Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-10-26


ed soldiers and sailors from the payment
of poll-taxes at the age of GO years;
House "a, empowering officers of socie-
ties for the prevention of cruelty to an
imals to pros eeute offenders.
Special committees were announced as
follows:
On State Board of Health-Mr. Holton
of Brattleboro, Mr.. Grout of Stowe, MI
Baker of Richford, Mr.. Bolster of Win
hall, Mr.. Worthen of Barre.
On the Grand Isle Bridge Bill-Mr
Boyden of Randolph. Mr.. George of
Hardwick, Mr.. Barrows of Castleton,
Mr.. Chapman of Tunbridge, Mr.. Patrick
of Hinesburgh, Mr.. Weeks of Salisbury,
Mr.. Briggs of Granville.
Special Committee on Temperance
Mr.. Lincoln of Lyndon, Parker of Peach
am. Lynde of Williamstown, Hale Of
West Windsor.
Petitions for woman suffrage and for
additional temperance legislation were
presented.
SATURDAY.
Only 62 members showed up in the
House, and after a session of 16 minutes,
an adjournment was taken to Tuesday.
MONDAY.
The Senate held brief session. Bills
were introduced as follows:
By Senator Mansur, an act in relation
to highways and bridges in unorganizel
towns and cores. [Gives county road
commissioners the same power to lay
out, alter and repair highways in such
towns and cores that selectmen and
street commissioners have now by law;
also to assess a highway tax.
By Senator Taft, an act defining the
! dtIfin nd nf Stot nd
boards of health, and Of others. Select
men, aldermen and bailiffs shall act as
| local boards of health; selectmen may
appoint three suitable persons as such
board; the health officer appointed by
the State board shall be secretary of the
local board and have certain powers Of
inspection; person refusing to comply
with his order to be fined not less than
five or more than one hundred dollars:
shall receive certificates of death ard
birth; shall investigate the source of in
fectious diseases: shall make an annual
report to the State board; shall grant
permissions for burial and removal /: b.
cal boards to have power to compel dis
infection.
BY Senator Taft, an act in amendment
of section 1872, Revised Laws. relating
to intoxication. Makes punishment for
first offence five dollars and costs, or
thirty days's Imprisonment; second Of
fence ten dollars, or sixty days; third
and each subsequent offence, twenty dol
lars or not less than two or more than
six months imprisonment,
TUESDAY.
The following were the important bills
introduced in the Senate:
An act to repeal secs. 1868 and 1864, r.
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| peal the law that prohibits divorce where
parties have never lived together in the
State; where the cause accrued out of the
State, unless the parties lived together in
the State before it accrued or unless one
of the parties lived in the State when the
cause accrued.
An act for the relief of the families of
insane persons. Where the estate of an
insane person is not sufficient for their
and their families support, such persons
to be supported by the expense of the
State at the insane asylum.
In the House the principal bills intro
duced were
An act to regulate the sale of CONNER
cial fertilizers. Provides for tax on
the business and for analyses of the same. |
TO pay substitutes for drafted men sew
en- dollars per month during the time they
were in the service of the United States
during the late war; to committee on mil
itary affairs.
A few unimportant bills were passed.
WEDNESDAY.
Among the bills introduced in the Sem
ate were:
An act in addition to chapter 1863, R.
L., relating to the traffic in Intoxicating
liquors. Makes the penalty for hauling
or conveying liquor over any road or
highway in the State ten dollars and
costs and thirty days Imprisonment for
first offence; twenty dollars and costs
and sixty days for second offence; and
thirty dollars and sixty days for each
search teams without warrant.1
A number of reports were presented
and this resolution was introduced by
Senator Hammond That the State libra
rian deliver to Sheldon Art Library a
copy of such documents as are needed to
fill sets.
In the House lot of bills-none, how
ever, of general interest-were intro
duced.
CAPITOL NOTES.
The House has adopted a resolution
granting the use of the hall of the house
of representatives for the Vermont Off
GERS reunion, on the evening of Noyem-
Der II.
The use of the Senate chamber has been
granted to the "senate of 1886" for a re-
union on Thursday evening, November
10, and to the "senate of 1882" for the
same purpose on Friday evening, Novem-
ber l6.
The week November 1916 will be a
lively one. The cavalry reunion comes
on. the evening of the 18th, the Vermont
officers reunion on the l4th, reunion of
the senate of 1886 on the 18th. The re-
union of the senate of 1882, of the prison.
ers of war association and other meetings
come up the same week.