Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1882-10-13
THE LEGISLATURE.

Both houses Of the Legislature are taking
hold of business in way which promises as
short session as il oonsonant with the prop
err and efficient discharge of business.
Through the stand taken by Col Hooker the
House did not adjourn over from Friday till
Tuesday, as is usual on the first week OF the
session, but remained in session attending to
such business as was possible. As means
Of Fastening the transaction Of business Col.
Hooker offered a resolution providing for the
election of Supreme Court Judges and State
officers on Friday and Saturday Of this week,
but as opposition developed to 80 early an
election he withdrew the resolution The
Senate has passed a resolution fixing next
week Friday and Saturday for those cleo
tons
The first bill to bring out the speaking tai
ent of the House was one introduced by Mr..
Thompson of Irasburg, making habitual
drunkenness sufficient cause for divorce.
The bill was ably supported by Messrs.
Thompson, Noble of st. Adams, Bodies Of
Rockingham, and opposed by Munson of
Manchester, Childs of Bennington, Sherburne
of Rochester and Plumley Of Mortified up.
on vote for passage it was lost 1O1 to SO.
Mr.. Thompson of Irasburgh has introduce
ed an 'ironelad" prohibition measure, doing
away with the different oifenses and making
each offense punishable by imprisonment.
Mr. Childs of Bennington has introduced q
bill for holding general term of the supreme
court The bill provides that the judges may
appoint general term of the supreme court
to be holden semi. annually at Montpelier and
Rutland alternately, at times in their judg-
meut most convenient.
Mr. Lynde of Dummerston has introduced
a bill amending the tax law which provides
that if person wilfully ueglects to ill out
| his tax inventory then the listers shall assess
such person such sum as they deem him to be
worth above his visible taxable property, and
add the visible taxable property aud double
| these and take one per cent of the sum for
the grand list and also that selectmen may
only entertain appeals from the taxpayer
whose list has been doubled if at the time of
taking such appeal he files an inventory of
his taxable property as required by law
Mr.. Sheridan of Highgate has introduced a
bill which provides penalty Of from $50 TO
| $50, 900, or imprisonment from six months TO
three years, or both, for wilfully refusing to
make an inventory.
Mr. Rutter of Townshend has introduced a
| bill providing that any person claiming a
wheel or using a shoe of less than three feet
long and ten inches wide on any highway,
shall be held liable for any damage done to
such highway.
Mr. Woodward of Halifax proposes to make
the close season for trout extend from July l
to May /.
Col Hooker has introduced a bill to incor-
| porate the Farmers aud Mechanics Exchange
in Brattleboro.
Gov. Barstow has appointed DIR. Leroy NJ.
Bingham of Burlington surgeon-general OF
| the state. The governor staff appointments
are Colonies and aides de-camp, Joseph II.
| Goulding of Rutland, Urban A. Woodbury. OF
Burlington, William II. Gilmore of West
Fairlee, and +. Fayettc Fletcher OF st. Johns.
bury.
Henry N. Newell, formerly House clerk,
has been appointed to an $500 clerkship in
the pension bureau at Washington.
Hon. Justin S. Morrill,, United States sena.
tor, was at the state house Wednesday in ex.
! cellent health
On account of the legislative session Gov.
Barstow was obliged to decline the invitation
| extended him to attend the Webster centen-
NAL at Marshfeld. At his request ex Gov.
| Farnham represented the state on that occs-
| sion.
Almon L. Meeker, now confined in the
state prison under sentence of death for, with
his mother, killing little girl, Alice
| Meeker, at Waterbury, some two years
since, by administering strychnine, has made
a confession, in which he admits his part in
the dreadful affair, but says he was instigated
| to the crime by his mother. A bill was in
troduced in each branch of the legislature on
Wednesday TO commute the death sentence
of Meeker to imprisonment for life His
mother is also in prison awaiting her execu-
| ton next March.
The adjourned joint assembly to hear the
report of the canyassing committee for Rep
resentatives to Congress was held at 2:30 p.
NJ, Wednesday, and from their report it ap.
| pears that the vote was as follows:
YfRsT CONGRESSIONAL pIgTnIcr