Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-11-27
ADJOURNED TO DEC. 2
Prospect for an Early Adjournment Van
ishes. Proposed to Raise Governors
Salary to $4,000 Want to Move
Capitol to Burlington.

thanksgiving dL Will
their families, having adjourned from
Friday to December 2 without pay
but with mileage Each member got |
pay for his stay in Montpelier to date, |
about $780,
The past week has been a busy one |
and many bills have been introduced, |
among them being bill in the senate |
to increase the salary of the governor
from $500 to $4,000 per year with |
reasonable expenses and $1,000 for the
expense of the governors staff. A bill |
making vaccination compulsory has
been introduced and at the hearing a !
warm discussion for and against the bill |
was had. DR.. Templeton of Montpelier
opposed the bill as did J. w. Red
mond of Newport, but Alexander !
Dunnett of st. Johnsbury and DR.. Dal-
ton of the state board of health |
spoke in favor of the bill and cited |
statistics to carry out their plea for !
the bill. Another public hearing will !,
be held.
Among other important public hear
ings held last week was one on the
need of more room in the state house
and on the bill proposing to do away
with the S100 tax on oleomargarine in
Vermont. There seems to be little
doubt about the need of more room in
the state house according to the testi-
mony of those appearing before the
committee. Nearly every officer tes-
titled to the urgent need of more room
in his department. At the hearing on
the oleomargarine bill nine speakers
appeared who favored the removal of
the tax.
A resolution favoring the removal of
the seat of government from Montpe-
lier to Burlington is in process of prep
aration. This resolution is the result
of the constantly increasing dissatis-
faction with the cramped conditions
which obtain in the present state
house. Notwithstanding the hearings
with regard to space in the capitol,
nothing appears to have been done and
the dissatisfaction seems constantly on
the increase. Burlington seems to be
the first choice of number of legisla-
tors, and unless definite steps are TAX
en- to secure more stan1ing room for
the crowded committees it is likley
that the resolution will poll sur
prisingIy heavy vote.
The amount of work remaining to be
! done is problematical. There are in
the hands of the committee on revis-
ion of bills lis or l20 bills. Some of
these are municipal charters or amend
ments thereof which are held pending
decision of the supreme court.
| Others are corporation charters which
may have to be held until the supreme
court decides the status of the public
service commission. These will re-
Quire but a small amount Of time for
consideration when the opportunity Tor
consideration arrives. So there is a
comparatively small number of really
! live measures in the hands of that
committee. On the other hand, there
is hardly matter of Importance yet
disposed Of The fiat rate bill for the
taxation of intangibles, which was re-
ported from the committee on ways
and means Thursday afternoon, will
be printed and sent to the members at
their homes next week. This must be
taken up in connection with proposals
for the abolition of offsets and the ex-
emption Of money loaned ION real es-
tate or all kinds of property at low
rate of interest, and thus the whole tax
question will be opened up.
The hedgehog bill has been disposed
of by compromising. The old law
gave bounty of 80 cents but the new
act passed gives Is cents bounty and
that matter has been settled after
s1 ending some time on the bill.
Mr.. Cook of Lyndon made the long
est and what is generally termed the
most forcible speech yet made in the
house on Thursday opposing a bill al
lowing an overpasS or underpasS to be
constructed in Brattleboro four feet
lower than ordinary rules require, and
the bill was finally killed by a vote of
AZ to 189.
S. 54 known as the Babbitt bill
passed by the Senate, which provides
for the exemption from taxation OF
money loaned at five per cent or less
in Vermont on real estate mortgages,
came from the ways and means com
mittee with an adverse report and was
ordered to lie Also a bill from the
ways and means committee providing
for a fiat rate on intangibles, under the
rules this bill was ordered to lie. L
calls for tax of ITO of one per cen1
and allows offsets up to $500.
Mr.. Robbins of Newport has intro
duced bill providing for the investi
cation of a system of accoun ting fo1
town officers. The governor is to ap
point commission of three with powe,
to investigate and recomm end a uni
,, form system for all towns.
Mr.. Mcclure Of Derby has intro
duced a bill by request providing fo,
registration of carriers of intoxicat
, ing liquor to or in towns that 90 no
,, grant licenses of the first, fourth an(
seventh classes.
, It prohibits carriers other than rail
ways or corporations carrying on th'
traffic. Mayors, aldermen and select
men are to grant licenses for carrying
Senator Blanchard has introduced
i. bill IN the senate asking that the New
e port Center school district be incorpor
/ ated.
n The Senate has passed a joint reso
: luton directing the attorney-genera
h of Vermont to sue the State of New
: Hampshire in the United States Su
D preme Court to settle the b0undar
j.; line between the two states The lat
e ter is collecting taxes on property i
n the river that Vermont claims.
Y A new cod ification of the fish an
r game laws drawn by COMMISSIONS
e Titcomb has been introduced and i
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