Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-15
Governor Does Not Approve of
Bill Creating State Board Of
Ernbalming Examiners.
HOTEL MEASURE IS AMENDED
Prohibits Exempting Property
Having a Bsr--Time Lock
Stays as the Senate Will
Not Reconsider.

Mortrel!cr, Dec S.-Goyernor Mead sent
TO the House this afternoon his third
veto because % the pressure OF otler
business. a consideration OF this veto
measure was not reached. The bill which
tho Govcrror retur aei to tho House
without his approval was an act to
establish State board of examiners OF
cmbalu.lng and 20 repeal several sections
OF tie public statutes relating to the
practice nf embaminr The Governor
gave as his reason that II contains a
clause e1cmptiug from It's provision bona
tidc employees or registered embalmers
80 that the state IS deprived Of all the
rrhts OF criminal action against such
employees in certain cases. which it has
against registered cmbalmers Also be-
cauo" Wy the wording of the last section
of the bin the state may lose The right
Of criminal action for violation under the
present law The Governor expressed
his approval Of the intent OF the bill as a
whole. hut said unfortunately tho law
does not permit him to approve one por-
ton Of ril and disapproVo Of another.
The House devoted Two hours this
afternoon tn discussion of the bill
which has had many public and private
hearings. which empowered the cham
plain Realty company TO remove OBJ
structions from tn" Ot'aQuechoe river
rhe amendment Of this bin proposed yes
terdIy by Mr.. Sturo Of Wa.HrgfOrd was
really the question under discussion FOL
the amendment struck out all after tho
cnaCting clause of the original bill Mr.
Store Of Walireford was alone I'm hi,
support of the amendment Stroub
-Neeches against the adoption Of III,
mendment Were made by Mr.. Billings %
Woodstock. MIR Scofield of Richford Mir
Amey of Brighton. Mr. Warner Of Corn
wall, Ny Dart of Springfield. Mr.. Brancl
of Grand Isle. Mr.. Hunt of New Haven
Mr.. Peck Of Burlington, Mr.. Pittridge o
Leicester. Mr.. Daniels of Warren anC
MIR. Hayes OF Goshen. An abstract o
iheir remarks may be found in the Of
fetal report OF the House proceedings
Ry an Overwhelming vote the liousc re
FUSED to order the bill to a third read
Ing.
The next thing On the calendar in the
House this afternoon was the bill which
excludes automobiles and motor vehicles
from tie highway leading from Eas
Mlddlohury to the Texas road in tn,
town Of Hancock. which was made &
special order FOR the afternoon. This Is ,
bin on which Mr.. pattel Of Middlcbury
wishes 10 We heard. but on his request il
was again ordered 10 lie and was made
"A special order for next Tuesday morn.
I'M; Al 10:y2
The House devoted a good share OF
its time this morning to the discussion
Of the bill introduced by Mr.. Elliott OF
Hartford providing for an appropria-
ton for the State fair commission
The original bill carries an appropria-
ton OF $4,000 annually for the use OF
this commission. The committee on
appropriations, to which this bill was
referred. recommen dcd Just half this
amount, or $4,000 for the biennial
term, ana the House concurring in
such recomm ondati3ns. so amended the
bill. The debate was over an amend
ment proposed by Mr.. circuit of Town
shend that mis- appropriation be dis
tributcd among the several county
fairs of he state and tho state fair
M circuit and Nj. Ives Of Mount Holly
We're the only ones who favored such
an amendment IT was opposed by Mr.
Fletcher of Cavendsh. MIR Cory OF
Montpelier. Mr. Bronson IF Hardwick
Mr. shaw az stowe, Mr.. Calderwood OF
s.. Johnsbury, Mr. McCuen Of Ver-
gennos Mr.. Bailey of Randolph and
Nj. Elliott Of Hartford. The amend
mont was rejected. and the bill as
amended was ordered to third read