Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-11-19

COmplished in the last 30 days In theHouse
this morning 81 petitions for more effective
temperance instruction were presented.
An az ampt was made today to recon
slider the vote of the House yesterday. re
fusing II third reading to the free text
book bill, but it was failure.
| The House passed II. 81, to provide that
the judges Of probate shall investigate and
decide as to the legal settlements of in
sane paupers, and II. $50, to incorporate
the Bristol railroad and enable certain
towns to bond in assistance Of the con
structiou thereof
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
The Senate passed >. II, an act relating
| to bridges; >. II, relating to the presprva-
| ton of fish, providing that any person
who catches fish by any other means than
/ hook and line shall be fined $50 also two
/ House bills providing for n better enforce
ment of the laws for the protection of fish
:. 1885, an act relating to voters residing in
. organized towns and cores an act giving
| Il bounty of fifty cents for every fox kill
ed H. Al, authorizing the governor and
auditor to ADJUST all claims between the
State and United States and acts 30 in
corporate the home for aged women: to
| INCORPORATE the Rutland soldiers Mcmur-
lal Hail Library association; to enlarge he
powers of the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION Ot Burlington and nail d dozen
bills of minor Importance.
| Passage WIS refused t. II. IA. in anne. l.
ment OF act No. 80, laws of 1850, relating
to the collection of taxes.
! The Senate refused a third reading to ;
Sc, to protect and encourage the growth of
/ forests. In the debate OF this measure
| Senator Chaplin said: This bill simply
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Own cattle out of that part OF his land hat
il devoted to the growth of trees. think
there ought to be some law to protect our
| forests"
Senator Baker concurred with the SEN
atOr, that there ought to bessOme law to
/. protect our forests but he did not think
we ought to pass the measure; il this bill
Is passed, if person owns pieces of for
es land, and certain other people around
| him use their land for pastures, they have
got to fence their Land, or hold themselves
liable to have their cattle empOunded.
JUDGE POLAND'S PAUPER BILL.
An extended debate took place on Judge
Poland's "pauper bill'' taken up pursuant
to special order this morning at halfpast
ten. Mr.. Butterfeld said the bill proposed
an innovation that would carry disorder
into all towns in the State Mr. Kingsley
/
every pauper in the State will become a
"Wanderlng jew" with nowhere to lay
! his head. 1t unsettles every principle of
the present pauper law and will increase
| litigation in pauper cases. Mr.. Mansur
| thought the bill Il great improvement ON
the present law. He thought it would de
crease litigation. Its provision that the
State should support insane paupers was
a good one. The hlll is aneXcelleut meas
ure and should pass. Mr.. Fisk of Morris
| town believed the bill would increase the
State tax sixty or seventy thCusank dol
lars by Its provision relating to insane
poor He would be in favor of Il bill pro
viding that the legal settlement should be
in the town where the pauper had longest
resided; but as this bill is made up the
! best thing to do is to refuse its passage.
Mr.. Bedard favored the bill as a mer-
itorious one. II received careful consider
! ton from the judiciary committee, who
reported in its favor, and 1t ought to pass.
Mr.. Chesmore preferred our present law,
that we can understand, to this incon-
| Gruous bill that has been so amended as
to change its original features. Mr. Ter
rlll favored the bill 1t will simplify mat
tiers much and do away with our compli-
Gated statute laws on the subject. Mr..
! TinkhAm hoped the bill would pass. II
came from men thoroughly familiar with
the law and Is vast improvement over
the present laws" Mr.. Harvey also
Nershlre offered an amendment not to
! have the bill 'retrOactiVe.n He said eff
it goes back it will chuck on to our town
about 10 paupers from Hyde Park, up
near the gentleman from Waterville."
| Mr.. Poland said he had not the slightest
knowledge how it would affect his town.
| He thought this measure offered plain,
clear rule to abide by, growing out of the
condition Of things at the present day and
| not necessitatlng the overhanling of fam
ny records III the future and opposed the
| proposed amendment. Mr. Buttertield
had taken pains TO learn the opinion OF his
constituents it was that the bill will
work injustice and hardship to the poor,
and should not pass. Mr.. Haselton said !:
| This bill Is III the interest of economy; it
smpifies and arranges the old law. The
wise ana true course is TO accept the bill
as II now stands, without amendment.
| Mr.. Knapp also spoke in favor of the bill,
as did Mr.. Wh,elock of Berlin. The
amendment was lost and the bill ordered
70 third reading tomorrow by ii heavy
vote, no opposing vote being heard.
MIR. BARNEY's FREE PASS BILL.
House bill No. $40, reducing passenger
iales and prohibiting free passes on rail
roads was reported adversely to day by
the committee ON railroads. Mr. Barney
supported the bill. He said the people
ought to be trans ported on all railroads
in the State for two cents Il mile, and the
Tree pass system should be abolished
Mr.. Marsh said the committee We're
unanimous III reporting the bill adversely.
railroads IN Vermont, with its sparsely
settled communities could not afford to
carry passengers at such low rates as
read like the New York Central or other
roads running through thickly settled
towns.
Mr.: Ransom of Castleton said there WAS
a railroad commission bill before the
House, ana it covered all these matters.
He moved the previous question, which
was ordered, and the third reading re
lused-yeas 5, nays 2iO.
INCORPORATION OF WEST RUTLAND.
House bin, No %, to incorporate the town
of West Rutland was taken up in the
House as a special order at 2.o'clock this
afternoon and followed the course taken
by the Proctor bill. The amendments
proposed by the committee as to the set
tlement of the financial affairs of the new