St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-12-18
ADJOURNMENT FAR OFF
Legislature Has Much Work To Do
An Inheritance Tax and Con-
servation Bills introduced.

AS the Christmas vacation draws
near there is a lot of work to be
completed before the adjournment
and the members who have spent
one or more sessions here know thai
it will be well towards the last days
of January when final adjournment
occurs.
This session of the legislature Ii
practically at the same point as thC
session of 1910. The House has 15f
less bills than in 1910 but the Sen
ate has SO more. According to the
Senate record it has considered 89
House bills, and 80 Senate measures
while at the end of the same number
of days in 1910 they had considered
Ill House bills and 156 Senate
measures, but over 100 of the tota
were on grand lists of which there
are only about a half dozen this
year. The amount of work complet.
ed says the secretary of the Senate
is about the same to date as at tho
same time in 1910. There are so
bills in the revision committee al
the present time.
With the fiat rate taxa
and the taxation on corporations to
come the House is feeling they have
gone along in nice shape in the last
few days and it is one of the besi
weeks work completed this esssion
The fact that the Vail school
is to some day become state prop
erty and that two counties on the
western side of the state are bid
ding for another school, property
having been given the state if it is
used for an agricultural school, j
giving the members some idea @.
how the matter is accepted by thu
public at large and they are more
inclined to do something for these
schools.
The House and. Senate are no
working as well together as they
have been, a feeling having arisen
because the Senate refused to ae.
cept the Houses action on House
54 when the House refused to con
cur in Senate amendments, and OF
Friday the House refused to accepf
the Senate action on it in not con-
curing in House amendments and
the House asked for committee of
conference.
Income Tax Bill
H. 445, from committee on Ways
and Means, relating to the taxation
of inheritance and taxable transfers
has been introduced. 1t provides
that legacies passing by will to hus-
band wife or child exceeding $15,-
600 and not exceeding $4,000
shall be taxed at one per cent, two
per cent If the sum exceeds $35, 900;
legacies to father, mother or grand
child taxed one per cent, if sum ex-
ceeds SIS, 900; two per cent between
ST. 1000 and $4,000, and three per
cent if sum exceeds $4,000. Lineal
descendants not enumerated above
are taxed one per cent, if value ex.
ceeds $1,000 and does not exceed
$4,000; two per cent on $4,000 tc
$4,000; three per cent on $4,000 tc
$4,000; four per cent on $4,000 tc
$4,000 and fye per cent if sum ex-
ceeds $4,000
The banquet of the reunion of
1910 on Thursday evening was rec
ognized as one of the best of the
Legislature functions this year.
The House is not favorable to ap-
preparations this year and they scru-
tinfze all bills very closely. No COM
missions will be made until they
have been clearly informed on the
matter.
A bill relating to a state library
commission has. passed.
The Inn Keepers license bill will
not pass the House and will be re-
ported adversely by the commit
tee. They. are drafting a new bill.
J. A. Mead has been appointed
committee of one to visit the Gettys-
burg Battle grounds when the 50tt
anniversary occurs next July.
Governor Fletcher has signed
Dill prohibiting person having
been divorced from going to another
state and getting married again be