Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1898-10-14
THE WEEKLY GRIST.
GROUND OUT BY THE LEGISLATURE
AT MONTPELIER.

duced-Congress to I,e Petitioned to Make
Dewey an Admiral-some Appropriation
Bills Filed.
At Mondays meeting of the state leg
islature the senate did nothing of import
ance to the state at large but adjourn
after an hours sitting The house start
ed a couple of seat contests, and the
committees were announced by Speaker
Haskins. These committees will be
found on another page of this issue of
the REGISTER.
The public health, highways, public
money investments, the quadTennial ap-
praisal, and the amendments to existing
statutes are the themes on which the l3
bills introduced on Tuesday are based.
Senator Steele of Windsor got the first
bill into the senate, and Mr.. Ballard of
Georgia started the ball rolling in the
the house. All this legislation was ini-
tiated, and quite few matters of routine
were disposed of in both houses within
the hour and half that constituted the
days session.
The proposition to establish an insur-
ance department, entirely separate from
the state treasurer's Office or that of the
secretary of state, and with commits
sioner at its head. is meeting with consid-
cradle favor among the legislators.
A bill in behalf of the stars and stripes
is to be introduced, and if it passes and
gets the governors approval the man or
concern that uses the United States flag
for advertising purposes in Vermont will
get into trouble. This bill is similar to
one introduced into the national congress
and has made a successful run in several
state legislatures.
The public health bill introduced in the
house provides for the establishment Of
a meteorological station in connection
with the state board of health. This
means that the excellent work already
done by DIR. j. IL. Linsley at Burlington,
under the direction of the board, is to be
enlarged and given the wide field of use
fulness it deserves. The desirability of
this sort or service has been proved be-
yond a doubt and its value in the pre-
vention of the spread of contagious dis.
eases is unquestioned.
On Wednesday thirteen bills were in
troduced In the house and three in the
senate, the later including bill relating
to the pay of the deceased soldiers In the
Spanish war, another providing for-the
continuation of the state normal schools
at Randolph, johnson and Casteton un-
til August 1920. Senator Partridge of
Rutland introduced a resolution asking
congress to appoint Dewey as admiral.
A Joint resolution providing for an ad-
iournment from Thursday noon until
Monday noon passed the senate.
One of the house bills provides that
the state give to each town that provides
one per cent of its grand list toward
supporting a free library, the sum OF
800. Another provides an appropriation
of So, 900 for the soldiers home at Ben
nington. Another provides for an an.
nual appropriation of $4,000 to the state
beneficiaries. Another provides for abol
ishing the open deer season in Vermont
Another changes the dates of the oper
trout season, making it from May 10 tC
Aug. l.
The house and senate were in session
half an hour Wednesday afternoon. Ii
the house several bills were introduces
of minor Importance, one of them TO
taxing bicycles. In the senate thre
bills were introduced. One of them doe
away with the certificate from tn
county Judge to the states attorney Il
connection with his salary. 1t was in
troduced by Rutland county senator
Another Vermont Centenarian.
There is probably no person in Chit
tenden county to whom the da wning O
this morning brings a more notable da
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