Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-03
H0MES|CK
Members Had Pressing Bus
iness at Home
LEGISLATIVE ADJouRNs
Until Wednesday Afternoon.
Rush of Business.
Especial to TELEGRAM.)

Montpelier, Nov, 3.-After fixing
the laws by special act so they coul6
vote here, the members of the Genera
Assembly became homesick and ad
journed over from yesterday after.
noon till Wednesday at 2 p. m.
The total number of bills introduced
in the House is 1856 and 107 in the
Senate, which is much below the av
erage. There has also been more bills
killed to date than at any previous ses
sion in the same time.
The adjournment was not taker
without a fight and the vote was close
in the Senate.
Senator Brown of Chittenden in
troduced a bill creating an insurance
department, to be supported by the
insurance companies, instead of hav.
ing the duties performed by the sec
retary of state and state treasurer.
Judge Waterman of Brattleboro in
troduced an important bill relating tt
the duties of guardians that will
greatly improve the present system
If it becomes law.
The second taxation bill to meet its
death in the House was Fl. l25 intro
duced by Mr.. Averill Of Warren. Pro-
viding that no offsets of personal pro-
perty for debts owing to people out
side the State shall be allowed. BY
killing House bill 23S the House has
refused any closed season for minks
and muskrats.
Barber of Barre town, who is easily
the champion bill producer, put in one
to regulate creameries, and provides
how the farmers shall be paid.
The closing afternoon for bills in
the Senate was not marked by many
important bills, most of them being
of private nature. Senator Walker
introduced the last bill in the Senate
and it was the most important of the
day. 1t would abolish the supervisors
of the insane and placing the duties
of those offices on the trustees and SUI
perintendent Of the State Hospital fol-
the Insane.
The House passed the following
bills:
H, 142, authorizing selectmen OF
town of Royalton to reduce rent OF
certain school lands.
Fl, 1856, to legalize grand list of
Chittenden county.
Fl, I79, amending charter Of Essex
Junction.
II, 1856, to incorporate Newport,
Hardwick and Montpelier Railroad
Company.
H, 229, amending charter OF Stowe.
H, 24O, relating to Union Meeting
House Chelsea.
H. 173, TO legalize grand list OF
Ripton.
S. So, Repeating an act requiring
flagman at Portland street crossing,
St. Johnsbury.
H. SO, To prevent capture of fish by
booking.
H. II, Amending secs. 2025, 2o26
and 2O27, relating to taking bail out
of court.
II. sc, TO pay Elmer H. Nugent the
sum therein named.
H. 1853, To pay Tuttle Co. sum
therein named.
H. 224, Amending sec. 360l V. S.
and making it legal to put trust
money for cemetery lots in savings in
stitution.
II. 126, Relating to town treasurers.
In the Senate in the afternoon 55l
relating to ballots, was killed.
SAT relating to destruction of build.
ings by explosives was passed.
A few bills were introduced: S lO2,
laying tax on Bennington county; S
1O6, relating to probate of foreign
wills.
In the House II 149 was ordered to
third reading.
Bills were introduced: 367, by George
of St. Adams, requiring sworn state
mentS from creameries.
II 369, Dana of New Haven, abol'
ishing commissioner of taxes and ad'
ding duties to office of treasurer.
II 373, by Mr.. Mayo Of Northtield,
to increase power of railroad commits
sioners. Gives board power to order
such changes in conduct of railroads
as are of public benefit, and If the
companies fail to comply within time
fixed by commissioners they shall be
liable to penalty Of $40 per DAY fol
each days delay.