Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-09-23

AAoAioA cotpe, mrs. +. I. Terry,
ana Rev. Fraser Metzger. II is proposed
70 give the regiment q banquet in
bethany Parish house and to allow
civilians to secure tickets il they wish
70 attend. The corps will cater for the
banquet and at its close grand campfire
Will be held in Chandler Music ball.
Sheriff H. 7. Baldwin Of Wells River
and Deputy Sheriff B. II. Adams. Jr.. of
Chelsea have transferred to the Washing
ton county jail at Montpelier the two
prisoners, William loyal and ]. E. Lind
say Of Bethel, who we're committed to
Orange county jail last Thursday to
serve sentence of 10 DAYS for intoxi-
cation and the inhuman treatment Of q
horse, hired by loyal from the livery OF
Z. 5. Putnam in Bethel. Since the hear
ing OF the two men it has been learned
that they not only drove Mr. Putnam's
horse to Mortified but to Montpelier
and Barre also, making the animal cover
over 100 miles in two days, practically
without food or rest. Joyal had a
barber shop in Mortified before he
nailed his pole up in Bethel, and the
town be left was, it is understood. gener-
ously pleased to have Bethel acquire his
poll tax. Lindsay, too, had lived in
Mortified and worked in its stone sheds
Hunters License Stir in 6rattleboro.
Brattleboro hunters, whom the clerk of
that town has been charging the notary's
fee of % cents for administering the oath
on their application for a license, muir
INJURED somewhat after the fashion Of the
Randolph hunters at the trifiing fee OF
ten cents, charged them by Town Clerk
Hatch for he
fusion and misunderstanding in this
town have been duplicated in Brattleboro,
and the Phoenix Of that place gives an
account of the situation
"When the blanks for the licenses we're
sent to Brattleboro and other towns in
this locality the town clerks were sur
prised greatly to find thst the application
for license had to be sworn to before a
notary public. There is nothing in the
statute that provides for the applicants
being sworn, but State Fish and Game
Commissioner Thomas put the oath pro-
vision in the application on his own re-
sponsibility. The need of man swear
ing that he is OF such a height and
weight and that his eyes and hair are of
certain color is not obvious when the APP
plicant personally presents himself to OBJ
tain the license.
"As soon as the license blanks we're in
spected the town clerks raised the ques-
ton as to whether they were entitled to
charge the regular fee, % cents, for ad-
ministerIng the OATH to the applicant.
Their fee for making out a resident Ii
cense is ten cents, q small amount consid-
ering the time il takes. II they charged
the regular fee for administering the oath
the license would cost each hunter 75
cents instead OF so as provided by the
statute. After comforting with the other
town clerks in this region Assistant Clerk
Hopkins wrote early in August to Mr..
Thomas for information on this point and
received the following reply
"'Your favor ofthe 9Th, enclosing appli-
cation TO hunt, received and ! return the
same. II is my opinion that 1t would he
perfectly proper to charge notary fees for
swearing any person, under the laws,
and il is certainly necessary that any per-
son be sworn before they receive Ii
cense.'
"This seemed to settle the question and
the town clerks OF Vernon, Dummerston
and Brattleboro have been charging the
extra rs cents for administering the oath
while the Guilford clerk charged 10 cents
and other town clerks did it free.
"a few Of the applicants for Licenses
have objected to the additional rs cents
and they have been informed that they
are at liberty to get the application oiled
out and the oath administered elsewhere.
The town clerks had no thought of any
complications over the matter as they APP
peared to have the authority of the state
fish and game commissioner in the course
they we're taking. Mr.. Hopkins was
greatly surprised by the recent receipt OF
a letter from the commissioner reading as
follows:-
" Complaints are coming to this office
that you are charging as cents for issuing
resident licenses. No doubt you are over
stepping your legal rights
"Mr. Hopkins was at loss to account
for this sudden change in attitude on the
part OF Mr.. Thomas and he replied
promptly, calling attention to the former
letter and stating that all the lawyers
consulted were of the opinion that no.
tary is entitled to 25 cents for each oath
administered under the laws OF the state
OF Vermont, and also OF the opinion that
the commissioner had overstepped his
legal rights in demanding an OATH