The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1890-10-29
Thursday, October 23.
SENATE MORNING.


SENATE MORNING.
Devotional exercises were conducted by
Rev. MIR. Hough, chaplain of the house of
representatives.
BHls Introduced and Referred. IS. 80, by
Senator Smith of Windsor, relating to grade
crossings of highways by railroads; com. on
judiciary. Provides for the adjustment of
dangerous grade-crossngs by petition to
railroad commissioner
S. 81, by Senator Roberts, to provide
truant officer for the city of Burlington;
COM on education.
S. 81, by Senator Nichols, to establish
uniform rate of mileage tickets; com. on
railroads. [Compels all railroads to pro-
cure and keep for sale mileage tickets in
the form of coupon books containing not
more than five hundred coupons, to be sold
at a rate not greater than two cents for
each coupon.
s. 80, by Senator Pease, in addition to
chap. 199 Il. L., relating to the adutera-
ton of food and drugs; special com. on
public health.
S. 81, by Senator Morse, to promote the
welfare Of the common schools; com. on ed
ucation II quires school committees to
purchase al the expense of their towns text
books and school supplies, to be loaned to
the pupils of the public schools.
S. 80, by Senator Lincoln, to incorporate
the Security and Investment Company of
st. Juhnsbury; com. on banks.
S, 56, by Senator Roberts, to amend the
charter of the city of Burlington and pro-
viding for the issue of school bonds to
general committee.
S. 81, by Senator Childs, to amend sec.
ton 76, Il, L., relating o the mode of voting;
com. on elections. Makes it necessary to
have written in ballots for town representa-
tive the designation of the office
House Bills Referred.- II. 16, relating to
the time when town clerks shall pay over to
the town treasurer moneys received from
to legaize the grand list and the quadren-
NAL appraisal of Jay for 1890; com. on
grand list. II. LOG, relating to discharge Of
personal property mortgages; com. on jul
dietary. Adjourned
HoUsE-MoRNING.
Bits Introduced ami Reterred-H III, by
Mr.. Prouty of Franklin, to protect fish in
Metcaf Pond n'the town of Fletcher; com.
on game and fisheries.
H. 172, by Mr.. Walker of ST. Johnsbury,
to legalize the proceedings for the anneXa-
ton of territory to the village of st. Johns
bury; com. on judiciary.
II. l73, by Mr.. Pollard of Chester to pre-
vent the obstruction or contamination of
the water of the south branch of Williams
River. Makes it unlawful to empty or
deposit sawdust, shavings or any other for
eign substance. For violation, d fine of not
less than 50 nor more tsan Sj0]; gen. com.
II. ia, by Mr.. Smith of st. Adams, to le-
galize the grand list and quadrennial APP
praisal of the town of st. Adams for 1890;
com. on grand list.
IL. 10, by Mr.. Moloney of Rutland, to
provide for lien on monuments placed in
cemeteries Provides that any person who
furnishes any monument or cemetery work
of any kind shall have lien on same. by
filing such lien in the town clerks office,
and shall, after period of nine months, by
giving thirty days notice in writing, and the
non-payment of the purchase price, have
the right to enter the cemetery and remove
the monumenfg; com. on manufactures.
III. 176, by Mr.. Byington of Charlotte, to
amend chap. 81 of the X. L., relating to the
town system of schools Abolishes the
school district system. The school houses of
the districts shall be appraised, and the
amount of such appraisal shall stand TO the
credit of the school district, and such
school houses shall become the property of
the town in which the district is situated.
Every town shall elect a board of three or
six directors. Said directors shall have
charge Of the public schools of the town,
and, in general, have the same power and
perform the same duties that were per-
formed by the prudential committee and
clerk of school district. They may estab-
lish graded schools The selectmen shall
annually appropriate for the use of schools
"A sum not exceeding one-half, or less than
one-fOurth, of the grand list of such towns
| com. on education.
Specidl Order.-House bill No 80 coming
| up, Mr. Thompson urged the passage of the
! measure in it's original form. If it were
amended as proposed, limiting the scope of
! the bill to county courts, the measure might
as well be killed.
Mr.. Robinson thought it dangerous inno-
walton to pass the measure giving power to
| Justices OF the peace to allow amendments
of the substance of complaints in liquor
cases.
Mr.. Darling of Chelsea spoke in favor of
IL, IL
should be left with justices as other matters
of criminal practice. Justices should have
| concurrent jurisdiction With county courts.
Mr. Boynlou of Woodstock opposed the
| proposed amendment to limit it to the
! county court. His position on the main
question would be indicated later.
Mr. Mann was in favor of the measure
unamended. The justices of the peace are
competent enough and fair enough in deal
! ing with such cases to act AS well as county
| court.
The motion to amend was lost, and the
| question came up on the passage of the bill.
! Mr.. Billiard of Underhill opposed the meas
ure. Suppose Il man has a barrel of cider
in his possession. He is charged with keep
| ing it 10 sell. He comes up for trial and has
| his witnes, es. The states attorney, when
| the evidence is all in, asks to amend the in
formation and charge the man with keeping
| his house as nuisance. He can not meet
the charge and establish his limo ence, be
cause il is an entirely different otfense
| Why should this class of offenses he made
different from any other criminal chargesi
If ii is right to apply it in those cases, why
not make it apply to all cases and offenses.
You might as well give power, when man
is charged with arson, 10 amend the indict
ment as the case is going to the jury and
charge the respondent with burglary. Ii
was an infringement of rights that should
not be allowed. 1t was giving too much
power to the courts and TO justices of tn,
peace.
Mr.. Darling answered Mr.. Billiard, claim
ing that there was prohibition in the bill
He made an argument for prohibition. AS
to the unconstitutionality he said the cry
in all reforms had been " II is unconstitu
tional." 1t was so during the late rebellion
They told us il was unconstitutional tC
stamp ont rebellion. He referred to tn,
law of 1876, which allows the court t,
amend the complaint The constitution
atty of this act has never been questioned
lie claimed that prohibit on does prohibit.
Mr. Robinson asked that when the vot,
be taken the yeas and nays be called.
Mr., Moloney said the constitution de
clared the equality of men. This measur,
created an inequality in placing mel
| plarppl with infringing the liuuOr law unOt