Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-10-06
CORPORATION BILL READY
Commission Appointed b,, Gov. prout,
May shorten Session of the
Legislature.

Brattlcboro. oct 3-The report OF the
commission appointed by Governor Prouty
to Investigate the existing laws relating
10 the FORMATION of private and municipal
corporations has been completed and will
be submitted to the Legislature the first
day OF the session II the Legislature
takes up tho bill. which will be introduced
at once, and passes II during the first
week of the session, two-nfths OF the
work of the session will he mastered at
a single stroke: rs the report shows TINT
percentage Of the Lcpislatures work is
devoted to private and municipal cor
poration acts.
The commission consists of Hon. Clarke
G. Fits. Brattleboro Hon. JOSEPH r.
Gleason. Lyndonville. and Hon Charles
ID. Watson, 81. Adams.
The commission has directed its atten.
ton mainly to the present statutes relat-
ing to the formation of municipal and
private corporations under the general
law contained in chapters 15s and 49,
respectively, of the public statutes. Gem
eral laws for the formation of private
corporations and for the establishment
of Villages have been on the statute books
In some form for many years; but In spite
turo has been flooded with special cor
poration acts.
The report Of the commission on the
subject of corporation laws calls atte,l.
ton to the fact that unless SOM consti.u-
tonal amendment be adopted, any general
| laws which may be enacted in regard TO
the forma ton of municipal or private cor
poratons will not be obligatory upon the
LEGISLATURE; that is, one Legislature
cannot tie tho hands of future ones. thor;
VIII he nothing to prevent the LEGISLATURE
| from continuing to grant special char
! .ors If Il sees 1T. The con- mission be-
Heves, however, that If adequate genera
! laws are put on the statute books, the
| Legislature will not look with favor upon
| special acts where the same objects can
! ne oht9inel under the general law.
WoCLD SAVE MUCH LEGISLATION.
i apnear7 that during the past FIVE ses-
Sions Of the Legislature 22S bills have been
| pnssel relating to special municipal egis-
! lation AMI i5i relating to private cor
porations, or, s. IN all the greater part of
which miGht havr hcen taken care OF by
General laws. had adequate ones existed
From one-third TO one-fourth of the space
in the session laws has been OCCUPIED by
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