Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1900-11-16


with the Committees Mr.. POrter's VAL
ued Policy Law.
MONTPELIER, Nov. 10.
Today has been one of the most i'm
portant in the annals of the legislature this
year and the amount of work done has
been large. Today the weekly payment bill
has been ordered to third reading in the
house by a vote of more than two to one,
the military reorganization bill has passed
both houses and been signed by the gov
ernOr, the election of the state military
officers has taken place, the much amend
ed state laboratory bill has managed to es-
cape the veto of the two houses and is in
the hands of the governor; demands have
been made on the state for large sums of
money to be expended in connection with
the Retreat at Brattleboro and the asylum
at Waterbury, and many matters of lesser
interest have been considered.
The weekly payment bill, in spite of
strong opposition, had surprisingly easy
time. The bill was introduced by Mr..
Bundy If st. Johnsbury and was identical
with the bill for which Hon. w. P. Stat
ford worked for so energetically in the leg
islature in 1892. The bill was reported
unfavorably by the committee on corpora
tions but was championed on the floor of
the house by Mr.. Bundy, Mr.. Porter Of
Wilmington, Mr.. Smith of Halifax, Mr..
Stewart of Bakersfield and others and was
ordered to third reading by vote of 1853
TO 88.
The military reorganization bill as it
finally went to the governor contains the
clause limiting the commissions of all COM
pany and regimental officers to three years,
does away with the brigade organization,
cOnsolldstes the Office of adjutant and in
spector general and quartermaster general,
and re- organizes the Vermont regiment to
conform with the United States army regu-
lations.
After the bill was passed in concurrence
in the house at 2:S0 it was hurried at once
to the governor, who signed the bill 10
minutes later and at o'clock the joint as
sembly convened to elect the state military
officers. For adjutant and inspector gen.
eral Mr.. Emery Of Chelsea nominated Gen.
W. II. Gilmore of Fairlee and he was unani-
mOusly elected. For judge advocate gen.
eral T. s. Peck of Burlington was nomi-
mated by Senator Brown and j. j. Mona
han of Underhill was named by John W.
Currier of Troy. The ballot showed 1888
for Peck and "a for Monahan.
The state laboratory bill had to go through
= committee of conference before it was
finally accepted by the two houses. The
committee did not change the provisions of
the bill except In some minor particulars.
II carries an annual appropriation of &c.
600 year and fixes the salary of the direc-
TOR at not more than $4,000 per year.
The committee on insane reported today
70 both houses relative to their recent visit
70 the Retreat at Brattleboro and the asy-
lum at Waterbury. They declared that
they found things in first class shape at
both places, except that the institution at
Waterbury is badly overcrowded. The
committee recommended the expenditure
of $4,000 at Brattleboro and S23, SOL at
Waterbury. The items at Brattleboro are
$4,000 for a laboratory and $4,000 for i'm
provement of the sanitary condition of GER
tain wards. The items at Waterbury are
$4,000 for nurses home and $559l for
repairs and to pay bills already incurred.
Immediately following the asylum addi-
tiOn proposal, bill was introduced In the
senate by the committee on the industrial
school TO appropriate $500 for a new
building at the school at Vergennes.
Interesting features at Montpelier this
week are the hearings on the high license