Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1906-12-20
Legislature Had to Hold q
Night Session in Order to
Finish Tuesday.
MAKING SURE OF SALARIES.
A Resolution Passed by the House Al
lowing yay for saturdays md
sundays when No Work was
DOne--A NH Raising Bank
Inspectors snIary.

Montpelier. Dec. 1G.-When the Legsls-
tnre adjourned Saturday afternoon about
NIFTY bills were in the hands OF the com
mittces. This assures a long, hard day
and far into tho night Monday to COM
plete the business of the session before
Tuesday morning at eight o'clock, the
time fixed for final adjournment. The Joint
resolution providing for a final adjourn
ment at that time is purposely held up
In the Senate until tomorrow. n at that
time 1t seems impossible to complete the
work before the time fixed, the resolu-
ton may be amended to make the time
of final adjournment Wednesday morn
Ing, but the expectation still Is to close
up at the time stated
Long sessions were the rule on satur-
day and comparatively few Of the mem
bers of either branch were absent. Late
Saturday afternoon Governor Proctor
sent communication to the senate which
was considered In executive ses-
sion. It Is presumed this communication
included nominations for railroad COM
n1ssioners and for members Of the State
hoard of agriculture. The communica-
ton will lie on the table until Monday
afternoon
Acting on the advice Of tho attorney
general tho State auditor on Saturday
Informed tho State treasurer that he
could pay the members a per diem only
on days when the Legislature had been
In session. In other words that Satur-
days and Sundays, when the Legislature
has not been In session, the members
would draw no pay, which would amount
to some scs for each representative and
senator. Long faces were seen for a few
minutes, ne there had been no let up in
board bills. but joint resolution was in
troduced by Mr.. Bailey Of Essex remedy
ing this, and it was adopted In the House
with whoop that could have been heard
at MiddleseX Narrows. 1t was passed I'M
der a suspension of the rules and has
gone to the Senate where there is no
danger of its being side tracked. II the
governor signature is affixed to this
resolution, which no doubt 1t will be
the members will get pay as usual.
| The cattle commission bill had one more
day in court on Saturday when bill was
introduced by Senator Davis amending
the bill passed on Friday by fixing the
salary OF the cattle commissioner at 81, 2ot
year and providing that the commits
soiner may sell carcasses of condemned
cattle to phosphate rendering plants, pro-
vided a citizen of Vermont goes with the
cattle If they are shipped, to a plant out
side the State, to see that the oodies are
actually turned into fertilizer. The new
bill also provides that the hides of these
cattle shall go to the State.
| Tho House discussed for an hour O,
more the bill providing aid for agricultural
fairs. This bill carries an appropriation
not to exceed $500 annually to aid any
agricultural society and not to exceed a
total of $500 in any one year. 1t passed
the House by narrow margin.
| When the automobile bill came up or
It's passage IN the House Saturday after
noon, the House recousidered it's vote or
dering this bill to a third reading and on
motion OF Mr.. Bailey Of Essex was re-
committed to the genera. commit ,ee f9y
| further amendments.
Five bills were introduced on Saturday
in the House frpm committees ard two
in the Senate. The number Of bills intro
duced In the House is now only two short
Of 700 and is near the go mark in the
| Senate. Oae of the bills introduced on
Saturday was by Mr. Grafton OF Burlng-
ton from the committee on banks which
changes the name Of the state Inspector
fixes his salary at 1880 per year The
| salary of this official has heretofore been
81, 2G0 & year.
Another bill introduced by Mr. Kirk
patrick of Newport from the committee
on State and court expenses rearranges
the salaries of lne States attorneys CT
Vermont, The new apport!onment of sal
aries may he found in the House officia'
report of Saturday Afternoon
"MENTAI. ANGUISH" BILL PASSED
After a lively debate and a very close
| vote Of u TO II. the Senate saturday
morning passed in concurrence the HousI
bill providing that action can he brought
against telegraph companies for neBh-
genoe in receiving and transmitting tele'
graph messages. This IS the bill intro
duced in the House by Mr. Senter OF
| Montpelier, and is known as tho mental
anguish" bill. 1t grew out OF the hear
ing on the bill which vas Killed, which
providing II penalty OF 500 FOR such neg
lect. The bill wa. suerUously opposed
by Senators Peton and Manning and
favored by Senators Moseley, Chase OF
! Wind,am. and Chase Of Essex. A mo-
! ton to reconsider the vote passing this
/ plil is 10" on the tlNle Ill IIlc ocHdte
and Is made a special order for Mon
day afternoon.
| The State auditor having notified Off
Gals at the state House that after Jam
uary l. next. he would allow no bills foI
rentals of telephones, a bill was intro
duced In the Senate Saturday morning
by Senator Chase of Wlndham which pro
vides for the payment Of these rentals
by the State, and also payment for Office
supplies.
A joint resolution was introduced II
the House and unanimously adopted fol
the payment OF the mileage and deben
lures of the late Representative A. O
Newton of Panton to his widow.
The bill providing for the sale of tn,
State arsenal by the governor, State au
ditor and State treasurer, and the cree
ton of another arsenal at some plac.
was passed by the House without de
bate, In case the arsenal at Montpele
Is not sold and q new one erected within
fve years from the date of the passag,
OF the bill, the same becomes inopera
tive.
Another Joint resolution, introduced b,
Mr., Pierce of Hardwick to pay the widow
of the late Repres entative II. II, Burnhan
of Woodbury. his mileage and debentures
was unanimously adopted.
| THE PAGES HAVE THEIR FUN.
| The pages OF the House and Senate held
| a mock seyR1ou SATURDAY. evening In Rem.