Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-10
Believed an Executive Veto on
Sentimental Grounds Should
Not Be Exercised
HOUSE KILLS CATTLE BILL
Senate refuses to Reconsider Vote on
Trustee Process Measure which
WINS Refused Third Reading
Suffrage Debate Put OF
Till Friny.

Montpelier. Dec. s.-The bill allow
Ing shooting does in the open season,
which passed both houses of the Leg
.slaturc before the Thanksgiving re-
cess became law to-day by Gov.
George II. Prouty afrixng his sigma
ture thereto. Under this law all deer
except spotted fawns may he hunted
and taken during the last six days Of
October should the slaughter be
greater than is expected, the Begisla-
,ure of 1910 will convene In time TO
repeal this law before the open sea
son Of taat year.
This bill which has now become
law applies to both resident and non
resident hunters. \ provision in the
law makes It illegal to shoot or hunt
deer between sunset and sunrise In
any day Of the open season.
While personally opposed to the bill,
Governor Proutv could see no legal
or constitutional grounds for inter-
posing mis- veto against n majority vote
Of botn houses of tho Legislature. lie
believed that an executive veto on
sentimt rtal grounds should not be
exercised NJ. J. Hapgood of Peru
who has been greatly opposed TO this
measure, arrived in Montpelier last
evening and called on the Governor
this morning to- urge him TO veto the
bill Mr.. IIapgood was informed that
the Governor had signed IT a few MIN
utes before his arrival.
FIREWORKS POSTPONED.
The expected did not happen In the
Senate and House this afternoon and the
proceedings which were entirely of a
routine character were concluded and an
adjournment was reached before three
o'clock. The Senate postponed until to-
morrow tackling the womans suffrage
bill and the bill in the House which
provides that all license fees for licenses
70 sell intoxicating liquor shall be paid
10 the State and redstributed according to
the population, on which the liveliest
kind of a debate was expected was not
reached in the House. It probably will be
taken up tomorrow forenoon.
An attempt was made in the Senate this
afternoon by Senator Finn Of Windsor
20 set a reconsideratio Of the vote by
which the Senate refused a third reading
TO the trustee process bill, which IS known
as House bill .. The Senate however
refused to have anything more to do with
IT,
HOUSE KILLS ANT1-TEST BILL.
The House this afternoon refused n
third reading 10 the bill which yesterday
was discussed all the afternoon in the
House IN committee of the whole. which
provides for repeating all existing laws
regarding the tuberculn test. A yea and
nay vote was demanded on the passage
If this bin which was refused. ls5 10
%
The town of Pawlet was we'll represent
pd at the State House this afternoon
when the committee on town lines gave
another hearing on the bill providing for
division OF the town Of Pawlet and
rreating the town of West Pawlet o. NJ
Barber OF Bennington appeared for the
hil and r. l.. Laird of Montpelier re-
presented the opponents of the meas
are.
A mass Of evidence was laid before
Inc committee and n large amount Of
nratory was turned loose.
The time this morning In both Houses
was taken up with routine business and
the desks were cleared preparatory &c
the more interesting events Of the after
noon.
WOULD PAY SALARY TO WIDOW.
A Joint resolution was introduced
into the House BY Mr.. Spoor of Riptor
providing for the payment for the en-
tire session Of the per diem and mile
age Of George f. Marsh. the represent
alive from HancocH, who died before
the opening OF the Legislature. This
ioint resolution which was referred Is
tho Joint committee on State and Cour'
expenses provides for tho payment Of
this money to the widow of Mr.
Marsh.
Among the House bills killed in tha
body this morning was one which pro
vided for the suppression OF tuhercu
losis by vaccination. and another quite
important hill which provided tina
relatives Of pauper incurablcs shoult
hr cared for at the State Hospital 70,
tho Insane at waterbury, by their rela
tives when they were financially abb,
50 TO do.
The House this morning granted tn,
request OF the Senate for a committe,
81 conference on the disagreeing vote
of the two houses on an amendment Il
House bill IN which the Senate an,
House could not agree as to where
comma should be placed.