St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1902-11-05
Mr.. Bundy's Bill.

sentative Bundy bill to reduce stat'
expenses, stop 100000 of waste anc
provide good roads"
By this act Mr.. Bundy proposes The
wiping out of various boards and com
missions and in fact general turnover
in the business methods now in vogue ii
several divisions of the states govern
ment.
Section l provides that the board o.
supervisors of the insane, the board o.
trustees Tor the Vermont state hospital
of insane, tie board 0 visitors, the board
OF prison commissioners, the board Of
directors OF state prison and house Q!
correction, and he board of trustees Of
the state industrial school shall be con-
sohdated into one state board OF lunacy,
charity and penal affairs, consisting OF
three members chosen by the governor
and senate. They shall be appointed Tor
terms of two, four aud six years and at
least one OF the members must be a
Skill cd physician. The duties OF the
board are described and the act provides
that each shall be paid So per diem and
/
Tht board Of normal school directors
is abO ished aud its duties devolye upon
the supcrntlndent OF education whose
SALARY is fixed at $4,000 per year with no
! allowance or clerical ASSISTANCE.
In the future all insane paupers COM
| mltted TO state as, lum or BrattltbOro
retreat Will be committed and supported
! at the expense OF the town which was
tn. ir last legal residence, the state caring
only for those having no legal residence.
One of the most interesting features OF
the act is the provision covering the
much agtated question OF tuberculosis in
cattle. By it The board OF cattle COM
m ssioners is abolished and it's duties
devolve upon the board Of agriculture.
The boards of health of the several
towns shall cause every herd from which
milk is sold to the public, to be tested
once in three months by a veterinary
whose services shall be paid by the town.
If disease is found the owner of the COW
or COWS is forbidden to sell the mllk un,
der penalty OF 500 for each offense, and
the diseased animals are to be kept lso-
lated until the next inspection when II
they are found to be tree rom disease the
owner NAV resume the sale OF mlk from
them. 1t the second examination shows
that the disease sill exists, the Veterinary
shall report the case to the board OF
agriculture and the veterinary OF the
board shall at once make a second Exam
ination, and ii he finds facts to warrant
it, he may order the slaughter of the
herd or any part of it, and The owner
sha be reimbursed for the full value OF
the cattle killed, the value to be deter
mined by an appraisal by three disinter-
ested persons, one selected by the vetcr
mary of the board, one by the owner,
the two selecting third.
One member OF the board of agriculture
shall be veterinary surgeon.
The Office of executive clerk whose BIZ
ennial salary is $500 is abolished and
the duties OF the office devolve upon the
secretary of civil and military affairs
whose salary is fixed at $3.50 for the BIZ
ennial term.
Salaries of various state officers per
annum are fixed as follows: Treasurer,
| $1,000; secretary OF state, $780, audi
tor of accounts. $4,000; commissioner OF
taxes, $1,000; acjutant, inspector and
quartermaster general, $1,000. In no
case is extra allowance made for clerk
| hire.
No allowance is made to any state of
ficer Tor printing or stationery, except to
county clerks tor printing court docketS.
| The office OF commissioner OF printing is
abolished and its duties devolve upon the
secretary of state on whom state officers
shall make requisltion once a year for
stationery and supplies for the year en-
suing, and any officer using public sta
tionyry for private business shall on con-
viclion be fined $500. The act also pro.
vides method of contracting for printing
The surplus left in the treasury by the
operation of this act and from licenses
taxes, etc, at the close of each fiscal
year, up to the amount of $3.50, 900
shall be apportioned to tie different
towns in payment of the cost of perma
nent highways constructed during the
preceding year When such surplu;
re iches an amount equal to 10 per c. nj
of the grand list OF the state the present
state highway tax shall no longer be i'm
posed. When such surplus exceeds $3.50,
600 at the close of any fiscal year tn,
residue is to be distributed with othe
state school funds to the towns unde
certain conditions. When the amount 81
distributed to schools, aside from othe
school funds now provided, reaches al
amount equal to 10per cent of the gran
list OF the state, the act repeas any stat
t school tax.