Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-23

Montpelier, Nov. 23.-There has
been little of excitement or of special
interest in the halls Of legislation
today,
SENATE-MORNING.
The senate held a short executive
session, after which the following new
bills were introduced: S l49, relat-
ing to Brattleboro Retreat; S $50, to
amend The charter of the City Of Barre.
II 1872, relating to digest of Vt. Re-
ports, was ordered to third reading,
as was also H 434, private. H 432
was ordered to lie.
S. IS to abolish capital punishment
was passed by vote Of 49, to II. Pas
sed joint resolution that the state
should not pay more for daily papers
furnished to members than other par
ties pay. S. I51 regulating sale of
drugs and medicines was introduced.
Passed joint resolution to procure a
portrait of Col. Emerson H. Liscum.
Passed S. 95 prohibiting sale of Gig
arettes to minors, S. 147 relating to
parole of prisoners.
Passed II, 45l to regulate fees of
town and city clerks. H, 25o, H, 200
to punish false swearing in courts.
The Senate Bill 35 to regulate the
holding Of caucuses and defining who
shall vote therein was next taken up
and heated discussion followed.
H, 466 public health bill ordered to
third reading.
Ordered caucus bill to lie.
HOUSE MORNING.
Killed 154 to pay D. G. Jones, 296
obliging road commissioner to build
permanent roads. H. 3l4 to equalize
the school tax by increasing the state
tax Of per cent to 10 per cent came
up and after discussion was ordered to
lie. The small towns favor the bill.
| H. 300 relating to licenses of auc'
tioneers which was recently refused a
third reading 0was reconsidered and
ordered to a third reading. This in
creases the state revenue about 81, 0oC
per year.
Killed, H 2s5, relating to instruc'
tion of pupils in other towns; H 443'
to regulate hours of labor. The vote'
on passing to a third reading the Win
ooski annexation bill, was ia to a
in favor.
The House killed the local optior
bill yesterday 40 to 90.
The Senate in the afternoon adopt
I'd Joint resolution from the House
instructing the commissioner OF take
to investigate the corporation tax law
and report to the legislature.
1t passed House bills to legallz
GRAND lists Of Mt. Holly and Swantol
slso Fl 3OS and 24O. The latter makes
provision tor the Union church o
Chelsea to repair church.
If killed the House bill to pay ped
Ter E. J. Towne $50.
sos, the cigarette bill, was recon
sidered and ordered to lie.
S /. the simple referendum bill IN
troducedby Senator Royce, was takel
m and discussed at much length D.
Senators Royce, Fuller, Ballard AM
Leland for the bill, and by Sanator
pike, Walker, Cudworth, DeBoer aga
inst It. and it was refused a thlr
reading by vote Of lS to IL. som
other business was done and the sen
ate adjourned. a, =
business in the afternoon and accom-
plished much. a., .o+ch
erv at Swanton, Il 1877, was reconsio
cred and the bill ordered to lie. -,
It passed H 4es, Incorporating I'll E,da, tn
|. Hartford Fire Ins. Co.: AL, to lnco'
I norate Williamstown Acqueduct Co.
10 a private bill; s Al, pay In Gel
tain LIQUOR cases; 2l1, limiting exemE
tions to manufacturing companies D
towns to five years; 321, to increas
the revenues of the state.
Fl 3sl, to regulate the town hque
agencies led to a red hot discussio
Kat took up over an hour 1t ",
finally dismissed by a vote OF II
The House then passed q lot OF sci
Il ate bills Of minor Importance as 10
" lows: s I, 50, 81, -, 1884, 49, H.
los, 1877, 142. -, ~,
S 1872, defining the duties OF foa
r commissioners, etc., was amenaso ~
then killed