Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-10-31
Bill to That End introduced This Morning by Senator Royce
Of Franklin
LOCAL OPTION TOMORROW
A Big Flood Of Bills in Both Houses This Morning Bot
Little Done Aside From That
Especial to TELEGRAM.)


Montpelier, Oct. S1.-The House
was very quiet this morning and be-
yond the introduction of numerous
bills nothing of Importance was done.
Many of the members will go home
to vote Tuesday, and the prospects
are that the House will adjourn from
Friday to Wednesday.
The official local option, referendum
bill will be introduced tomorrow in
the House by Houghton of Putney,
and in the Senate by Clement of Rut-
land. 1t will be very long carefully
prepared measure, and the best in
that line ever brought before the leg
islature.
The Senate was also quiet this
morning and only in session a few
minutes. The committees are all
hard at work on the bills, SO no time
is lost.
Senator Royce introduced bill
abolshing capital punishment and
the SUBJECTS likely to be thoroughly
discussed. Many favor the idea.
The Senate passed two private
bills, II l04 allowing Ludlow to own
an electric plant and H 166 to amend
the charter of Fair Haven.
Senator Baldwin OF Orleans intro
duced a proposal Of amendment to the
constitution that after 1904 same can
be amended at any session, submitted
to next session, and then to people.
This is what Gov. Stickney reco-
mended.
The bill enabling the Rutland Rail-
road company to consolidate its vari'
GUS properties into one corporation
has been signed by Gov. Stickney to-
day. Under this charter the Ben
nington and Rutland, the Rutland
Canadian, the Addison, Ogdensburg
and Lake Champlain, and the Rnt-
land and Noyan Railroad companies
will be consolidated with the Rutland
railroad under the corporate name Of
the Rutland Railrood company.
The following were the more i'm
portant bills introduced late yester-
day afternoon. In the House:
233, White, Rutland, for cycle paths
by road side.
23S, Morgan, Salisbury, protecting
mink and muskrats.
24O, Emery, Chelsea, to enable pew
owners Congregational church to do
certain things.
In the Senate, S. 81 to legalize list
of St. Johnsbury.
S. SO to enable St. Albans to bond.
Beckett, Wllliamstown, for the cor
rection of the town records.
Miller, Burlington, reducing tine Pc
riod from ten to five years that manu-
featuring plants may be exempted
from taxation.
Harrington, Shelburne,. repeating
the law for closed season for pickerel
in Shelburne pond.
Hodges, Ripton, increasing the pay
of jurors in Justices courts from so
cents to $l.0O per day.
Northrop, Fairfield, providing for
the division Of towns into highway
districts and the election of high
way surveyor for each district.
Bruce, Sharon, making Standing
pond of Sharon private fishing pre-
serve.
Hammond, West Windsor, provid-
ing for the payment of damages for
using small wheeled vehicles on the
public highway.
Porter, Wilmington, making the
closed season for trout from Aug. to
May l.
Fullam, Ludlow, repeating the six
inch trout law and making the open
season May to Aug. l.
Burt, Stowe, amending the charter
of the village Of Stowe.
Taylor, Hardwick, provides for uni
formity of records in town clerks Of
fees