The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1910-11-17
Legislature Finally Decides
To Take Recess Over
Thanksgiving
GET MILEAGE BUT NO PAY
VIII Resume Sessions Night of Mon.
day, November 2S.-AgriculturaI
High School Bill Ordered to Third
Reading Without .Debate.-ActtOn
Defeating Columbus Day Bill Re.
considered.

uay AFTERNOON, Wnen the Senate
without debate adopted the resolution
sent over from the House.
There were three special orders for
the afternoon session Of the House.
The first, to establish State agri-
Icultural school at Randolph. was Or
dered to third reading without de-
bate. No opposition was expected.
but the bill was ordered to lie last
Friday so that any one who desired
to speak on it might have an oppor-
tunity to do So
The bill placing the appointment of
health officers in the hands of the
! selectmen. adversely reported by the
committee was refused a third read
ing after a brief but lively debate.
1t Is Also Slaughtered.
The bill requiring villages to turn
into the town treasury any unex-
pended balance of highway funds.
! was also debated at some length. but
was slaughtered
The weights and measures bill. was
made special order for this morn
ing, when it is believed it will be
acted on favorably as most of the OBJ
jectionable features of the original
bill have been removed
There is not much sympathy in the
House with the plan to create addi-
tional holidays, and though the bill
making Columbus day legal holi-
day was favorably reported it was re-
fused third reading At the re-
quest of Peck of Burlington, seconded
by Cory of Montpelier, the vote was
Ireconsidered and third reading was
ordered by the narrow margin of 80
to S2
The trustee process bill is on the
table in the Senate awaiting the re-
turn of Senator Porter, and will be
taken up today or tomorrow.
Complains of Draugilts.
Since water filled one of the ducts
of the ventilating system at the State
House it has not been working as
satisfactorily as before and Tuesday
afternoon Fletcher of Cavendish com
planned of the draughts in the House
saying that many Cf the members
were suffering from colds. For the
protection of the bald headed club he
moved that a committee of three be
appointed by the chair to investigate
and have control OF the heating,
lighting and ventilation of the hall
The request was agreed to without a
dissenting voice.
Petitions praying for a prohibitory
law continue to come in. They have
slight effect, however for they are
received without reading and referred
to the joint committee on Temper
ance.
Members are Sensitive.
Members of the House proved keen
ly sensitive in regard to the matter
of pay They amended the Hawkins
resolution in regard to adjournment
by striking out the provision for
mileage and then, thinking they had
deprived themselves of something,
killed the entire resolution after Il
afterward they voted to adjourn from
Saturday morning to q week from the
following Monday with mileage.
1t is well understood that many of
night and that there will be small !
attendance Saturday morning, with
little work done, but by this arrange
ment they will draw one more days |
pay. That is, they will add about !
$1,000 to the expense Of the State.
1t is not expected that the special |
committee of the Senate having charge |
of the proposed amendments to the !
State constitution will make any re-
port until after the Thanksgiving re-
cess. No opposition has appeared in |
the committee to the proposals made i
by the commission and such corporate
opposition was being quietly exert !
ed last week seems to have disappear !
ed
Difficulty In Framing Modification.
The committee is delaying because
it has some difficulty in framing a
proposal for codification of all /
amendments to the constitution. 1t Is
that the constitution shall |
be rewritten, that is, that all the
earlier and later amendments be in
serted and that the text be changed '
where necessary to make the changes
appear plain. When the constitution
of Maine was thus revised the work
was done by Chief Justice Peters.
Chief Judge Rowell of the Vermont
Supreme court is unwilling to take
the entire responsibility of such
task. The work is greater than
might first seem, since there has been
no revision of the constitution since
it was first adopted, Some articles
have been stricken out and amend /.
ments have been added, but no paihs
has been taken to make the meaning
of the changes clear. 1t is quite like
ly that the committee win invite the