The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-12-07
FREQUENT
TINKERING
OF Constitution is Not DeSir-
able Ten Senator'S Say
so The TIMEL0CK STAYS
But Senate Adopted All the Other Pro.
posals of Amendment, Including
Change of Biennial Election from
September to Nor1mber.

Ten members of the Senate, Senators
Archibald, Butler, Cushman, Cults, Dale,
Darling, Davis, Edgerton, Sheldon and
Smith, said this morning that the people
of the state OF Vermont were not to be
trusted TO amend their constitution when
they saw fit. In other words, by their
votes they refused to remove the time
lock from the constitution, and would
make the opportunity, as at present,
only once in ten years. The proposal
of this amendment was opposed by SEN
ators Archibald, Dale and Butler, and
was favored by Senator's Gordon, Clark
and Powell Those who opposed the
change did so on the ground OF safe
guarding the constitution and also on
the ground that there was no demand
for the removal of the timeloek, Senator
Archibald even going so far as to ques-
tion the desirability of submitting any
amendment to the constitution.
1t was pointed out by those who fa-
vored the proposal that the Senate should
give people chance to pass upon the
matter. and the recommendation OF the
proposal did not in any way commit the
senators to favor such change when the
final vote was taken.
Senator Dale demanded the yeas and
nays, and the roll-call resulted as fol
lows:--
Yeas-Adams, Barden, Clark, Coolidge,
Daniels, Gordon, Griswold Hitchcock,
Lyford, Norton, Pike, Powell, Scribner,
Seayer, Shepardson and Taplin, with the
nays as announced above. As two
thirds vote is required by the Senate,
the proposal of amendment to remove
the timeloek was lost.
All the other proposals of amendment
were agreed to without debate, with the
exception Of mild protest to the pro-
posal changing the date Of the biennial
election from September to November,
This protest was by Senator Butler.
Gov. Mead Sends Veto.
Gov Mead this morning sent to the
Senate, with his veto, Senate bill 72,
relating to the examination of tax in
ventories and the production of the same
in court. The grounds of the governors
veto were that the bill provides for the
examination OF inventories by certain
state officials who are prohibited from
disclosing any information they may OBJ
tain, while certain other officials are al
lowed to make an examination with no
such prohibition. Il was explained by
Senator Gordon that the bill was the
result of an error by one OF Tax Com
missioner Cushman's clerks, who took
the wrong copy TO the revision commit
tee The Senate unanimously sustained
the governors veto
A bill was introduced In the Senate
BY Senator Cushman to allow street rail-
ways to issue special tickets at cents,
10 Be used by laboring people between
and Z o'clock in the morning and the
same hours in the afternoon, person so
benefited to have a certificate from EN-
ployer The Senate to-day passed in
concurrence the newspaper mileage bin,
the new deer law and bills protecting
game birds, relating to posted land, re-
lating to probation OF prisoners and pro-
tecting muskrats.
Many Bills in House.
The following bills were introduced in
the House this morning.
From the committee en claims, an act
to pay the town of Shoreham the sum
named: to pay Charles A. Plumley the
sum therein named to pay William
Brewin the sum therein named; an act
to pay the towns of Readsboro Wood |
bury and Worcester the sums therein /
named; an act to pay Charles C. Graves |
the sum therein named an act to pay |
the town of Jay the sum therein named |
an act to pay NJ. II. Hazen the sum
therein named.
BY Mr.. Stone of Wallingford appro-
priating the sum therein named to the !
Vermont State Horticultural society. /
Appropriates $500 for purpose of en-
abling that society to exhibit at the /
meeting of the New England Horticul /
tural society at Boston in f9ll.
BY Mr. Scofeld OF Richford, an act |
relating to the licensing Of engineers
and for the appointment of an examiner |
of the same.
By Mr. Bronson of Hardwiek, an act /
to protect the purity of registered stock
BY Mr. Bronson of Hardwick, to amend /
section 345 of the 2. s. Provides
state fair commission of IL members, OF /
MHtCu NhE kUNtiu0t anu NVfuAuAo5tNiltl i
of agriculture shall be ex-officio mem,
bers, the. remaining Is to bv appointed
by the governor, one from each county /
and one from the state at large; five TO
serve one year, five two years and five
three years. No compensation allowed
for services or expenses.
BY Mr.. Bronson of Hardwiek. An acs
TO incorporate the Granite Trust com.
pany OF Hardwick.
The House this morning killed the bill
relating to residence of voters. offered
by Mr. Kennedy of Williston Mr..
Wright of Westminster, Mr.. Bronson OF
Mr.. Branch Of Grand Isle and
Mr.. Cook OF Thetford moved the previous
question.
The bill relating to inheritance taxes
and taxable transfers was ordered 20 lie.
IL was favored by Mr. Fletcher Of Cav
endish and Mr.. Scofeld of Richford.
Mr.. Wright Of Westminster offered an
amendment making $1,000 the lowest
limit in which collateral inheritance tax
can be collected from the estate Of a de-
ceased person. Pending the disposition
of this amendment the bill. on motion
Of Mr. Woodruff Of Burke. was ordered
to lie and was made a special order for
Friday at l0:30 a. m.
Fl. 28s, relating TO town officers. as
amended. was ordered to third reading
The following bills were read the third !
time and passed: To incorporate the
Fireside Insurance eompanyi providing