The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-01-13
LEGISLATURE WILL
HAVE NO MORE
VACATIONS
Attempt to Adjourn to Monday
Night Defeated
NORMAL SCHOOL FIGHT ON
Indications that Bill for Central
Institution viii Fail to Get
Through House
NORMAL SCHOOL FIGHT ON

Montpelier, Jan. 13.-From all indi-
cations the House will work right
through Saturdays and Mondays until
final adjournment is taken. This is
the result of a resolution introduced
this morning providing for adjourn
ment from Saturday noon until Mon
day night which was defeated by an
emphatic vote.
Mr.. Fletcher of Cavendish for the
committee on ways and means made
financial report that about 100000
more than is now in sight has al
ready been appropriated to say moth
ing of pending appropriation bills.
The big fight over II 562 providing
for the establishment OF state nor
NAL school is now on. From all ap-
pearances the proposed bill will be
knocked out and a substitute bill pro-
yiding for normal schools at John
son and Castleton and to be owned
by the state will pass.
I The Senate this morning reconsid-
cred its vote on II $50 appropriating
money for the state horticultural so
ciety. S 1879 incorporating the Spring
| field Trust Co. was read the third
time and passed by the Senate.
The governor today signed 5 81 to
provide for uniformity in placing fire
insurance for the state, S ia in re-
lation TO admission and discharge OF
voluntary patients of insane hospi-
tails, S LOG authorizing the city of
Burlington to issue bonds.
The direct inheritance lax bill
which on Wednesday afternoon ap-
parently was sent to an untimely end
In the senate where 1t was killed
without struggle. showed some
signs of life yesterday morning and
there is yet a chance that 1t may re-
cover. The senate voted to reconsid-
er its vote on motion Of Senator Ar
chibald, and the bill was recommit-
ted.
II the senate does kill the bill II
is almost certain that direct
state tax much larger than has been
anticipated must be levied to meet
the expenses OF the state government.
A resolution introduced by Mr.. Wall
| OF Dorset shows that tho matter Of a
state tax has already come to be
seriously considered. The resolu'
| ton reads thus
THAT in view of the reports of the
| likelihood of a state tax, that the
ways and means committee of the
house of representatives, in conjunc
ton with the state treasurer and
commissioner OF. state taxes. is here
by requested to prepare for the bene
fit of the house a statement showing
the condition of the state finances
| with q view of ascertaining whether
on account OF current appropriations
and appropriations made by this gen
eral assembly, n state tax will be nee
essary to meet the deficit II any will
be occasioned thereby. Said commit
tee and the state treasurer and com
missioner OF state taxes are further
requested to submit their report re
garding the matters referred TO In
this resolution at the opening of the
morning session OF the house Friday
January 1S, 1911"
The house yesterday morning for
about a half OF an hour debated the
matter of final adjournment. The
committee on house would be able to
bring its session to n finish Sunday
morning at s o'clock, January 20. Mr.
Martin objected saying that to dc
this would make necessary night
session and he did not favor midnight
legislation. Mr.. Fletcher OF Caven'
dish said that the work could be com
pleted by week from Saturday II
strict attention was paid and on mo-
ton OF Mr.. Chapman Of Windham the
motion was ordered to lie.
Sickness seems to have laid O
heavy hand on the attaches OF the
state house. Sergeant at Arms c. ii
Ferrln, II. A. Black, assistant clerk
of the house, are confined to the
house, and II. A. Skeels, secretary OF
the senate is at the capitol against
his doctors orders
The lobby bill, an act relating to
legislative counsel and agent, was
introduced in the house yesterday
morning. II Is practically the same
measure that came In two years ago
IL requires the legislative counsel TO
register on a docket TO be kept by
the sergeant at arms, II requires that
| the names OF the employer and EN-
ployee and the cause In which they
are interested be given and that at
the end OF the session the employer
and employee file statement oil
moneys expended In the work.
Yesterday afternoon MFR. Kennedy
of Williston offered resolution that
after this date no bills be introduced
except substitute bills, or to correct
manifest errors or bills from the
ways and means committee for the
support OF government. II was adop.
ted. MIR. Fletcher OF Cayendish said
that this was the first step toward
final adjournment and he gave notice
that next week whenever there
was business enough on the speakers
desk to warrant II, he would move
for an evening session. He said the
legislature could take final adjourn
ment week from Saturday.
The normal school bill was re
ported fayorably by the committee,
but some amendments were proposed.
The appointment Of a commission
"a taken away from the governor and
tho amendment provides that the com
mission shall consist OF the governor
II Il an