The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-14
OUTLOOK IN LEGISLATURE
How It Appears to One Special Cor
respondent

The special correspondent of the
! Burlington Free Press at Montpel-
| Ter writes as follows in Mondays is
sue:
Montpelier, Nov 10.-It now ap-
pears as if the number of bills to be
introduced at the present session OF
the Legislature will be smaller than
usual. There has been a general feel
ing among the older members that
the number would reach fully 1000.
But there have been less than $50 in
#, troduced in the House, the largest
producer of proposals for legislation,
! and the time limit for introduction is
next Wednesday.
Changes OF the statutes in regard
! to grand lists and municipal charters
| have of necessity reduced the number
! of bills to some extent but this is
not of itself sufficient to account for
: any large reduction in the number of
bills introduced.
Mr.. Howley of Burlington he's in
troduced the bill which had been ex-
pected from him, providing for the ap
Iointment of Commissioner of labor
I and factory inspector 1t provides fer
! the appointment of a commissioner
! by the Governor at once, that is, pre-
Z Vious to December 81, at a salary of
, $1,000 with the power to appoint dep
uties. There is a very favorable feel
ing toward the idea of such an inspec-
ton but il is questioned by some
members whether there is enough
work required in that line to warrant
paying $1,000 year. On the other
hand, it is asserted that unless COM
petent inspector is employed and paid
a reasonable salary, the matter might
as well be left in its present condi-
ton. If per diem should be paid, il
is claimed that the expense would be
little if any less than provided for in
the bill
The measure would permit wide
and general inspection of all the in
dustrial interests of the State, and
would not, as some believe, be re
stricted to the examination of wooden
and cotton mills. There is strong sup
port for the measure outside of the
Legislature and some prominent men
and women are expected to appear
in its advocacy when a committee
hearing is held.
The public hearing of the Senate
committees on State and industrial
intrests and the House committee on
internal affairs to consider S q (the
non-competition of public service com
paniesl, and and H. II, (the bill con-
corning eminent domain will be
held Wednesday evening in the SUI
preme court room.
Cooks Expected Resolution.
Mr. Cook of Lyndon has introduced
his expected resolution which, will re-
quire legislators to be in actual ses-
sion every day but Sunday This,
being a proposal of amendment to
the rules, was referred TO the com
4 mittee on rules and has not yet been
passed upon.
There has been no actual necessity
for meeting every day thus far in the
( session, and the work in committees
/ has been greater than that of the
! regular sessions. But as the session
/ continues and the committees get
farther along with their work, the
necessity for routine session becomes
/ greater.
In connection with this resolution
I VIII Ut tut
| port of the commission introduced
yesterday, recommending a fat sal
I airy rate of payment for members,
/ and showing the rate and method of
payment in other States. The report,
which was ordered TO lie and be
! printed, was presented by Mr.. Bill
/ lings of Woodstock. II is that of the
! commission created by the Legisla-
ture of 1910 with respect to the pay
OF members and is addressed to the
General Assembly as follows.
In accordance with No. 400 of the
acts of the General Assembly for the
session of 1910 which reads
i Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives that the secretary
OF state, the auditor of accounts and
State treasurer are hereby constitute
ed a commission to investigate the
advisability of having the pay of the
members of the General Assembly
placed on a salary basis
IF such a change seems to them
wise, to recommend to the next Gen
eral Assembly the sum that would to
them seem proper for such pay and
what mileage should be allowed
The members of this commission
shall receive no extra pay for their
work"
Questions Asked States.
4 list OF questions was addressed
by the commission to the proper Off
GERS Of the several States. and from
the replies to these questions we find
the following facts:
The following States did not reply
to the inquiries: Louisiana. Miss