The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-12-13
IN JOINT RESOLUTION
Calls Upon Federal Government to In
vestigate Subject and Directs That
All the Other States Be Mott
fed of vermont's Action.
State House, Dec. l3.

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tiee of polygamy and asking that the
federal government appoint a commits
sion to investigate the subject. The res
olution recommends the amending of the
! federal constitution as regards polyg-
amy and directs that all legislatures
now in session be informed of the pass
age of this resolution by the Vermont
legislature. The House lost no time in
adopting the resolution.
There were not over I25 members in
the House this morning when Chaplain
Ford conducted the deyotionals. Rev.
~. w. Miller, the member from Bethel,
occupied the chair The House passed
in concurrence the publicity bill. which
carries an appropriation OF $4,000 to
continue the work started two years
ago. No objection was offered to the
bill creating the office Of nursery in
speetor, and the measure passed the
House. When House bill 49, relating
to planting of forest trees and TO APP
propriate $4,000 was called mp, Mr.
Hapgood gave notice he should submit
an amendment when the bill is put
upon its passage. Mr.. Taft of Town.
shend and Mr.. Foote OF Cornwall sup
ported the measure,
Among the measures introduced in
the House is bill to prohibit the pollu-
tion OF any stream by sawdust or other
substance, 1t provides for a penalty
of not less than $50 nor more than 500
for each offense. Notwithstanding a ia
vorable report, the House killed the bill
to appropriate $1,000 to encourage the
work OF poultry associations,
Nine New Bills In To-day.
Six new bills found their way into
the House and three into the Senate /
today, being as follows:
BY Mr. wilkins of Morristown. to I
egalize the grand lists Of the town of |
for the years zoos and 1909 |
By the committee on judiciary, re-
ating to dependent and delinquent chill
lren, prescribing the powers and duties 1
Il courts. etc. and restricting the i'm
,risonment of children.
By Mr.. Ranney of pittsfed. to in
the Rutland and Bethel rail.
Dad.
BY the general committee to prevent
he pollution OF the waters Of this state
BY the committee on highways and
ridges, as substitute for H. l05, re-
atng to the duties OF road commits
toner's.
BY Mr.. Martin of Bennington, TO
mpower the trustees of the village
I Bennington to make certain public ,
and TO issue bonds in
ayment thereof.
BY Senate judiciary committee re-
lting to criminal jurisdiction of muni- /
ipal and city courts.
By Senator Mattison, to incorporate
be Glastonbury Light & Power Co. 4
BY Senate committee on judiciary, to /
,gulate the distribution Of electric en- /
rgy. d
How the Flat Rate Bill Passed.
The bill proposing to establish fiat /,
tie tax of seyen-tenths of one per cent
! intangibles was passed by the House !,
te yesterday after all of the fifteen ef :
rts to amend it had failed The vote \
passage was l6T TO 5s. At the open :,
& of the afternoon session an amend !,
ent to strike out the provision permit 4
ng offsets to the limit OF 81 500 was a
bated and was killed by ls5 to 81. :
At this point the chair ruled that s. p
/, the five per cont exemption bill, !,
ust come up as special order, where !,
ION consideration of the fiat rate bin =
rs resumed. Mr.. RYDER moved TO !
nend by striking out section 81 and !,
bstituting the repeal of all offsets. The
air ruled the proposal out of order as :,
had been settled in the morning. !
Mr.. Jose of johnson then declared :,
At vote for the fiat rate bill was n n
te for the banks, a measure dictated =,
the banks; that the House was asked d
accept bill reported by director n
a Richford bank, director of a Proc -
bank and director of three Rutland r,
nks and advocated by John w. Cor -
n, attorney for Barre bank. He e.
,sel had yet to hear anybody favor :.
bill except somebody who had the in =. -
ests Of the bank very close ut heart. a.
When Mr.. Jose had finished. Mr.. Wat y n
Of st. Albans arose and stated that '''
held no brief for the banks and that
desired to show his friend from John
that he had adopted the wrong
rse II he wished to kill the BILL Mr. u
Itson denied that the bankers hal
pared the fat rate bill. Bankers. ne
l. had never heard of the bill or any
its terms until IL came out of thc n,
lmittee. He asked the johnson man h.
ie didn't know what the common talk
mt the corridors was. the :. bin 81 -,
proposed by the bankers. II be 10
sci had not heard this he must have ~,
a prcjudiccd ear. Mr.. Watson sai'l l.,
vote was his own and be believed -
~ man In the room knew this was
He did not believe. after taking the a..
b Of office. that any member woul ,t.
vote because he was told 10 " -
hY the directorate of n hank or IN
'nnt Of bis own personal m.erc-t- ~
plain intent Of the platform pledges -.
~ PARTIES was embodied in thi, fat ~.
bal. be asserted.
n. Cock of Lyndon explained that Re =; :.
igiIf the meHlher from johnson -"
ut that the associations of some mem ,
were such that their Judgment was
pei. A for him be should vote for ]
measure a. the hest available. the
ben came 4 fusillaiie ~ deplies 10 Air SoT
!. Mr.. Weeks q Middlebury saving Sea
no definite influence connected In Du,