St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1912-11-06
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was against unseating the member
from Guildhall. The House commit
tee on elections presented an amend
ed report recommending that the seat,
now occupied by Daniel Kellum of
Guildhall, be declared vacant. Mr..
Billings OF Woodstock offered a
resolution declaring Mr.. Kellum's
seat vacant simply that the report
OF the committee might be brought
to the attention of he House. Mr..
Miller OF Bethel was the only mem
Der speaking on the matter, and he
urged that caution be exercised be-
fore action was taken on the resolu-
ton. He called attention to the Sc
robustness of denying a member his
seat in the general assembly. He
thought that the House had strained
q constitutional point in permitting
the member from sc Johnsbury to
retain his seat, and in view of that
fact he felt that it could do as UGH
for the town Of Guildhall Appar-
emily there was no inclination to
make the matter a political one, and
the republicans made no attempt
outside Of a few yeas" to adopt
the recommendation of the commit
tee on elections.
Friday morning Mr.. Martelle Of
Alburgh moved that the house re-
consider it's action of Thursday when
il refused to adopt the resolution
declaring the seat Of the member
from Guildhall, Daniel Killum, va
Icant Mr.. Martin Of Bennington
arose to the point of order and OBJ
jected to the motion insisting that
the house had tried the case once
and rendered its decision and that
the verdict was in the nature of the
verdict of a jury. He thought the
case could net again be taken up.
The speaker overruled Mr.. Martin
stating that the motion was proper
and in order having been made
within twenty-four hours. On mo-
ton Of Mr.. Weeks of Middlebury
the motion was ordered to lie This
action was taken on account of the
small attendance in the house, many
members having gone to their homes.
If this resolution tc reconsider goes
through, there is to be another reso-
luton that it seat the other candi-
date The election committee has
reported that the election in Guild
hall was void This would reilly
be placing it in the hands of the
house to elect it's own members and
even go outside. Such an act would
be dangerous and would be estab-
fishing a precedent.
Some Important Bills
S. 62.-By Mr.. Chaffee, to con-
troll smallpox. (Health officer re-
ceiving report of a case of smallpox, !
varioloid, low fever, cholera ty-
plus fever or yellow fever, shall tel
egraph or telephone all Information !
he can obtain to the secretary of the |
State board of health. State board |
may order general vaccination in |
town where smallpox is present. Lo-
cal health officer shall make house |
to house inspection and may vac
cinate all unvaccinated persons. No |
person shall attend any public school |
unless vaccinated. When the state !
board deems general vaccination |
necessary and shall so order, health |
officer of the town shall see that or
der is carried out Expenses shall |
be paid by the town. To joint COM |
mittee on public health.
S. 63.-By Mr.. Roy, relating to |
fire insurance. Gull amount of
policy when property is a total loss.) |
To Joint committee on insurance.
H. 147.-By Mr.. Clayton of Lon
donderry, an act to amend section |
$500 of the public statutes. relating |
to marriage licenses. (Forbids Ii !
cense to minor without consent of
parent or guardian to idiot, degener-
ates, lunatics or distracted persons. !
Severe penalties for violation) To |
committee on judiciary.