We find that the books are kept in a most intelligent and upto-date form, and much credit is due to the Auditor of Accounts and his assistants for the improved methods in use.

SUPPLIES FOR INSTITUTIONS.

We find that supplies are usually bought at wholesale and that as a rule cash discounts are taken.

In accordance with act No. 161 of the acts of 1904, the trustees of the different institutions have advertised for bids on supplies and the same are forwarded to the Auditor's office where they may be found and examined.

Following the report of the special committee to investigate the commissions of the State, which is now before the General Assembly, it seems unnecessary for this committee to report further on that point. It is our conviction however, that the per diem system is unwise and expensive and that in all cases where practicable, State officers should be paid a fixed salary for their services. ISAAC M. RICKER,

Chairman of the Committee on Claims.

APPENDIX Q.

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE VERMONT STATE LIBRARY.

To the Honorable General Assembly of the State of Vermont:

The Trustees of the State Library respectfully report, that the additions to the Library from September 1, 1904, to August 31, 1906, have been as follows:

bound volumes and pamphlets of which 590 were received from

the U. S. Government.

The librarian reports the sale of books from September 1, 1904, to August 31, 1906, at the sum of $3,114.15, itemized as follows:

The amount paid for books from September 1, 1904, to August 31, 1906, was $3.008.57.

The number of books now in the library, exclusive of pamphlets and duplicates, is 44,947.

The legislature of A. D., 1904 appropriated the sum of six thousand dollars for a metal ceiling and a third tier of steel stacks for the library. These have been purchased, put in place and are now in use; this affords temporary relief from the congestion previously existing, and are much appreciated by all having connection with the library. The expense of the steel stack was $5,653.00 and of the metal ceiling $325.00, and the balance of the appropriation was used to help pay the expense of advertising the proposals for furnishing the same to the State. Montpelier, Vt., November 14th, 1906.

Respectfully submitted,

FLETCHER D. PROCTOR,
JOHN W. ROWELL,
W. P. DILLINGHAM,
SENECA HASELTON,
MELVILLE E. SMILIE,
J. EDWARD WRIGHT,
Jos. A. DE BOER,

FREDERICK G. FLEETWOOD,

GEO. W. WING,

Trustees of the State Library.

Secretary and Librarian.

GENERAL INDEX.

A.

Absent and unheard from persons, act relating to, H. 107.
Absent persons, trustees of, act relating to, H. 108.

Adams & Readsboro Power Traction Co., act incorporating, H.
663.

Addison County, jail building in, act to provide steam heat and
improve condition of, H. 215.

Addison County Trust Co., act incorporating, H. 234.

Administrators, executors and guardians, act relating to, H. 660.
Agricultural Experiment Station, nursery for forest seedlings,
act relating to, S. 100.

Experiment Station, joint resolution relating to the
continuance of 108, 114, 115, 166.

fairs, act providing aid for, H. 198.

course in Leland & Gray Seminary, act to establish,
H. 448.

course in Essex Classical Institute, act to establish,

H. 454.

Agriculture and manual training in high schools and academies,
act to providing for teaching of, H. 586.

elementary, act providng for instruction in, H. 423.
Alburgh, town of, act legalizing the quadrennial appraisal and
grand list of, H. 547.

American Trust Co., charter of, act amending, H. 597.

Animals and meat, deceased, act to prevent the sale of, H. 591.
certain, act to allow liens for shoeing, H. 462.

certain noxious, act to grant bounties on, H. 133, H. 404.
fur bearing, act to restrict trapping of, H. 101.

Appeals from judgments of justices of the peace, act regulating,

H. 533.

from the board of listers, hearings on, act relating to,

H. 163.

in criminal cases, act relating to, H. 602.

in proceedings to condemn lands for burial grounds,
act relating to, S. 12.

Apples, act to prevent fraudulent practices and to regulate the
buying, selling and packing of, H. 530.

Appropriation for an additional state building, act making, H.
186.

for the support of the Soldiers' Home, act making,

H. 94.

for the State Hospital for the Insane, act making,
H. 620.

for the Industrial School, act making, H. 137.

to pay judgments of Court of Claims, act making,
H. 253.

Appropriations, unexpended balances of; act relating to, H. 654.
Aqueduct Companies. (See Water Companies.)

Arsenal, State, act providing for sale of land connected there-
with, H. 362.

Ashes in highways, act prohibiting the placing of, H. 539.
Assignment of future earnings, act regulating, S. 42.

Assistant Judges, duties of in respect to board of license com-
missioners, act relating to, H. 583.

Attachments, personal property, act providing for the discharge
of, H. 401.

real estate, act providing for the discharge of,

H. 403.

Auditor of Accounts, act to provide for installing a system of

book-keeping and the appointment of

necessary assistants in the office of, S.
124.

duties of, act relating to, S. 95.

Secretary of State and State Treasurer,
act providing surety bonds for, H. 570.

Automobiles and motor vehicles, act to provide for registering,

numbering and regulating

speed of and for licensing
the operation thereof, H. 3,
H. 113.

act to regulate the running of,
H. 81, H. 85, H. 410.
act to regulate the running of
and to license the operator
thereof, H. 674.

duties and liabilities of per-

sons in control of, act relat-
ing to, H. 132, 344.

marks and numbers, act relat-
ing to, H. 543

operators and chauffeurs, act
regulating the licensing and
registration of, H. 363.

Autopsies, act relating to, H. 254.