The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1904-12-13
important Work Done By the
Past Legislature
IS ABOVE THE ORDINARY
Party Pledges Kept and Consider
able Important and Valuable
New Work Was Done

| of 1904 which reached final adjourn
ment yesterday has been criticised in
some quarters for its sins Of omission
! and commission but resume of the
work accomplished shows that no lit
tie important legislation has been en-
acted and also that many measures
| that would have proved detrimental
had they been enacted into law were
refused passage.
First and foremost, the legislature
redeemed the party pledges made in
the Republican state platform by pass
ing caucus law, amending the law
regulating the traffic of intoxicating
liquor and providing for more thor
ough system OF accounting in the office
of the state auditor.
Among other important measures
viii; h passed both houses and was
signed by the governor was the bill
regulating the running of automobiles
on the highways; appropriating $780,
600 for Morrill, hall at Burlington, and
| $40, 600 for the Lucy Ruggles teachers
home and for repeating all bounties
on noxious animals.
OF equal Importance with these was
! the creation of Office of attorney gen.
eral, the creation of permanent
school fund from the income of $40,
600 recently received from the federal
government, the appointment ola com
mission to prepare a suitable memoir
ial for Col Seth Warner and Capt Re-
member Baker, the passage OF the
child labor, pure food and preserva-
tion of forest acts.
The open season for deer was reduc'
ed TO the last week in October having
six working days, this applying both
TO residents and non-residents, the fees
of witnesses in county courts were in
creased from 81 to 81 day, a tubercu-
losis commission was created and APP
pointed, the sale of the state militia
camp ground at Fort Ethan Allen was
authorized, the court of claims was
organized and three judges were elect
ed, the state fish and game commission
was reduced to one member, a state
board of examiners to examine those
wishing to practice osteopathy in this
state was created, limit to municipal
indebtedness was fixed and the act tax
Ing collateral inheritance was extend |
ed.
Towns so desiring can now have |
more than one polling place at town
or city elections, an additional $4,000 |
annually has been appropriated to in
crease the efficiency of Norwichuniver-
sity, the sum of $4,000 is appropriated
for silver service for the battleship
Vermont, the powers of the state board
of health are extended, the sale OF fire
arms to children under 10 years of age /
is prohibited, and the sale by railroad
companies of 500 and 1000 miles mile
age books at two cents per mile is pro-
vided for.
A commission was appointed to con-
fer with the Dominion of Canada and
the state of New York in regard to
fishing in Lake Champlain, improved
regulation of the practice of dentistry
is enacted, the close season Oh black
bass is made from January to June
Is, the compensation paid by the state
for slaughtered cattle is reduced from
so to 50 per cent commission to re-
wise the Vermont statutes is appoint
ed, the construction of buildings will
now be regulated by the appointment
of building inspectors, the act provid-
ing for the registration of births, mar
riages and deaths is amended in Ger
tain important particulars, the state
has provided for vault in the base
ment of the state house for storing
valuable documents and for addition
al book racks in the state library, fire
drills are provided for in public
schools, the corporation tax law has
been amended, although the taxation
of earnings of abroad companies is