Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1892-10-28
1HE LEGISLATURE.

THE LEGISLATURE.
The legislature reassembled on Mon
day, after a vacation of five days, and is
now doing business with considerable
vigor. Following is summary of what
of local or general interest it has accom-
plished:
Monday.-Three bills relating to the
administration of the law were present.
ed in the senate.
count of members in the house
showed no quorum present and an adj
journment to Tuesday was taken.
Tuesday.-In the senate several bills
were introduced, the chief one designed
to improve the militia. a joint resolu-
ton requesting the governor to convey
to President Harrison "the deep SYM
pathy of the Legislature and the people
of Vermont in his great sorrow and be-
reavement" was passed.
The house calendar was increased by
a considerable number of new bills. The
purposes of some of them are TO pre-
vent the adulteration of drugs; to ex-
tend municipal suffrage to women; pro-
viding for two scholarships, instead of
one, from each town in the normal
schools; to make divorce cases tliable
the first term after they are entered to
incorporate the Delta Epsilon society of
Middlebury college; to compel Sc
lectmen to examine highways and
bridges once month; making all high
way taxes payable in money, to be ex-
pended under the direction of the select
men to make towns procure fire-proof
safes for their public records; reducing
the amount of deposits in a savings bank
exempt from taxation from $500 to
A, Dl,,tt NF roIn tnI
a resolution requesting the cOngression-
al delegation to secure pensions for +.
O. Porte, ID. w. lIasleton and Edwin
Philips, who were sent to the front as
assistant surgeons in 1861. A bill re-
lieving from liability on the bond of
Clinton Smith, contractor for the insane
asylum at Waterbury,, Hon. w. p. Nash
of New Haven and Mr.. Joseph Battell
of Middlebury was passed.
Wednesday, Senator Proctor intro
duced bill making the assistant secre-
tary of the senate appointve by the sec
retary. Other new bills were: To i'm
prove the militia; to compel the plaintiff
to support the defendant in Jail in case
he is put there in a civil suit, and to
change the term of Imprisonment in liq-
uOr cases. The latter measure provides
that no Judge shall sentence for a longer
time than three years after person has
served one year of such sentence he shall
not be prosecuted for any prior offence;
does not prevent an officer from alleging
prior convictions.
Among the bills introduced in the
house was one by Mr.. Cannon of West
Rutland providing for the defranchse-
ment of voters who don't vote, though
such disfranchised persons may regain
their privileges a citizens on promising
the county clerk on oath that they will
attend to business and paying him 81.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Gov. and Mrs. Fuller and party, who
went to Chicago to attend the opening
of the Worlds fair, arrived back on
Tuesday. The governor is enthusiastic
over the fair, which he thinks is bound
to be IA big success.
Next week will be 'ladies'," week at
the capita
The house of representatives consists
of 24l members, of whom l9S are Re-
publicans, AZ Democrats and one Pro-
hibitionist. Two towns, ROXbury and
Coventry, are not represented. Rutland
county sends the oldest and the youngest
members. Sargent of PittsfOrd was
born in 1909 and Cannon of West Rut-
land in 1867. The entire delegation from
Addison and Lamollle counties is Re
publican. There are numerous instances
of the "favorite SON. idea, this year. as
of the whole number over half the men,
bers represent the town in which they
were born. One hundred and forty
members received only a common school
education. 30 had the benefit of an acad- |
emical course and nine are college grad |
yates; 2l5 members were born in Ver-
mont; six in New Hampshire; six in |
Massachusetts four in New York;
two in Maine; one in Connecticut; three |
in Canada; three in England and one in |
Scotland. Religiously speaking, the
house is trifle mixed, as their prefer
ences are as follows Congregational. |
78; Methodist, 80; Universalist, 25;
Baptist, II; Free Baptist, four; Episco-
pal, II; Unitarian, four; Christian, one
Presbyterian, two; Union, two; Friends,
one; Liberal, IL; Free Thinker, one
Spiritualist, two; Roman Catholic, 10;
no preference or no preference express
ed, 80. The vote by professions and
callings stands as follows: Whole nnm-
Der, 2tl necessary for a majority, l2l.
Farmers have 1872; merchants, SO; law
yers, 10; physicians, 10; lumber manu-
facturers, 10: bankers, seven; manufac-
turers, nine blacksmiths, three; clergy.
men, two; bookkeepers, three; mechan-
les, three; millefs, three; hotel-keepers,
two; tanner, one; conductor, one; Job
teamster, one; architect, one; druggist,
one, retired, tr,o; job printer, one; tax
idermst, ore; paymaster, one; livery
man ono