Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-10-22
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS.

the $50 mark, the major part of
them being of local interest only.
The senate has had about fifty bills
presented. Several bills have been
passed both in the house and senate
but all of personal or local interest.
Tbe legislature re convened on
Monday at O'Clock p. m after a re-
cess from the Friday before with a
small number present and worked
but a short time and no bills of i'm
portance were introduced.
Tuesday morning both branches of
the legislature took up the work with
yigor and the usual rush of Tuesday
morning bills we're presented. I'm
portant measures IN the house were:
by Mr.. Darling of Chelsea bill that
tackles the double taxation problem.
Mr. Bole of Coventry has a remark
able sociological measure that pre-
vents marriage licenses from being
issued to town charges, idiots half
witted or feeble minded folk and
Messrs Haseltine of Andover and
Moore of Plymouth both want the
automobiles kept off the roads Friday,
Satar day and Sunday. The admins
tration measure in regard to taxing
national bank time deposits was in
trodueed by Robinson OF Waterbury,
a fusionist, and would compel re-
port by the officers on all deposits OF
800 or over. A pubic bearing was
set for this Monday evening in Repre-
sentatives' Hall to consider the bills
abolishing capital punishm@nt.
In the Senate the matter Of national
bank interest deposits game in bill
from Senator Taylor, which requires
an annual report of the same TO town
clerks, with penalty of $4,000 for
perjury. The state board. of phar-
macy comes in for proposed appro-
priation of 81 200 to csver expenses
of meetings and a delegate to- the ma
tional boards.
Nothing of public Importance ap-
reared in either house in the after,
noon.
The work in the house- Wedne sday
was as follows: Mr.. MeUuen. Of Yer
gennes introduced three bills, one 10
substitute electrocuti0ae for, tbs rope,,
one to empower selecsmen to appoint
license, commis5ioneraand a third TO
increase the bond Of the state treas-
urer to $500, 900. An appropriation
of so, 900 for running EXPENSES is
asked for the SoldieEs' Home in Benn-
ington by Mr. Gibson Of Brastleboso.
The tereehtenary OF the discovery of
Lake Ohamplain is. the subject os
joint resolution by. NJ. MeOuen of
Vergennes. It calls for commissions
Of seven to enquire into the desatsS
and expense of such. a celebration
report az the next session Of the Gef
eral assembly. Z
/ The only bill of Importance iatro-
duce in the senate was, by Senator
| Editor Johnson OF Randolph. Tbe
measure would remove the limit from
| deposits in the savings banks which
are exempted fro na.taxasion. 1t also
Eprovides for taxing, deposits, outside
the state.
Thursday morning DIR. Darling of
Chelsea. occupied: the, chair and the
bills of state interest presented that
day were: bill calling for bounty On
benr. panther, lynx, fox, and rattle
snakes. Another automobile regnha
ting law. a patriotic measure, by Mr..
Leddy of Underhil, provides for a ma
, tional flag for each public school in
i the state at state expense. Mr.. Me-
Cuen of Vergennes. calls for an. appro-
q priation ofS769 for additional aeeomo
b dations at the Industrial school. The
9 telephone companies are iateresteG
It in bill by Mr.. Trunbull of Barton
G which seeks to prevent diseTiminatiar
10 of rates and bill by Mr.. Latham, o
IL Milton gives justices of the psac,
le power to6ne respondents $50 Or sen
to tence them to six months imprison
" ment.
J. The business 10 the senate was O
of domestic interest.
Orleans Countyites at Montpelier.
in representative J. @. Oliver {
g. Charleston is the Oldest member i
be the house, aged 80 years.
90 Wednesday morning. Senate Char
d. lain Farman of Westfeld exchange
on places with the chaplain of the hous.
- Rev. Patterson.
he The Orleans County boys are NJ
on great orators but they seem to /
IN holding their own all the same, the
have introduced soma recognize
we important bills.
no Representatives Chase of Green
horo noodall of Holland and Kir