Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-02-02
COURT HOUSE is SURE
Bratt|eboro Designated in Federal
Judiciary Bill
Two. story Government Building VIII Be
Erected, but Democratic House May
Delay Further Appropriation.

Interest in the progress being made
toward securing a government building
for Brattleboro which shall provide for
a. post office and United States court
room is renewed by developments in
Washington the past few days. From
the time when Congressman Kittredge
Haslxins. now postmaster introduced the
original bill for a government building
here every bill has contemplated
building for not only post office, put
a United States court room. But De-
cause there was no statute requiring the
United States court to sit in Brattle-
boro, after final legislation relative to
the building had been enacted the su-
pervising architect of the treasury
department made plans for one-story
building for. a post Office alone. This
fact, which was surprise to all out
side the treasury department and which
led to a postponement of the construc-
ton of the building, was announced ex-
clusively in The Phoenix Feb. "a, I'LL
Postmaster Haskins and Judge j. l..
Martin set about the task of bringing
about a change in the law and of Sc
curing an additional appropriation, so
that two-story structure might be
erected. The first thing to do was to
have the statutes relative to the 1u-
dietary amended so as to require SEES
many months previous to the last ses-
sion Congress had been struggling with
a bill entitled IAN act to codify, re-
wise and amend the laws relating to the
judiciary" and only during the late ex-
ira session was 1t finally enacted into
more or less permanent form. On April
27 Senator William p. Dillingham; OF
Montpelier introduced an amendment ia
the proposed act codifying the judiciary
laws, the amendment reading as fol-
lows:
1.-THE state of Vermont shall consti-
tute one judicial district, to be known
as the district of Vermont. Terms OF
the district court shall be held at Bur-
lington on the fourth Tuesday of Feb
ruary, at Windsor on the third Tuesday
in May, at Rutland on the first Tuesday
in October and at Brattleboro OH the
third Tuesday in December In eacf
year one of the stated terms OF the dis
trict court may, when adjourned, bt
adjourned to meet at Montpelier and one
at Newport"
This bill passed the Senate July s
last and has now just passed thu
House Previous to its passage by thu
House it was slightly amended so tina
no rent could be charged the govern
ment for rooms in which to hold thu
court at Brattleboro, or any incidenta
expense be incurred until such time a.
the puDnc 'DullulnB shouiu po eieS'Su
This amendment was concurred In b!
the Senate on motion of Senator Dilling
ham, and the bill is now a law"
On Jan. 9 of the present year Con
gresham Frank Plumley of Northfiel'
introduced in the House bill askinI
for an additional appropriation for III
post Office and court house building Tn
main section of the bill reads as fol
lows:
THAT to enable the secretary OF tn
treasury of the United States to erect
complete and furnish the post office an
court house building at Brattleboro
state of Vermont provided for In ex
listing legislation, the limit of cost here
tofore fixed by Congress therefor be
and the same is hereby, increased 4
and by the sum of $4,000 and the secre
tary of the treasury is hereby author
lied to enter into contract for the cree
ton and completion of said buildin