St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-21
TAKES LONG RECESS.
Legislators Wanted to go Home.
Meet Again Jan. 3.-Work Of
Past Week.

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The legislature adjourned last
Friday until Jan. 8, 1911, in order
that the members might be at home
during. the rush of Christmas busi-
ness and during the holiday season.
In the house the democrats carried an
amendment to the resolution provid-
ing for adjournment at the end of
this week but the senate would not
agree to it and the house receded
from its vote. The members are not
to draw pay but do have mileage.
This vote gives a mileage bill for
the session in excess of $4,000.
The house, Adjourned Friday morn
ing out of respect to Representative
e. M. Pierce of Mendon who was
found dead in bed at his boarding
place.
At a joint session held Friday
afternoon Hugh H. Henry of Chester
was elected commissioner of weights
and measures. Six ballots were nee
essary to elect, the other candidates
for the place being G. G. Fletcher of
Swanton, Sen. G.. NJ. Norton of Hunt
ington, c. E. Hamblit of Barton, A.
C. Mason of Pawlet, and A. ]. Croft
of Enosburg Falls.
Trustees of Agricultural School
Gov. Mead has appointed repre-
sentatives T. G. Bronson of Hard
wick, and H. L. Hatch of STAFFORD,
trustees of the state agricultural
school. The school is to be managed
by a board of five trustees of which
the Governor and the commissioner
of agriculture are members ex-
officio. Good progress is being made
by the trustees in arranging matters
for the new State agricultural school
at Randolph. The state has already
acquired so acres of land and has an
option on 15 acres more. This with
the land that goes with the other
property purchased will give the
school a farm farm OF about 6Su 80 80
can be searched, the deal
for the purchase of the Maplewood
Hotel property, which is to be used
for a dormitory, will be closed. The
State will get this building all fur
nished with IL acres of land for
$1,000. The State has also obtained
a lease of the normal school building
for so long a time as an agricultural
school is maintained and with this
is turned over the income from a
fund of about $4,000. The entire
outlay for the plant will be about
$4,000.
This gives the school good farm
and practically all the buildings that
will be needed for some time ex-
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possession of the normal school
property just as soon as the school
year closes but has the right to so
on with any alteration it may wish
to make before that time. 1t is ex-
pected that everything will be in
readiness for opening the school next
fall.
Cattle Commissioner Bill.
A bill is making it's way through
the legislature which defines the
powers of the cattle commissioner. A
written permission of the commits
sioner will be necessary to bring
from outside the state cattle or
other domestic animals other than
horses, sheep and swine not known
or suspected to be diseased, and he
shall decide whether detention for
quarantine purposes is necessary. The
commissioner may order tested cattle
suspected Of tuberculosis and the
value of the condemned cattle shall
be appraised by the commissioner.
or agent and by the owner and if
they cannot agree they may select
a disinterested person to act with
them in this matter. In no case
shall the value of such animal con-
demned exceed $50. The owner of
condemned animals is to receive rs
per cent of the appraised value. Each
animal tested is to wear an ear tag.
The bill provides that each owner
of a herd tested at the expense of
the state and found free from
tuberculosis shall thereafter keep
the herd free from disease at his
own expense. The sum of $4,000
and the proceeds of the sale of con-
demned animals is appropriated an
nually to meet the expense of testing
for bovine tuberculosis and no fur
Their expense is allowed except in
case of the outbreak of dangerous
and contagious disease, when the
commissioner may use such further
sums as the governor may authorize.
Important Tax Measure.
The first real important taxa
ton measure of the session
was passed by the Senate Thursday
in the shape of House
bill APT, the measure pre-
pared by the ways and means COM
mittee giving the tax commissioner
more extended powers and providing
for a Capitalization of authority and
a more rigid enforcement of existing
tax laws.
Fifteen Mile Falls Charter.
The committees on corporations
from the Senate and House gave a
public hearing last week on the bill
introduced by Mr.. Calderwood of st.
Johnsbury Incorporating the Fiji
teen Mile Falls Power company. G.
G. Fits of Brattleboro, H. w. Hovey
of ST. Johnsbury and Hale X. OAR
ling of Chelsea appeared for the in
corporators. Fhe bill gives these
incorporators the right to construct
and maintain a dam or dams across
the Connecticut river between the
confluence of the Connecticut and
the Passumpsic rivers on the north
and the Miles pond brook on the
north, and to construct and maintain
q plant for producing electricity. 1t
is proposed to build dam between
Barnet, VT, and Monroe, N. H. The
opposition came from the Van Dyke
& Caledonia Power Company inter