The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-10-31
GoyernorAp Appoints Permanent
School Fund Commission
TO SERVE FOR TWO YEARS
Senator Porter H. Dale of Brighton Is
New Member-JOseph A. DeBoer
and ]. L. Southwick Are
the Others.

Governor Mead to-day announced the
appointment of the following state per-
manent school fund commissions; Jo-
seph A. DeBoer of Montpelier, Porter
II. Dale of Brighton, the present state
senator from Essex county, and J. L.
Southwick OF Burlington Senator Dale
succeeds g, NJ. Mansur of Newport. The
three appointees serve with the gov
ernor lieutenant-governor state treas
urer and superintendent of education, eX-
officio. The appointees are to serve for
the biennial term to November ]. The
commission is to have charge of the
permanent school fund.
With the resumption of the legislative
session tomorrow, it is expected that
the members will get down to work with
a vim. There are several special orders
and hearings set, the first of which
comes in the House tomorrow morn
ing at l0:30 when the dog license meas
ure comes up. The purpose of the bill
is to double the present dog licenses
on the ground that in many towns the
receipts are not large enough TO make
up for the damage done to sheep iiocks.
Then on Wednesday afternoon there
is special order in the House on
the bill Incorporating the Vergennes
Power company, introduced hy Mr.. Peck
of Burlington and denounced by Mr..
Hunt OF New Haven as vicious meas
ure"
There seems to be some opposition to
this bill. One argument against it ad-
Yanced in the, House Friday afternoon
is that similar bin has been introduced
in the Senate and is now pending there,
but Judge Peck of Burlington, the author
Of the House bill, states that the two
bills are not identical, in fact are dis
similar, for the Senate bin is for the
incorporation of the Vergennes Power
and Lighting company The bill intro
duced by Mr. Peck of Burlington, which
il made special order in the House
Wednesday afternoon, provides that the
principal offices of the Yergennes Power
company shall be at Burlington, that the
capital stock shall be 100000 with pow
er 10 increase to S500000, and that the
said corporation shall have power to
purchase. own, hold and develop power
and electric light plants, including elec-
trio or traction roads. The opposition
to this bin seems to come from Addison
county, presumably because the incor-
porators are Burlington men, and be-
cause the bill provides that the principal
Offices of the company shall be in Bur.
lington.
Wednesday evening the Apollo club
of Montpelier gives a smoker, to which
the members of the legislature have
been invited Refreshments viii be
served, and the principal feature of the
program win be an address by Senator
W. p Dillingham;.
In representatives. hall Thursday even
ing, the House committee on internal af-
fairs will give a public hearing ON House
bill 20. known as the weights and meas
ures bill. The committee has in prepa-
ration substitute bill for the one intro
duced, but the substitute bill viii not
be reported until after the public hear
ing Thursday evening Representatives
of the Burlington Drug company, and
other Wholesale and retail druggists in
the state will appear in opposition to
section IL of the bill, or at least that
portion Of the section which provides
that "all commodities not otherwise
specified shall be sold by weight. meas
ure or numerical count" The committee
on internal affairs will be glad at this
public hearing to hear from anyone in
any part OF the state, either for or
against the bill, which is an administra-
tion measure, and is generally reeog
nized as one of the meat important bills
now before the legislature.