St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1906-12-26

S. A. Prohibiting expectoration in
public places and on sidewalks.
S. 81 Promoting Capitalization Of
schools and defining legal school as
one which has had an average attend
ance OF not less than six during the year;
appropriates $4,000 to aid towns in
furnishing transportation.
5. 1914. Provides for deputy auditor,
expert accountant, ETC., in the office OF
the auditor and for installing system of
bookkeeping.
S. 1872. Provides for inspection of
food and drugs.
II. 1OS. Providing aid for county
and agricultural fairs, and appropriate
ing not over $4,000; not signed by the
| governor
Bills Killed.
The bills that were killed constitute
fully as interesting a story and throw a
valuable side-light on the things the
present legislature did not do. A few
OF the bills that were killed follow here
with:
H. 16. Providing for retirement of
supreme court judges at the age of 70,
with 10 years service, at half salary.
H. 10. Plurality election of repre-
sentatives on third ballot.
H. %. Municipal suffrage for wo-
men.
H. 81. Markingconvict-made goods.
H. r. Electing license commission
ers direct; also H. 80, to permit selectmen
to appoint.
II. 1913. To permit seining in Lake
Champlain.
H. 126. Compelling publication of
number OF prescriptions issued by
physicians for Intoxicating liquor.
II. 1877. Raising salaries of members.
II. 179. Relating to diseased meats.
II. 203. Making an eight-hour day
for public employees.
II. 81. To abolish capital punish
ment.
H. 278. Removing state house fence
II. 39S. To free the toll bridge on
the Connecticut river.
ii. 1868. To grant bounties on hedge
hogs and woodchucks; all bounty laws
were killed or have been repealed.
II. 423. Providing for teaching agri-
culture in public schools.
Representative E. B. Finn has been
appointed by Governor Proctor to fill
the vacancy on the court of claims caused
by the resignation of Judge Frank c.
Williams of Newport, who was an
pointed trustee of the state hospital for
the insane at Waterbury. Mr. Finn
was a member of the House from Spring
held and one of the leaders in that body.
On the commission to establish a svs-
TEN OF probate and county court forms
and records Is. 1867 Governor Proctor
has appointed H. A. Harmon, of Rutland,
I. Russell, of Burlington, and H. T.
Cushman, of Bennington, county clerks.
and II. A. Bingham, of Burlington, F. E.
Alfred, OF Newport. and A. F. Schwenk.
OF Brattleboro, judges of probate. The
commissioners shall receive their neces-
sary expenses. In the House 7O3 bills
were introduced during the session and
16S in the Senate.
Gov F. D. Proctor has appointed as
Vermont commissioner to the lanes
town Ter-cen-tennial Exposition, 1T.
Manning OF Rutland, F. L. Davis of Pom
fret, Edgar 0. Silver of Derby, Edward
M, Goddard, of Montpelier, and Charles
S. Forbes of St. Adams. The governor is
president of the commission which will
meet at an early day for organization
and to make places for the proper repre-
sentatives of the state at the Exposition.
The act of the legislature appropriates
the sum of $1,000 to be expended under
the direction of the governor and com.
mission.
Governor Proctor has designated Lieut..
Gov Prouty to represent him on the
commission and to serve ex-officio as a |
member.
An estimate just made of the amount |
voted by the state Legislature just closed |
Tor the support of the government for the |
biennial period, 1906-S fixes the total at |
Sl,169, 1877, though this does not include |
certain appropriations contingent upon
events which may or may not REQUIRE
the expenditure of the sums voted. This
is about 5000, 900 more than appropria-
tons OF previous legislatures.
Representative Senter of Montpelier
was the last member to draw his nav
ana the state treasurer estimates the to- |
tai cost OF the session to have been
$4,000.
n Wv toelol Hds appointed A. De-
Boer OF Montpelier, q. M. Mansur of
Newport and J. L. Southwick of Burling-
ton, members of the board of trustees of
the permanent school fund provided by
House bill No. 900. The full board con
slsts OF the governor, lieutenant govern
Or, state superintendent of education and
state treasurer, ex-oficio, in addition to
the three mentioned above.
Inc permanent school fund consists at
present of 81, 120, 21S.2O, this sum being
the the aggregate of the Huntington fund
$2ll ,l31 .46; the United States deposit
fund, 5000, 0S6.74, and the Vermont war
claim fund, $4,000, the aim of the
commission being to devise means to
increase 1t to at least $2,00O,oOO
Governor Proctor has also appointed
as commission to examine the normal