Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-10-19

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its discussion of II. AZ, an act relating
to the supreme and county courts and
the Judges thereof The duties of the
proposed judges of the supreme and
superior courts were discussed and
fixed in various instances. The matters
of fixing the terms of the supreme
court, the number of judges of the
two courts and the question of salaries
were discussed.
Queer Measures Introduced Wednesday.
Some queer measures were introduced
| Wednesday, among them one by Bo-
right Of Richford, wealthy bachelor
of that town, providing that married
women shall support their husbands
when the latter come on towns or
cities as paupers. The bill raised a
laugh when il was introduced, and the
judiciary committee will have sport
with it little later Another bill of
the same nature was that introduced
by Mr.. Kicker of Groton, exempting
widows 40 years old and over from
taxation, provided they file with Sc
lectmen of towns or aldermen of cities
a bond that they will never again mar
rv.
Mr.. Archibald of Manchester, in a
bill introduced by him, would reorgan-
ize the supreme court of Vermont by
making it consist of one chief Judge
and eight assistant judges, they to be
elected as provided by the constitu-
ton.
The careless manner in which some
physicians have issued prescriptions
for Intoxicating liquor in license
towns led to the bill introduced by Mr..
! Bole of Coventry which makes it 5000
| fine for the first offense, and $500 for
each subsequent offense for every un.
necessary prescription issued by physi-
clans for such Intoxicating liquor.
The house adopted by a rising vote
Wednesday the joint resolution re-
questing Governor Proctor to invite
Gen. L. A. Grant to visit Montpelier
November 9 next, at the time of the
annual meeting of the Vermont Off
GERS Reunion society, and on the date
when the Boston Vermonters win visit
the capital. This resolution carries an
appropriation of not more than 5000 to
pay General Grant S expenses, and it
was earnestly favored by Mr.. Senter
of Montpelier and Mr.. Mead of Rut-
land
The bill introduced in the senate
| Wednesday morning by Senator John
son of Orange will be of interest to the
savings banks and trust companies of
the state. 1t removes the $4,000 limit
of exemption from taxation, and pro-
vides for a total exemption on all de-
| posits in SAVINGS hunks and truSt oop,
panies in the state, and that those out
side the state shall be subject to local
! taxation.
The senate adopted joint resolution
introduced by Senator Taylor for the
appointment of joint special com.
mittee composed of five representatives
and three senators to take up the whole
question of double taxation. The SEN
ate also passed joint resolution au-
thorizing recount of the vote for
states attorney in Bennington county
where States Attorney Daley is con-
testing the election of States Attor-
ney-elect Meagher, who, on the face of
the returns, was declared elected by Is
majority.
Of the Is bills introduced in the
house Wednesday, five are of state in
terest. One is by Mr. Gibson of Brat
tleboro to appropriate $4,000 for the
support of the Soldiers Home at Ben
nington for the biennial term, another
| by Mr.. McCuen of Vergennes, giving
selectmen authority to appoint license
| commissioners, another by Mr.. McCuen
! substituting electricity for the rope for