, which was held in the middle of 

 July, and nominated for Governor J. W. Moloney, 

 of Rutland ; Lieutenant Governor, A. Allen Olm- 

 stead, of Newbury. The platform reaffirmed the 

 Chicago platform, protested against the annexation 

 of Hawaii, approved the money of the Constitution, 

 declared against the prohibitory law, asked for rep- 

 resentation on all commissions and boards, and 

 approved of William J. Bryan. 



The representatives of the Prohibition party met 

 in Burlington in June, nominating for Governor 

 C. W. Wyman. of Brattleboro; for Lieutenant 

 Governor, C. B. Wilson, of Bradford. 



At the election the Republican candidate for 

 Governor received 38,555 votes; the Democratic, 

 14,686; the Prohibition, 1,075. The State Senate 

 has 30 members all Republicans ; the House, 201 

 Republicans, 42 Democrats, 1 Prohibitionist, and 1 

 Independent. 



VIRGINIA, a Southern State, one of the origi- 

 nal thirteen, ratified the Constitution June 25, 1788 ; 

 area, 42,450 square miles. The population, accord- 

 ing to each decennial census, was 747,610 in 1790 ; 

 880,200 in 1800 : 974,600 in 1810 ; 1.065,116 in 1820 ; 

 1,211,405 in 1830; 1,239,797 in 1840; 1,421,661 in 

 1850; 1,596.318 in 1860; 1,225.163 in 1870; 1,512,- 

 565 in 1880; and 1,655,980 in 1890. Capital, Rich- 

 mond. 



(ioyerniiient. The following were the State offi- 

 cers in 1898: Governor, J. Hoge Tyler ; Lieutenant 

 Governor, Edward Echols; Secretary of State, James 

 T. Lawless ; Attorney-General, A. J. Montague ; 

 First Auditor, Morton Marye; Second Auditor, 

 Josiah Ryland ; Treasurer, A. W. Harmon; Adju- 

 tant General, W. Nalle; Superintendent of Free 

 Schools, J. W. Sutthall; Commissioner of Agricul- 

 ture, Thomas Whitehead ; Register of the Land 

 Office, J. W. Richardson: President of the Su- 



yreme Court of Appeals, James Keith; Justices, 

 ohn W. Riely, John A. Buchanan, George M. Har- 

 rison, and Richard II. Cardwell ; Clerk, G. K. Tay- 

 lor. All are Democrat s. 



