The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-01
ADJOURNS
UNTIL FRIDAY
AFTERNOON
Out Of Respect to Memory of
President BuCkham
LONG DEER SEASON WANTED
Bill to Make Open Shooting in ESSEX
County for Entire Month Of
November

Montpelier, Dec. 1.-The Senate
will not again be in session until 3
o'clock Friday afternoon out of res
pect to the memory Of the late Pres
ident NJ. H. Buckham of Vermont
University
one of the three bills introduced in
the House today was one to make
the open season for deer in Essex
county the entire month of Novem-
Der.
The bill to commute the sentence
of Elroy Kent of Walllngford to life
Imprisonment was made special or
der for Friday at 1890 a. m.
The governor has signed II. 80 re
lating to supervision of schools and
H. Is providing for the Hing of no
tices OF the organization of corpora.
lions with the public service commits
sion and H. 294 creating state
acnOOI OF agriculture.
The legislature intends to look into
the rates charged for transportation
.of passengers by the Montpelier &
Wells River and the Rutland rail.
roads Mr. Calderwood of st. Johns
bury introduced a joint resolution
yesterday afternoon which was unan-
imously adopted, which empowers the
attorney general to take such action
as he may see fit before the public
service commission to Investigate the
rates now being charged by the Mont
pelier and Wells River railroad and
70 ascertain whether such rates are
excessive. Mr.. Calderwood called
the attention Of the House TO the
large surplus which this company
now has on hand, that II has recent.
ly raised its passenger rates from 2h
to three cents per mile and that he
had been informed on good authority
that this railroad, 80 miles in length
pays its president a salary of $4,000
per year
Mr.. Stone of Wallingiord introduc
ed a similar joint resolution which
was unanimously adopted which pro
vides for an investigation Of the
rates of transportation now being
charged by the Rutland railroad con
trolled and owned by the New YORK
Central.
The bill increasing the salary oil
the state commissioner of taxes from
$4,000 to $4,000 per year and giving
him additional powers and duties
went through the House easily this
afternoon. This bill was introduced
by the committee on ways and means
The bill allowing the railroads Of
he state to exchange mileage for ad
yertlsing in the newspapers was
reached this morning with an adverse
committee report. On motion of MI
McCuen Of Vergennes who introduc
ed the bill, It was ordered to lie and
was made a special order for tomor
row afternoon at 2:30.
Senator Gordon OF Washington in
troduoed a bill providing for the pub
LEGATION by the state OF 1000 copies o.
the muster rolls Of the soldiers anC
sailors Of the War OF 1912 which shall
be distributed to the various towns
and libraries.
The Senate also passed in concur
renee bills providing that owners o
posted land shall receive no compen
sation for damage done by deer. pre-
tecting muskrats In Lake Bomoseel
and its tributaries between May
and March %, providing markers 70
neglected graves and amending th
law relating To liens on colts.
Colonel Joseph Battell OF Middle
bury has renewed his offer TO presen
the state with several hundred acre
of land on the summit OF Camel
Hump for a forest preserve. Thl
land is covered with a virgin fores
and one of the conditions OF the gil
Is that the forest shall be preserved
Mr. Battell also wants the state (
build a road to the land and to el
clude automobiles from Il as II woul
be dangerous to permit of their us
there He also suggests that IN
name OF the mountain be changed I
Mount Ethan Allen, name suggeste
by the late President Buckham.
The bin providing for the erectio
of armorles for the Vermont Nations
Guard, which went through both hol
SEES swimmlngly on the strength {
the assurance that Il would not co.
the state anything beyond the usul
appropriation for the maintenance {
the National Guards meeting wit
trouble at the hands OF the governC
who thinks he sees where Il will eve
tually cost the state a pretty penny
complete these armorios.
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