Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-11-02
MORE REVENUE
Bill To Double Corporation
Taxes IN House
MILITARY BILL UP
Amended and Ordered to a
Third Reading
Especial to TELEGRAM.)

Montpelier, Nov. g Both house!
have passed joint resolution tt
adjourn from this afternoon tt
Wednesday and that makes this the
last day for the introduction of bills
and they are coming in in droves anc
floods.
The Senate passed the following
House bills this morning: 1856, lO4,
106, l66, none very important.
The House, with Emery IN the
chair, has passed 159. 149, 159, 179,
1856, 300, 246, 254, 27S, and has killed
l6l, 1913 and 2l5. Some are of impor
tance but not many.
Both houses are rushing business
today, as if it was the last day of the
session.
Yesterday was busy day in the
Senate. Late in the afternoon there
was lively discussion over S. 4, linn
iting time in which suits could be
brought against corporations, STAN
ton, Cudworth, Brown and others
opposed it and it was killed. ayes to
20 mays.
Senator Ballard introduced bill
making fine $500 to sell or give away
cigarettes to minors.
In the House, Hale introduced the
"act to increase revenues" 1t pro-
provides for doubling the rate Of
state tax upon all corporate property
except that OF savings banks and
trust companies. 1t raises the rate
of taxes on gross receipts of railroads
from % per cent to s per cent. The
taxation of telephone and telegraph
companies from 3 to 5 per cent.
Sleeping and palace cars tax is raised
from to 10; express companies are
increased from to per cent; steam
car and transportation companies from
2 to per cent; and the tax on build
ing and Investment companies is in.
creased from l to per cent tax on
it's property.
Norton of Tinmouth, an important
bill that no paupers shall be aided If
they have any relatives able to care
for them and compells latter to do
so.
Richardson of Peru, making state
school tax 10 instead of cents.
There was lengthy discussion in
the House over the Military bill on
the amendment making annual mus
ter instead of 10 days. The bill
was finally amended making it 7 days
and the commissions of all the
officers to be for three years and it
was ordered to the third reading by a
good majority.
The other special order, the bill al
lowing towns to elect two road
commissioners was taken up and the
bill killed in short order. The House
then devoted itself to the passing and
killing Of bills and closed one Of the
busiest days of the session.
290, by Emery Of Chelsea, will pun
ish false swearing in fire losses.
291, Babcock, Bridgewater, gives
owners Of private fish ponds right to
fish at any time.
293, Baker, Mt. Tabor, forbids sale
of trout for five years.
296, Webb, Clarendon, allows towns
to spend 25c on dollar each year for
permanent roads.
297, Churchill, Brandon, relates to
length Of fish.
3O1, Davis, Pomfret, lays a tax on
Windsor county.
3O5, Lewis, Danville, absolutely
prohibits the sale Of cigarettes to
minors.
300, Powers, Bennington, one bi-
cycle shall be taken as baggage.
NOTES.
Mr.. Bundy's bill for travelling
libraries is good one. The idea has
been tried in Rockingham and would
do great good in the small back towns.
There will be no referendum bi !
passed this session without binding
effect If a majority favor local option,
unless the pr0hibitionists pass it.
The license men don't want any such
fake measure.