Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1882-10-25
Legislative Notes.
THE Legislative Directory was distributed to
the members yesterday afternoon.

| adultery the only cause for granting divorce.
MORE highway bills were introduced yesterday.
The committee will not lack for bills to choose
from.
A BILL has been introduced providing for uni
formity Of text books in the common schools OF
the state.
JUDoE TnoMpsoN's bill prohibiting Offsets on
personal property was refused n third reading In
| the house Wednesday afternoon.
RUTLAND wants street railway, and Senator
Walker has introduced bill to incorporate a COM
pany for the building OF the same.
THE Palladium wants the legislature to fix up
things so that rumsellers can't plead " first
offenses" more than a thousand times.
A PORTRAIT of Colonel George T, Roberts of
the 9TH Vermont volunteers has been presented
to the state by his sister, Susan L. Roberts Of
Rutland.
A MAJORITY of the selectmen and village trus-
tees with others Of the citizens Of Bennington
have demonstrated against the bill abolishing the
municipal court Of that village.
A VERY handsomely gotten up time table Of the
Central Vermont railway from the Messenger
office at St. Adams was pre- jented TO each mem
Der Of the legislature Thursday.
Mr. FLETCHER OF Cavendish has introduced
bill appointing the governor, secretary OF state
and auditor of accounts a commission with power
to contract for the state printing.
Mr. BATTELL of Middebury has dstanced all
competitors in the length Of a highway bill. 1t
took the clerk seven minutes to read the one in
troduced by him yesterday afternoon.
ONLY seventy-five members were in their seats
at the opening of Mondays session. Where
is the consistency Of voting not to adjourn over
till Monday afternoon and then staying away?
The house seems inclined to repeal the useless
law imposing fine Of 5000 for theatrical exhibit
lions and other shows II has been upon the
statute books for nearly fifty years. but is never
enforced
MR. NOBLE Of st. Adams introduced bill
yesterday, which is a copy Of senate bill num-
Der 30, introduced by Senator Howard Of Rut-
land, providing for the town system Of schools
throughout the state.
Much valuable time would be saved II the leg
isature would pass bill early in the session le-
galizng the grand list OF every town in the state,
although it might deprive some worthy member
Of the privilege Of introducing his little bill.
Mr. THoRP OF Charlotte introduced joint res
olution yestesday, which was adopted on the
part OF the house, calling for the appointment Of
a joint committee to fix the time for eecting
judges of the supreme court and state officers.
THE house has passed bill to pay Hon. J. A.
Page, the former state treasurer, the amount adj
vanced by him to pay the salary and expenses Of
the superintendent of education during the past
two years. By "a mistake Of the legislature OF
tha ola fnr onl
was repealed.
LEGISLATIVE log-rolling for office is beginning
to crop out in various quarters 1t would seem
that an ordinary member should be satisfied to
attend to the duties for which he is elected and
let that suffice, and not his constituency by
"mousing round for some office in the gift Of
the legislature or executive.
SENATOR BURNAP has been incorrectly reported
by OF the papers as introducing bill for the
repeal of the Judevine law. Mr.. Burnap desires
to repeal section 3 113 Of the revised laws for
bidding under certain restrictions the indictment
Of towns by grand juries for neglect of the roads
This section of the law is not part of the jude
vine law.
THE committee of the senate on the insane asy-
lum (Dr. Templeton OF Glover and Mr.. Brain
on the insane DR. Erwin OF Newport, Frank Plum
ley Of Mortified, DR.. Arkley of westford, Mr.
Markham OF Bethel, Mr. Johnson of Vernon, Dr.
Hutchinson Of Enosburgh, DIR. Hubbard of Lyn-
don,J left on the express train Monday noon for
Bratteboro, to inspect the insane asylum
FEW days since bill was introduced by one
| OF the members Of the house, By request, to in
corporate the Merchants Fire Insurance Company
proposed to be located at Burlington. 1t is al
legged that the proposed company is to be really
an outside corporation, 'and that its promoters
Chicago people who come to Vermont to get
charter because the Vermont insurance laws are
much less stringent than the laws of Illinois. 1t
would be well for the legislature to consider this
bill carefully before granting the charter.
THE senate committee on railroads, Senator Ide
| OF St. Johnsbury chairman, gave a hearing in the
| senate chamber Wednesday evening" in regard to
the incorporation OF the Brattleboro bennington
| railroad company. The committee addressed
| by Col. Hooker, Mr.. Childs OF Bennington,
| Speaker Martin, Mr. A. A. Butterfield of Jackson
| vile, and Senator Cutting OF Westminster. The
tone of the remarks was that the road will greatly
| develop the country through which it will run,
| and will tend to prevent the decrease in popula-
| ton. At Wilmington, the road will tap spen-
did lumber country hitherto untouched by the
axe There il no opposition To the charter AZ far
| as known. and none is expected. II will probably
| be a narrow-eauge road
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