The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-14
Sl5O,OOO VOTED
FOR HIGHWAYS
House Refused to Cut Down
the Appropriation
ON MOTION OF MR.. BATTELL
There Was Spirited Debate, After
Which the Middlebury Man Was
Showed Under by Avalanche
of Votes.

showed under Oy AVaianene
of Votes.
Efforts to cut down an appropriation
Of Sl50,000 for state highway construc-
ti0n failed deeisively in the House this
forenoon, the chief opponent being Mr..
Battell OF Middlebury, whose automo.
bile restriction bin as to a road in Ad-
olson county won out in fight yester-
day and which, BY the way, was passed
to-day. Mr.. Battell wanted to cut the
appropriation to 100000 His amend-
ment to that end being squelched, the
bill went through with whoop,
Mr.. Battelfs amendment was opposed
on the floor by a crowd OF men. includ-
ing Messrs. Stafford of Brattleboro,
Fletcher OF Cayendish, Burbank Of Cab
OF, Babbitt of Rockingham, Schoheld of
Richford, Bryant of Ludlow, Bates of
Derby, Peck of Burlington, Cory Of
Montpelier, Amey Of Brighton, Wright
of Westminster, McCuen of Vergennes,
Shaw Of Stowe Gatehell of Charlestown,
Corwin OF Chelsea, Ives of Mount Holly
and Hatch of Stratford.
Mr. Gillett OF Richmond inquired of
Mr. Fletcher, chairman OF the ways and
means committee. if this appropriation
could be met without a state tax, and
the latter replied that he could not an
swer the question at this time.
After Messrs pittridge of Leicester,
Williams of Peaeham and Battell had
spoken in favor of the reduction to
100000, Mr.. Stone OF Wallingford
moved the previous question, and the
motion was carried Mr.. Battell then
called for a standing vote on the amend
ment, which resulted in an overwhelm-
ing defeat for Mr. Battel
On the question of the passage of the
bill, Mr. Boyce of Waterbury spoke in
It's favor, and Mr. Shaw at Stowe moved
the previous question, which was carried.
When the vote on the passage was taken
there were but few votes in opposition
In line with the bill introduced in the
Senate yesterday to make the Office of
supereme court judge elective for ten
years, Mr. Stone OF Wallingford intro
duced a bill in the House this forenoon.
providing for the election Of superior
court Judges for a term Of six years
from 1916. also extending term of such
Judges elected in October, 1910. to six
years; the first judge elected to be chief
of the court
Mild Scrap in Senate.
The Senate this morning had mild
scrap over the bill raising the salary Of
the state tax commissioner from $500
to $1,000 This raise is carried in the
bill enlarging the powers and duties of
the commissioner Senator Tuttle pro-
posed an amendment 10 the bill, cutting
down the salary to what it now is Sen
ator Archibald and Senator Dale OPP
posed the amendment, and Senators Tut
tie and Daniels favored it. A yea and
nay vote resulted as follows: Yeas,
-; nays. TO. The bill, which is House
bill No 437, was then passed
The Senate passed in concurrence II.
III. amending the act Incorporating a
city and town of Barre, H. 502, relating
to the election Of officers in fire dis.
tricts and II, 439. establishing the Office
of state ornithologist.
H. $50, relating to declarations in con
veyances of real estate and H. SIG pro
viding for a commission to Investigate
and report on a uniform system of town
acomts} were killed
Consideration of the United States in.
come tax amendment was this afternoon
postponed, it having been special or
der in each branch.
Yesterday Afternoons Work.
The Senate did little yesterday after
noon, ordering eleven bills to third
reading including those relating to EN-.
pioyment of child labor and establish
ing the Office of state orinthologist
killing three minor bills; passing the
House bill amending the act relating to
OF highway funds in towns.
Besides this, Senator Hitchcock intro
dueed bill giving a town treasurer
power to reetify an error in leaving oil
names OF delinquent taxpayers from coli
lector's list, while Senator Archibald in
troduced proposal IL to the proposed
TO the Vermont eonstitu-
tion, providing for the election of SUI
preme court Judges once in ten years.
The House had a slaughter session
late in the afternoon, killing the fol-
lowing bills: Requiring public posting
of marriage certificates three days be-
fore the marriage, repeating act relat
ing TO the appointment of administrat-
ors. executors. etc, increasing the juris-
diction Of justices Of the peace relating
70 creating a board of agriculture and
forestry, to abolish capital punishment,
relating TO the taking Of land by a rail-
road corporation, relating to sturgeon
fishing, to provide for the designation
Of trial justices in certain towns, relat
ing TO the taking of pickerel relating
to illegal fishing, relating to paying of
tutitio nfor highe education.
The House yesterday afternoon passed
the bill relating to registration OF trac-
tion engines, that relating to rating au-
tomobiles and motor vehicles, relating
to ioinder Of courts in assumpsit and
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