The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-01-12
NEW CHANGE
is PROPOSED
InLlquor Law, to Have County
Commissioners
WITH APP0INTIVE POWER
To Name Local Commissioners in Each
Town voting-This Proposed as
Amendment to Tilden License
Commissioner Bill.
WITH APP0INTIVE POWER
state House. Jan. le.

FtatN eANN'Nf N"fAs
Mr.. Hitehcocl's amendment TO the Til
den license commissioner bill was adj
vanced TO third reading in the House
yesterday afternoon with practically no
OPPOSITION. 1t provides for the election
of county commissioners in the towns
voting for license. Mr.. Hitchcock said
that he did not believe in connecting
the Judiciary with the liquor business
and he thought his proposed measure
was an improvement over the present
System of the appointment of the com
missioners by the assistant judges. Mr..
Locklin, chairman of the temperance
committee, said that while the measure
was not exactly the choice Of the COM
mittee, he favored it as being an inn
proyement over the present idea.
Mr.. williams of Newport asked per-
sonal privilege to state few things in
connection with the handling of the
Leary amendment to this bill the other
day when he was presiding. He said
that he had done no harm TO the gen
tleman from Burlington in the handling
of his amendment and that he never
intended to do him any injustice. He
supposed the paper handed him contain
ed separate amendments, and he started
in to handle the question in that man
ner. He said that certain newspapers
had misrepresented him in the matter
and he wished to say that in certain
respects he favored Mr.. Leary's amend
mcnts to the provisions Of the bill. He
thought Mr.. Leary was now convinced
that he had no motive nor intention to
malhandle the amendment.
Mr.. Leary, In turn, stated in reply
that he was now fully convinced that
Mr.. Williams had not intended injury
to his cause when he offered his tMr.
Leary's) amendment by sections. He
said they had come to that conclusion
after talk with Mr.. Williams that
evening. He thought the papers had
made too much of 1t.
Mr.. Barber Of Brattleboro made a
motion that II. 6l7, the public utility
bill offered as a substitute, be made a
special order for Wednesday afternoon
at $3.50 o'clock. Mr.. Howe Of st. Johns
bury offered an amendment which is in
substance new bill, as it strikes out
all after the enscting clause of the Bar
Der bill. His amendment will lie and
be printed According TO Mr.. Howe's
amendment the salary Of the commits
sioners is set at $500 each, the chair
man to receive an additional $500. The
bill provides that the commissioners
shall fix just rates in public service util- |
titles and see that fair service is given.
The nub Of the bill is found in section |
3, which reads as follows: The public |
service commission shall have iurisdic-
ton throughout the state to fix just and |
reasonable maximum rates, tolls and |
charges for telegraph and telephone |
messages and service; electric lights, |
power and heat; gas lights, and ship /
ments of property by express, and to
compel transmission and delivery of tel
egraph and telephone messages, and the
furnishing of telephone service; furnish
ing electric lights, power and heat. ana
furnishing Of gas lights, power and heat,
and transportations and shipments of
property by express, SO as to be reason
able and adequate for the aceommoda-
tion Of the public and without discrim.
ination for the same kind and amount
thereof" The fourth section provides
that that in the procedure of cases the
burden of proof shall rest on the defend
ant
The Senate went into executive YES.
sion yesterday afternoon to act on the