The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-19

ton OF autOmODlleS came W Tic
House this morning. 1t provides a
penalty of 500 for refusing to show
certificate of registration of license
when demanded by any officer OF
the law
Mr.. Coburn has a bill to establish
a state home for the care of feeble
minded children. The matter of APP
preparation is left with the commit
tee on education.
Some one wants to publish a few
more state papers" and the commit
tee on judiciary has a bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 for that purpose
Mr. Hapogod has today introduced
a bill to appropriate $4,000 for the
discontinuance or the repair of the
Notch road in the towns of Dorset
and Peru.
When House bill AL, relating to
the pollution of the streams, was TAX
en- up for third reading opposition be-
came manifest at once and after sew
eral members had suggested amend
ments it was voted to recommit the
bill to the general committee.
The lower branch wrestled with di-
ItCl tstA tlllS lliOi mn anu
passed the measure few minutes be
fore adjournment though there was
considerable opposition to the bill OF.
general principles.
The Senate has passed its own bill
70, requiring lights on vehicles. The
bill provides that at least one light
must be carried on all vehicles drawn
by an animal between the hours of
one after sunset and one hour
before sunrise. A penalty of S. is
provided for each violation. The bill
is an amended form of the original
measure as it provides that the We
hicles coming within the provisions
of the act shall be thosc aving pneu-
matte tires or tires of less than two
inches in width.
The House some weeks ago killed
it's own bill requiring lights on all
vehicles.
The usual joint resolution to pay
all state house employees the same
salary as the members of the Gener-
al Assembly receive came into the
Senate this morning and was refer
red 90 the committee on state and
court expenses.
This afternoon the House went on
record in favor of business propo-
stion as regards the permitting of
disbursing officers or heads of depart
ments to spend any amount of money
in excess of the appropriation given
them Vermont has decided, by the
precedent established this afternoon,
that the state shall not reimburse
state officers who transcend their au-
thority by expanding money in ex-
cess of the amount given them by
the Legislature.
The matter of reconsidering the bill
to pay John w. Titcomb for money
which he had expended in the main
tenance of the fish and game depart
ment brought out no end of discus
sion and the House voted not to pay
the bill by vote of SO yes" and III
mo"
Mr.. Ward of Danville, chairman of
House committee on claims, explain
ed that Mr.. Titeomb had found it nee
essary to spend more money than his
appropriation called for Mr. Clay
ton of Londonderry said that
the fish and game com
missioner knew how much
money he had at his disposal when he
accepted the appropriation and the
member from Londonderry could not
see wherein Mr. Titcomb had any val.
id claim for reimbursement,
Mr.. Donnelly of Vergennes favored
the bill Mr.. Wright of Brandon
brought out the fact, by interrogat-
ing members that the state fish and
game department has about $4,000 re-
naming to its credit Mr. Cook of
Lyndon. Locke of Barton and Martin
of Bennington favored the bill. The
principle involved was brought out
when Mr.. Batchelder of Wallingford
said il was establishing a bad prece-
dent to permit state officers to dis.
burse funds without authority. Pro-
badly Mr.. Batchelder's remarks went
as far toward killing the measure as
did any statements made against the
bill.
Mr.. Jose of Johnson said he thought
the bill was designed as a roundabout
way to increase the salary of the
state fish and game commissioner.
AS predicted the House has killed
the bill to raise the governors sal
airy from $2500 to $4,000 a year.
Though the measure went sailing
through the Senate il came against
the rocks in the House probably for
no other reason than the fact of the
measure.
The Senate this afternoon passed
the bill restricting the hours of labor
for women and children to IS hours
week and providing that no woman
or minor shall be employed over IL
hours in any one day This is the
amended 81 hour bill II will prob
ably find but little opposition in the
House.
The upper branch did not debate
House bill 24O, limiting the appro-
priation for the eliminating Of grade
crossings to $4,000 annually.
Senator McCuen has introduced a
joint resolution providing for the ap-
pointment OF seven commissioners to
consider the advisability of Yer
mont participating in the celebration
at the opening OF the Panama canal.
The resolution was referred to the
committee on state and industrial in
terests.
Montpelier Provided For