The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-14
NEW TAX BILL WILL
Be INTRODUCED
TOMORROW
Committee Makes Adverse Re-
ports on All Measures
REFUSED EVENING SESSION
Public Utilities Bill Advanced to Third
Reading Yesterday Before House
Again Today

Montpelier, Jan. 1.-THE public
utilities bill, which was advanced to
| thlrd reading yesterday, is the spec.
ial order for this afternoon.
The committee On taxation has re-
ported adversely all taxation bills thar
nave been referred to it but a new b.ll
tomorrow.
me house today passed the bill max
ing Llncon's birthday gal holiday
lor this year only, being the Tooth an.
lliVersary of the great enamel ator's
Inc house today ordered to a III I'd
reading by vote OF los to "a IRE IN
Whlch pro- oses TO exemp from tixa.
tion property of veteran soldiers to the
amount OF $1,000 when they possess no
other real estate and are not selfsuDl
porting.
In anticipation of an interesting de.
bate on the public service commission
bill, the floor and galleries of the house
We're hlled yesterday afternoon. The
Dill was taken up as a special order
ana the first question was on the
amendment proposed Monday by Mr.
Howe OF st. Johnsbury. Mr.. Barber of
Brattleboro thought the amendment
was offered for the purpose of killing
the bill.
AR. Barber took up the bill. section
by section, and succinctly pointed out
now well guarded is the public ON
every point He said as things are to-
day we take the service that is given
US by the telegraph telephone or ex.
press companies, pay the price charg-
ed. and our only remedy is TO ston
taxing such service. Mr.. Barber smoke
Tor an hour and twenty minutes and
covered the subject very thoroughly.
Mr.. Howe Of St Johnsbury defended
MS proposed amendment and denied
that 1t was intended for the purpose of
killing the bill
On the question of the adoption of
the amendment, Mr.. Barber OF Brat
tle0orQ demanded the yeas and nays.
me result of the vote was as follows.
Yeas I3, nays $40, and the amendment
was lost. Mr. Thompson of Arlington
moved TO dismiss the bill Pending
me decision OF this question the house
tried to adjourn. This was voted
down aud as the motion to dismiss Mr.
DeBoer of Montpelier demanded the
yeas and nays
The house had no idea of dismissing
the Dlil IN such summary manner
ana by vote OF II to l44 refused so
to do. An attempt was then made
to secure an adjournment until this
evening that the matter might be fur
ther discussed but the members had
listened patiently for more than four
hours to the discussion of this hill.
they were tired and they refused TO
come back for an evening session
The bill was ordered to a third read.
ing before adjournment
The Senate yesterday afternoon
passed the bill relating to the salaries
OF county clerks and II has now gone
to the governor for his signature.
bill was introduced into the Sen.
ate yesterday afternoon bv Senator
Butler providing that the st. Adams
Messenger company, the futile COM
pany Of Rutland and the Burlington
Free Press association of Burlington
shall be paid for work done BY them
for the state in 1906 under their sew.
eral contracts. fair sum after de- |
Quoting whatever sums have been |
paid to them on their contracts. This |
bill was ordered to lie and be printed. |
The Senate has refused third read !
ing to the valued policy bill which |
passed the House after an adverse re- !
port from the committee on insurance. |
The primary elections bill, which |
has passed the Senate with only two |
dissenting votes, came into the House |
yesterday morning. 1t contains 80
printed pages besides numerous amend
ments made in the Senate Mr.. Howe
OF Bennington asked that the bill be
read in full the first time. Tie bill
was then referred to the committee on
elections.
The Senate has adopted the report
of its committee Of conference on the !
votes of the two houses
on the printing bills which was In sub
stance that the senate insist upon its
OF amendment This kills
the bill unless a motion to reconsider 4
the vote on this report should be
made. 4