Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-10-23
THE LEGISLATURE.
Short Summary of the Principal
Events During Past Week.

Events During Past Week
The following bills were introduced
Wednesday afternoon, October Ia: H. 2,
by Mr.. Barber of Bennington, amends
section 1856, Public Statutes and provides
that wages or compensation due for work
or labor performed shall be exempt from
trustee process up to $40; referred to
the committee on judiciary. H. 3, by
Mr.. Locklin of Richford. provides that in
the town or city in which a states attor-
ney resides no fee shall be allowed to any
other prosecuting officer in case of an Of
fense committed therein, except on a
certificate that states attorney was un-
able to prosecute; Judiciary. H. 4, by
Mr.. Otis of Sutton, provides that all fees
from liquor licenses shall be paid to state
treasurer instead of to towns temper
ance. II. 5, by Mr.. Walker of Dummers-
ton, amending section 5274, Publics Stat
utes, prohibits taking trout, salmon and
longe from brooks or streams between
July l and April /, or in ponds or lakes
between September l and May 1; game
and fisheries. A joint assembly was held
at 3;15 to hear the report of the joint
committee to canvass votes for members
of Congress. A joint resolution was
adopted by the House granting the use
of the hall to Vermont Historical society
Tuesday evening" November 10, for the
anniversary exercises. The House ad-
journed on motion of Jones of Sud.
bury.
The Senate opened with the usual
morning exercises after which a joint
resolution was adopted and concurred.
1t provided for giving of the use of the
Hall of representatives on October 81 to
the Daughters of 1912.
Senator Cory of Washington county
offered a joint resolution calling for
committee of five senators to confer with
the general committee regarding the Ter
centenary celebration. On motion of
Senator Finn of Windsor the resolution
was laid on the table.
The Senate conceded to the joint reso-
luton providing for the joint session in
the afternoon and passed the st. Albans
emergency bill.
On Thursday several important bills
came to the surface, which gave sufficient
exercise to the gray matter of the law
makers to keep them out of mischief.
Bills were introduced in the Senate by
the Senator from Washington and in the
House by Rep. Fish of Addison County
for an appropriation of s25, 900 for cell
ebration by Vermont in 1909 of the ter
centenary of the discovery of Lake Cham
plain.
Senator Walker of Rutland introduced
bill calling for refund of the agricul-
tural college loan of 1910; this amounts
to $l35, 600.
Mr.. Goodhue of Westminster put out a
proposition that had tendency to make
folks sit up and take notice. His bill
calls for a penalty of 1000 and dis
qualification from acting as agent of any
corporation at the State House for three
years, of any person who, acting as such
counsel or agent, fails to register with
the sergent-at-arms present his written
authority to act as lobbyist, the date of
his employment with the corporation
for which he is interested.
| Editor Howe of Bennington has an
idea which he would like to see perpetu-
ated; bill calls for the last week of Octo-
Der as the open season, containing six
working days, Sundays excepted, prohib-
its use of dogs, lights, snares, traps or
salt-licks, or hunting between sunset and
sunrise. Another bill, that of providing
penalties for person who, while hunting.
carelessly shoots or wounds human be-
ing.
| Mr.. Hitchcock of Pittsford came to the
fore with happy thought regarding the
prevention of forest fires that goes some
thing like this: The Governor may in
time OF drouth suspend the open season
and make it a close season for such time
as he may designate, during which time
all provisions of law relating to close
season shall be in force.
On Friday devotional exercises in the
House were conducted by DIR. John NJ.
Thomas of Middlebury college.
One of the bills introduced was an i'm
portant one by Mr.. Hitchcock of Pittsford
calling for creation of a State board OF
forestry, consisting of Governor, the di'
rector of the Vermont agricultural exper
iment station, the secretary of the State
board of agriculture, ex officio, and two
citizens to be appointed by the Governor
Members to receive no compensation fol
services, but shall be paid expenses. Tn,
said bill provides for appointment o.
State forester, professionally trained
at salary not to exceed So 800 annually
! and necessary travelling and field expen