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266892 MARCH 1930

JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE:

In pursuance of the provisions of the Constitution and Laws of the State of Vermont, the House of Representatives convened in the State House, in Montpelier, on the second Thursday, being the eleventh day, of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

At ten o'clock, in the forenoon, GEORGE NICHOLS, Esq., Secretary of State, called the House to order, when

Prayer was offered by the Rev. LEONARD TENNEY, the representative elect of the town of Thetford.

The names of the members who had presented their credentials were called, whereupon it appeared that the following named members were present, who were duly sworn, and took their seats, to wit:

ADDISON COUNTY.
Addison

.LYMAN CLARK, JR.,
Bridport

...SHELDON SMITH,
Bristol...

GEORGE W. PARMELEE,
Cornwall...

.HENRY LANE,
Ferrisburgh.

.DAVID SMITH,
Goshen...

.SHUBEL R. STICKNEY,
Granville

.JOSEPH P. BALL,
Hancock

ROBERT CLAFLIN,
Leicester.

.GEORGE 0. SWININGTON,
Lincoln..

.. ELIHU PURINTON,
Middlebury

.JOHN W. STEWART,
Monkton...

JOSEPH CARTER,
New Haven.

.WARD BULLARD,
Orwell

JULIUS C. THOMAS,
Panton.

HENRY ALLEN,
Ripton

NATHANIEL MCQUIVEY,
Salisbury..

.. WILLIAM DEMING,
Shoreham.

ROLLIN BIRCHARD,
Starksboro.

.FRANKLIN N. HILL,
Vergennes

BENJAMIN F. GOSS,