News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1908-10-14

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of the committee on printing and amen
Der of the committee on education an
railroads.
The House committees were announce
Tuesday by Speaker Cheney.
The Senate committees, under the rult
were made up by Lieutenant Governo
Mead, President pro tenn Gibson, c
Windham, and Senator l.. III. Lewis c
Lamoille. The nominations read i
the Senate and accepted by that body.
THE SENATE COMMITTEES
| Rules-Croft of Franklin, Flagg O
Orange. Gross of Orleans
Finance-Walker of Rutland, Gleason
of Caledonia, Porter of Bennington.
Observation-Disclosures of Rutland, Finn o
Windsor, Gibson of Windham, Donawa,
of Addison, Sherwin of Windsor, Levi
of Orleans, Gleason of Caledonia.
Observation-Disclosures of Windsor, Lewis
| of Lamoille, Fairbanks of Caledonia
| Finn of Windsor, Croft of Franklin.
| Observation-Disclosures of Windsor, Gibson
of Windham Mcintyre of Rutland, Ken
needy of Chittenden, Lewis of Lamoille
Barney of Franklin, Porter of Benning
! ton.
Agriculture-Gross of Orleans, Hobart
| of Chittenden, Kennedy of Chittenden.
Highways and dges-Huntley o.
Washington, Croft Of Franklin, Wright
| of Grand Isle.
Military-Flagg of Orange, Vance OF
Essex, Bliss of Washington.
Elections-Gibson of Windham, Orvis
of Bennington, Kennedy of Chittenden.
appropriations Lewis of Orleans,
Croft of Franklin, Kidder of Windsor.
Manutacturers-Mcl of Rutland,
Thayer of Addison Huntley of Washing
ton.
Banks-Scott of Rutland, Barney of
Franklin, Walker of Rutland.
Street Railways-Corry ofWashington,
Nolan of Orange, Sherwin of Windsor,
Gleason of Caledonia, Orvis of Benning-
ton, Bliss of Washington, Bingham of
Chittenden.
Land Taxes Wright of Grand Isle, Nc
Lam of Orange, Hobart of Chittenden.
Insane-Bingham of Chittenden, Cor
ham of Windham, Porter of Bennington.
Printing-Lewis of Lamoille, Kennedy
of Chittenden, Wright of Grand Isle
General-Flinn of Windsor, Bingham
of Chittenden, Walker of Rutland, Ho-
bart of Chittenden. Scott of Rutland
State Prison-Thayer of Addison, Kid
der of Windsor, Mcintyre of Rutland.
Federal Relations-kennedy of Chit
tenden, Flagg of Orange, Vance of Essex.
Municipal Corporations Gorham of
Windham, Lewis of Orleans, Orvis of
Bennington.
Corporations Donaway of Addison,
Cory of Washington, Huntley of Wash
ington.
Grand List-McIntyre of Rutland Bliss
of Washington, Croft of Franklin.
Claims-Barney of Brankln, Finn of
Windsor, Flagg of Orange, Huntley of
Washington, Gross of Orleans.
The chief feature of Tuesdays session
was the announcement of the house com
mittees.
heprincipalchairmanships are Ways
and means, Fletcher of Cavendish Judi
ciary, Fish of Vergennes; appropriations,
Bacon Of Hartford; education, DeBoer of
Montpelier; railroads, Williams of New
port; corporations, Barber of Brattle-
boro; general committee, Kingsley of
Rutland city.
The chairmanships of the committees
on mileage and debentures, public build
ings, municipal corporations and agri-
SO " bClllOCl dts anu IOul IGlIlO-
Gratis head the house membership on as
many joint standing committees
House Bill No was introduced by
Watson of St. Adams, to enable that city
to issue warrants to relieve the water
situation.
1t is understood that bill drawn by
Atty. Gen c. c. Fits providing for the
protection of forests is ready to be intro
duced. 1t gives to the governor, in cases
OF extreme drouth, power to suspend the
open hunting season.
A joint resolution, providing for a joint
special committee on taxation, to consist
ofthree Senators and five Representatives,
was adopted on the part of the Senate.
Joint resolutions providing for the APP
pointment of acanvassing committee and
for stenographers for the secretary of the !
senate and the clerk of the house were
on the part of the senate.
This constituted the work of the Sem |
ate Tuesday.
Lamoille county is represented on the |
House Committees as follows: Mann of
on Elections, Mudgett of
on Education, Morse of VOL |
,ott on Claims, Goodell of Elmore on |
and Bridges, Parker of John |
sOH Oh NdllI OduS, IOlleI Oh DSiV1uG1e on |
Grand List, Sherwin of Hyde Park on |
A Agriculture, Smith of Stowe on General |
Committee and Appropriations, Emery |
Of Eden on Land Taxes and Mileage and /
Debentures. |
The delegation from Lamoille has been |
used well in the matter of committee APP |
and all express themselves |
as satisfied with their assignments. |
LEGISLATIVE NOTES
Forty-four years ago the Secretary of |
State was G. w. Bailey, an Elmore boy |
Today it is G. w. Bailey, of Chittenden /
county. The former was a very popular |
but not bit more so than the
present official.
Lamoille county was we'll represented
1t the opening of the Legislature. Among
hose in attendance we observed: d. II. |
-amberton, Geo. Town, Geo. Morse.
Nm. S. Cheney, c. II. A. Stafford, Nor
-isville; H. G. Thomas, A. A. Pike, L. L.
Harris, c. F. Eddy, Stowe; Gov Page,
& S. Page, H. c. Shaw. Judge White,
z. w. Hulburd, Hyde Park
Mrs. Geo. Powers was a guest of Mrs.
Mutt, the well-known court stenographer.
ind looked in on the Legislature in its
opening days.
There are several heavy 1S-e;oh4e -, tI,a |