Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-11-08

Senate passed the bill naming heay.
penalty for destroying buildings, dam
and reservoirs by use OF explosives.
An act permitting use OF locomotives OF
highways passed the Senate.
Bills providing that the boards OF al
the state institutions shall each contain
one woman member came in both houses
also one in the Senate to abolish board o.
supervisors OF insane, its duties TO de-
volVe on superintendent and trustees o.
the asylum.
The House bill forbidding fishing
through the ice was killed in the Senate
In the House, among new bills was one
requiring that wages be paid in currency
when desired; one forbiddiDg the issu-
ance to judges OF passes by railroad COM
panies; one abolishipg all offsets for debts
owing; one requiring physicians to pass
examinations before board OF censors be-
fore being admitted to practice instead OF
being admitted on diploma only; one for
| bidding use OF rife on lands used for pas
turage during pasturing season; one abol-
| ishing state board OF agriculture; one
/ making 80 weeks of school school year
one by Mr.. Huntington of Rochester
amending charter of Rutland * Montpel-
| Ter h. R. Co. so that it shall lapse IL not
/ built within certain time; one making
state liable for damage done by protected
game; one forbidding the ''embslming'
OF milk; one providing for "kennel Ii
cense' OF s25 for dog fanciers; one TO re-
peal the act regulating sale of concen-
trated feed; one repeating provision re-
curing creameres to pay patrons on the
basis of butter made; one forbiddiDg
shipping OF old stock in cars with young
stock; one requiring veterans who draw
pensions OF S12 or over or have FOO worth
OF taxable property to pay poll tax; one
changing time for licensing dogs to May
LIST, with extension to June list and reduce
ing fee for spayed females to 81; one re-
quiring creameries to pay on basis of but
ter fat; one abolishing Office OF tax COM
missioner, transferring his duties to Sec
rotary OF state and allowing the latter $500
extra; one increasing powers OF railroad
commission so that 1t shall have authority
to direct companies in matters OF public
concern and to enforce its directions by
law; one requiring selectmen to inyesti-
gate causes OF fires and report to town
clerk, who shall transmit records to in
suranee commissioners; one appropriate
ing 5000 TO mark position of Vermont
troops at Antietam; one granting state
pnv of 81 per month to Vermont soldiers
in Philippine service; two or three bills
forbidding sale OF cigarettes; one relating
to conduct OF town liquor agencies, pro
viding that boards OF civil authority shall |
appoint, instead OF county comm issioneTs
and Tightening the restrictions about
agency sales and fixing penalty for 'queer- |
nessn by selectmen in purchase of liquor; |
one relating to adjustment OF losses caus- |
ed by dogs which takes away all rights OF /
to fix damage; one limiting ex-
penditure to $40 per term which directors |
shall pay for instruction of advanced |
pupils.
The bill to provide a more certain in.
come for Chelsea academy has been APP
proved by the governor.
Among bills killed was one to regulate
practice OF embslming; one allowing no
offsets for debts owing without state; one
requiring owners OF adjoining real estate
TO remove brush from highways.
OF bills passed by the House was one to
allow reduction OF rents on school lands
In Royalton; incorporating Newport,
Hardwick Il Montpelier r. X. Co.; re-
lating to Union meeting house, Chelsea;
requiring imitation butter TO be labelled;
TO pay expenses OF sick soldiers OF Spsn-
lsh war; and the Senate bill relating to
endowment OF free hospital beds was con-
CURED I'M one to prevent capture OF fish
by hooking when they don't bite.
Bills were ordered to third reading as
persons liable for dam
age to highways caused by claiming
wheels or using poor shoes; fixing fine
Tor fishing in posted waters same az pri-
Vate preserves; empowering directors to
The bill providing for voting by MEM
)ers at the state house passed both houses,
)ut the adjournment over until Wednes-
lay rendered 1t useless.
NOTES.
Mr.. Foote OF Cornwall raised laugh by
presenting a petition praying for the pro-
ection OF skunks. And ii was really a
erious thing, too.
A bill is in to prevent 'embalming"
milk, that is, treating it chemically so as
o preserve it. Why not one to prevent
'embalming" eggs? Every victim of a
house would vote for IL.
The license men took home with them
blanks for petitions favoring II 279 and /
he joint committee on temperance will
hortly be flooded with a counterfeit
o the innumerable "dry" petitions.
Messrs. Northrop OF Fairfield and Bar ,
'er OF Barre Town we're the greatest bill
ncubators. Things are in a dreadful !
tate, to judge from the schemes and re-
orms proposed by these worthy gentle q
men. 7
One bill forbids shooting deer with
lorns less than three inches long. That S
Sould mean that hunters would have TO Z
atch deer and measure their horns before I
hey could shoot them, or else have their
runs fitted with a rapid-fire telemeter
hat would measure Instantly at great :.
distance.
The committee on town lines heard the
natter of annexing the Thayer brook
district of Braintree to Randolph last z
Thursday evening, Several of the petit
toners from this district gave reasons for I
iesifing the annexation and a number y
rom Randolph and Braintree explained =
low 1t would be undesirable from their {
Doint OF view. II appeared that the dis
rict has about 60 inhabitants, 20 Of whom Z
ire voters. Its grand list is a little less
han 300. Ii mas one school, whose
building is in need OF some repairs. Ii
las about ia miles of highways besides
me long pent-rosd, The highway is in
rood shape. There are two bridges be-
ween 20 and 80 feet long, 20 stone and is
blank culyerts. 1t appeared that the Sec ,
ion was at best only seli-supporting
lnder Braintree's high tax rate and that
lnder Randolph's much lower rate il
would be something OF a burden to the ,
after town. It would be a convenience
% the voters OF this district, who could
vote where they do all their trading, but
his would be all the benefit they would
receive, except in lower taxes, which lat.
er would be made up by Randolph. The
OF the town Is such that the