Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1886-11-29

have resided three years in such
towns; providing that wife or minor
child of a person confined In Jail for
intoxication may collect So day
from parties selling the liquor, or
owning the building in which the
liquor was sold to such person es
tablishlng a state agricultural exper-
iment station; to prevent treating
in saloons and other public places;
changing the age of consent in fe-
males; exempting ten sheep and one
cow valued at $40 from taxation;
appropriating $4,000 for Benning-
ton battle monument establishing
a state board of health; providing
that ejectment of passengers from
railroad trains can only he made at
the regular stations; providing for
the better scientific temperance edu-
cation in the public schools; and
protecting life and property from dy.
Mantle and all dangerous explosives.
The act making provision for the
support of government, appropriates
$50, 900 for dehentures of the gener-
al assembly, etc. $35O,OOO for 1867
and 1925, 900 for 1887 s paying such
demands against the state as many as
may be allowed by the auditor; S25, 900
for interests on bonds and other debts
of the state sud $50, 900 for expenses
of the penal institution; and the
treasurer is authorized to borrow
sum not exceeding 100000 on the
credit of the state.
Among the measures of moly or
less importance which were, 'skflieR.'
were the bills to prevent unjust dis
elimination by railroads fixing rail
road passengers tariff and prohibiting
free passes; providing free text
books providing Imprisonment for
first offences in liquor cases to pro-
vide sealed ballots IN elections: to
form normal classes in high schools
| providing a board of arbitration in
disputed insurance matters all the
bills relating to the town system Of
school to establish board of regis
tration in pharmacy /; making taxable
female citizens voters in municipal
elections for filling vacancies in thu
general assembly to protect and en-
courage the growth of forests ;plovid
ing for the institution of physiology
and hygiene in the public schools
regulating the running of Sunda.
trains protecting the payers of los
notes or like obligations; making
the owners of dogs liable for all dam
ages done by them; Furnishing tn
fraudulent use of borrowed teams
prohibiting the sale of tobacco to mi
nors under sixteen years of age; liquo
license bills increasing the tax o
savings bank deposits; providing fo
the sale of property by lien holders
providing for weekly payments b
corporations taxing telephone con
panies preventing fowls running s
large prohibiting the sale of cider
establishing a commission on tow
lines; stopping allowance of stat
military historian providing for con
pliation of probate laws the value
policy measure; anneXing Green
boro to Caledonia county; removin
the shire OF Orange county compel
ing railroad companies to provit
drinking water on all passenge
traino providing ror uniformly
textbooks to secure uniform ballots
|
providing for better schools staff
tics j; providing state aid for disable
soldiers and exempting from tax
. ton debts on promissory notes secu
ed by real estate not paying ov
: four per cent.
. The governor vetoed the folio
Il Ing bill: Limiting the amount soug
to be recovered in chancery eases
e legalizing the grand list of Newpor
Ii legalizing the grand list of Blool
{ field /; the Springfield railroad bill,
e the ground that the general law
/ sufficient: and the compulsory tel
s. perance education bill, chiefly
J the ground that it was unconstitutio
: al and unduly severe in some of
u provisions. The veto was sustalne
i and subsequently another bill fam
to obviate the objections urged in t
vs. veto, passed both houses and "
!: speedily signed by the governor.
s. The defeat of some meritoro
II measures to be regretted, but the
d feat of SO many others Of little or
Or merit is cause for sati faction. z
ST haps we should be measurably &C
10 tent with the assurance that a &C
es part of the acts of this session will
to conducive to the public welfare
ut Wdtchmd1e.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
-, ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS OF THE MONITOR
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