Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-10-24


lating to the property rights Of married
women. Time was found however To
pass senator Chapin's bill to pay two dol
lars day and expenses to commissioners
appointed hy County and supreme courts.
and senator llOltun'S bill relating To fines
and costs of prosecutions for crimes com
mittcd within the limits of Incorporated
villages.
Thcpcnsiou blluf senator llultou grant
ing ten dollars II month to Andrew W.
KcZcr, II member of the "FullCr Light
Battcry.' who lost an arm by the prcmH-
ture discharge of Il gun ut st. JOhnsburN
while performing his duty at muster, met
with some opposition ON account OF the
precedent ii would establish, but it was
finally ordered for third reading.
The few bills introduced were compare
lively unimportant.
Senator Nmsdcn bill relating To grand
list provides that the person making out
or paying taxes on inventories of property
shall be permitted to see them by the town
clerk, but no other person shall, except
certain officials therein named.
Senator Iolton's hill compells the rail
roads of this State to give free passage
over their lines of transportation to state
officials and Judges of the supreme court
upon the presentation OF the certificates
of election.
In the House bill introduced by Mr..
Fairman, of Fairfax makes punishable
by fine of not less than three dollars nor
more than ten, the selling of tobacco to
persons under sixteen years of age.
Mr.. Atwood of Chittenden introduced
bill relating to wire fence, making fence
not less than four and onc-half feet high,
with five strands of wire not more than
one foot apart the three lowest strands to
be of barb wire, the two upper OF Hat wire,
posts not more than one rod apart, legal
fence.
Mr. Martin of Marshticld, introduced II
bill of the same purpOrt except that ne
says nothing us to the strands being barb
wire, or not Mr. Smith of Stowe, intro
duCed bill which commands that pole
of not less than three inches in diameter
or an inch board four inches wide he fixed
on top of the posts of Il barb wire fence.
Mr.. Hopkins. of Burlington, introduced
bill providing that winter schools should
not begin before Oct. 10. nor last less than
three months i'm districts where One-siXth
of the pupils are fourteen or over.
The judiciary Question.
Senator Paul's bill. reducing the number
of Judges to six. has been reported faVora-
bly, by majority of the judiciary com
mittce of the Senate. 1t is understood
that Senator, Idle, Thompson and IIcbard
voted against it and the rest of the com
mittcc for it. Senator Idle suggested.
.
mittec. that it should not be ac.ed upon
at present, but should be considered in
conjunction with Senator Green's bill to
raise the salaries of the Judges to S31OOand
to prohibit them from accepting passes
This suggestion was adopted and the bill
was ordered To lie. Senator Horton has in
trOduCed Il bill providing that all the SUI
premC court judges and state officers shall
ride free on railroads.
Contested Elections.
The joint special committee to canvass the
votes for county Offices will give II public
hearing in the large committee room, to-
morrow afternoon, to the contestants fol
the shrievaltV of Bennington county. 1t
is expected that there will he il large at
tendance and IL lively time,
The Contested Election Cases Enrighi
". Hopkins.
The committee on elections heard the
case of the Rev. Theodore \ Hopkins
contested seat last evening. Mr.. En-
right appeared pro Sc and made thes'
points: First. that the votes counted fOl
Mr.. Hopkins were not printed legally aC
cOrdlng To the forms on the statute books
Many of them had merely the name "Ilop
kins" ON them and nothing else. Second
check list ON the second ballot. while IA
votes appeared in the ballot box. ConSc
qucutly the vote is illegal and as - vote
on that ballot appear ON the ChcCk list tina
Mr.. EnrlGht knows were cast for him, IN
claims that he was elected on the scCOnt
ballot. Third, the votes by law should
have been counted publicly in the prcSenC
, of the voters, while in fact they were take
from the room where the votes We're cas-
into the town clerks room and Their
counted Mr.. Enright claims that Mr.
llopkins's election was Illegal on thOs
grounds.
Mr. Hopkins in the absence of his couI
sci, Hon. a. &. Stafford, made statemen
: in contradiction and explanation of MI
! Enright's points. First, some of the vote
counted Tor Mr. k.nright had simply tn
| word "Enright' on them and the pre-
/ sumption is that vote is for the can
didate whose name is on the ballot
:. there is no other man of the same name
+ candidate or eligible, which was his OW
i, case. In the case of Mr.. Enrght, hi
=. father was present and eligible, SO h
thought that point should he balanced b
: the votes SO cast for Mr.. EnriGht. ScconC
4, the constable, Mr.. Dean was seventy tW
!, years old and quite feeble, and Mr.. Smith
!, the town clerk might not have heard hir
call oil the names. That was true IN tW
:. inStanCcS-thc case Of himself and NJ
y, Burke, who both voted and were II,
+ checked until the clerks attention Wa
II called to ii and four names were iOun
=, on the second ballot checked that did no
q" appear checked on the last ballot. Thir'
, the votes have been counted in that lit
= room for nineteen years.
Il Further hearing will be given to the pa
~ ties ON the evening of Tuesday, oct ,
=. In the MlddlctOWn case Mr.. Gifts cOul
Il sci, Mr., Butler, has asked for anoth'
hearing, which the committee decided
# grant next "Wednesday evening. Judl