Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-20
bEEDL|NC BILL
| PASSED
Experiment Station to Get $500
Annually for Next -Four
Years.
DOUBLE TAXATION AGAIN.
Conference Thursday PrncttcnH!
Agreed upon Il Test Dill-fi"usc
VnwittingIy Emnsculated Dill Reg
Uniting Telephone Hates
Cattle Bill in Danger.

| NIontpclicr. Dec. 13.-Thc question of
hal adjournment of the Legislature
as settled this afternoon when
.int resolution introduced in both
buses by the joint committee on
bal adjournment was adopted, which
.rovides that the president of the
mate and the speaker of the House
Representatives shall adjourn their
'spective houses without day on
ucsday morning, December u.s. at
ght o'clock.
Double taxation will not down even III
lie closing days of the Legislature. on
ms a dozen representative members in
be- Senate and House met this evening
the coat room to informally discuss
be- subject. The room was packed to
korfiowing. Fred c. Davis, an attorney
Springfield, explained the prevalent
Factice in that town Of giving bond
r a deed and thus avoiding double taxa
on and discussed the New Hampshire
W whereby If man loans money at five
r cent. or less it Is exempt from taxa
N.
Mr.. Dcwart suggested an imaginary bill
at would remedy double taxation AMI
is bill was discussed by a dozen or
ore members Of the Legislature. 1t pro-
ded that money loaned at four per cent.
less except that loaned BY banks shall
exempt from taxation If invested n
ermont. No offsets to be allowed, cur
mt bills receivable and bills payable not
be taxed, savings banks not to be re-
lired to invest one-cighth of their funds
Vermont real estate. Mr. Dewart said
lose suggestions were on the suppositioh
at the State does not discourage thrift.
is quite probable a bill emhodyiAs
csc ideas will be introduced tomorrow
an experiment at least to redeem the
atform pledged to make an effort to
live the difficult problem of double taxa
oa.
CATTLE BILL IN DANGER
The bill creating the office of cattle
,mmissioner and defining his powers
hid duties is not yet safely past all
e rocks. The report of the COM
ittee of conference on the Disagree
votes of the two houses on the
)t yet been presented to the Senate
I'D it is currently reported that when
is report is read the Senate will re-
sc to accept it. If this bill again
Lmes back to the House and the two
bdies continue to be at loegerheads
these proposed amendments the
hances are that the measure Will
ii altogether in the rush of the clos
Z days of the session.
1t is said the feature of the bill
hich causes the most disagreement
this time is as to whether cattle
bndemned as diseased with tuber-
llosis shah be sent 10 rendering
ant or whether the carcasses shall
burned. Cattle Commissioner Weeks
Is applications at the present time
test some 1900 head of cattle and
e question of the disposition Of the
pdies condemned is a burning one.
ONLY AN AMENDMENT LEFT.
The House devoted good share of its
me this afternoon in discussing the bill
regulate telephone rates. Before the
scussion was over the House was Sc
ngled up In amendments. very few
hew whore the bill would land. When
c smoke cleared away and the bill had
en- ordered to a ID reading 1t was
scovered that the only feature of the
Il that was left was an amendment &c
present law providing penalty, tina,
id been introduced by Mr.. Bailey OF
ssex. Not a shred or line of the
ginal bill remained.
The Senate was in executive session
is afternoon, presumably to receive
me communications from the COVER
r, which must lie "a hours before &C
Pm thereon is taken. The Senate passed
der suspension of the rules thu
bstituta bill amending the charter o
Q city of Rutland.
FOREST SEEDING BILL. PASSED.
The Senate bill establishing and main
lining nursery for forest seedlings A
e State agricultural experiment station
Burlington, which provides an appro
'!ation Of $500 annually for the next ton
-ars was passed by the House this after
BON after it had been favored by Nj
ady of Mddlebury, Mr. Kicker of Gro
pm and Mr. Fletcher of Cavendish. Tn
ouse refused this bill a third readi7j
lrler in the session but it's friends VIZ
Ealized its Importance watched over
I'd obtained a reconsideration of tn
bte killing it. When the House nor
oroughly understood its provisions n
oce was heard against it,
Mr. Thomas OF Marshfeld from tn
int committee on game and fisheries. in
oduced n bill in the House this after
BON making the salary of II. G.. Thomas
ate fish and game commissioner, 81 ID
year and necessary expenses, with 500
n clerk hire. The bill also appropriate
800 annually for the care and mainto
tnce Of the State FISH hatchery at RoX
Try.
GOULD EXEMPT ELECTRIC ROAD
The only debate in the House wa
the House bill to exempt electri