The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-10-25
FEE ABUSE
BILL PASSES
II Will Now Go to Governor
For Signature
SENATE PASSED 1T TODAY
Weekly Payment Bill Goes to Senate
After Getting Through the House
Easily, AS Does Municipal
Suffrage for Women.
SENATE PASSED 1T TODAY

\ Montpelier, Oct 25. The House Of
Representatives today passed the bill
placing a $40 limit to the amount ex-
empt from trustee process Mr.. Senter
of Montpelier spoke in favor Of che bill
The Senate passed three bills. all of
which came from the House. They are
TO legalize the quadrennial appraisal o.
the City Of Barre, providing that notice
ow town meetings shall be published In
newspapers and, more important, the
bill to abolish the abuse Of the Zee sys-
tenn in justice and municipal courts
This lastnamed bill provides that where
two oT more convictions are secured
on the same evidence the fees shall be
granted only as Tor single case. This
act is intended to do away with the
practice Of court officers in getting dou.
BILE fees when respondent il found
guilty Of intoxication and on the same
NNiu'h'e Aouhu ghfitt u uIshth u tbt
peace or similar ofiense
The Senate ordered ID third reading
the bin repealing the statute providing
for state banks.
/ 4 numbes Of bills, generally Of little
consequence, were presented today,
Among the more important measures are
two relating 70 Intoxicating liquor.
One introduced IN the House by Mr..
Hayden Of Riverside. who Is the Grand
Chief Templar Of the Vermont /. o. q.
r., provides penalty for the undue use
of liquor in elections as we'll as FOR
bribery aud intimidation. Ia the Sen
ate Mr.. Taylor Of Caledonia county pre
sented bill by which commitments for
second ofense of intoxication shall
be made 20 the county iails. rather than
To the house al correction The meas
ure provides a fine of $40 OF imprison-
ment for thirty days.
Among other new bills was one by
MFR. senter IN the House, clarifying the
law relating 10 larceny. The same gen
the use OF motor. boats he forbidden on
Caspian lake, Greensboro, during the fish.
ing season. Mir Barney OF swanton
asked for municipal court for his
town. IN the Senate Senator Stafford
presented bill whereby village highway
taxes shall be divided as follows, two.
thirds for the village and onc-third for
the town.
The weekly payment bill passed the
House late yesterday afternoon by a
vote Of t6i u 4a. There was consid
cradle discussion over II. Mr.. Arebi
bald Of Manchester was inclined to op.
pose the bill az interfering with arrange
ments between employer and employed.
Mr., Senter OF Montpelier said corpora
tions were not on same basis with III
diyiduals in their relations TO the state:
they arc creatures Of the state and
amenable TO direction. He favored the
bill as directly in the interests of the
workingmen
Mr. jackson of Barre City said cor
porations hold the marked cards. and
the advantage Of the laborer in this
matter He would deal Justice to the
wage-earning class, benefiting the whole
public as well AZ the same time
Mr.. Kicker Of Groton favored tho
bill.
Mr.. Evarts Of Windsor thought Yer
mont had held the scales of Justice be
tween capital and labor more evenly
than other states have DONE and has not
inclined to interfere With arrangements
which laborer makes with employer. He
didn't believe the workingmen really
wanted such legislation as this.
Mr. Cady Of NorthHcld spoke Of Yer
mont's progress In manufactures, and
said her laws in the natfer ~ labor were
more lax than IN any other state He
favored the bill before the House.
Mr. Carr Of St. Johnsbury thought
weekly payment was more satisfactory
all around than the monthly scheme.
lie saw no injustice in the states tell.
ing corporations what they should do
about this matter He hoped the bill
would pass.
Mr. Mead Of Rutland City favored the
bill, showed the benefits arising from
the system. citing experiences in his
business and strongly urged its passage.
Mr. HapRod OF Peru, queried as to the
states right to say when wages should
be paid
| further against the bill as interfering
with the rights Of employers. MFR Cady
OF Middlebury favored getting as near
as possible TO cash basis, and thought
the weekly payment system would op
crate TO the advantage Of those who deal
with the laboring man. Mr.. Gibson Of
BrattIeboro explained As To how the
committee had come to report the bill
favorably. Mr.. Drysdale Of Benning
ton favored the bill. Mr.. Pierce Of Hard
wick spoke Of the workings and benefits
in his town, favored the bin and de-
inanded the yeas and nays with the re-
suit as above noted.
woman's Suffrage Gets Boost.
Municipal suffrage for women was TAX
eli up as special order yesterday af.
tfrnoon and was finally ordered to n
third reading by vote Of i49 to "a.
Mr. shaw OF Marlboro favored the bill.
as did Mr.. Finn Of Springfield. Mr.. Dew
art of ST. Adams City and Mr.. Scott
of Brandon II was opposed only by
Mr. Kicker Of Groton.
Employers Liability Bill
The senate chamber was filed with
large audience last evening wnen the
public hearing before the judiciary com
mittee on Senate bill IS, known al the
employers liability act, was held. L.