The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-20
Legislature Hears 1t Is Still
Far from Completion
of It's Work
MAJORITY OF BILLS
ARE IN THE HOUSE
Three New Measures Were
introduced To-day. One to
Incorporate a Bank
State House. Dec. 90.

/ State House, Dec. 20.
| The Joint special committee to consid-
er matters relating TO final adjournment
! of the legislature reported that on this
morning, Dec. 90 there were III the
hands of the Senate committee SO SEN
ate bills and so House bills, total OF
l03; that there were in the hands 81
the House committees lS Senate bills
and l6l House bills, total of l79. la
the hands of the revision committee
there are 30 bills. making total of
1872 in the hands of all committees.
Three new bills came into the House
this forenoon, rs follows: BY MIR. Eaton
of Royalton to incorporate the Cascad-
nae Savings Bank and Trust compans;
from the committee on highways aim
bridges, to repeal sections 1885 TO 3S9I,
relating to aid Jf towns excessively bur-
dened in the care of highways by Mr..
Weeks of Middlebury. to amend section
6032 OF the public statutes. as amended
by section of No. pa of the statutes
of 1910 and section 604l of the public
statutes and to amend section ) Of M.
234 of the acts of 1910. relating to chill
dren sentenced to prison being trans
ferred to the industrial school, etc.
Hearing on School Medical Inspection.
The joint committee on public health
gave public hearing yesterday after
noon on House bill 226, an act to pro-
vide for medical inspection in public
John w. Redmond OF Newport,
the Christian Scientists,
with G. W. Peck OF st. Johnsburw and
A. II. Mattson of Bethel, appeared I'M
opposition to the measure. Mr.. Red
mond's chief grievance lay in the fact
that section OF the act as drawn con-
the employment of assistant
examiners. who "shall be graduates i'm
n edicine and licensed to practice in this
state and, during the school year they
hall devote their time solely to this
work after attending annually an ex
miners school or special clinic at the
OF Vermont college of medi-
inc, their salary being perish the
hought "only 500 per month" Mr..
fairly trembled when he con-
emplated so cheap person examining
he eyes and ears of the children of
is clients Medicine is a science and
N art, he repeated at frequent inter-
ais and sueli cheap physicians are very
kelly to be incompetent He would
owcver, accept the measure if amended
o exempt his clients from its compul-
DRY provisions.
Had Fun With Mr.. Hapgood
For a few minutes this morning, MIR.
Iapgood OF Peru underwent "a heckling
'hile he appeared before the committee
n state and court expenses in oppo-
tion to the joint resolution to pay the
arious employees at the capitol the same
llary as paid the members of the gem
raj assembly. Mr.. Hapgood said he
,uld furnish plenty Of boys to work
) pages in the legislature and that the
roduct OF his employment agency"
ould be glad to accept board as full
for services.
DR. Coburn of Milton asked if the boys
oud all be Peruvians. and Mr.. Hap
rod said they would be-
A feature of the hearing was the APP
,al made by Chairman Adams of Chel-
a for the boys employed as pages.
e said he would give his own pay to
" these boys. rather than have them
away disappointed. The hearing ad
urned when word came that the reso-
tion had been passed under a suspen-
Dn OF the rules. The announcement
We Mr.. Hapgood chance to express
mself but he declined to utter sound,
d stamped out of the committee room
to the hall of the representatives, only
find that he had been fooled. No ae-
IN had been taken on the resolution.