Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-11-24
STATE TAX OF 20 CENTS.
WAYS AND MEANS COMMIT TEE so
RECOMMENDS.
Senate Passes tho Bill Postponing tho Ma
tional Guard Reorganization Two
Years and Abolishing the Ofice OF
Adjutant and Inspector Gener-
al For that Period.
(From Our Stan Correspondent)

final adjournment has been the most IN
teresting and perpleXing one to-day ana
II is not yet decided when adjournment
will occur. the House making that sub
feet special order for 1880 tomorrow
morning. The Senate has voted for final
adjournment on Wednesday morning. Tho
business began In the House early this
morning, when Mr.. Hale OF Lunenburgh
moved that the House suspend RUE
No. ?s. requiring the third reading Of all
public bills. The matter was discussed
and vote called for which was so close
that the chair could not decide. Before
any declaration was made MIR. Hale OK
planned the necessity OF tho suspension or
this rule II adjournment was to be taken
Wednesday morning Mr.. Swasey OF Barre
speaking against the resolution, expressed
the hone that the Legislature would not
adjourn on Wednesday and n motion was
made making il n special order this after
noon at 205 O'Clock. Before adjournment
this morning Speaker Ilaskins took occa-
siou to say that there is still much very
importtat business to he done but that
IL the Legislature does not adjourn it Will
Ne damned. II il hnstens through the bus
in,ss in too hurried n way and adjourn }
before Thanksgiving 1t would he damn.
ed. III we hurry through this business
without due consideration and We get
home and read what We havo done we
shall damn ourselves. prefer to he damn
s'lf for work Improperly done"
The House this morning passed Senate
hill No. A.. an act prohibiting tho killing
cf deer, moose or caribou. 1t had been
amended, making an open season tho last
ten days Of October and limiting the num-
her Of deer any person can kill to one.
The act also makes it legal to shoot any
dogs kept for the purpose OF running deer.
House bill No. ri was taken w this
morning and the vote upon II was some
thing Of a surprise. Tho bill as introduced
raised the State school tax from fv" to
ten cents on the dollar hut IL was amended
ly Mr.. Campbell OF Albany. making the
tax seven and a half cents and then or
dered to n third reading. Mr. Bond of
SearsburE was the champion Of the bill
and though II was reported adversely by
the committee, he WIS victorious. How
ever this victory will nc shortlvcd as the
Senate will not allow such a bill to pass.
As soon as the House was called to or
der this afternoon Nj Emery of Chelsea
offered "A resolution that when the House
adjourn on Wednesday IL be until Mon
day afternoon at . O'Clock, November 2S
This was the result Of considerable cam
VasSnE during the neon, recess and to SEQ
whether the adoption Of Mr.. 1ale's reso-
lution would be necessary. This rcsolu-
tiun was favored on tho ground that il
WIS better 10 do all that has 10 be done
well than to conform TO an unwr,ttcp law.
During the debate Mr.. Carpenter OF ltut-
land asked for the opinion of the 81 akcr.
Mr.. HaskinS said in effect that there was
considerable important. business Yet TO lie
done and he was opposed to having il
done hastily. During the forenoon the
speaker had announced that there were
sim 10 House bills and IL Senate bills in
the hands OF the House committees and
urged prompt consideration of the same
The Speakers in favor of the resolution
for adjourning until next Monday were
McSsTs. Emery of Chelsea, Pecl of Corn
vail, Svasey Of Barre, kinslcy of Lowell
and Williams of Bloomfield. The rcsolu-
ton was opposed 10y MCssrs DiCkcy Of
Bradford and Abel of West Haven, tho
latter calling for the yeas and nays Mr..
Hisbee Of Proctor moved that it lie and
be made a special order tomorrow at 1880
o'clock. Mr.. lisle's resolution was adopt
ed by rising vote. Mr.. Bond of Sears
bury being the only man to rise in oppose
ton To it, Mr.. Bond evidaltly expected
considerable company in his vote but
when he perceived he was alone he drop
ped into his chair so quickly that had
no whistlcd those members well acquaint-
ed with national history might have
thought they had a woodchuck freed near
by.
Gov. Smith has vetoed a bill He hated
to hut so careless had tho Solons of wide
legislative experience been that he could
not avoid it, II was House bill No. 405
entitled an Act to pay Edward HAYES
the sum therein named" 1t seems that
tho bill was introduced, considered by the
committee, reported favorably read
three times and passed by the House
sent to tho Senate, where the above treat
ment was duplicated and revised by the
revision committee serving at an extra
expense OF 50 per diem, and furnished "A
clerk at State expense and sent to the
governor without the name of anybody to
h.
be paid. Strange as it may appear, the
House wanted to reconsider this vote hut
they simply sustained tho governor in his
veto and the committee on claims have
tried again by introducing new bill.
The committee on ways and means re-
ported bill this afternoon levyng a
State tax Of % cents on the dollar OF tho
grand list for the year 1899 for the ben-
NAL term of lG@-l900. When it is under
stood that even with this tax the deAci-
ehcy OF S5So,"o cannot he paid, 1t is safe
TO predict that the tax will be no less
than recommended by the committee
Another bill, introduced by Mr. Rich
ardson OF St Adams in behalf of the COM
mittee on ways and means, was House
bill No sol, making appropriations for the
different branches of State government.
IT makes the following appropriations:
$4,000 Tor debentures of Assembly $3.50 600
for rscal year of 1898: s425, 900 for lSos-
1900; $4,000 for period from end of fiscal
year of 1900 to Dec, !. 1900: $50 900 for in
terest on State bonds and debts; $4,000
for each fiscal year and $4,000 for frac-
tional period above stated for support of
penal institutions and State pauper in
sane: treasurer authorized to borrow $3.50 =
ooo as needed; repeals acts of sc authoriz-
ing treasurer to borrow.
1t seems to be definitely settled now that
the State will have no National Guard or
adJutant and inspector general for the
next two years, The bill effecting this.
Senate bill No. l73, was ordered to a third
reading and passed without an opposing
vote. The bill was amended by making
the salary of the Quartermaster general
$500 and allowing him $500 for clerk hire.
1t is likely to become law, as the senti-
ment Of the House seems to be strongly
in favor of the bill.
The bill requiring the most time this
afternoon was the bill annexing Montpel-
Ter TO a part of Berlin, or vice versa,
which was ordered to n third reading by
unanimous vote. Probably no commit
tee has worked harder or spent more time
on one measure than the special commit
tee to which this subject was referred
and II must be very satisfactory to them
TO have their unanimous report unani-
mously adopted by the House.
The amended bill making appropriations
for the Soldiers Home was taken up as a
special order this afternoon and passed
Instead of appropriating a specific sum
the bill now Fequires the superintendent
To make an e<umate of expenses for each
month whchSmust be approved by the