The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-12-09
SENATE PASSED
COLUMBUS DAY
BILL
New Holiday Only Lacks SIG
nature OF Governor
EXEMPTION OF HOTELS
Bill So Amended That II Does Not
Apply to Property in Which
Liquor is Sold

fAbhNHNAAtAf D1Rs 4 nR ANIl6hAo
of Columbus will have a holiday to
celebrate next year, the Senate this
morning having passed II. 43, making
Columbus day legal holiday. The
Senate also passed allowing the
exemption of hotels free from taxa
ton for ten years; II 466 providing
for weighers of coal; II 472 providing
for cards OF instruction; II 497 relat-
ing to the navigation of Lake Bono
seen and Lake st. Catherine.
II. 403 relating to special yerdicts
was killed by the Senate.
The proposed amendment to the
constitution has been made a special
order in the Senate for Wednesday
afternoon December IA.
Speaker Howe this morning APP
pointed the following committee on
constitutional amendments: Fletcher
of Cayendish. Kennedy of Williston,
Wright of Westminster, Stone of Wal
lingford. Orvis Of Manchester, Shorey
/ OF Linden, Hall of Isle La Motto,
Smith of Shrewsbury, Burbank of
Cabot, Bean OF Newport, Fitch of
Windsor, Miller of Bethel, Thompson
of Proctor, McCuen OF Vergennes and
Amey OF Brighton
II 52l, the direct inheritance tax
| law which was a special order this
morning was passed after brief dis
cussion The House also passed II
| 26S relating to town officers. This
1 fixes the law so that in towns Of not
more than % voters a selectman may
also be lister, a road commission
/ er, or both Also II 252 amending
the act incorporating the city and
! town of Barre: II 226 relating to the
state board OF library commissions:
, II 1855 appropriatlng $4,000 annually
for the state fair
! Five bills were introduced in the
House this morning one by Mr.. Bah
bitt of Rockingham providing that
/ the warden of the state prison in
stead of the sheriff of the county
shall execute prisoners condemned
TO death
The committee on corporations in
troduced a hi to incorporate the
| Commons Club of Norwich University
A bill from the committee on manu-
features 10 establish state board OF
examiners Of embalmers.
bin from the committee on immi-
grafton and industrial interests pro-
viding for the inspection of locomo
tive boilers under regulations of the
service commission.
Mr.. Scofeld OF .Richford has a bill
providing for struck iuries in civil
cases upon application of either par
I ~.
Governor Mead sent to the House
yesterday afternoon his third veto.
Because Of the pressure of other bus
mess. consideration OF this veto
measure was not reached. The bill
which the governor returned TO the
House without his approval was an
act TO establish a state board OF eX-
aminers OF embalming and to repeal
several sections of the public statutes
relating to the practice OF embalm-
INK.
The House devoted two hours yes
terday afternoon to a discussion OF
the bill which has had many public
and private hearings, which empower
ed the Champ'ain Realty company TO
remove distractions from the Otta-
Quechee river The amendment OF
this bill proposed yesterday by Mr.
Stone of Wallingford was really the
question under discussion for the
amendment struck out all after the
enacting clause OF the original bill
Mr.. Stone OF Walllngford was alone
in his support of the amendment.
The next thing on the calendar IN
the House was the bill which eN
cludes automobiles and motor vehi
cles from the highway leading from
East Middlebury TO the Texas road
In the town OF Hancock. which was
made special order for the after
. noon. This Is a bill on which Mr.
Batiell of Middlebury wishes to b'
heard but on his request Il was agar
! ordered TO lie and was made n spec
al order for next Tuesday morning
at i0:SO.
No attempt was made in the Sen
ate today to reconsider the vote r.
fusng to propose to the House tn
amendment to the constitution re
moving The so-called time lock. N
one who voted with the maiorit
could be found who would make sue
n motion and the hands OF those VIII
/. were seeking n reconsideration wer
thus tied IL Is possible that late
I'm the session new proposal ma
be introduced which will make tn
periods during which no amendment
to- the constitution can be propose
e six years instead of ten. Senate
y Gordon submitted a new proposal
!. amendment 60 article of the COZ
stimtion. which reads as follows
Z That private property ought to
y suhsorvlont 20 public benefits who
necessity requires 1T. nevertheless
whenever any persons property
taken for the benefit OF the publ
the owner ought TO receive an oqui