The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-01-07
RESIDENTS WILL
PAY FEE Of 10
CENTS EACH
Tourist and Alien Hunters Must
dig Up" SIS
NO LICENSE COMMISSIONER
House Kills Without Debate Measure
to Change Method of Making
Appointments.
NO LICENSE COMMISSIONER


killed the bill to create
state license commissioner without
debate.
The hunters license bill came up
again for discussion and after amend
ing the resident registration feature
by cutting the fee down to 10 cents,
and making the figure for non resi-
dents and aliens SIS the bill was pass
ed.
The senate this morning passed the
bill appropriating $500 TO assist the
town of SYNDICATE to build school
house.
Governor Prouty today announced
the appointment of +. c Williams of
Newport to be state bank commission
er and Thomas O'Brien to be judge
of the municipal court of Bellows
Falls.
The bill creating a state license
commissioner and prescribing his pow
ers and duties was reached yesterday
afternoon in the House. 1t is a sub
stitute bill, introduced by the Joint
committee on temperance. 1t pro-
yides for a state license commissioner
at Sc per day who shall issue all Ii
censes to sell intoxicating liquor APP
point license commissioners in towns
voting yes and have general over
sight of the liquor business.
Mr.. Leary of Burlington offered an
amendment which struck out all of
the original bill after the enacting
clause, providing for the appointment
Of license commissioners by the assis-
tant judges OF the county court these
commissioners to be chosen from the
two leading political parties, thus put.
ting their appointment out of politics
Mr.. Leary also proposed an amend
ment that in towns of 5000 or more
| five license commissioners instead of
three should be appointed. This
would leave the law practically where
it now is except that license boards
should be non-partisan Mr. Leary
spoke in favor of his proposed amend
ment which he said was designed sole
ly TO keep the appointment of license
commissioners out of politics.
Mr.. Kinsley OF Rutland city opposed
the amendments proposed by Mr.
Leary. He thought the appointment
Of commissioners would still be KEEP
| In politics under the proposed amend
ment and he favored the original bill
as did Mr.. Fish of Vergennes anC
others. The proposed amendment
were lost and on motion of Mr. d,
Boer Of Montpelier the bill was or
dered TO lie and was made a specia
order for 1906 this morning.
There was a vigorous debate yes
terday morning in the passing of tn,
hunters license bill TO third read
ing
The House proposed an amendmen
which was adopted, allowing tn
shooting at any time of noxious ami
mails not protected by law.
On the question of the third read
ing of the bill Mr.. Fish of Vergenne
explained its provisions and told o
the desirability of its becoming a law
Mr.. Fletcher of Cavendish character
lied It as unconstitutional because
proposes a restriction and not a reg
ulatiOn-
Mr.. Johnson of Woodstock favore,
the bill. He thought the state ha,
long enough raised deer for non-res
ident hunters to shoot. Mr. Ames o
Holland also made an effective speed
in its favor from the standpoint of
resident of border town. He toll
of his own experiences with hunter
and fishermen from Canada. On tn
other hand Mr.. Parker of Lowell an
other Orleans county man, vigorous
ly opposed the bill
Mr. Daniels of East Montpelier salt
the measure was wrong and unjus
and he hoped il was unconstitutional
Mr.. Howe of Bennington called tn
attention to the fund this bill will pre-
vide for restocking streams and gam
covers and thus promote and main
tain the fish and game interests o
Vermont. Mr.. Martin of Plainfel
spoke of the injury done to the far
mers of the state by hunters and h
thought this bill was a good chanc
for the farmers to get back at them
An amendment proposed by Nj
Ballou of Chester making license fee
for resident hunters fifty cents in
stead of $100 was adopted and al
amendment proposed by Mr.. Parke
of Lowell exempting all children VI
der eighteen years of age from tn
provisions of the bill was rejected an
it was finally ordered to the thir
reading by safe majority.
An attempt was made in the Hous
yesterday afternoon to reconsider tn
vote whereby a third reading TO tn
employers liability bill was refused
The motion to reconsider was mad
by Mr.. Wheeler of South Burlington
who voted with the majority and III
motion was supported by Mr.. Lear
/ OF Burlington and Mr.. Williams
Newport. The House, however, W.
stubborn, and by rising vote OF u
. to 81 refused to consider. II is =
ported that a new bill embodying prs
tically the same ideas as the one XII
4 ed yesterday will be introduced,
The Senate bill providing for q
4 inspection Of milk precipitated a d
bate In the House that lasted an ho
and a half and covered a wide ram
in regard to milk. The bill was Il
ally passed in concurrence by q
close vote OF 90 to 81.
One of the livliest debates OF {
session was held in the Senate "
terday afternoon on the Senate b
increasing the number of judges
the supreme court from four to III
The most effective speech In its 81
port was made by Senator Lewis
d orleans. He was supported by s.