Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-17
CATTLE BILL
DEBATED IN HOUSE
House by Common Consent Or
ders the Measure to a Third
Reading.
MANY BILLS PUSHED ALONG
Important Nens ircs ToucI,iUg Rail-
roads Approves ~ spite Os C.Tu-
r,sttee'R tS'crst p~pbrt-Sen"
ate D.sposcs < Much UOu-
tine In Single Session.

Montpelior Dec 1.-THE hll relating
20 the cattle commissioner and defining
his powers and duties. which was mace
special order in the House this after
noon wns by common consent. ordered
TO a third reading and the debate on the
bill is to take place Tomorrow when 1t
comes up for passage. Mr., Hitchcock o!
PittsforG who introduced this bill from
tho committee on Agriculture explained
the changes II proposes In the existing
law. Among these changes are that the
state cattle commissioner may test sus-
peCted cattle without the consent of the
owner. the state cattle commissioner
may dispose OF the carcasses of dis
ensed animals at slaughter houses where
therc is sn inspector instead of burning
or huryihG them AZ the law now pro-
vldeS: payment foi diseased cattle shall
not ha ms1c unless the barns in which
they have beef kept have been thorough.
lN fUmigat"d, the appropriation for cat
tie killed in any one year shall not eX-
coed S4ocn tho amount received from
the bodies sold TO slaughter houses cN-
copied, the 10 per cent. of appraised
value for cattle killed is retained.
Mr.. Marshall OF Burke offered aH
amendment which will he argued to-
morrow striking ont tho provision in t. t.
bill that in no casn shall The appraised
value exceed $40 for any one anira'
Alter tic nil had boon passed to- o.
third reading II WAS ordered to lie Until
Tomorrow.
COUNTY CLERKS SALARIES.
a spicy debate ensued over the bill
fixing the salaries OF the county clerks
of the State, members from several
counties strenuously insisting that their
county clerks should have an increase
Of salary MIR Howe of St. JohnshurY
succeeded In getting d raise of $500 for
the clerk of Caledonia county and 500
for the clerk of Essex county. and Mr.
Fish Of NergenncS was successful in Sc
curing an amendment which raises the
salary of the clerk of Addison county
court from 1900 to $3.50. The salary of
the clerk of Chittenden county court was
also raised on recommendation of the
committee from 5000 10 S2lvo The sal
AIRY OF the clerk of Essex county form
erly $500 will now be 500; that of Add
son has been 81 200, will now be 81 800;
that IT Caledonia county court has been
$l.7c0. will now be 5000 and Chittenden
county will now be s.. 100 instead Of 5000.
Inc Rouse amended the bill relat tin =
co., .,,,, ~, , -u' Nv
more than six pound IF brook fran,
brown golden or s,oo, boo5 tr,,, 100
landlockc1 salmon instead NJ IN ,ovrl.
ms urovilrd t., tho hui rio ,,i,, ~
then or.iorcd +, q ,bira ro,.,i,,,r
MAY PAY FOR ADVERTISING.
The bill allowing the railroude Of tb.,
State To issue mileage books for ndvertis-
Ing Slacc in newspapers was also ordered
to third reading.
The senate bill appropriating sl5 40
annually for jhe state laborat orv II
hygiene ~ Burlugtou to be expended
lnGcr the direction of the state board If
health. came up in the House this after
moan with Favorable report az tho
'"uni,te" on appropriations. Mr.. Howe
Of ST J0hnsbury strongly opposed tho
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