Bennington semi-weekly banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 1894-1902, 1894-11-06
Comments on Matters Legislative,
Etc.
MONTPELIER, Noy. LIST, 1894.

MONTPELIER, Noy. LIST, 1894.
The safety valve to Waterman is out
of fix. 1t blows off at the least provaca-
ton. AS the self constituted champion
or defender of Speaker Stickney, as it
would have it appear necessary, it again
takes us in hand claiming we roasted
him." and proceeds to do us up to the
queens taste. If the readers of the
Waterman enjoy the class of notes given,
and tile strict regard for truth, as evil
denced in statement made that our name
sis only found towards the tail end of
the General committee" their desires
are easily satisfied. We give the names
of said committee in their regular order
and leave your readers t. draw their own
conclusions: Morse, Wyman, Butter
field, DelanO, Eaton, Tracy Stocker, Bart
lett, Nye, Wilson, Wyman, Soule, Vail,
Wells. We thank the Waterman for this
second evidence of their solicitation re-
specting your correspondent and would
gladly furnish list of names of our con-
stituents to whom gratuitous copy of
Oct. 9th, would show to what lengths
daily is often driven for penny liner''
copy.
We promised your readers the in
come side of the States finances from
what derived, leaving amounts blank.
First in amount comes State Tax, then
temporary loans, per cent. highway
tax, per cent. school tax, U. S. Govern
ment endOwments, County Clerks, judg
ments and balances, income agricultural
fund, foreign insurance companies fees
and lcenses) Vermont Insane Asylum,
railroad, Savings banks, ETC., making a
grand total of 81, los, 309.S3. The income
and interest arising from the Hunting
ton fund, under the provisions of act No.
230 of the legislature of 1884 entitled an
"Act relating to the disposition of the
Huntington fund.-" by the provision of
which act the Treasurer was directed to
annually apportiOn to the several towns
in the State in proportion to the number
of inhabitants in each, gives Bennington
county S7.770.23 of which sum Benning-
ton received in '04 S243.55. There is yet
in the treasury of the State, securities
belonging to the fund amounting to S4,-
600. inventoried at $3.50. The amount of
the Huntington fund, upon which inter-
est is paid, is $2l1, 13l .46, the interest on
same as divided March 18th, '94, Sl2, $780,
81. The grand list for the year 1893
amounted to 81, 100, 5l3.65, the State tax
of Is cents 1854, OF % of which our coun-
| ty received Sl4, 14S 90 and Bennington
alone $5,11637. The 5 per cent. State
school tax, same grand list, amounted to
| SSS, 025.6S. The Inspector of Finance re-
ports whole number of depOsitors in all
the Savings banks and Trust companies
in the State June Both, 1894, as 81, 239 and
deposits amounting to S27, 966, 500 46, or
average of 1903 20. The Banks and Trust
companies have paid taxes to the State
during the year over SlS5,000. The re-
ports of the State officers furnish food for
reflection and should be read by all hav-
ing the interest of the State at heart.
House bill No. 27l. to pay J. E. Man
ley the therein named. $65 for destruc-
ton of crops by wild deer in 1894,
seems quite at variance with bills intro
duced tending to protect said game, and
again demonstrates meat and poison ac-
cording to the standpoint from which
you view it. If in order to induce our
city friends to visit the State and leave
their ducats, the farmer must suffer loss
of hard earned crops, the result is ques-
tionable.
A majority of the members of the G en-
eral committee visited the electric light
plant one mile above Montpelier last
evening. A bill has been introduced and
referred to above committee, asking for
| legislation as to certificates for engi-
neers and tiremen using boilers carrying
more than 10 pounds pressure, and the
visit was to ascertain as far as possible,
information on the subject. The com
mittee were royalty entertained and en-