The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1902-12-17
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.

attorneys SalhrleS on the ground that |
their duties wouldn't be so arduous |
9puur the license law which had Just |
passed. A fellow member reminded |
him that the bill hadn't yet become a |
law, and might never become so: and |
then the House refused the reduction |
and killed the proposed amendment.
We are requested to say that hold
ers of return tickets over the Rut-
land railroad will be passed to their
homes on adjournment of the Legisla-
ture, by surrendering to the conductor
their return ticket
There was case of rapid transit
in the House this morning. The
Judiciary committee introduced bill
taxing heat, light and power COM
panies for the benefit of the county,
town or municipality where they are
located. The bill was read the first
and second times, as usual; then, by
a suspension of the rules, the bill was
read the third time and passed, with
in say seven minutes of the time of
its introduction.
The bill providing for wholesale
reauction of State expenses and cut
| ting down certain salaries was report
ed adversely. Mr.. Bundy, who in
troduced it, made an effort to save it
on economical grounds. The House
good naturally consented to it's third
reading. On the question of passage,
| olinntion g
comprehensiveness and its interfer-
ence with legislation already settled
Democrats stood by in favor of pass
ing the bill, but the House killed it
112 to AZ.
In spite of adverse report by COM
mittee, the House passed the bill re-
lating to the pay of petit jurors in
certain cases. This was done on the
plea of fairness.
The hearing on the Burlington dock
/ bill Tuesday night appeared at the
outset to be a sort of "Allow me, my
dear Castor" and Permit me, my
dear Alphonse' affair, but toward
the close it developed that the dis
| pute between the city and the Trans
| portation Co. was not altogether lamb
| like.
Robert Hesse and A. Whiting of
| Rutland town were attacked by big
buck deer on Monday and compelled
to seek safety by climbing trees. 1t is
not too late to introduce "a bill in the
Vermont Legislature to pay these gen.
tlemen the sum therein named
The introducer of that eleventh
hour bill for the relief of the town of
Mount Tabor discovered, in about
three minutes after he introduced it,
that that there had been funeral in
his vicinity. No bill ever died more
quickly.
The yea vote on the division feature
of the license bill was Just the same,
in amount, as the corresponding vote
on the capital punishment bill-name-
ly, l16.
Possibly when the taxpaying women
of Vermont make use of the franchise
they now have, and vote and take in
terest in the school district meeting,
and vote for school directors, the Leg
islature may be more enthusiastic
over such bills as that discussed on
Wednesday night.
The gentleman from Guilford &C.
ceptably filled the speakers chair
during part of the Wednesday night
session, and held the house down to
the completion of reasonable amount
of business.
Mr.. Meacham of Barnet pleaded
earnestly for his bill allowing women
to vote and hold office in town, city,
village and fire district meeting; but
tha hnucn %I,%
and motion to dismiss went through
by very pronounced majority
The committee on corporations has
handled So bills at this session,
the committee on claims ga bills, and
the COMMITTEE on highways, bridges
and ferries has disposed of nearly go
bills. Twenty amendments were made
to two corporation bills on Wednesday
night IS session.
The House demonstrated it's SYM 4
pathy with the laborers who con-
structed the White River Railroad
by voting to add to the char
ter recently given to the new
owners thereof provision for the
payment of 81, 500 yet due these labor
S'P' ~hhu oiios wv, uCopitC bllt ldCU
that the committee reported against
the bill.
The Senate evidently wanted to
take another ride with the wagon tire
bill; for, after killing it and seeing
it killed in the House, the upper
branch sent for it again.
That was pat little slip of the |
tongue which Mr.. Stafford of Morris |
town made while he was in the chair |
on Wednesday. AS chairman of the |
committee on corporations Mr.. Stat
ford had ON his mind to some extent
the st. Johnsbury city charter, winch
was then nearly ready to be reported
to the House. In recognizing Mr..
Bundy, who had risen to speak, Mr.. |
Stafford said: The gentlemen from
st. Johnsbury city''-and the Honse
smiled a little. Possibly the tempo
rary speakers slip may be taken as a
bit of prophecy of st. Johnsbury's flu
ture greatness. At any rate, the bill