Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-10-17
IS
WORKING FINELY
Deldom Has a General Assembly
Started with More Business
like Directness.

Montpeli,r oct l5.--1t is seldom that
4 session of the General Assembly has
started off with such evident purposes
and prospects of doing It's work expcdi- |
tiously and we'll
| The Senate has already passed one bill
and sent it to the House, the measure
relating to trustee process 1t has passed
promptly the perfunctory resolutions nee
,ssary to keep business moving, ana
this afternoon ordered to third read
Ing three Joint resolutions. one OF them
making provision for the collecuoh OF
data relative to the taxation of personal
| property from 30 representative towns
for tho use of the General Assembly. |
This is the resolution introduced last
week by Mr.. Wallis OF Washington
county.
The House this afternoon ordered to a
third reading the bill introduced at the
morning session by Mr.. Strong of Hyde
Park amending the act providing for
The rebuilding of the court house and
aai! at Hyde Park.
There ha. been no hurried legislation
and the members show no disposition
10 attempt any, but the pronptness of
action In these Instances, carrying as
surancc Of similar rrompttude later on,
| makes the prospect for good work en-
co,lraging Governor Fletcher in his
inausural declared that good work was
more desirable than n short session, and
| the members seem disposed to accom-
plish both.
The special committees of the House
and Senate to consider proposals of
amendment to the State constitution We're
appointed this morning and the proposed
amendment to the constitution of the
United States providing for popular cleo
ton Of senators was laid before the
House.
To-deys work, interrupted as 1t was
by a Joint assembly in the afternoon 20
receive the report of the canvasslng COM
mittee on the vote for congressman, may
not look large to the observer, but 1t will
count for much
A measure introduced by Mr.. Brigham
of Bradford. requiring practically all
vehicles on the highways to carry lights
at night, is favoraby considered by
many members to whom the suggestion
has been presented.
Mr.. Cook Of Lyndon presented the ex-
pected woman suffrage bill, but 1t was
of necessity so technical in its wording,
being an amendment to the existing law,
that its full import was not generally
grasped on hearing it read.
The Senate bill introduced by Mr..
Darling of Orange, providing that the
Governor may fill vacancies in the State
Senate, Is of Importance because some
counties now have but one senator and
in the event of that one dying or resign
ing the county under the present law
would remain unrepresented in the upper
house for the remainder of the term.
I,st,
game laws have been presented to the
committee on revision and two have
made their appearance in the House.
These will all be considered In connec-
tion with the complete revision of the
chapter on game and fisheries which
has been prepared under the direction
of John w. Titcomh the commissioner
of game and fisheries.
Friends of the Castleton normal school
realize the advantage OF taking early
action when an appropriation is asked
for.
Charles A. Adams, the principal Of
nat institution, appeared before the
committees on appropriations this morn
ng to urge the need of a new eatng
)lant, which is provided for in the bill
introduced by Senator Chaffee last week
The Rev. Marcellus W. Farman, the
ollnd chaplain of the Senate, has re-
covered from his indispositon and made
his first appearance in the Senate this
morning. He was able to recognize many
of the old members whom he had
known in previous sessions, by hearing
their voices.
The Farmers club. which has been an
Important institution in past sessions
will reorganize Wednesday evening The
old place of meetings. the general COM
nittee room, has been so cut up, by TAX
Ing off a room for the commissioner of
weights and measures and another for a
check room. that It is no longer large
enough for meetings of the club and the
supreme court room will be used.
The special legislative committee APP
pointed to investigate and report on the
question of seating or unseating Dr. w.
J. Aldrich Of st. Johnsbury has decided
20 report unanimously in favor of seat
ting him the ground that he did not
hold at the time of his election an Office
Of profit or trust within the meaning of
the words as used In the constitution. DIR.
lldrich at the time Of his election on
ne progressive ticket was a federal
Anson examiner.