Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1892-10-21

plant made seems Just one: but no one
seems to know how TO fix the mattor or
whether the legislature has the rirbt to
take any action.
Gov. Page. in his retiring mns.o,o f.,
alludng to the CORPORATION tax law malos
the statement that the receipts for tLo
year 1891. the first wear Of operation of tbo
new law. exceed bv about 81. 600 or abort
1G per cent. the receipts for the last ,oa,
of operation of the Old law This :. ,ort-
ly accounted for by the increased nrosnori-
ty Of the savings banks. but is in q great
measure due to the widepcd sco,e of tho
new law. which brings into line vitbopt
imposing heavy burdens. many sources of
revenue omitted from the old law. Those
who were knowing to the importan, sor,-
ice rendered the committee on WAYS and
means of 1890, in the preraration Of the
new law, by Mr.. Martin of Brattleboro
were very greatly surprised that he was not
the one appointed to first admiuist.r IL
There is a strong sentiment here in favor
of his appointment as tax commissioner
this year The Wndham county members
have already signed a request that Gov.
Fuller carry this sentiment into effect.
The committee on highways and bridges
are investigating the feasibility of law
providing for state road tax. 1t is claimed
that the larger towns of the state are pay
ing much lighter tax for support of their
roads than the smaller towns and that this
is not just Our state is becoming more
and more popular summer resort, and it
is for the interest of all that our mountain
roads be kept in good order The trade
centres that are now sapping the back
towns ought certainly to help keep the
highways leading out from their borders.
These and other claims will be advanced
to secure some plan whereby the poorer
towns can be benefited.
There doesn't seem to be the usual num-
ber of members cunning for the savings
banks this year. With the exception of
Mr. Robinson's bill, providing that no dis
elimination be made in favor of the large
banks in the matter of license tax, nothing
as yet has come to the surface, except some
outside talk that each bank should be re-
quired to furnish the listers of each town
a complete statement of the amount of de-
posts of each depositor from that town.
| The license tax referred to cannot exceed
| $50 under the present law. Under Mr.
! Robin9on's bill one or two OF the larger
banks would pay about $3.50.
Both the senate and house have seemed
inclined to go slow thus far, but they did
up one piece of work today in short order.
The member from burlington came to the
state house this morning with the state
ment that the city council of that city
wished to appropriate $500 for Columbus
day celebration, but had doubts of their
right to do so under existing law. A bill
was prepared, put through the various
stages in the house under suspension of
rules, underwent the same process in the
senate, and was ready for the governor 5
signature before noon Gov. Fuller was
far on his way toward Chicago, and the fate
of the Burlington celebration seemed to be
in doubt till some one happened to think
that we had lieutenant governor. This
officer signs nearly all the bills as president
of the senate, but the records will need be
searched a long way back to find a previ-
GUS case where his signature has given the
final effect.
The election of United States senator
has been, of course, the event of the week
The vote given Senator Proctor in the