St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1910-12-07
KENT MUST HANG.
House Votes 1877 to A Not TO
Commute Sentence. Other
Legislative Doings.

Friday and Tuesday were entirely
devoted in the House to the question
| whether or not the death sentence
| of Elroy Kent should be committed
to imprisonment for life After high
| tension debate for two hours on Fri
| day the bill was made special order
| for Tuesday at 1890 a. m. On Tues
| day J. D. Spellman of Rutland, who
| defended Kent was allowed to ad-
dress the House, as was also the At
| torney General. After devoting
practically the entire day to the ques-
tion the House by vote of 1877 to
A refused to allow the bill third
| reading. So unless Governor Mead
intervenes, Elroy Kent will be hanged
| on the first Friday in February.
One-Session Plan Failure.
The new plan of, holding one ses-
sion a day did not seem to work very
well, as about half the members
hung around the corridors killing
| time and apparently hating them
selves and the plan was given up
after one days trial.
The House finally passed by vote
of 113 to "a the bill introduced by
Mr.. Amey of Brighton, which pro-
vides that punishment for murder
| in the first degree shall be imprison-
ment for life, except when the jury
shall add to it's verdict the words,
guilty with capital punishment.
The opposition to the State nor
| NAL schools added another to it's
| growing string of victories when
| the bill providing for the appoint
ment of the State superintendent Of
education by the Governor, instead
| of his being elected by the General
Assembly, was called up by Mr..
| Burbank of Cabot and killed with
out word being said for or against
| it.
Governors Appointments.
The Governor on last week Tues
day announced the following = ap-
pointments:
G. F. Cheney of st. Johnsbury to
| be member of the State Board of
| dental examiners.
G. F. Smith of Morrisville to be
member of the State Board of agri-
culture and forestry.
Mrs. P. F. Hazen of St. Johnsbury
to be visitor to State public insti-
tutions.
Judges of city and municipal
courts: Burlington, c.. S. Palmer;
Rutland, F. G. Swinnerton; Mont
pelier, e. M. Harvey; Barre, H. w.
Scott; st. Albans, N. N. Post; Ben
nington, e. Fl. Holden; Brattleboro,
Kittredge Haskins; Bellows Falls,
George H. Thompson; Brighton,
Porter H. Dale; assistant judges, e.
J. Parsons and G. E. Clark; Spring
field, e. B. Finn; Winooski, Henry
Colin.
On Wednesday these appoint
ments were announced:
John w. Titcomb of Lyndonville,
commissioner of game and fisheries.
Charles A. Calderwood of ST.
Johnsbury, trustee for the State
Hospital for the Insane, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation
of F. G. Williams.
Bills That Have Become Law.
These bills and resolutions have
been signed by the Governor:
H. 90, an act amending various
sections of the Public Statutes re-
lating to the supervision of schools.
H. 302, an act relating to the
copyright of Vermont reports.
H. Is, an act providing for notice
to the public service commission of
the organization and certain other
information or corporations subject
to supervision under number 116
of the Acts of 1908.
Joint resolution relating to COM
mission to attend Atlantic Deep Wa
terways Association.
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