Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1906-11-29

Court reorganization The HOUSE Tues,
day discussed al length the proposed
reorganization OF the Vermont courts
based ON the bill framed BY the judiciary
committee, A majority OF the lawyers
led BY Mr., Darling OF Chelsea, favored
the DILL, but a minority OF them, including
Mr., Archibald OF Manchester aud MIR
Latham % Milton, opposed Il, An amend
menl offered by MIR, EyaFts OF Windsor
cutting the number OF supreme judges
from four TO lhTes, was adopted, and the
bill in that form passed the House, llo u
a., The Senate quickly took Il up
restored il 10 the original form and
passed il, and the House eOneuTred
The new Law provides Tor supreme eourl
Of four Judges aud a superior court OF siN
judges 10 be elected by the assembly, Al
heretofore, Each judge gets $1,000 yeai
aud his travelling expenses. The supreme
court hears appeals from the lower
court aud Il requires the concurrence OF
three judges 10 reverse decision. The
superior court is the trial or county court
The expectation is that the division Of
the court in this way aud the addition OF
three judges will relieve the present con-
gestiou OF court business and provide fOI
speedieF justice,
Jamestown eNpOsition-A $1,000 appro-
priation tor the exposition 10 be held next
year ~ JameslOwn, Va, went through the
House "hying' Tuesday, Il is proposed
10 have state exhibit, The recent visit
Of President Tucker and his eloquent
speech had an effect ia this action.
state iair-Mr EyarJs OF Windsor sue
oeeded in reyiying his proposition for the
stats 10 hack state fair enterprise and Il
finally passed the House, 100 10 ed, Its
fate ia the senate Is uncertain.
School Capitalization Senator John
sons bill intended to promote the central.
lZaliou Of small schools became law. As
10 passed the Senate Il proyiyed for d
yearly appropriation OF Sa0,000 10 be dis
trlbuted among the towns according 10
the school tax raised, and according 70 the
sums expended for transportation and
! board OF pupils attending elementary
schools. Ii also provided that schools
with an average attendance OF less than
eight pupils for IS weeks could not be-
counted IA dividing the public school
money. The House amended this 20 six
pupils, ana the Senate c0ncurTed, There
was quite q debate in the House over the
bill, but IL passed by good majority,
Railroad tax inCrease-Ihe bin proyid-
D. Tor about $4,000 increase in railroad
taxation according to rising scale based
Ia gross earnings pee mile passed both
houses without discussion, The railroads
made no open opposition 10 this measure.
sawdust bill Killed The House spent
half Of Thursdays session debating the
bill TO prevent dumping sawdust ia the
streams IL Was the "hshn men versus the
"mill' men, en- the latter won.
National bsnS taxation The national
banks are making an energetic fight
against the bill prepared by Tax Commits
sioner Cushman intended 10 secure the
payment OF taxes upon deposits IN nation
al banks drawing mo-e than , interest.
The nationals object to having their bust
ness probed in the way proposed, while
the promoters OF the bill see no reason
why national deposits should not be taxed
the same as savings deposits are, especially
when nationals run savings departments
The Cushmln plan is an indirect method
by which nationals, which cannot be
reached directly, would probably find it to
their advantage to pay the 40 t state tax
proposed. \ warm hearing was held on
this bill Thursday evening.
Election OF iudges-This was accom-
plished at joint assembly Friday fore
noon. The creation Of three new Judge
ships set numerous candidates. afoat. II
was conceded that all the old Judges
would be reelected in order, the four sem
Tor ones to the supreme bench and the
three Junior ones TO the superior court,
with the other three places to be filled by
new men. As it turned out. there was
only one contest, and that for the last
place, Senator w. II. Taylor Of Hardwick
being elected on the fourth ballot. The
new bench is constituted as follows:-
Supreme-John w. RoHell OF Randolph,
chief judge; James NJ. Tyler of Brattle-
boro. Loveland Munson of Manchester
and John II. Watson OF Montpelier. assoc
cha judges; superior Seneca Hasel.on of
Burlington, chief judge, George NJ. Pow
ers OF Morristown, w. W. Miles OF Barton,
- L. waterman of BrattlebOro, Alfred A.
Hall of St. Adams and William II. Taylor
OF HardwicS, associate judges. The four
ballots for last place resulted:-