Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-11-28

of the peace; laying tax on Wind
ham county; to enable towns to issue
bonds for highway purposes; to pay
constables for attending freemans
meetings.; to encourage the improve
ment of unoccupied land; relating to
the PRONUNCIATION Of the laws; relat-
ing to taxation of telegraph compa-
MES; to provide fire escapes for no.
tells and other buildings; relation to
taxation; relation to highways in
unorganized towns and cores; to raise
State tax.
The State treasurer estimates that
the expense of running the State for
the next two years at 81 ,279,O The
resources with the State tax of Is
cents will be 1,O12, 1895. In figuring
up the expenses for the next two years
this session of the general assembly is
recorded as costing $50, 900. The ap-
preparations made by this Legislature
are for the Worlds Fair, 1850, bal
ance Of the last Worlds Fair sppro'
priation $4,000 University of Vermont
$4,000, Middlebury college, $4,000;
Soldiers home 5000; House of Cor
rection, $1,000; Insane asylum, $780,
600; Reform school, $4,000; Normal
schools, $4,000; Norwich university
$4,000; Fish hatchery, $4,000; Revision
of laws SIT 900; estimated small ap-
preparations $4,000.
The House passed bills providing of
a State tax of Is cents; providing for
the support of government in this bill,
900 is appropriated for 1892 and
'93 to pay the Lieut. Governor, the
Senate and House and contingent ex-
penses Of the General Assembly; $685.
900 is appropriated for the years 1892
and 93' and $500, 900 for the years 1872
and '94; to pay the demands allowed
by the auditor of acc'ts; $50 900 is ap-
propriated to pay the interest on the
States debt for the next two years;
$50, 900 year is appropriated for each
year for the support of the penal in
situations and the treasurer is authori-
zed to borrow $500, 900 to defray the
expenses of the government. Other
bills passed were to tax collateral in
heritances; relating to unknown de-
posts in savings banks; compilation
of the laws on public instruction.;
salary of inspector of finance; credits
to collectors of taxes.
The new highway law passed the
senate and became a law. 1t is one
of the most important measures of
the session. The entire charge of the
in each town is placed in the
hands of a road commissioner, to be
elected by ballot. Selectmen are in
eligible to election for this office. Each |
town must raise 20 per cent high |
way tax; rs per cent Of this must be |
expended before the 18th of August |
in each year, and the balance as re-
quired. Bridges of more than four
feet span are in charge of the select
men, and must be built and cared efor
out of a separate tax or fund from
the highway money. five per cent
state tax must be levied, and paid
into the state treasury. The select
men must measure all the highways
in each year, and lodge a sworn GER
tificate of their length in the Office of
the secretary of state, and the state
highway money is then to be divided
to the towns on the basis of the pro-
portion which the number of miles of
in each town bears to the to-
tai mileage of the state.
The most important change is that
providing for the arrangement of the
of each party in columns
by themselves. Over the top of each,
and under the party designation, is to
be placed square enclosing blank
space of not less than one-half inch,
and the voter who wants to vote a
straight party ticket does so by max
ing a cross in this square. But he may
vote for Individual names on any tick
cts by making cross against the
names of each.
Other measures of leading public
may be thus summarized:
The law for the formation of corpora
ions by voluntary association was en-
,irely recast. Provision was made to
revise the statutes of the state. The
work is to be done by a commission
If three to be appointed by the COVER
nor, who are to make report of their
work to the legislature of 1894. Here
after the polls of all old soldiers who
have no property are to be exempt
rom taxation, if they make request
20 the listers to this effect. The town
clerk of each town is made a member
If the board of civil authority. The