The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-28
BOTH BRANCHES WAIT.
ING ON CONFERENCES
Last Nights Proceedings En-
liyened by Presentations
What the Present Session
Has Accomplished in Way
Of Legislation.

The Vermont Legislature was still in
session this forenoon, in spite of the
plans to adjourn to-day, and nobody can
say when final adjournment of the ses-
sion will be taken. This is due to the
necessity for conferences between the
House and Senate on bills which are
deadlocked
A conference committee started work
on the Brattleboro railroad bill" the
House last night having refused to con
cur in the Senate amendment to the bill
The chair appointed as the members Of
the committee Senators Dale, Powell and
Taplin. The speaker Of the House APP
pointed as the House part of the com
mittee Mr.. Chaffee of Rutland, Calder
wood of st. Johnsbury and Babbitt of
Rockingham.
The House vote last night refusing to
concur with the Senate on the amend
ment to the bill stood l3f to 6l This
amendment, which was adopted by the
Senate yesterday afternoon, was to sub
stitute, after the enacting clause Of the
bill, that which was originally proposed,
that the Central Vermont railroad
should furnish tracks at Brattleboro for
the Boston & Maine. The final vote
adopting it was as follows:
Senators Archibald Barden, Cushmsn.
Cults, Dale, Daniels, Darling, Gordon,
Girswod, Lyford, Norton, Pike, Porter,
Powell, Seaver, sheldon, Shepardson,
Smith and Taplin for the Central Yer
mont, and Senators Adams, Butler. But
terfed, Clark, Coolidge, Davis, Edgerton,
Field, Hitchcock, Scrbner and Tuttle for
the Boston & Maine
On the trustee process, the Senate
has practically surrendered by the intro
duction in that body OF a bill which in
effect is the original House bill The
principal change is that the new bill
exempts $40 only when owing for neees-
saries Of life. The bin was passed under
q suspension Of the rules.
On Senator Powell's bill to allow mu-
inequalities to exempt hotel property
from taxation which went through the
House with proposals OF amendments
conference committee has been appoint.
ed The committee on the part of the
Senate is Senators Archibald, Powell and
Coolidge.
At the opening Of the Senate. the
House bill Incorporating the Northern
Fraction company was passed, with pro
posal OF amendment. Then came the
vote insisting on proposal OF amendment
TO the House bill 1872. the Brattleboro
railroad war BILL was passed
On motion of Senator Clark, the Sem
ate adhered to its proposals OF amend
ment to H. COS relating to licensing Of
dogs. and on House bill l76 it voted to
adopt the report of the conference COM
mittee 1t passed the House bill relat-
ing to collection of taxes by suits at
law. with proposal Of amendment.
Three Joint resolutions were passed.
then, in rapid succession. They relate
TO procuring evidence for the state BY
the attorney general, relating to print
Ing OF proposed amendments to the state
constitution, relating TO pay OF clerks
ing the offices of the secretary of state
and commissioner OF taxes, which last
was also adopted by the House this
morning.
House Romps Along
Following the opening in the House
this morning, the House voted to concur
IN trG Senates proposal of amendment
to the House bill relating to the election
or appointment OF town road commits
sioners, but refused to recede from it's
proposal of amendment to the hotel eX-
emption bill.
The House instructed the secretary of
state to print in newspaper supplements
Of laws the proposals of amendment to
the state constitution. The House passed
the House bill 900 relating to taxation
of deposits in savings banks and trust
companies; also the Senate bin relating
10 inheritance taxes and taxable trans
fers.
Joint resolutions were the order of
the day then 4 resolution increasing
the pay of the state highway commits
sioner 500 year for the next two years
was adopted A resolution making the
salary Of the attorney general $1,000 in
stead OF $500 was adopted. A resolu-
tion making the salary of the bank COM
missioner S8,OO0 instead of $1,000, with
EI.00 for clerk hire, was killed
Mr. Mam Of st. Adams City waxed
faeetious and introduced a resolution
making the pay of the members of the
general assembly S. per day, with mile
age both WAYS and back" which was
respectfully referred TO a special COM
mittee composed OF the House pages.
Approved by the Governor
Joint resolution relating 10 pay Of Ger
tain messengers. stonographers, etc,
Joint resolution relating 70 tablet and
medallion 10 private soldiers
Joint resolution relating 70 delegates.
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