The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-12-20

members have an opportunity to
study it before further action is TAX
en-.
The following bills were introduc-
ed in the House this afternoon:
From general committee as substi-
tute for H 1879. To provide for the
publicity of campaign receipts and
expenditures candidates to be voted
for at a general election, and each
candidate for United States senator,
shall on the fifth day before election
file with the secretary of state and
county clerk an itemized sworn state
ment of all receipts and expenditures
in aid of his nomination and election,
giving names of contributor and
amount contributed, with names of
persons to whom they were or are
to be given Within Is days after
election, such candidates shall file
similar sworn statements showing
all receipts and expenditures, and no
candidate elected shall be commits
stoned until he has complied with
this act. Chairman of each commit
tee to file statements as aforesaid
Contributors to give direct to candi-
dates or committees, except for per-
sonal expenses, etc. Ordered to lie
and be printed.
By Mr.. Watson of st. Adams city.
To prevent the spread of certain in
fectious diseases. Superintendent of
public institutions shall report
promptly to state board of health the
name, sex, age, nationality, race. ma
trial state and address of charitable
patients under observation SUFFERING
from venerial disease in any form,
stating the name, character stage
and duration of the infection, and, if
obtainable, the source of contracting
same. Physicians to furnish similar
information, except name and ad-
dress of private patients shall not be
reported. Information and reports to
be absolutely confidential and not ac-
cessible by the public. State board
of health to provide, {. ate expense,
facilities for bacteH, cal exami-
nation discharges for diagnosis, etc,
and to include in bulletins or circu.
lars information covered by this act.
The House judiciary committee
bill to establish bureau of criminal
investigation under the direction of
the penal board passed the House to-
day. 1t provides for the Nintroduc-
ton of the Bertillion system for the
| Identification of criminals.
AS anticipated the House has pass
ed the bill appropriating $1,000 an
nually for the maintenance and con-
struction of highways under the di
rection of the state highway com.
mission. There has been a general
inclination to dispose of this meas
ure before the holiday recess.
Among the measures ordered to a
| third reading tomorrow is Mr. How
ley's bill to license pawnbrokers.
Slight amendments were made to
have the bill conform to the laws of
other states.
The bill to empower selectmen to
appoint road commissioners went in
| to the discard this afternoon when
the House killed the measure.
The principal discussion in the
| House at the afternoon session came
when Senate bill 80 came up for
a third reading. The bill contains
considerable verbiage but the pur-
port of the measure is to increase
the salary of the bank commissioner.
| The banks pay the salary of the com
missioner and these institutions are
anxious that he receive a sufficient
/ compensation to permit him to make
a physical examination of the vari-
GUS loans made by the banks out
side the state. The bill places the
salary of the bank commissioner at
| S25O0 year and allows him 5000 for
rent, lights and fuel in his office and
appropriates $500 for clerical as
sistance.
The feature of the afternoon SEES
sion was the message from Governor
Fletcher as anticipated exclusively
by The Herald yesterday morning.
The governor recommends better
| business methods as regards the pur-
chase of the various supplies used by
the state be inaugurated and to that
end he urges the creation OF a state
purchasing agent. When the mes.
sage was read this afternoon scores
of members emphatically nodded ap-
proval. The text of the message is
as follows:
ITO the General Assembly
Gentlemen
Il desire to call your attention to
the fact that the statute creating the
Office of commissioner of weights and
measures carried with it no fixed ap-
preparation or limitation whatsoever
as to the amount that may be expend
ed by that department, and with no
desire or intention to criticise that
department in any respect, | suggest
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