St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-11-16
WILL BE LONG SESSION
Much Important Business Before
the Vermont Legislature
New Railroad Asked.

will be no early adjournment, prob
ably not unlIl after New Years.
Yesterday it was agreed that when
the legislature adjourns on Saturday
of this week it will be until Monday,
Nov 28, the members to go without
pay during that period but are to
have their mileage at the rate of
ten cents mile paid each way.
Without a word of debate or op-
position the house yesterday passed
the bill appropriating $4,000 for
the establishment of an agricultural
school and $4,000 per year for it's
maintenance. 1t is expected the
bill will pass the senate.
When the legislature met Monday
evening there we're nearly $50 bills
awaiting Introduction. Some of the
most important were:
A bill chartering the Northern
Traction company with capital
stock of $100,00O to run a DAD
which shall be operated by electricity
cor otherwise from Brighton
through the towns of Charleston,
Newport, Brownington, Barton, Ir-
asburg, Albany, CraftsbQry, Green's
boro, Hardwick, woodbury., Calais,
East Montpelier and Montpelier.
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P. H. Dale, H. w. Blake, L. B. Jones,
w. A. Gleason, J. J. Connolly, of
Brighton and r. A. Gatchell, of
Charleston.
The committe on insane asks for
a building in which to locate. the
criminal insane in the Waterbury
asylum, and ask for 100000 for
that purpose.
Mr.. House of Berlin has a bill
ipf0 4n hn
posted three days before the cere-
mony is performed. This will pre-
vent hasty marriages.
The Humane society will have a
bill imposing a fine of 500 to $500
on any person who docks
horses tail or assists in the opera
tion.
Game Commissioner Titcomb's
bill provides for a State fish and
game warden and 81 county game
wardens. The game warden re-
ceives a salary of 500 a month
and the county game wardens SIS
month when employed continuous
ly and So a day when working less
than two weeks. Deputy game
wardens are paid So day. They
are also made fire wardens ex-of-
ficio
An innkeepers' license bill makes
the fee $40 to 500 and provides for
three commissioners. 1t is known
as the 8th class license and pro-
vides that license shall be granted
inn holders in town voting no, and
where liquor may be served only to
bona f1de guests.
There is also one to commute the
sentence of Elroy Kent.
Many Appropriations Asked
The committee on appropriations
is struggling with the large amounts
asked for. Bills have been intro
duced calling for much more than
the balance between the expected
income and necessary expenditures.
The industrial school needs improve
ments, the hospital for the insane
ought to have criminal ward, the
trustees of the Austine institution
at Brattleboro ask 100000 p for the
erection of buildings, the Soldiers
Home needs repairs, Mr.. Babbitt
wants 100000 for highways, more
money is asked for fish and game
wardens, $20,0VU is needed for the
proposed agricultural high school
at Randolph; $4,000 or more will
be required for a bureau of publi-
city. And so it goes. If the ap-
preparations already asked for were
to be granted good sized State tax
would be necessary.
100000 For Good Roads.
1t is probable that the sum of
100000 just half that asked, will
be appropriated for good roads. The
regular state highway tax is five per
cent. of the grand list and this
would yield a revenue of $113, $50.
The automobile tax is likely to be
somewhat larger this year than last
and conservative estimate of the
revenue from that source fixes it at
$4,000.
The bill now before the legislature
provides that the maximum amount
devoted by towns to be met by an
equal amount given by the state for
permanent highways will be $1,U00
instead of $500, the present amount.
If the limit is raised from $500
to $1,000 it is estimated the towns
will add SIS, 900 to the permanent 1
highway fund. Adding the 100000
the probable annual appropriation
to be voted, $113,850 representing
the five per cent. State tax, $50, 900,
the estimated automobile tax and
$4,000, the estimated amount to be
raised by towns in order to get an
equal amount from the state treas
ury will make total of 1888, $3.50.
By law the towns must appropr1-
ate 20 per cent. of the grand list for
highway purposes. Twenty per
cent. of the new grand list, assum-
ing that to be $2,277, 900, will yield
S445,40O. This will make the total
amount available for highway pur-
poses S794,250 or 100000 in round
numbers for the automobile tax may
be more than $4,000.
The opponents of NJ. S. Stone as
superintendent of education got a
117a In in hn trfd do xuFa0 an
they attempted to amend the bill
providing for a teachers course in
high schools and academies by TAX