St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-11-16

Allowing property of trust estates to
be mortgaged to pay for betterments.
Continuing tax warrants in force till
all taxes Hereunder are collected, rebated
or outlawed.
Relating to the duties of assistant
judges.
Providing for county road commits
sioners.
Making close season for deer, moose
and caribou for three years.
Compelling nonresident hunters of
small game to pay license fee.
Giving the railroad commission au-
thority over telephone companies and
compelling connections between all of
them.
Granting fve-years' certificate to any
teacher who had been given FIVE two
years. certificates and had taught 100
days.
Making the last three days in October
only the open season for deer.
Changing the pay of petit jurors.
Both bills touching on the trading
stamp business were slaughtered. One
of them put an excise tax on the stamp
companies, and the other called for
cash redemption of the stamp.
Relating to collection of delinquent
taxes.
Shortening the open deer season to the
last five days in October. Mr.. Hap
good of Peru, who has rapidly developed
as the chronic objector of the session,
tried to have the bill held over for furthe
consideration, but the house didn't sas-
tain him.
Allowing each side in civil cases to
peremptorily challenge six jurors.
Permitting teachers to visit schools
three days without loss of pay.
Relating to travelling libraries and
school exhibits.
Amending the law relative to deduction
in taxable estate for debts owing.
To prevent cruelty 20 live stock in
shipment. Killed because present law
practically covers the ground and be-
cause of Indebtedness OF the bill itself.
Changing method of notice to absent
defendant in divorce suits.
Exempting widows and unmarried
women's property to the extent of $500.
Snapshots.
The legislature does not take kindly to
a proposition to force on to any town a
strip of land that some other town has
grown tired of, so the debate over
Lowell's attempt to change its geogra-
to a very pretty fight, in which the speak
er was finally called on to cast the de-
Gliding vote as to third reading.
Thus for this session about fifty mem
bers of the house have demonstrated their
ability to talk more or less intelligeut1y
and not too long. The senate has been
known to vary the sometimes monoto-
nous quiet of its existence by adjourning
and coming into the house to listen to
debate.
Mr.. Hapgood of Peru has developed as
the objector of the house, and the persis-
tency with which he displays the courage
OF his convictions in the face of almost
continuous defeat has grown to be rather
entertaining.
The killing of one bill to compel con-
nections between all telephone companies
in the state didn't prevent the introduc-
ton of another, on Saturday.
One of the last bills introduced seeks to
prohibit the sale of firearms to minors
under Is years old.
Hard wick village doesn't relish the
idea of having competition in the electric
light and power business, and a number
of interested taxpayers have made a
strong effort before the corporations
committee to prevent the granting of a
charter to would be competitor. A
hearing on this subject last Friday even.
ing lasted till midnight.
The special committee to investigate
the financial management of our state
institutions has begun its work, and ex
poets to be busy for some time.
For a Teachers Home.
A bill introd uced in the house last Fri
| day is intended to bring to final issue
| the movement inaugurated some time
ago for the establishing of home fol
teachers. The bill provides for the incor
poration of the Lucy Ruggles Home an
an appropriation Oslo. 900 for its main
tenance. Mr.. Graves of Bennington,
who introduced it, wants Vermont to
take advantage of a fund left by the late
| Miss Ruggles of that town for such 6
home-some $4,000 and explained
| that if our state did not, some other
| would. It is stated that Senator Proc
tor is sufficiently interested to Offer
| $4,000 and site for the home,-a mat
ter of some $780, 900 as against the $40,
| 900 asked for from the state. The bill
comes in late in the session, but it is not
| unlikely that, when the situation is fully
understood, it may receive favorable
| consideration.