Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-11-03

The several state officers are to be elected ext Tues
day, and the Judges on Wednesday.
SpeakersMartin left the chair last Friday to make
speech for the FIRST time this session. He advocated
limiting the time for the Introduction Of bills to Nov.
10, and carried the point.
twenty-five bills and acts have been passed. und
have become laws by receiving Gov BarstOw's APPROX
al OF these, twelve are acts to legalize town grand
lists.
Up to Nov. LIST, 25l bills had been introduced in the
House and 100 in the Senate.
in the Senate IS bills have been introduced IN rea
ton TO criminal and civil SUITS and TO Justice, county
and supreme courts, and % House bills relate to the
subjects Six Senate and IL House bills are in
the form Of substitutes and amendments to the pres
ent tax law. Three Senate and II House bills relate
to the highway damage law Three senators and four
representatives hope to strengthen the prohibtOry
liquor law. Five senators and four representatives
have introduced bills relative to divorce laws. The
purity of elections is provided for in seven House
bills. Nine Senate aud House bills relate to educa-
ton, and - to dogs, cattle, swine, hens, game and
hsh Iwenty-iour bills are for the payment Of claims
There is one bill to preserve human lie and one for
the scientific destruction thereof,
The main provisions of the bill making more strn
gent the prOhihtory liquor law are that no person
shall manufacture sell, furnish or give away spiriu-
GUS liquors dncluding malt liquors and lager beerli
the word furnish" to apply to cases where person
knowingly brings into or transports within the state
for another person intoxicating liquor intended to be
sold disposed Of be divided among distrib-
ued to others. person prohibited also from 'giy
ing away such liquor in his own private dwelling TO
minor not a a member of his family or to ha5itual
drunkards" The prohibition extends also to the fur
nishing of liquor at barn raisings' and public gath
erngs for amusement. The bill passed both houses
| after much debate.
Senator Burnap has introduced resolution decar-
ing it to be "the OF this General Assembly that
no member of either branch thereof ought to be ELI
gble to any office in its gift and that is unbecom
ing any member of either branch to be candidate for
any office required to be filled by the joint Assembly,
or which may be created by legislative enactment"
On Wednesday the House passed bill to pay Geo.
A. Hines of Brateboro s24s2 for work done for the
insane asylum commission four years ago. In the
Senate, Thursday the bill reported favoraby from
the committee on claims, but, after discussion,
ordered to lie and was made the special order for II
| A M. next Wednesday.
Mr.. Howe of Newfane has introduced a bill "to COM
pei the appearance OF respondents in court" It pro-
ydes that unless respondent when arraigned, shall
in all cases appear in open court and plead orally aud
| in person, he shall forfeit his bail.
Mr.. Roberts's bill repeating the law making the ex-
hibiton Of "tragedy or comedy" penal offence has
passed both houses.
The third public hearing on Senator Howards bill
for the adoption of the town system Of schools was
had in the large committee Tuesday evening.
Ex-Goy. Smith was before the ways and means COM
mttee TO give his views about the taxation of cOrpO
rations He deemed It only just that railroads should
pay fair share toward the support of the govern
ment which supports and protects them. The Cen
trail Vermont he said is able and willing to pay just
tax He thought the present method Of taxing rail-
roads neither sound Just or equitable doing inus-
tice to both the roads and the towns since towns of
the road received no benefit while those the road
had not only all the benefit Of railroad but the tax
es also. Some way should be devised to apply the tax
for the benefit Of the whole state If 1t could be e-
gally done, he thought tax on the gross receipts
would be the airest method Of taxing roads, and this
should be done by sliding SCALE and separately on
joint, local and through receipts. He considered the
taxing OF eacn ROAD on the market value OF It's stock
| and bonded Indebtedness equitable method, but
would give no opinion to what would be q fair per
| cent Of tax to levy on the roads.
| The senate discussed the dog law at considerable
| length, Thursday, and the third reading was finally
| ordered for this morning.
| There is no DEFINITE news from the Brattleboro &
| Bennington railroad bill.
| majority Of the house committee the bill to
| commute the death sentence Of Almon L. Meaker OF
| Waterbury report adversely, to3 The minority is
| to present report fayoring the bill
| The advantage Of having an experienced presiding
officer in the speakers chair is daily demonstrated
Business is greatly facilitated by the prompt and
| ergetc manner In which Speaker Martin discharges
his duties.-MOntpeiieT Journal.