Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-02-09

case shall such appraisal exceed fifty
dollars for any one animal, of which APP
praisal the owner shall receive 75cs.
Barns and other places where diseased
animals are kept shall be thoroughly
disinfectcd by and at the expense OF
the owner and under tho direction of the
commissioner. Persons selling mich cows
for shipping out of the state shall have
them tested at their own expense and
under the direction OF the commissioner
before shipment. and If such cattle are
found tuberculous they shall be dis
posed of as provided for the disposition
of other diseased cattle. a person who
slaughters animals for human consump-
tion, which he finds or believes to be
tuberculous, shall at once notify the
commissioner who shall inspect the
carcass and dispose of the same as pro-
vided? owners of herds OF cattle which
have been tested and found free from
tuberculosis shall therea fter keep their
herd free from disease at their own OK
pense. The commissioner, however has
power to re-test herds any time and #
any animals are condemned on re-
testing dispose of same as act provides
Forty thousand dollars are appropriated
for the administration Of this law
STATE FAIR AID.
NO Isl provides five thousand dollars
annually for the purposes of the State
fair. a mertorious measure not only In
the interest Of home industries but also
as n means of publicity to the general
public of the products Of Vermont.
IN AID OF COUNTY FAIRS.
5000 for 1912 in aid OF agricultural socie-
ties holding fairs in the State where each
pays premiums not less than one thou
sand dollars in any one year. This Is n
worthy measure and in the interest of
agriculture in general and rural districts
In particular, and will he an incentive to
farmers not only to attend fairs but to
exhibit the stocks and the products of
their farms
APPOINTMENT or ORNTTUOLOGTST
No $50 provides for the appointment by
the commissioner of agriculture of State
ornitholoEist who shall investigate the
distribution, foods, habits and utility of
the birds of Vermont prepare bulletins
regarding means Of protecting them,
methods of protecting crops from them.
and other economic matters relating to
birds
SALE OF EVERGREEN TREES.
No. li5 is an act relating to the sale
Of evergreen trees. The sale of evergreen
trees for the holidays has destroyed a
great many young and growing evergreen
forests. This bin is in the interest of the
conservation Of our forests, and provides
that a dealer in evergreen trees shall pay
to the treasurer Of the town where the
same are cut a license fec Of q cents for
each tree so cut This will bring tho
price up to tic purchasers and tend 10 re-
duce the sale of evergreen trees and so
ave our evergreen forests.
No. 30 provides that tho solertmen shall
furnish at the towns expense markers
and Aeadstones with Inscription thereon
Of name, date of birth and death. if
known, of persons not known to have any
estate whose graves remain without such
markers
No. 500 relates to taxation Of deposits
In savings banks and trust companies.
and IS a law to increase the revenue of
the State. and has been commented upon
In the editorials OF the Free Press The
writer may have some observations to
make later on in respect of this law and
Of No. sol which did not become a law. as
ideas and some msinformation in the re-
lation of each to the other. and of both
to the ~evcnue of the State.