Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-12-03

plain railroad company to build a :
branch to connect with the South. :
eastern railway; Incorporating the
IIardwick and MarshieId railroad |
company; Furnishing public officers
for embczzlement; giving registers
of probate the power to hold court
and perform the dUties of Judge
when the latter IS sick, dies, resigns,
or is absent; providing the making
of abstracts Of grand lists to be sent
to the secretary of state; prohibiting
judges of the supreme court acting
as auditors and referees; prohibits
ing proprietors and keepers of hotels
restaurants, etc, who furnish their
patrons with imitation butter, un-
less they placard "oleomargarine
sold here" in the dining or lunch
rooms; preventing the use of defec.
tive steam boilers; giving dealers
in monuments and copings liens on
their work; the Poland pauper bill,
which does away with the old re-
quirement Of a Settlement" and
making towns liable for support, Of
paupers when the latter have resided
three years in such towns; pyoUid-
ing that a0ite or minor chjl1 Of a
person confined an jail for intoatca-
ton mag collect 50 a day from par
ties selling tie liquor, or oaeajng tie
building IN aohich the liquor aoaS sold
to a,tch person; establishing a state
agricultural experiment station; to
prevent treating in saloons and
other public places; changing the
age Of consent in females; exempt
ing ten sheep and one COW valued
at $40 from taxation; appropriatiug
$4,000 for Bennington battle mon
ument; establishing a state board
Of health; providing that cjectment
of passenger from railroad trains
can only be made at regular sta
tions; providing for the better 8cjoa-
| Hfc temperance education In the 21gb.
Tic schools; and protecting life and
property from dynamite and other
dangerous explosives. The act
making provision for the support of
government, appropriates 100000
for debentures Of the general assem-
bly,, etc; $35O,oOO for 1867 and
1878 for paying such demands
against the state as may be allowed
by the auditor; $500 for interest
on bonds and other debts Of the
state; and $4,000 for expenses of
the penal institutions; and the treas
urer is authorized to borrow a sum
not exceeding 100000 on the credit
of the state.
Among the measures Of more or less
importance which were "killed" were
the bills to prevent unjust discrimina-
lions by railroads; fixing q railroad
passenger tariff and prohibiting free
passes ProUjdjng free tert books !; pro.
viding imprisonment for first offences
in liquor cases to provide sealed
ballots in elections to form normal
classes in high schools; providing a
board of arbitration in disputed insur.
ance matters alJtbe bills relatjp3 to the
to'on system, Of scE91J3; to esta bliSh a
board of registration in pharmacy ;
making taraJIe female citizens o0tor3 III
municipal elections; for filling vacancies
in the general assembly ; to protect
and encourage the growth of forests
providing for the instruction of physi
ology and hygiene in the public
schools; regulating the running oil
Sunday trains protecting the payers
of lost notes or like obligations MAX.
ing owners of dogs liable for all dam,
ages done by them Furnishing the
fraudulent use of borrowed teams;
prohibiting the sale of tobacco tc
minors under sixteen years of age:
liquor license bills A.; increasing the
tax on savings bank deposits pro-
viding for the sale of property by lien
holders providing for weekly pay
ments by corporations !; taxing tele
phone companies preventing fowls
running at large prohibiting the sale
Lof cider esta blishing commission
on town lines stopping allowance O
state military historian; providing
for compilation of probate laws; the
valued policy measure anneXing
Greensboro to Caledonia county
removing the shire of Orange county
compelling railroad companies tC
provide drinking water on all passen
ger trains; proo5din5 fer uniformity in
textbooks to secure uniform ballots;
providing for better school statistics;
( providing state aid for disabled soldiers
and ereneptjlog from taratjon 6e5t3 on
prOnajSs0Ty notes secured b. real estate mol
ol1ot;D0 Oper fam, aor ront
The governor vetoed the following
bills: Limiting the amount sought t.