Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-06

The bill Tor the support OF goVetn,nonn'
ported in the house by Mr. Field
81 ringfeld WIS passed after the spp'opil
a'ion was cut down from 81 b o'oOo U
81 $50, 900 and the state tax reCuc' irou
l6 to Is per cent. Those state oihclai
who should know allege that this sum VIII
be entirely inadequate to meet the St s!
expenses for the coming two years, Oh
hundred and twenty five thousand dollars
year not enough! Wouldn't our grAhu
fathers have died Of apopl xyP :.
A hin apprcpriating $500 To- CLERK Il
the sudto . office b, came law.
A bill regulating mining and quarry
rights =.
| A bill incr anrg the pay OF jurors II
justice courts to 81 per day.
Dividing the town OF Weatherstitld into
two highway districts, the only town II
Vermont so divided.
Providing t at graduates of academies
and high schools may secure second graoe
teache. s certificates.
Author zlrg superi tendents of educa,
ton to issue circulars OF information ano
appropriating sum therefor.
Forbiddns the exposure for sale or gu,
| OF cigarettes to minors.
Providing that the state insurance com
missioners shall hereafter be paid SlOUO
per year each tor their services, all tees tl
go INTO the state treasury.
Appropriating $500 for hatchery FOL
lake fish at Swanton.
Making appropriation for support OF IN
sane poor.
Providing for the support Of the norma
schools.
To prevent the adulteration of mi k.
Appropriating $500 for expe- ses OF con
mittee app inted o promote a general OBJ
servsnce of "Old Home Week
Max ng possession OF government liq1oI
license competent" evidence ms cal Of
t"Irima lacia" evidence in prose utions.
Incr5sslng the salaries of the judges o
Yrobate in the districts Of Orleans, Chitten
den, Washir gFon and M nlbtrJ.
R ;gusing fishing thr ugh the ice.
To suppr SIS truarcy aid compel schoo
atten dance.
R gulating commitments to the stat
asylum
Providing for $500 clerk in the sdju
t mt generals office.
K l. vying a state school tax Of eight cent,
Ia relation to the bill which passed snc
was approved making appropriation Tor the
support of the normal schools it should BIT
said that an amendment wa, carried In tht
ser ate to the effect that if the owners o
these scbo lis do not give full lease OF then
schools, others hall be SO leased, that ii
the governor and board of normal schoo
commissione, are empowered to locate
the school at some oah'r point. This II
aimed at the Carleton Normal school. Thi'
schoo is the subject of scandal and hal
TT Gently been the OBI. ct of Investigation
1t is owned by the Leavenworths, the ju
nior of whom is one Of the senators from
Rutland county. He protested, and an.
otht r senator said it would result in the
closing Of the school. This will not be al
all bad thing tor the state.
As Ia, been said above many other bill.
of public azure have been approved and
countless private and incorpor alton bills.
few of importance may have been omitted
as it Is almost impossible to pick out thu
living from the dead, without access to the
official records.
Nearly all the important legi,lation pro
posed failed. OF the constitutional amend
ments only that survived which provided
for special election to fill a vacancy il
the Offices OF state senator or town repre-
sentative. Lo,k at thi, list of the dead
The local option bill. The valued policy
bill. The bill to increase state revenues
by taxation of corporations. The bill
abolishlng the railroad commission and thu
bill extending lis powers. The bill abol
ishing the Office OF .tate tax commissioner
The bill sb FISHING the board of agricul
ture. The bill creating cattle commi,
sion. The bill creating an insurance de
partment. All bill, to re-adjust tax law
and reform double taxation. All bill
making extensive changes in the schoo
laws. All bills regulating the election o.
liste rs. selectmen and highway commission
ers. The bill making an appropriation TO
the Buffalo ex' hi ion. The bill providing
for bicycl 81 lie path, along highways. Al
bills provididing tor the permanent i'm
provement Of the highways. The bill
regulating SAILS by liquor agencies. Tn
direct ref.rer DUN bill. The weekly pay
ment bill. The bill prohibiting judges o
the supreme conrt from accepting railros
passes. The bill abolishing cap tai puni.h
ment. The bill granting tax paying femal
the right 10 vote in municipal election.
The bill recognizing the supreme an
county courts. The bill regulating the il
cooperating of foreign companies. Th
oil to systemize &C 'ounting and reduc
state expenses. The bill to encourage an
promote horticulture The bill to c mmu
the death sentence OF Doherty.
| This list might be extended without lin
it, aud it is probably safe to say that
ih.y we're referred to the judgment of tn
people, eight out Of te' of them would b
cNr ed by sn overwhelming majority
Look on the list OF acts approved, an
then on III. list of the dead Then judg
your legislature IN your own minds. Br
the time tor argument is gone, and th
record cn'y remaius. The z vernon intel
posed but one veto during the session, in il
last hours. TIL referred to the paymer
OF certain claims by TIE Central Vermont
and was passed over bis head by the 3
most unanimous vote OF both hou. Is.
The appointment OF E Cushman {
Burlingoa as state tax commissioner an
OF Hon. D. Ssndtord as state highwa