The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-10-14
MAY EXPERIMENT
ON OPEN SEASON
FOR DOE DEER
Proposed to Change Present
Law At Once
WEEK OF FREE SHOOTING
Legislature to Watch Results and Il
Slaughter is Too Great To Revoke
Privilege.

Montpelier Oct 13.-Today, the
end Of one fun week, the Vermont leg
islature is fully organized and has ac-
tually begun the work of the session
The special feature today was the ap
pOintment of committees, and the
Bennington county members seem to
have been especially well placed,
most OF them getting places on com
mittees which viii have a good deal
Of work to do The only chairman
ship given to Bennington county went
20 ReadsborO, Dr.. Perry being named
10 head the committee on Military AT
fairs One of the duties of this com
mittee will be to look after the inter
ests Of the Soldiers Home and some
time during the session, the members
Of the committee. will undoubtedly
visit the Home.
The more important house com
mittees with their chairman are as
follows: Judiciary. Mr.. Fish Of Yer
gennes. education Mr. DeBOer OF
Montpelier, railroads, Mr. Williams
of Newport, corporations Mr. Barber
Of Brattleboro municipal corpora.
tions, Mr. Howe of St Johnsbury,
general committee, Mr. Kinsley OF
Rutland City; elections, Mr. Edger
ton Of Rochester, ways and means
Mr. Fletcher of Cayendish appropri-
atoms, Mr. Bacon Of Hartford; tenn
perance Mr. Locklin of Richford;
game and fisheries, Mr. Gebhardt Of
Shelburne agriculture, Mr.. Hitch.
cock of Pittslord banks, Mr. Davis Of
Derby; highways and bridges, Mr.
| Martin of Plainfield, military affairs.
Mr.. Perry of Readsboro, rules, Mr..
! Fletcher of Cayendish; claims, Mr..
Seaver of Williamstown; public health
Mr.. Howard of Shoreham state pris-
on. Mr. Lyford of Warren; house OF
correction Mr. Webb of Granville; in
surance, Mr.. Martin of Brookine, re-
vision of bills. Mr. Watson OF ST. Al
bans City; grand list Mr. Adams Of
Marlboro.
The first bin 20 come in was an
emergency measure 10 allow the city
of St. Adams 70 issue warrants 10 the
amount Of $4,000. to hurry up an ad
dition 10 It's water supply by pumping
water two miles. from Lake Cham
plain az st Adams Bay into the city
mains. The bill was introduced this
forenoon and referred to the commit
tee of Municipal Corporations The
committee gave the bill q hearing this
afternoon and voted 10 report IL fay
orably so that 10 viii be back i'm the
House for action tomorrow morning.
The same rule adopted two years
ago In regard 10 the introduction OF
bills. will be in force again this year
The bills go TO the committee on Re
vision first. and win be sent from thai
committee to the Speakers desk. Thi.
committee has engaged for It's clerk
Hale X. Darling of Chelsea, who ma!
had extensive experience as one o.
the committee which has recently ne
vised the statutes Mr. Darling vii
begin his duties tomorrow and there
are a large number OF bills already II
the hands of the committee, ready L
be nut In form for the House
The Senate was one day ahead o
the House In getting its committees
appointed but was not ahead in be
ginning actual work AS will be seer
from the printed list OF committees
In the Banner. the Bennington Coun
~ Senators are we'll placed and where
they will get plenty Of work TIT
senate has taken the initiative in pro
vidiug for a special committee o
three senators and FIVE representa-
ives. TO consider all bills relating u
the subject OF taxation II is gener
ally reported here that Hon O. NJ
Barber of Bennington, win draft bill
or a series OF bills, covering the rec
concentrations of the recent Tax com
mission which has been studying th'
subject
one of the things Of special interes
is the deer law and there will b,
many bills, proposing to amend II
one of these which finds much favor
is TO pass a bill right away making Al
open season for both buck and doe o
one week for this year, and then !
the slaughter of deer, is found to b.
TOO great, the law can be wiped GU
later In the session
Frank r. Howe