Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-08-28

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Capitol were on level, in appropriateness,
with the others that he is now delivering
through the state. The legislature, from
the lieutenant governor to the page boy,
availed themselves of the privilege of shak-
ing hands with the President at a recep-
tion held in the executive chamber.
a final disposition of the direct tax mon
ey was made this forenoon by the dismissal
of all pending bills relating to the matter
and the adoption of a joint resolution COW
ering the amount into the state treasury
and authorizing the treasurer to use it in
meeting current obligations and general
expenses. Mr.. Sherwin of Jamaica made
strong speech for his bill apportoning
the funds to the several towns on the basis
of the grand list of 1860, which was near
the time that the tax was assessed. This
he claimed would be more just to the small
towns, which had larger proportionate
grand list then than at present, than to
place the money in the state treasury and
let the larger towns have the benefit of
their growth since the money was assessed.
The advocates of an increased school
fund are disappointed, and fear that the
money can now never be recovered and
used for school purposes.
Mr.. Marshall of Brattleboro succeeded in
having a law passed correcting some i'm
portant defects in the new ballot law. 1t
seems that while provision was made for
state, county, town, village and city cleo
tions, nothing was said in the law about
probate districts. The law prescribes that
the voter can take but one ballot with him
into the booths, whereas the intention was
to have him take one ballot of each kind.
Mr.. Marshall thinks that he has succeeded
in remedying these and other minor defects
in the law, and that it is now as near per-
feet as it can well be made.
Mr.. Marshall's bill to establish a naval
battalion to be attached to the United mill
tia was not reported from the committee on
military affairs to whom it was referred. 1t
provided for raising four companies when
ever the United States shall be ready to
furnish arms and equipments. The total
number of bills introduced in the House
was 33, of which II have become laws as
follows:
No. 2--Amends an act Incorporating the village
Of Bradford
No. 3-Amends the act incorporating the village
of Harlwick.
No. 5--An act providing better facilities for the
annexation of outlying districts to villages This
act is in the interest of a movement to take on
large addition to the village of Rutland.
No. 6-LegalZes the grand list of Bolton.
No. g-Authorizes the enlargement of burial
ground in NeWbury.
No. l2-Amends No & Of the laws of 1890 by re-
quiring selectmen to divide proceeds of state
school tax before Sept 10 Of each year
No. l3-Permts part of the grounds OF the
house Of correction to be set apart for a highway
No. lS-Appropriates $1,000 for expenses of
extra session Of Legislature. and authorizes the
state treasurer 10 borrow $4,000, if needed.
No. l9-LegaliZes the grand list Of Stamford.
No. % Permits Addison county to raise 5000
to repair the court house
No. 2i-lncOrpOTates the North CTaftSbury Wa
No. 26-Incorporates the cemetery in Norwich
No. 2-lncorporates the Pittsford Aqueduct
No. 29-Amends the new ballot law.
No. 3l-Provides grand list for Groton.
No. 32-Estahlishes maximum rates of express
companies This act prohibits express compa-
nies from charging additional rates, as is now
practiced on business wholly in this state to make
up for the tax imposed by the corporation tax
law of 1890
No. S8-Appropriates $4,000 for the worlds
fair
Ten bills were introduced in the Senate,
of which six have become laws as follows
No. l-Incorporates the Black River Railroad
company, permitting building of railroad from
Rutland railroad through Springfield TO Connecti-
cut river.
sites for public buildings
No. 3-Relates'to time of holding annual meet
ing in st. Albans village school district
No. 4--Amends act Incorporating Chittenden
County Railroad company.
No. 6-EXtends time 10 years for completion of
Rutland & Woodstock railroad.
No. l0-Amends act Incorporating village of
North Troy.
Five joint resolutions were also adopted
providing for publication of laws of this
session in pamphlet form, covering the
direct tax money into the state treasury,
and providing for the pay of clerks, mes
sengers and various state employees during
the extra session.
Mr.. Walker, of Grafton, has been hard
at work during the session in the interests
of bill, introduced at his request by Mr..
Sherwin of Jamaica, cutting down the rate
of taxation imposed by the present law on
local telegraph lines. The line from Rock
ingham to Sunderland, which Mr.. Walker
represents, is greatly burdened by the
present 10 per cent tax, but the committee
on Ways and Means refused to consider his
bill for the reason that the first entering
wedge into the corporation tax law would
be quickly followed by others.
Efforts were made in the senate to cut
down the mileage of members for this
session to ten cents per mile one way, but
were not enthusiastically received.
The members of the house were so well
pleased with this reunion, as many of them
call it, that after the session Tuesday eve
ming they voted to have another one at
their own expense during the session of the
legislature of 1892, to be arranged for and
called by committee consisting of the
present members from st. Albans, Bur
lington, Montpelier, st. Johnsbury, Rut-
land, Rockingham and Brattleboro.
Speaker Mann is conceded to have per-
formed his work WE'LL especially so consid-
ering the fact that the duties of his Office
have been much more eXacting during the
present lively session than those usually
falling to new speaker in the early part
of a regular session. X.
A Cleveland, o., concern has recently
constructed an enormous gear wheel for
use in a mine in South Africa. The gear
is 30 feet inches in diameter and 30 inch