Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19
FROM MONTPELIER.
THE BILL TO FILL VACANCIES RECON-
SIDEREO AND PASSED.
Favorable Report ON the West Rutland
and Proctor Bills summary OF the
Bills introduced - Various Mont
pelier Notes.

MoNTPEIIER, Nov. 1.-THE usual Il
ask leave TO introduce bill entitled, +"
etc. has not been heard in either House
to-day, and Will be an unusual incident
hereafter in the present session, much TO
the relief of the committees whose files
are already bursting with more proposed
legislation than could be well considered,
even if the Legislature should sit until
Christmas. Four hundred and seventy
six bills have been presented in the House
and 1876 in the Senate, which are about the
usual numbers introduced each session,
The House passed the bill to incorporate
the American Commercial company and
the House bill changing the hour of hold
ing State elections.
The bill of Mr.. Hathaway to amend the
check list law and that of Mr. Bell impos-
ny a fine OF $50 for each offence OF liquor
selling were dismissed. The bill ncreas-
ing the tax on savings banks, and the
anti-Salvatiou army bill were killed.
A third reading was refused to the bill
regulating the registration of marriages
and births.
The judiciary committee reported Il bill
resulting from the reference to that com
mittee OF the governors message in re
gard to the federal claims upon Vermont
for arms furnished the State. The bill
authorizes the payment of whatever sum
is found legally due to the government.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
In the Senate the judiciary committee
reported two new bills, one relating to the
insane and the other relating to the dis
charge of prisoners in bastardy cases.
The Senate passed the following bills :
S. "a, providing for a fine and imprison-
ment for the first offence of liquor selling ;
to incorporate the Citizens Savings bank
and Trust company OF St. Johnsbury II.
l2l, an act relating to the Brattleboro X
Bennington railroad company, and II. 1913,
to incorporate the Peoples Trust com
pany of st. Adams.
A third reading was refused to ;. So, re-
lating to the admission and discharge of
insane patients ; 5. A., an act relating to
the discharge of persons in bastardy cases.
H. POS, an act to punish the fraudulent use
of borrowed teams.
The third reading of the bills to pre-
vent the spreading of contagious diseases {;
to establish State board of health fix
ing the tenure of certain State officers,
making provision for monuments and
grounds on battlefield of Gettysburg re
latng to the traffic in Intoxicating liquor
and other bills, was ordered. Also Sen
ate bill 49, to provide for the study OF
scientific temperance in the public schools
bill to pay to the town of North Hero, the
balance of $3.50 not heretofore paid, OF the
$4,000 appropriated for the bridge.
THE BILL TO FILL VACANCIES.
The bills reported by the committee on
elections to provide for new elections in
towns where vacancy is caused by death,
disqualification, removal from the State,
resignation or otherwise, came up in the
House to-day on the motion to reconsider
the vote refusing it third reading. A
long debate followed in which Judge
Poland opposed the bill and its recon
sderation against a dozen or more mem
bers who favored it, Judge Poland reit-
terated the arguments against the bill
which he advanced last week and urged
strongly that such law would be in di-
rect conflict with the constitution of the
Slate and the practice of nearly cen
tury. The friends of the bill urged that
one of the first rights of a legislature was
the constitution and the best in
terests of the State demanded the
passage of such law Messrs.
Harvey, Bedard, Peck Buttertield,
Hathaway, Allen, Kingsley, Mansur,
Mann and others favored its reconsdtra-
ton, which was carried by a vote of l4G to
50. Mr.. Poland then proposed to amend the
bill by inserting provision that the act
shall not take effect until the Supreme
Court had passed favorable judgment
thereon, which the House accepted. The
bill was then passed by Il large majority.
As the constitution of Vermont provides
that the House shall consist of persons
chosen by the freemen ION the first Tues
day of September annually forever it viii
not be surprising if the court holds that al
amendment of the constitution will be
necessary, before representatives can be
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THE DIVISION OF RUTLAND.
The special committee on the bills to in
corporate the towns of West Rutland and
Proctor made their reports to the House
today. The bills were ordered to lie anC
the reports to be printed, the West Rut
land bill to be special order for Satur
day morning at 1870 O'Clock, and tn,
Proctor bill for tomorrow afternoon at
O'Clock The reports of the committee ar
unanimous in favor of the incorporation
of the two towns and the passage of thu
bills, with certain amendments in relation
TO the settlement OF the financial affair
between the two new towns and the tow
of Rutland. In the report on the Procto
bill the committee consider the argu
ments of the remonstrants and the his
tory of the circumstances which the
lHllh lldht ulNl SlOu VI lle low
of Rutland desirable, and in their repor
on the West Rutland case the committe
say that arguments which apply to Proc
tor apply in the case of West Rutland
Proctor, they say, is sufficiently large fo
incorporation and its business interest
are hampered by its present attachment
to the town of Rutland. 1t would be III
wise to leave the question to the voters {
Rutland, and the presidents of the divi,
ion of Montpelier and other towns do ne
apply in the present case. Most of the OF
position to division came from the easter
part of the town and Rutland prOpeI
while many prominent men in the lattt
place are in favor of Il division The il
corporation of the new towns would ~
effect materially the interests of East Ru
land. Rutland proper wants city cha
ter, but TO compel the villagers of We,
Rutland and Proctor to accept city cha
ter would be unjust and would be 4
remedy for the disadvantages under whic
these places now labor.
The Senate committee on the same SUI
ject have not yet made their report BIT
Will do 50 very soon. 1t is underStOC