The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-11-11
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bills making an appropriation of 100000
for the soldiers home, reimbursing j. G.
Sargent and H. +. Graham for money
borrowed for the state, incorporating the
Waterbury Savings bank, amending the
charter of West Randolph, legalizing the
appraisals Of Gilmore and Belvidere and
amending the law relating to the sale
of real estate for taxes
Senator Barden's publicity bill, which
had been reported adversely, was on his
motion recommitted to the committee. as
was also Senator Archibald's bill. pro-
yiding triple damages in certain fowage
cases.
The governor has signed the following
House bills;-
enc. 90, an act to provide for the med
ical inspection of public and private
schools
H. 80, an act for the prevention of
blindness.
H. ITO, an act to amend No. 297 of
the acts of 1906, entitled. an act 10
amend section 2 of No. 1876 of the acts
Of 1894 as amended by section of No.
l9l Of the acts ofla00 and sections 3 and
of No. 1876 Of the acts Of 1894, entitled,
nm act to incorporate the village of
West Derby
Notes Of the Legislature.
With the introduction Of the substi-
tute weights and measures bill, all oppo-
sition to such measure has ceased, and
thereby hangs a tale. II seems that the
original bill was drawn by the commits
sioner of weights and measures of an
other state, who, being stakeholder in
a scale company, quietly slipped into
the bill little provision tending to
make it hard shedding in Vermont for
the principal rival of his scale company.
That company was the Dayton Spring
Scale company, an Ohio concern, which
promptly got busy and retained three
OF the best lawyers in the state to look
out for its interests.
The apparently innocent provision in
the bill, which was to be a crack at the
Ohio scale, was the provision that com
putting scales should show the correct
money value Of the commodity weighed
1t is contended that IL is impossible
for any scale to be made to do this alb
solutely accurately This explains the
presence at the public hearing last week
on the measure of one of the lawyers re-
tanned by the Ohio concern, who ripped
the bill full of holes in an apparently dis
interested manner. II also explains the
presence in Montpelier of prominent
Bennington county man, who has been
looking after the interests of some man
ufacturers of proprietary medicines who
would have been bothered BY the provi-
sion in the original bill requiring all
commodities not otherwise specified to
be sold by weight, measure or numerical
count. In the substitute bill this mat
ter is left to the discretion OF the com
missioner to be appointed under the bill.
All objections having been removed,
Chairman Babbitt of the committee
which has had the bill under considera-
ton, hopes that it can now be passed
without further trouble.
Senator Powell has hunted up in the
state treasurer's report an item that
shows that the state has expended d.
rectly in the past two years some $4,000
for detective work, and estimates that
indirectly this work has cost the state
in the vicinity of $4,000 more So he
has introduced a joint resolution, which
has been adopted by the Senate and
House, to have a commission appointed
to investigate the matter Senator Pow
ell explains that the way the estimated
expense of $4,000 has been caused is by
the trial of cases worked up by the
detectives in the employ Of the state, |
such as the prosecution Of some liquor
dealers on technical charges.
The long.expected move by Supt. Fer /
guson Of the Anti. Saloon league to fur |
Their emasculate the license law made its /
appearance yesterday afternoon in the /
House Ia the shape Of county option /
bill introduced BY Mr.. Hunt Of New I
Haven The bill prohibits the sale Of
liquor in a county, unless a majority Of I
the towns and cities so vote. which would 1
be virtually prohibition for Vermont I
This has been the fayorite method OF /
the Anti.Saloon league in other states
to circumvent a local option law and 4
has proved very effective in the South /
and West.
The House had laughable debate /
yesterday afternoon over the bin pro- /
viding a close season on skunks and /
foxes, and the outpourings of oratory /
would have done credit to a measure OF |
much greater Importance. But ii was /
a matter that came right home to a
great manner Of the members, and was |
a matter they could understand so they |
were not afraid to talk about it, which I
they did almost to their hearts con.
tent
Some of the Senate members have
been iustifying their attitude on the
trustee process bill by saying that the
man who drew the Cushman bill also
wrote the platform OF the Bennington
county Republican convention, so that
when he told them that in supporting
the bill they were carrying out all the
platform pledges he ought 10 know what \
he was talking about. II seems that
the man, besides writing platforms and
drafting bills, also runs collection
agency, and ii is not considered by some
that the enactment of the Cushman I
trustee process bill would tend to hurt
the business of the collection agencies \
any.
The House yesterday afternoon passed