St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-02-01
LEGISLATURE IS OVER.
Adjourned Early Sunday Morn.
ing. Special Trains Took Them
Home. No Charter for Bos-
ton and Maine.

final adjournment Sunday morning at
20 minutes past one after several
days exciting contests and deadlock
over the bill giving the Boston &
Maine railroad charter to build a
road from South Vernon to Brattle-
boro. The house passed the bill by
a large majority but the senate
amended it giving the Boston &
Maine only trackage rights over the
Central Vermont tracks in Brattle-
boro and sent it back to the house.
The house refused to adopt the
amendment and a committee of con-
ference was appointed. After hours
of deIiberatiOn the conference COM
mittee reported it's failure to agree
and the senate killed the bill, thus
leaving the Boston e Maine without
the right to construct any road in
Vermont.
On Sunday the Central Vermont
and the Montpelier and Wells River
railroads ran special trains over
their lines to allow the legislators to
get home They were paid for 81
days service and about $4,000 for
mileage.
One of the closing incidents of in
terest was veto by Gov. Mead of the
bill placing a fiat rate on intangibles.
The house voted 76 to so to pass the
bill over the governors veto but the
speaker ruled that a majority of all
members of the house was required
and declared the bill dead.
Trustee Bill Smothered.
The trustee process measure, which
seemed in fair way to get through
the legislature, although squelched
aIi in hn h.
cred late Saturday night, when the
senate refused to concur in the
| house proposals of amendment. The
house passed the bill, amended; at
the afternoon session, and when the
! bill came before the senate in the
evening the amendment was turned
down.
Some of The New Laws.
Here are some of the important
acts of the legislature:
Providing for bounty of 40 cents
on hedgehogs; $40 on black bears.
Grand and petit jurors to be sum
moned only when needed, upon order
of court
October 12 legal holiday (Col-
umbus Day.
Providing for licensing Of the sale
of fertilizers.
Teacher training course in IL
high schools and academies. The
state to Ybay $500 yearly to each.
Providing for annual appropria-
tion of $150,000 for highways. Mon
ey to be apportioned to towns rails
! ing money in excess of amount re-
| quired by law for highways, provid-
! ed that no town shall receive less
! than 500 or more than $1,000. Bal
ance to be appropriated pro rata to
| 4cxr 1xxiz, e. n nd in
| der to be expended as far as posi-
BILE on main line roads.
Providing for license of 25c on
| Christmas trees sold. Town gets
/ half, state half of fee.
Fixing pay of jurors in county
court at So per day, and cents per
mile travel.
Creating state school of agri-
culture, and providing $4,000 for
establishment and $1,000 yearly for
maintenance. School to. be estab-
lished at Randolph in place of Ran
dolph normal school and farm pur-
chased for practical work.
Providing for the creation of the
Office of commissioner of weights
and measures. Salary $1,400 and
expenses. May appoint inspectors
| approved by the governor. To in
spect weights, balances and meas
ures used. May test goods offered
for sale as to weight and measure
and prohibit use or sale.
| Establishing close season for deer
Nov. 1926. Any deer having horns
3 inches in length may be killed.
| Providing that a person shooting
deer on posted lands shall be fined
| $509 $25 fine for hunting or fishing
on posted lands.
Homesteads of soldiers whose real
or personal estate does not exceed
| $1,000 shall be exempted from tax
alton to the amount of $500.
Increasing price of 4th class Ii
| quor licenses from $500 to $3.50 and
malt liquor licenses from $500 to
| $500.
Prohibiting expectorating on side
walks. in public places or in railroad
cars.
Providing annual license fee of
| 500 to sell oleomargarine at retail
| Revised savings bank and trust
company laws.
Providing for the appointment of
director of statistics, publicity and
advertising.
Incorporating the Fifteen-Mile
Falls Power Co.
A child labor law fixing ages
under which no child shall be allow
ed to work in shop or factories.
Appropriating $28,O00 for new
dormitories at the state industrial
school at Vergennes.
Appropriating $4,000 each to
university of Vermont and Middle
bury college. The university of YER
mont also has $4,000 for the medi-