St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1890-10-16

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State Prison, Enright of Windsor; Cor
porations, Williams of Rockingham ;
Town Lines, Flint of Braintree; Mileage
and Debentures, Hill of Lunenburg;
Public Buildings. Horton of Chttenden;
Insane Phillips of Arlington; Revision of
Bills, Abel of West Haven; Joint Rules,
Davis of Danville; Library, Garfield of
Ryegate; House of Correction, Humphrey
of Poultney; Reform School, Mann of
Wilmington; Game and Fisheries, Smith
of Pittsford; State and Court Expenses,
Sherwin of Jamaica; Under Fourth Joint
Rule, Stebbins of Vernon; Special on
Temperance, Thompson of lrasburg;
| Special on immigration and Industrial
Interests Peck of Hinesburg.
In addition to these appointments Mr..
Tucker of Hardwick appears on the COM
mittee of Education; Gilman of Sutton,
on Claims; Davis of Danville, on Rail
roads; Harvey of Barnet, on Highways,
Bridges and Ferries; Messrs. Walker of
| St. Johnsbury, and Colby of Victory, on
Manufactures; Messrs. Kellogg of Con
cord, and Ranney of Kirby, on Agricul-
ture; Eastman of Groton, on Land Tax;
EMERSON of Peacham, on Grand List;
Bemis of LYNDON on General; Coe of
Burke, on Distributing; Bradley of Shelf
field, on State Prison; Daniels of Stan
nard on Corporations; Fits OF Cabot,
on Town Lines; Hill of Lunenburg, on
| Mileage and Debentures; Jackson of
| Greensboro, on the Insane; Fairbanks OF
| Newark on the Reform School.
Among the bills introduced i'll the
| House was one by Mr.. Smith of Royal
ton providing that persons taking Office
in the state shall have no expenses paid
except mileage to and from the meetings
of the legislature. Another, introduced
by Mr.. Clark of Halifax, reduces the
number of supreme court judges to five
and puts their salary at $4,000. One in
PRODUCED by Mr.. Proctor of Proctor was
for fish protection. One by MIR. Ryther
of Dover provided for taking deposits of
over $500 in savings banks, and one by
Mr.. Clark of Halifax relating to county
taxation.
Mr.. Cannon of West Rutland presented
a petition signed by a large number of
the citizens of that town asking for the
passage of weekly payment bill.
BY Mr.. Proctor of Proctor, act in
amendment in relation to the protection
of fish; by Mr.. Colby of Victory, an act
to legalize the grand list of Victory for the
year 1889 by Mr.. Brown of Whiting
ham, an act to regulate the rental al
lowed for use of telephones and fixing a
penalty for its violation.
Thursday in the House.
Among the bills introduced were these,
by Mr. Prouty of Franklin, an act in re-
1ation to double taxation; by MIR. Can
field of Ryegate, an act to suppress
lotteries; also an act providing for a
Joint committee to see that Vermont is
properly represented at the Worlds Fair;
by Mr.. Miller OF DummertsOn, an act to
encourage the occupancy OF abandoned
farms; by Mr. Kenison OF Peacham, an
act eXempting from taxation indebted
ness secured by mortgage upon real es-
tate and bearing interest not to exceed
five per centum annually, and the equal
ization of taxation; by Mr.. James of
Waterbury, an act providing for the APP
pointment of a state road engineer and
defining his duties; by Mr.. Taylor of
Cornwall, to repeal the act providing for
the appointment of q commissioner to
investigate the agricultural and manu-
featuring interests of the state; by Mr..
Blake of SwantOn, an act making the
last fifteen days of September part OF the
fishing season.
Fridays Session.
The principal business on Friday was
the introduction into the House of two
amendments to the school law.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Smith of
Topsham makes the salary of superinter-
dent of education $1,000 per annum
boards shall examine all applicants to
teach in their respective towns, and
grant certificates to teach, to such appll-
cants according to their qualifications.
Such certificate may be revoked by the
member granting it in his discretion.
Mr.. Enright of Windsor introduced a
bill to abolish the county board of edu- |
cation and establish town board of ed
ucation to be composed of a member for
IL, 10 he ffI 70 he
elected by the district; such board to
have the charge of all the schools, pro-
vide teachers in such town, and adopt |
such rules for their regulation and lnSpec- |
ton as they see fit; the districts to erect |
and keep III repair all school houses, and |
provide fixtures necessary for the schools. |
The board appoints town supervisor, |
who has nearly the same duties as the |
town superintendent under the old law;
it provides for state and town certiti- |
Gates the state certificates to be granted |
to graduates of normal schools, and to |
such as pass sufficient examination be-
fore the town supervisor in questions fur |
nished by the state superintendent for |
his examination and deciSion with evil |
dence of their character. Those who have |
town certificates are examined by the |
town supervisor on questions furnished |
by the state superintendent, and, If the |
answers are found satisfactory, such APP |
p1cants shall receive a certificate for one |
year, if of good moral character. 1t pro-
vides for state tax of eight and one-half |
per cent on the dollar, which sum shall |
be divided in two parts, one part divided |
equally to each public school in the state, |
and the other part to each town accord |
ing to the population. The town shall |
at each annual meeting, raise a tax to
support the schools in the town.
Mondays Routine.
The Monday afternoon session devel-
oped little of Importance in either house
or senate. In the house a remonstrance
against the sitting of the returned mem
Der from Barre was presented by Mr..
Templeton of Worcester. Mr.. Darling of
Chelsea introduced ian act providing for
a state school tax This bill provides
that tax of eight and one-half cents on
the dollar shall be ANNUALLY assessed on
the list of the polls and ratable estate of
the inhabitants of the state for the sup
port of the common schools.
Mr.. Darling of Chelsea introduced a
bill, referred to the committee on judi
iciary, relating to oaths to be admins
tered to an officer taking charge of jury
in criminal cause.
Joint resolution providing that no
bill authorizing any expenditure of public
money shall be introduced after october
81 and no bill involving expense to the
state shall pass to its third reading until
November 8, was ordered to lie and be
printed.
Tuesday i'm the Senate.
Bills introduced and referred included
one to make all deposits in savings
banks. savings institutions, and trust
companies taxable. Adopted a Joint
resolution from the house that so much
of the governors message as relates to
the salaries of state officers be referred to