The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-10-08

diatcly and surely awaken and sustain
the educational interests OF the state as
such an institution.
Temperance.
Under the present law whereby one.
half Of the license fees granted in
town 90 10 the town itself there it a
tendency on the part OF some towns, es.
pecially the smaller ones. TO vote for
license for the sake of the revenue ac.
cruing therefrom. 1t is not in the inter.
est OF Temperance and is wrong in princi.
pie and practice to permit pccuniary in
terest to influence tine voting of any
town on this question. In some smaller
towns where no one could afford to pay
the license fee, If dependent for his in
come upon the inhabitants of the town,
licenses have been granted because the
close proximity of larger town or city
voting no license makes a license profit
able This conditions works a great
wrong to such neighboring towns or
cities.
| recommend tnat the local option law
be so amended that all income from the
granting OF licenses shall be paid directly
into the treasury OF the state. Then
towns and cities can vote upon the ques.
ton OF license strictly upon its merits
AMI uninfuenced by any financial censid-
Grafton. The whole license fee might
fairly 90 to the state for the duty and
expense of enforcing the local option
law, and the indirect expense OF the Ii.
quor traffic largely falls upon it, The
municipal and other court expenses and
and the expense of maintaining iails
and other penal and reformatory insti |
buttons are borne by the state When.
a twno or city votes license the result |
is larger number of criminal causes, |
and only small proportion Of the ex-
pense occasioned by this increase in !
criminal causes is borne by the town or
city.
also recommend that some reasonable (
restriction be put upon placing a licensed /
saloon on or near the borders of town
voting no license.
The appointment of license commits.
sioners was intrusted to the assistant
Judges of the county courts with the
hope that better class of men would
thus be selected for commissioners and
that their selection would be less infu.
anced by those directly interested in the
sale Of Intoxicating liquors. This meth.
cd is doubtless better than to nave the
elected by the towns or
appointed by the selectmen, as the orig.
NAL law provided. There is, however, in
counties where a considerable number of
towns are likely to vote license. ten
iency TO introduce into the selection OF
Judges the question Of their
action in the appointment of
license commissioners. This does not
end to improve the selection OF assistant
Judges and the appointment of license
is usually so controyerted
/ question that however wisely made
t does not tend TO strengthen the judi
,ial position OF such Judges, The conf
lence Of the people in those who have
my judicial function to perform must
lot be impaired in any way | recon-
mend the appointment Of a state license
,oard consisting Of three members, to
,e appointed by the governor, in which
hall be vested all the power and au-
hority which the local license commits.
toner's now have
OpeGldl NuA puldllUu A6RlSldilOU.
The granting of special charters to
riyate corporations, to villages and to
aviugs banks and trust companies UNI
ecessarily takes the time of the legis-
ature and does not produce uniform
esults For the reasons stated in my
message to tine last legislature, ,,
again recommend that the law for or
anization of private corporations be !
thoroughly revised, and when so revised
hat applicants for charters. except in
cases, be required to avail :
themselves of its provisions, and that
'ell considered law for the organization
t savings banks and trust companies
nd for the voluntary Incorporation of
illages be enacted.
Trustee Process.
| also renew nv recommendation that
he statutes be so amended that wages
r compensation due the principal debtor
)r work and labor performed by him in
ersons should be exempt to the amount
f $40, and that wages only in excess of
hat amount should be liable to the trus-
se process.
staff.
Section 5025 OF the public statutes
rovides that the governor snail appoint
surgeon general, with the rank OF
rigadier general, and an inspector of
fe practice and four aides de-camp, {
lch with the rank of colonel While
MS provision does not entail large ex-
snse upon the state, I believe it is I'M 4
ecessary unbusiness- like and unmili
Try. ANY staff duty which the governor
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officers Of the National Guard. This