The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-29
SESSIONOF 19OS-9
FINISHED THIS
MORNING
Final Adjournment Reached
After All Night Session
TAX BILLS WERE ALL KILLED
Mean No Change in Tax laws-Sal
airy Bill Passed by Senate IS to
10 and Signed by Governor

Montpelier. Jan. 29.-The legisla-
ture of 190S-9 adjourned without date
this morning at o'clock after SEES
sion lasting go days, the longest in the
history of the state. being 20 days
longer than the session OF two years
ago.
Both houses were In session all
night. At ISIS this morning the
House appointed a committee compos-
ed OF DeBOer of Montpelier and Wat
son OF st. Adams to report that the
House had completed its business and
was ready to adjourn. The Senate
appointed a similar committee com
posed of Senator Finn of Windsor
county and Senator Mcintyre OF Rut-
land county A recess was then Ia
ken to o'clock when the final ad.
journment was declared by the speak
er of the House and president of the
Senate.
The final night session OF the leg
islature was enlivened by three inter
esting features. the killing of the tax
bill, the passage by the Senate of the
salary grab bill and veto by Cover
nor Prouty of the bill 10 aid the town
OF jamaica.
OF these three the most important
was the slaughter of the Bacon-Cush-
man tax bill by the House after a
| long debate. The conference commit
tee reported in favor of the bill with
amendments including five mill tax
on intangibles and similar rate on
savings bank deposits. A strong eff
fort was made to get the House to
accept these changes but after a long
and spirited debate the House refused
to accept the report of the conference
committee and the bill was dead The
final vote was nearly 3 to ] and the
result is no change in the tax laws
for another two years at least.
The Senate after having and geeing
over the salary bill for two days f.
nally passed the bill just before mid
night by vote of Is to TO- The gov.
ernor signed the bill This bill makes
the pay of representatives and sena
tors 81 per day instead of SO per day
as heretofore. There is no question
OF the need OF increased pay for the
members considering the increased
cost OF living over what i was for
merly, but the Legislature Is likely &c
be criticised for making it apply &c
the members OF the present genera
assembly instead OF for the future
This salary increase makes the eX
pense Of the present legislature S25,
900 more than It would on % a day
basis
Governor Prouty vetoed the bill ap
propriating $4,000 to aid the town o.
Jamaica in paying its Indebtedness
The governor sent a veto message ex
planning that he had gone over The
matter with the attorney general anC
they agreed that the bill as passed
was unconstitutional. Several mem
bers urged that the bill be passed Owe
the governors veto but when ii CANE
to a vote the governor was sustained
) by strong vote. The town Of Jam
, aica is badly In debt and has ta'
rate of $4.05 on a dollar The bill wa
| designed to help the town to get on
, OF debt and start new.
During the all night session Their
were several recesses during whicl
, There was singing and recitations
Frank l.. Fish Of Vergennes gave sey
eral French dialect sketches that wer
! greatly enjoyed and Freddie Goodwin
OF Randolph, one of the House pages
: gave a recitation which was rendere
S so well that the members took up
? collection for him amounting to owe
5 SIS.
4 On the passing OF the House bill il
creasing the per diem pay of the les
I. islators to "a the day the senator
4 voting in the affirmative were: Bins
S ham. Cory Croft Fairbanks, Flags
S Gleason Cross Kennedy, Orvis, Pc
4 ter Scott, Sherman, Thayer Vanc
Wright-15.
s The senators voting against the pai
y sage OF the bill are: Barney, Bliss
s Gorham, Huntley, Kidder, Lewis {
i Lamoille. Lewis of Orleans, Mclntyr
e McLam, Walker-10. Senators DOM
9 way and Hobart paired
s The Senate refused to pass III
d House bill requiring the interchane
Of mileages on railroads.
S During recess at midnight, Doc
s keeper c. f.. Clifford was presente
g with a purse OF money by Mr. JonC
y OF Sudbury on behalf OF the House
q The disagreeing votes of the tW
J. houses on the normal school bill hay
been adjusted by the Senate recediu
from its proposal of amendment in a
tachmg rider appropriating 5000
L. for the erection Of a central norm
school and the conference committC
/, reported In favor OF the appointmel
- by the governor OF a commission
% Ave to serve without pay, but to r
. ceive necessary expenses, this col
'Ss mission during the next two years
= inspect the three normal schools
"A the state and also to submit to u
~ Legislature Of 1910 plans, specifics
=. ions and recommendations for ce
! trail normal school
"a The disagreeing votes Of the ty
AZ houses relating TO fishing In Windha
w county have also been straighten'
n. out and for the next two years the re
q. idents OF that county will be allow
%. to fish for trout one month EARL
h than will those In any other coun
GO in the state The open season In IN
cd county this year will commence Ap
NJ. is and close August !,
nv The trustee process bill died
70. oommite and Governor Prouty pocF
cd vetoed the bill to compel railroad co
,r. panies TO advertise their time tabl
in newspapers.
The ssst Of the session to the ST.