Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-11-04
FOURTH WEEK
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law Tile pSTSOliS So cOulineu IuuSI WIN
for the benefit of the state or the Gov
ernor may order him removed to some
sther county. The county jailer gets
pay for keeping these prisoners and
for the sake of keeping them he will
probably keep them at work. Several
ether bills have passed both branches
of the legislature but there are local
bills that do not interest the general
public. Some of them are legalized
grand lists, some to pay somebody the
sum therein named and few for the
purpose of amending the charter of
some town or corporation. These bills
are put through with rush and no one
questions them if they are reported ia
vorably by the committees to which
they are referred.
There are many bills now before the
legislature which are of much interest
to the people of the whole state. The
question Of taxation is receiving care
full consideration by the committees
and the bills on the subject are prob
ably nearly all in. The employers liza
bility law is another measure which is
creating much interest. Four bills
have been introduced. one by Mr.. Leary
Of Burlington. one by Mr.. Howe of ST.
Johnsbury, one by Mr.. Williams of
Newport and one by Mr.. Barber of
Brattleboro. Senator Gibson of Wind
ham county has introduced long and
comprehensive bill which will be
known as primary election law.
This bill provides for the nomination of
candidates by direct vote of the peo-
PIE or by nomination papers. The bill
gives all the details necessary for the
proper nomination of candidates by the
regular political parties. Senator Finn
Of Windsor county has introduced bill
for the purity of elections providing
q penalty for buying votes, intimidat-
ing Or threatening voters or paying
for the transportation of voters to and
from the polling place. 1t also forbids
the paying of political workers. This
is tough on the livery stables who do
such business on election day. There
are also many district court bills. A
bill introduced in the senate last week
provides that every hunter must have
license before going into the woods
to hunt. The fee is fixed at $1.OO for
= resident hunter and SIS for non res
ldent hunters and aliens. While it
seems impossible that such a bill pass
there are many supporters of it. The
proceeds are to be expended in enforc-
ing the fish and game laws and in the
propagation of fish and game. It is an
actual fact that this legislature seems
to be taking the fish and game laws
more seriously than other subjects at
present, and it is probably we'll that
they are. because they will get just
50 much out Of their system before
they reach the more important mat
tiers. Fish and game laws are good
things for them to train their oratory
On to work off their surplus energy.
The house has killed the bill which
nzde road commissioners ineligible foz
reelection if they exceed their appro-
priation, and they have killed one which
made the tuberculin test of cattle COM
.pulsory and provided no pay for cattle
killed. House bill No. los. abolishine
the Board of Agriculture and turning
the work over to one commissions
net with some resistance in the hous.
but was finally ordered to third read
ing. The commissioner of Agricultur,
shall promote agricultural interest
throughout the state by meetings, lee
lures. crop reports and such othe
methods as he thinks best. $4,000 pc
year is appropriated for this use. TIL
discussion Of this bill brought on
more fun for the members than an
measure yet considered. That is, j
was fun for all the members but one
Jones Of Sudbury. Jones has dippe
in his oar on every measure so fal
either to make a speech or offer a
amendment and the members had lon
since lost interest in his forens
efforts. AS usual Jones arose in h
seat and started speech in favor ,
this agricultural bill. After abo,
three sentences the members began
rap the covers Of their desks unit
there was a noise much louder tn:
the speech of Jones. Speaker Chen.
with smiles on his face restored ord
and the process was repeated for thr
times. Jones manfully kept at h
task each time and when he had fl
ished he exclaimed, There, gentlem
now you may bang your seats all y
please.' l doubt if there was a d
eve in the house when it was all owe
The real doings of the week howey
have been over the question of q
iournment for election. And he
.o,;n If 10 lucky for the state that I