The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-11
OPPOSITION TO CHARTER
Other interests Combating Whining
ton and Brattleboro Road.

Montpelier, Nov. apparently
there is going to be some opposition
to the charter asked for by the Brat
tleboro and Wilmington railroad as
the railroad committee has Indicated
that it wants another public hearing
on the bill Rumor has it that inter
ests are at work to defeat the meas
ure on the ground that there is to be
railroad built from Wilmington In
TO Massachusetts and from Winning
ton to Manchester if charter can be
secured and that one road is enough
for that section. This claim will be
strongly opposed by those interested
in the Brattleboro and Wilmington
charter and its stated that the rail-
road committee will be shown con-
clusively that there is iced for such
a road and that moreover that capt.
tai is ready to build the line.
An important measure was intro
duced this morning by Mr.. Howley of
Burlington which provides for the APP
pointment of a commissioner OF Ia
Dor and state factory inspector. II
provides for appointment by the gov
ernor of such a commission for two
years. his salary to be $1,000 and ex-
penses.
Mr.. Clayton of Londonderry re-
quested that House bill "a the hedge
hog bill" which was denied a third
reading Friday be considered.
When Speaker Plumley announced
that the yeas" had it and the bill
was denied reconsideration Mr.. Nc
Clellan asked for a rising vote and
the result was 81 for reconsideration
and 10 against.
The attempt of Mr. McClennan TO
have the veterinary bill, which pass
ed the House Friday. reconsidered
failed.
Mr.. Aldrich of st. Johnsbury intro
duced bill TO provide for medical in
spection in the public schoolsIt pro
vides for a board examiners to ex-
anime the health conditions of all
pupils.
A resolution was introduced by Mr.. |
Billings of Woodstock to the effect |
that that portion OF the governors !
message relating to the taxation of |
railroads be referred to che commit |
tee on ways and means. The resolu- |
ton was adopted by the House.
Mr.. Aiken of Putney. introduced by |
request, House bill 22S, relating to |
death certificates and Probate courts; |
town clerks must forward duplicates
of death certificates to the Probate |
court. Ii was referred to the judici- |
airy committee.
Mr.. Plumley of Mortified introduc-
ed House bill 229, relating TO the |
of optometry; relating to
the granting of certificates. 1t was
to the committee on public
health.
Mr.. Ryder of Rockingham introduc-
ed House bill 224, to authorize the
Bellows Falls Canal company to re-
issue, alter and change its stock. 1t
was referred to the committee on cor
porations.
A Joint resolution relating to a com
mission to investigate the education
al system and conditions of Vermont
was adopted by the House.
Senate bill %, relating to notice by
was ordered to lie.
Many of the members in the House
Friday morning were inclined to the
belief that a clerical error had been
made in the bill introduced by Mr.
Coburn of Milton to provide for in
dexing the vital statistics OF the
state by the secretary of state and
$4,000 therefor. Many
were inclined to think that the appro-
priation should read $4,000 However
there was no mistake as competent
persons have estimated that il will
600 to do the work.
The task of indexing on cards the
records gathered from the towns and
cities OF Vermont will include the
writing of data on over MILAN
cards and it is estimated that not ov-
er 400 cards can be written by one
person in a day. Then there is the
cost of the filing cabinets, cards and
the clerical assistance needed to com
plete much of the data
In the Vault at the capitol are many
big volumes containing hundreds of
thousands OF records which will have
to be copied on cards and these
cards will have TO be properly arrang
ed If the records are TO be of any
value. That these records are of in
estimable value and are frequently
to a visit to the Office Of
Secretary Of State Bailey will prove.
Hundreds of letters from persons en-
gagged in genealogical work are re-
ceived by the secretary of state every
year and in the majority of cases IL
Is impossible to locate the data asked
Tor with the records not indexed OF
arranged for reference.