Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-11-03
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Business opened up with rush
Sixteen bills were introduced In the
Senate and thirty-six In the House
Petitions galore came in and joint res
olutions were numerous.
a Senate bill proposes to change the
shire town of Essex county from Guild
hall to Brighton. Another allows Sc.
lectmen to assess u tax of Is cents fol
highway repairs and 10 cents for per-
manent roads. Another proposes q
salary of S2500 for state treasurer and
S2200 for secretary of state. Gov,
Grout's recommendation bore fruit In
bills whereby courts shall not fix abso-
lute terms OF imprisonment, but name
maximum and minimum, dependent on
conduct, ETC., and to have system OF
paroles and probations and recogniz-
| ing the habitually criminal and incor-
rigibles, whom ii proposes to deal with
severely. 4
The governor has signed the bacteri-
illogical bill.
In the House, Dickey of Bradford
fathered measure to abolish the assist
ant judgeships.
Terrill of Morristown wants to have
commercial feeds analyzed and certi-
| fed to BY the experiment station.
The referendum liquor bill was pre-
sented by Delehanty of Castleton. IL
lprovides that towns shall vote on the
question of license or no license at
next March meeting and the law shall
be in accordance with the majority of
votes cast. The general provisions OF
the law are similar to the McGeary
bill.
Tupper at Bethel wants the name of
the Bethel Graded school district
changed
Owners of domestic animals who
claim damage under the sheep-hlling
act will have TO make oath 70 their
claims before selectmen if certain
bill passes.
Gordon of Grand Isle proposes to
have the testers and testing ap-
naratus of creameries and cheese
factories pass muster before the super
intendent of the State Dairy school and
take certificates.
Smith of Brandon has bill limiting
exemption to be claimed by banks on
account of investments in government
bonds to 10 per cent. of their assets.
1t allows deduction for mortgage loans
in Vermont placed at IL per cent
semi-annually.
Butler of Jamaica must have laid
awake nights to devise his bill 20 re-
imburse towns burdened by debt re-
sulting from aid extended to railroads
to draw back from the state what would
have been realized by taxing the raii-
road property in the town to the value
of the aid extended.
A great division of opinion seems to
exist in. Berlin as to the proposed an
nexation of Berlin Side to Montpelier
Petitions come in for and against with
counter petitions to match,
The Senate judiciary committee re-
ported substitute bill for the one to
put woman on the state boards. The
substitute provides that there shall be
two physicians and a woman on the
board of visitors for the insane asylum
and one woman for the state prison
board.
The House put in good afternoons
work. Among bills introduced was
one requiring town liquor agents to
make BUYERS of "wet goods sign a
record book; one permitting peddlers
to handle wares manufactured in this
state without license; one forbidding
co-insurance; one extending municipal
suffrage to tax-paying females; one
permitting the use Of convict labor on
HIGHWAYS when towns apply. towns to
nav convict rates; one compelling the
nse Of free text books in private OF