Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-29
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL
IF: LEGISLATORS NEARLY ALL IN
THEIR PLACES AND HARD At WORK.
4 senate BIN Arpropriating $4,000 for
u soldiers Home Another Raising tho
Judges salary to $1,000 Municipal
Suffrage -"Naiued Foley" Bill.
Lrrom our own Correspondent

lfrom our own Corrcspondcntl
MONTPELIER, Oct 26.-Ihe Legislature
met tod y with nearly all The members
present. a few bills were introduced and
some minor business transacted. In the
Senate Il bill was introduced by Senator
Wells appropriating $4,000 for Il soldiers
home in Vermont.
A bill by senator Bates raises the salary
of the judges the supreme Court to
5000, and provides that they snail not de
nand or receive fees for official services
performed either rs judges or chancelor,
Thg bill introduced by senator Wells, pre-
Vidng for the construction of iail build
ings in Chittendeu county, is COPY of the
House bill ON the same subject, an Alb.
stract of which was given in these reports
last Wednesday the name of G.. A. Hih-
bard in the House bill is displaced by that
of Mr.. Is. j. Derby. This bill was referred
TO Il special committee of senators from
thitteudCu county.
Other bills introduced IN the morning in
me senate were:
BN Senator Pierce Of Windsor, relating
to graded schools
BY Senator Judsou of Bennington, pro.
Viding that for keeping in repair high
ways and bridges the seleCtmen of each
town assess tax of II cents on a dollar if
paid III money, and 20 cents Oh a dollar if
paid in labor.
by Senator Baker of Rutland relating
20 exceptions in cliuiral cases.
BY Senator Blake o. Orleans providing
that persons who served as soldiers in the
war for the suppression of the rebellion
should be exempted from paying the
licenses required of peddlers by this chap
ter.
a bill by Senator Wells provides that if
any person shall wear the badge of the
Grand Army of The Republic for the pur-
pose OF obtaining assistance when not en-
Titled to wear it according to the rules of
that society, shall be guilty of misdemeanor
and fined $50 or be imprisoned one month
or both. y similar bill was also intro
duced in the House by Mr. 1'errill of I'm
derhill
THE NORMAL SCHOOL QUESTION.
4 petition was presented by Senator
Bates, signed by &C. VI. Chase and 40 others
of Lyndon praying for the better protec-
ton of women.
The following joint resolution, intro.
duced by Senator Valentine, was adopted
on the part Of the Senate: Rcsolrcd b1j
me senate ana House ot Representatives.
That fUur suitable PERSONS be appointed
by the governor, who, with the State
superintendent of education. shall con
sIitute IL coliihillttt o. hTe TO inq uire into
MAN tLa r,,rn,,niIt tho't insOi uciIoh
rnrt ia ma ',otomuo, L,ro,o ' ,T 'iiu re-
Il the Legislature in lSSS as 10 the dis
continuance OF the present system after
Aug, 1890, the desirabillty of establishing
one normal school owned and controlled
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and not to n,ina.,l .tsn ~ i'''" ~ '"o '7'a
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HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
Il, 4. a.. r,l'.
~ ''e ilo,''e 'i'e 'oHo"'hs p''IS were IN
trndUceu IN the morning;
Bills introduced and referred-Bv Mr..
Knapp of Middlebuly. to amend section
3ilS revised laws, relating to railroad
bridges which prescrbes width and height
OF railroad bridges so as to exclude from
the provisions of the act highway bridges
over railroads in the limits Of Incorporated
villages.
BY Mr.. Shurtletf of BENIN gton, pro
Tlding that justices OF the peace shall
Iuality and report that fact TO the town
clerks of their towns.
By Mr.. Griswold of Grand Isle, provid-
ing that fishing may be done any time
with hook and line, and creating a
bounty of so in favor Of any person dis
covering illegal fishing with seine, etc,
and destroying the apparatus found
BY Mr.. Bedard OF St Adams, to repeal
act 25s laws of lSS4 relating to gram nHr
school lands in klchford.
by Mr.. Bedard of st. Adams, to incorpo-
1ateschool district so. OF st. Adams.
BY Mr.. Smith Of Chester, providing that
officers fees IN cases Of mortgAged per
sonal property shall be minuted on their