The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-23
passed, IS; third readings, ordered,

5; ordered, 4.
Miscellaneous: Two proposals of
amendments to United States Consti-
tuition in the hands of committee; pro
posals of amendment to state Con-
stitution in hands of committee.
The recapitulation of business in
the Senate as shown by Secretary
Skels books tonight is as follows:
Total bills in committees, 113, of
which q are House bills and 80 are
Senate bills; third readings ordered,
Senate, 2, House, 0; ordered to lie,
Senate, g. House l special orders,
Senate, 3, House, 2; recalled, Senate,
/, House, /; in House for concurrence
Senate, SO, House, O; passed in conf
currence, Senate O., House, 2; total
in files, Senate, ~, House, 6; passed
in concurrence, Senate, 0; House, %;
approved by governor, Senate, II;
killed, Senate, Is; House, 2.
The bill, introduced by Mr.. Crosby
of Brattleboro, to prevent the holder
of liquor license, except of the fifth
class, from holding public Office and
to prevent the issuing of license, ex-
cept of the fifthclass to person hold
ing public Office, was ordered to a
third reading this morning. This act,
is passed, would take effect May 1,
1913.
While the evident intention of the
bill is TO take the liquor traffic out of
politics, supporters of the local option
law contend that it is unfair to at
tempt TO disfranchise a man from
holding public Office because he holds
a liquor license. There will be decid-
ed opposition to the measure which
will probably be put upon its passage
on the reconvening of the legislature,
December 2.
A third reading has been ordered
House bill 40. providing for an annual
state highway tax of five cents on
dollar of the grand list of towns to be
paid into the state treasury.
House bill 1872, relating to the state
school tax, will be called up for
third reading soon after the Legisla-
ture reconvens.
The House killed the bills to re-
quire the cutting of brush along high
ways; relating to the taxation of
money secured by mortgage on real
SSAatS VI H., ASidNlus " uSuuCtiOnh
for debts owing I'll 1881; and to ex-
empt from taxation loans on real es-
tate secured by mortgage III 1851.
1t is expected that the House will
offer no opposition TO House bill 124,
relating TO taxation of orchard lands
The bills, which was ordered to a
third reading this morning, provides
that when the owner OF land, cultivat-
ed or uncutiyated, has planted the
same TO fruit trees the land shall be
set in the grand list OF the town at
the same valuation as similar land
not so planted. The valuation cannot
be increased, for the purposes of tax
alton, on account of such fruit trees
for 10 years, nor until the unused net
income from the trees shall exceed %
per cent of the original value OF the
land, together with the cost of trees
and planting, More or less discus
sion has been INDUCED in by the mem
bers OF both branches concerning the
need of conservation measures and
those interested in this measure.
which was introduced by Mr.. Eaton
of Royalton, are sanguine that it will
become a law.
Among bills introduced in the
House was one by Mr. Hawkins of
SALISBURY, authorizing towns to ap-
propriate money for the maintenance
of incorporated cemetery associat-
ions.
Mr.. Hapgood's salary bill fixes pay
of legislators at 81 per day, but not
to exceed $300>for the session. with
10 cents a mile each way for one
trip and half mileage for adjourn
ments OF one week. This bill may
come up in view of the probable
Christmas and New Years recess.