The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-06

bill was put upon its passage for tn
reading of 46 pages drove many member
from their seats and they forgot to re
turn.
officers in the Senate yesterday after
noon when the Sabbath breaking bill
was put upon passage. There were Il
votes for and Is against and Lieutenant
Governor Howe voted in the affirmative.
and the bill was passed
/ The Senate passed the House bill pro
viding for an armory commission and
proposed an amendment which reduce:
the appropriation to $4,000 in each BIZ
ennial session.
The senate killed its own bills provid.
! ing for an increase of pay for county
slerks and states attorneys.
I 1t seems that some one wanted to get
a slice of glory for Vermont and secured
the introduction and passage of a joint
resolution Wednesday in the House oro-
yiding for the battleship Oregon to lead
the procession at the opening of the
Panama canal. Yesterday afternoon the
Senate ordered the resolution to lie as
il has been learned that the Oregon is
out of commission.
Bills and Joint Resolutions Approved.
An act to amend sections | and of
No. l66 OF the acts of 1910, relating to
the inspection of creameries, etc.
An act to provide for erecting tab
let to the memory of Daniel P. Thomp-
son.
An act to amend section 4,l65 of the
public statutes, relating to the sale OF
cemetery lots.
An act to authorize the town OF Char.
Tote to pay certain funds to the heirs of
II. d. Edgerton.
Joint resolution relating to the print
ing of the proceedings of the Vermont
historical society.
Governor Fletcher announced yester.
day afternoon the makeup of the CON-
mission to investigate the educational
system of Vermont as provided for ny
the joint resolution adopted early in the
session. The following are the members
of the commission: Judge John H. Wat
son of Montpelier, President Nicholas
Murray Butler OF Columbia university,
Theodore n. Vail of Lyndon, Frank
Brooks of st. Johnsbury, Eli II. Porter
of Wilmington. Mayor James B. Estee of
Montpelier and A. +. futile of Bellows
Falls, president of the Vermont state
association and Horace i.
Graham.
Plea for Detention Farm.
The special committee to investigate |
the needs of the state for the establish.
nent of detention farm for the care.
regeneration and reformation of minor 1
criminals gave those interested in the |
as well as those who might /
Ne opposed, a chance last evening to be
leard. At the public hearing held in
he hall of representatives Senator
House presided. No one appeared in OPP
POSITION to the plan and those speaking
n favor of detention farm were sheriff
frank Tracy of Washington county,
James ". Barss Of the
tate industrial school at Vergeunes.
William A. Lord Of Montpelier. Sheriff
dams of Orange county. John =.
Weeks of Middlebury. member OF the /,
email commission, and Chauncey W. 4
'rownell of Burlington.
Sheriff Tracy spoke for nearly an hour
nd cited scores OF incidents connected
18th detention farm work in other states
D show this plan is working out in a
ighly satisfactory manner. He told
I the experience Of those in charge of
lch establishments in the states of
eoreia. Ohio and Texas, especially in
Ne latter state where maximum results
ave been attained. The Washington
unity sheriff told Of his recent visit 90
W prison congress AZ Baltimore as one
the representatives Of the state OF
ermont. In this >nnection the speak
told Of his interviews with prominent
iminologists regarding the detention
I'm proiects in various parts OF the 4