Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-12-18

named.
II. 1885, to prevent pollution of waters
of Wiloughby lake.
II. 225, to legalizc grand list of town
of Pownal.
II. 23i, payments by employers to en-
ployes.
II. $40, to pay Charles Neff sum named
II. 49, requiring certain officials to give
bonds.
II. 1876, to pay certain States attorneys
sums named.
II. 143, to pay T.. w. Brown sum named
FOR FINAL ADJOURNMENT.
House joint resolution relating to final
adjournment. Amended by making ad-
journment at 8 o'clock in the forenoon
Saturday instead of Friday. Adopted as
amended.
HOUSE AMENDMENTS CONQUERED.
s. 1S2, relating to teachers certificate.
Senator Walbridgc moved that Senate
recede from It's Inconvenience and con-
cur in House amendments.
a joint resolution was presented by
Senator Spencer providing for printing
and distributing of $1,000 copies of II. All
| Qicense bilD as passed by both houses
| referred to committee on State and court
| expenses.
THE ROSS LIQUOR BILL.
Senator Walbridge called up s. 10, the
Ross liquor bill. Senator Annis moved to
amend by striking out all Of the sections
| of the bill except sections 10 and 49, and
amending those sections. Senator Russell
| asked what the purpose of the amend
| ments was. Senator Annrs explained that
| his amendments do away with all the
| constructive portions of the bill providing
now machinery relative to handling of
| liquor, but leave in the provision which
do away with the disclosure features, the
prima facie evidence feature, the injunc-
ton features. and the other points of the
prohibitory law which are special objects
| of attack by people. He appealed to the
| Senate to put the prohibitory law in its
| best shape in order to have a good law If
the license law is voted down.
Senator Russell opposed the amend
| ments and said he should oppose the bill
| He said these features were the strongest
points of the prohbitory law and that If
| the prohibitory law was stripped of these
| feature and put against license the pro.
| hibitory law would be supported by al
| who want free rum. He said this move is
| made to gain votes of the rum element
Senator Nabridge replied to Senator
| Russell. He said Judge Ross rs not locking
out for the interests of rummies but has
| a deep knowledge of the law and it:
| working.
Senator Russell asked if these feature.
proposed were taken off how the law
would be enforced.
Senator WalbridSe said as it was on
| forced before these features were "tackeC
on"
Senator Annis said the amending of tn
bill as proposed is but a matter of fair
ness and good public policy. Those paper
which favor license also favor putting tn
prohibitory law in the best shape to latt
with the license law in February. II
went on to answer Senator Russell as t
how the law would be enforced. He salt
these features are all recent attachment
to the prohibitory law, one of these mos
Objectionable being only four years of ag,
He said he had always opposed these fet,
lures Of the law and they ought never t
have been tackled on. The prohibitory lay
would work better and would be enforce
able with these provisions taken off.
Senator Russell said the prohibitor
law never was enforceable and never ca
be and that the striking off of thes
provisions would make the law weak
Vote for Senator Annis's amendment re
suited: Yeas, Is; nays, Is. Adopted Thcs
voted yes: Senators Annis. Brown. Cart
, NELL, Combs, Downer, Emery, Grave:
Greene. jackson of Lamoille, Jackson c
+ Orleans, Lawrence. Spencer, stiles, Wa
: bridge. Wilcox, Senators Brownell an
Sprague being absent. The other Ami
amendments were adopted and the thir
. reading ordered by a vote of 10 to Is a
before.