Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-11-15
TUESDAYS D0INGS.
BUSINESS HUSTLED IN BOTH
LEGISLATIVE HOUSES.

10 lnlrd Reading. .-sMtlItdry Bill
Law and Officers Elected. --Inter-
esting Hearings on Tax and License
Bills.
Tuesday was the busiest day thus far.
An immense amount OF work was done,
especially by the House.
The military reorganization bill beclme
a law and at joint assembly Gen. W. H..
Gilmore OF Fairlee was elected adjutant-
inspector and quartermsster- general and
Hamilton 5. Peck OF Burlington judge ad-
voeate- general, he latter over j. j. Mon
ahap, Democrat.
The differences between the houses over
the state laboratory bill were harmonized.
The salaries OF the officials are fixed by
law and not left to the state board of
health. The sanitary inspector is done
away with.
The Senate passed the House bill to
pay expenses OF sickness OF soldiers In
Spanish war. 1t ordered to third reading
the bill repeating the act permitting
towns to close their agencies, also the bill
to prevent hooking fish when they have
not taken bait.
A new Senate bill appropriated 50, 500
/ for additional accommodations for the
State Industrial school and one bill re-
quires town road commissioners to report
10 the state commissioner before Sept IS
Towns that fail TO do so can't get their
highway money. Town commissioners
are subject to s10 fine IL they do not at
/ tend at least one county meeting esch
year. Selectmen shall assess at least 15c.
for hig hway reuairs and &c. for permanent
work. This bill is in line with State Com
missioner Wallis recommendations.
The sensation OF the session was the
triumph OF the weekly payment bill in
the House. The bill was adversely re-
| ported and nobody supposed 1t bad the
ghost OF a show, but Bundy OF st. Johns
bury, who was elected. on that issue and
introduced the bill, sprang to its defence
and friends for IL turned up all around.
There was considerable opposition and
very hot debate ensued, but the yea and
nay vote resulted, yeas 1853, nays IS, and
the bill was ordered 20 third reading. IL
still has hard road to travel, but Bundy
is happy.
A number OF license petitions and few
for prohibition came in. The bill ex-
empting social corporations from paying
the charter fee was killed.
II was great dav for slaughter In the
House. In all p bills were killed, among
them one relating TO registration OF
births; iorbidding shooting over enclosed
grounds; regulating enclosing OF unoccu-
pied lands; permitting "alien" clergy.
men to perform marriage ceremony by
aries; giving persons the right to Kill
vicious dogs; relating to lien on house.
hold goods for rent; to change name OF
Slayton Melvin Pike.
Third reading ordered-To give power
TO overseers to compel psupers to reside
within towns providing for their support;
relating to guarding openings in ice or
bridges; amending statutes relating to
practice OF medicine, granting certificates
TO physicians; giving physicians right
to quarantine infectious diseases; max
ing women eligible to office OF trustee OF
public libraries; amending statutes relat-
ing to collection OF taxes bv trustee pro-
cess; relating to use OF steam vehicles on
highways; to pay publishers for circulat-
ing laws OF '9s; providing for travelling
libraries; relating to time when polls shall
be opened in municipal elections; to pro-
hibit destruction by explosives; amend
ing statutes relating to dog licenses; re-
lating to interest OF husband in estate OF
deceased wife.
The House concurred in the Senate
Joint resolution authorizing the commit
tees on education to investigate normal
schools.
Among new bills was one to abolish the
fish and game commission.
Bill passed-Laying a tax on Windsor
county.
The weekly payment Dill was tremen-
dous surprise TO everybody.
The weekly payment bill passed the
House yesterday. The chances are
against II in the Senate.
Mr.. Mcintyre OF Randolph did grea
work on the floor yesterday. He saved
the automobile bill from an untimely and
undesetved death and his speech in favor
OF the bicycle sidepath bill resurrected II
after II had once been overwhelmingly
killed. People are beginning to inquire,
"Who Is that large, white haired man |
.hst talks 50 sensibly G'
Several interesting hearings have been |
held this week. Bro. Bigelow's bill to
increase the corporation taxes met with
stout opposition from the corporate inter- |
es,s All the railroads were represented. |
They made out a very "poor" cause for
is, they claimed to De so
bad of that they could not stand the |
raise. Figures were thrown Pbout most
recklessly and the committee could not
b. blamed II they we're badly "phased."
The hearing on the local option bill came
off Tuesday evening. Representatives
hall was filed. Tue prohibition people |
had ii all their way, nobody speaking Tor
the bill. Attorney Robb of Bellows Falls,
Rev. Hunt OF st. Johnsbury and Rev.
Howard OF Highgate dealt II huge
thWacks. More later.
Energy sll gomez HeadscheG stomach
ont of orCer2 Simply a case OF torpid