The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-14
BATTELL TRYING
TO CUT HIGHWAY
APPROPRIATION
Opposing Bill Providing $780,
600 for Good Roads
LONG TERMS FOR JUDGES
Bill to Change Terms in Office From
Two to Six
Years

Montpelier, Dec. 1.-THE House
is busily engaged today on II.
l4l the State Highway bill
which appropriates annually S150,OOO
for good roads. An effort is being
made, lead by Mr.. Battell of Middle
bury to reduce the amount to 100000
but 1t is expected that the bill will
pass in its original form.
Bills were passed in the House this
morning as follows: H 2S7 excluding
automobiles from certain highways in
East Middlebury and the town of Han
COCK, II 539 relating to the time with
IN which certain duties shall be per
formed, II SAL relating to two boards
OF employment, II 542 relating to the
Lake Dunmore Power and Traction
Co
Three bills were introduced in the
House this morning, one by Mr.. Stone
OF Wallingford providing for the cleo
ton OF superior judges for the term
OF six years instead of two as at pres
ent. 1t also provides that Judges
elected at this session shall hold of.
flee until 1916.
The judiciary committee put in a
| bill relating to recognizance in Grim.
mai cases. Mr.. Miller of Bethel has
n bill relating to the form and con
tents Of grand lists and abstracts of
individual lists.
The Senate today passed II 26S re-
latlng to town officers, II. 362 relating
to the election of officers in fire dis.
trlcts, ii 437 comforting additional
powers on the commissioner of taxes
and IL 43S establishing the Office of
state ornithologists, II 526 incorpora-
ting the Alpha Sigma Phi society of
Norwich University.
The Senate killed II 3S2 making de-
clarations in conveyances of real es-
tate prima facie evidence OF the fact
stated and II SIG providing for a uni
form system Of town accounting.
The House had a lively impromptu
discussion yesterday morning on the
bill which received favorable report
from the committee on claims to pay
WIN. Bruin 1852. state pay at 81 a
month in the Civil war. Bruin en-.
listed from Underhill but was never
credited to Vermont. He served
three years in the fifth L. S. Cavalry.
participating in 60 engagements. He
is now a resident OF Providence. r /
Mr.. Wall OF Dorset, chairman of the
committee on claims, stated that
while the committee did not consider
this a legal claim against the state
they believed II was a Just one. Az
ter a good deal Of spread eagle ora.
tory and shaking out the flag. the bill
was ordered to a third reading.
The long expected primary election
Dill came In yesterday from the com
mitiee on internal affairs and will
be printed before II is taken up. The
Measure has many OF the features OF
Speaker Howe's bill and calls for q
plurality choice Some OF the Other
Dils had first and second choices
The measure is a substitute for botl
,, the Howe and the McCuen bills which
me committee has been at work OF
Tor several weeks. II relates to tn,
, nomination OF state and county Off
! GERS.
State Highway Commissioner c. w
Gates was invited 10 address the Sci
ate at the afternoon session yesterda,
and explain the so-called snow road
Dill measure that requires that IN,
: care OF winter roads shall be pai,
|. from the general fund and that tn
! money so expended shall not com
> from the highway funds. The bin a
so gives the road commissioners al
), thority over the approaches to tn
bridges. a cause OF complaint in man
sections. Mr.. Gates made n clear @,
PLANTATION OF the measure and after n
amendment offered by Mr.. Darlin,
= which would place the winter road
on the same basis as the summe
=, roads, was defeated, the bill was pas
= ed In concurrence by vote OF Ia I
n 6.
n Appointments by Governor
o Gov. Mead has made the followin
h. appointments:
X. Mason G.. Beebe OF Burlington to b
It a member OF the state board OF pha
l.. macy, In place OF William II. Warn,
lie OF Vergcnnos, resigned.
Benjamin +. O'Brlen OF Huntingto
II. to be collector OF taxes In the uno
rs ganized towns and cores In Chltte
10 den county.
lie Rev. j. Edward Wright of MontpC
n Ter, w. J. VanPatten of Burllngto
n NJ. j. Hapgood Of Peru, to be COZ
a mission to report 10 tho next Gener
d. Assembly many plans for the erectiC
~ OF suitable memorial for Daniel
nc Thompson, author OF the Gre,
&c Mountain Boys"