Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-01-19

cnatc mas ADJOURNED until hohdaE
| venin:.
The House unanimously sustained the
[ cto sent in yesterday by Governor Mea.
| N House bill 557, an act to protect the
| urity Of registered sto-k. The grounds
! { the veto we're stated yesterday that
similar la is now on the statute books
\ bin came in this afternoon from the
| committee on highways and bridges In
| reasng the salary Of the State highway
commissioner to $500 a year and neces-
! AIRY expenses and allowing him $500 for
| clerk hire
The House had quite a discussion this
| afternoon on the bill relating TO the
| conditions OF licenses. This bill as re-
| commended to be amended by the joint
| committee on temperance excluded Lin
| coins birthday, Washington's birthday
I and Bennington Battle day from the
| provisions Of the license law, which pro-
| vides that saloons must be closed on holi-
| days Incidentally. Columbus day was
| brought into the discussion, and finally
the House thought best to refuse the bill
a third reading, letting the law stand a.
it IS.
! TURN DOWN BATTELL OFFER,
! The Senate this afternoon refused
| for the second time to have anything
to do with the proposed gift to the
state and Middlebury College by Col.
Joseph Battoll OF Middlebury II the
State would exclude automobiles from
| the road leading to his Breadloaf I'm
| in Ripton. The Senate killed the bill
last week. after hearing Colonel Bat
tell in committee OF the whole, and
then recalled 1t from the House, where
it originated to give him chance to
present another proposition The
matter was taken up this afternoon
on a motion to reconsider the vote re-
fnsing third reading TO the bill in
order to get II before the Senate so
the proposal Of Colonel Batten could
be considered Senator Archibald
spoke very plainly about the offer be-
ing in the nature of a hribe and OPP
posed reconsideratior. Senator Tap
lin favored II and considered that Col
onel Battell should be extended the
courtesy The Senate. however, re-
fused to suspend the rules which al
low reconsideration Of the vote and
the proposal did not get before the
Senate officially.
, 1t is as follows; We are ready to
deed the BreadloaG Inn to Middlebury
2 College, reserving life interest and
together with it some ten thousand
acres of forest lands. a portion to be
used in connection with . school OF
= forostry. and - nortion 70 no kant for
mark nurnoscs GOV tho hcreN, q, tho
pcoplc OF the state and bor ,,sitors.
the same to include n satisfactory ar
! rongement IN regard ,o ,ovos Win ~.
towns in which the nronertv is sit
, na,ed"
Soma notifications or tive orteiro,
bill were also suggested but oven
these did not avail to change the
Views of the Senate.
n WILL NOT REDUCE MILEAGE.
= In tho oe,.,r,,, g -, e...- c.,
4 ver.s hin cr,t,,, dnu,, tna n,nsaa. -,
= members NJ tha c.r.ral ,.sa,,,hI,, trou,
2 ton 10 five certs milo oocl, ,,.,,, .tirrol
Q IN considerable ~ run,nrs saro,or
7 Notion ofrored an nr7eudr1or, ,noLtr,
: the provisions O, tho bm nunlv IN IN.
| present LEGISLATURE which Wa. defeated
. by n vote Of 10 TO 70 On the question NJ
the third reading Of the bill SENATOR
seaYer demanded tho yeas and NAYS
y which resulted as follows Yeas. Sens
70 tors Coolidge. Gri.wold. Powell Scrib.
l. ner, seaver. Smith, &, nays, Senators
Adams Archibald, Barden, Butler. But
T. terhold' Clark CuShmtn. Cults, Daniels
Darling Davis Edgerton Field, Hitch
COCK LFford, norton, Porter Sheldon