News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1882-10-26
Work of the Legislature.

ct lulllSIOuO VI DOl1 SbOAOoAAS
adjusted and in working order to grind
out legislative enaetments to order.
At this time last session sc bills had
been introduced in the House and 81
in the Senate, or total OF llS bllls
against 157 bills the present session.
The various committees of both houses
have considered numerous bills, ana
reported few to the respective bodies
to which they belong.
The most interesting debate OF the
session so far occurred in the House
and was attentively listened to by a
large number of people, including
many Senators and ladies. The
measure under consideration was MIR.
Thompson's bill, No. 10, entitled.
"Annulling Marriage and Divorce,
and which adds habitual drunkenness
ofeither party to the causes of divorce.
The bill was reported favorably from
the Judiciary Committee by Mr.. Bodies
of Rockingham. Able and well con-
sidered speeches were made in favor
of the bill by Messrs. Thompson Of
Irasburgh, Gushing of Hartford, No
BILE of St. Adams, Priest of Barre,
and opposed by Munson of Manches-
ter, Plumley of Mortified, kimball of
South Burlington, Brown of Spring
field, Sherburne of Rochestec, and
Childs of Bennington. The bill was
effectively killed by the House refusing
by a vote of 156 to 81, to reconsider
the vote by which the bill was dismiss
ed a few DAYS since, which action rem
ders it certain that Vermont will not
add another to the five statutory eau
ses of divorce at this session.
SENATE BILLS.
Further bis of Importance have
been introduced in the Senate as fol-
lows: Amending the Prohibitory law
(by Senator Templeton), and which
changes the number of persons re-
ouired to make complaint from three
to one, and authorizes officers to make
seizures without warrant; an act to
incorporate the International Compa-
nv (by Senator Ide), providing for
the Incorporation of large manufac-
turing enterprise on the shores OF
Lake Memphremagog; bill 10y Sen
ator Howard) to substitute the town
system of schools for the present
school district system; measure (oy
Senator Cutting) requiring license to
manufacture, i.npo-t and sell in State,
give surety, and label fertilizers, and
fixing penalty for violation by manu-
facturers or importers at $500, and
for selling contrary to this act at s20O
each offense; an act (by Senator
Templeton) providing that criminals
shall be made insensible by an anes-
thetIc before hanging; bill (by Sem
ator Ide) which seeks to place mar
ried women upon substantially the
same basis as unmarried women, in
relation to their capacity to make con-
tracts, and bind themselves and their
separate properties, and to sue and
be sued bill (by Senator Bingham)
making personal property subject to
attachment and levy of execution for
the purchase money, if remaining in
the hands of the original purchaser
for period exceeding six months after
debt became payable. l
Ga, ''relating to warrants for the col
lection of State and county taxes"
which requires the State or county
treasurer to seasonably transmit to
selectmen and mayors a warrant for
the collection of any State or county
tax imposed by the General Assembly
which shall be delivered to collectors.
S. 60, San act relating to appeals in
criminal causes" which denies appeal
in criminal causes when a plea of gull
ty is entered.
S. &c, ''to amend section 1904 of j
the Revised Laws" which makes a
record of prior conviction evidence .
of such fact for the purposes Of $
Chap. 1863, although an appeal NAV t
have been taken from the same. ,
Senator Page of Cambridge and !
Senator Wall of Dorset have also in i
troduced new tax bills. Mr.. Page I
has also constructed new kinds of !
oaths for taxpayers and listers, and t
Mr.. Wall, among other things, ex- a
tends the time within which invento- h
ries shall be lodged in the town clerks f
office in towns of more than thou ,
sand population to May Is, and pro- I
yides that inventories shall be open to +
Inspection until the grand list is COM 5
pleted, and shall then be filed away, .
not to be opened except for reference /
Of testimony in court. +
Senator Gilmore of Fairlee has in =
PRODUCED a bill Is. SOY prohibiting :
divorced parties from marrying within 4
five years and Senator Crane of New !
port, bill making adultery the only
cause for divorce. :
HOUSE BILLS. ,
House bills not before mentioned :
have been introduced as follows: An :
act (by Mr.. Thompson of Irasburgh) ,
which provides that the salaries of the
county clerks, payable semi-annually,
and which shall be in lieu of all other ,
fees and charges formerly paid by the
State, shall be for Addison, Benning-
ton, Caledonia, Orange, Orleans,
Windham and Windsor counties, $500 :
each; Essex and Lamoille, $3.50 each
Grand Isle, 500; Chittenden, Frank
lin and Washington, 500 each, and
Rutland 5000; in addition to which !
fees for specific duties are to be allow ! |,
ed. Mr.. Thompson has also intro
duced bill providing that keepers of Y
jails and Justices of the Peace shall !
receive certain specified fees. Acts
to incorporate the village of Water :
bury (by Mr.. RandalD, and to incor- I
porate the Warner Home for Little 4
Wanderers in St. Adams (by Mr..
Noble), have also been introduced.
A bill (by Mr.. Robinson of Weathers-
tield) providing that when the owner !
of a homestead abandons his family
and leaves them without means of
support, the overseer of the poor may
make provision for such family and ,,
may attach the homestead for such
expense.
Several additional bills amending
the Tax law of 1880 have also been
introduced recently. The principal
one is that introduced by Mr. French
of Underhill, the main section provid-
ing that, in making up the annual |
grand list, the listers shall deduct g
from the value of the real estate tax s
able the amount owing by the tax-pay- i
er on the first day of April on mort '