Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-12-02
THE SOLONS AT WORK
THE STATE LEGISLATURE RECON-
VENES AFTER A RECESS.

A Deadlock on the State Agricultural
Board Appropriaton-Anothe Govern
or's Tax-Iaws KilIed-List of Appoint
ments to state Boards.
The legislature was slow in coming to-
gether on Monday, some of the members
being unable to get through an account
of the blockade caused by Sundays biz
zard. Business was adjusted to the cir
cumstances and nothing of general
importance was done.
On Tuesday the defunct millionare's
tax-dodging bill appeared in new form.
1t was introduced by Mr.. Richardson of
st. Albans, and is much like the bill
creating state board of taxation which
the senate killed last week. The period
of contract is reduced to 20 years. The
real estate of non-residents is not in
cluded. The death of the taxpayer
would terminate the contract, making
the estate subject to the inheritance tax
law.
The house passed the appropriation
bill for the support of the government,
after amending so as to shut out all pay
ments for expenses of the board of agri-
culture.
The house killed the senate bill pro
hibiting scalping mileage tickets; also
II. 105, exempting certain property from
taxation; also H. 394, equalizing taxa
ton in the sale of real estate. The house
rejected the senate amendment to the fish
hatchery bill Increasing the appropra-
tion from $500 to $4,000 by vote of
$50 to &C.
On Wednesday there was deadlock
in the legislature which. was not
broken until an early hour yesterday
morning. 1t all arose from the senate
declining to accept the cutting out of the
appropriation for the state board of
agriculture done by the house. The
rider which the house added to the
general appropriation bill provided that
no money should be used by that board.
The senate struck ont this rider and
returned the bill to the house, which
voted to decline the senates amend
ment. Thus the matter stood until
after midnight when the house finally
reconsidered and accepted the senate's
amendment, after the bill had passed
back and forth several times. This means
that the state agricultural board will
continue part of Vermont's system of
government.
The reiuvenated tax law introduced
Tuesday was killed by the senate 10
to 10.
The governor sent the following APP
pontments to the senate which were
confirmed in that BODY:
Railroad cOmmlssioners-D. J. Foster, Bur
lington; A. f. Watson, Hartford; j. d. Miller,
WallingfOrd.
Commissioner of state taxes-D. H. Lewis,
Vergennes.
state geologist-G. II. Perkins, Burlington.
Members of state board of health-C. 5.
Caverly, Rutland; T. r. stiles, ST. Johnsbury.
Trustees of state insane asylum-W. n.
Platt, Shoreham; George ballard, Georgia.
Supervisor of insane-G. s. Foster, Putney.
Trustees of Vermont Industrial school
John f. Weeks, Salisbury; T. NJ. Deal. St
Albans.
Fish and game commissioner-Hora w.
Bailey, Newbury.
Member of board of pharmacy-A. 5.
butcher of st. Adams.
Board dental examiners-R. B. Chase of
Bethel Thomas Mound of Rutland, 5. d.
Hodge of Burlington, J. L. Cleaves of Mont
pelier, G. F. Cheney of st. Johnsbury.
County examiners of teachers-E. W.
Wright LSStA county IL t. Au'lthli lduh
lin Mrs. II. w. Marvin, Grand Isle; G. A.
Andrews, Orleans; &. II. Dunton Rutland; !;
O. ID Mathewson, Washington; II. D. Ryder,
Windham; II. Dressel Jr, Windsor; f. L..
ingalls,, Lamoille; f. f. PrIchard Orange j..
e. Allen, Chittenden; W. II. Taylor, Caledon.
Ia; J. f. Ager, Bennington; Thomas Z.
Boyce, Addison.
Supervisors, examiners, commissioners of
Normal schools: Francis A. Bagnall of st.
Albans, f. w, Pierce of Chester, W. f. How
ard of Middlebury, c. H. Stearns of Johnson,
Nelson S. Boyden of Randolph Center II. L.
Clark of Castleton.
Municipal Judges-Burlington, j. w. Rus
sell; Rutland, c. l., Howe; Montpelier, NJ. +.
Smile; Barre, w. A. BOyce; st. Albans, S. W.
Finn; Bennington, c. II Darling.
Superiutendents state house addition
Kittredge Haskin' Brattleboro; I. c. Phin-
ney, Montpelier; c. W. Brownen, Burlington.
superintendent of fire-proof vault in state
treasurers offlce-John A. Bacon, T. c. Phin
ney.