The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-10

quarries and mines; II. 391, granting
special aids to towns of the state for
the repair OF b -hways and bridges;
H. 1892, relating 20 the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors. nnkeepers' license
billD; H. POP, relating to the Ven
mont State library
rhe lower branch ordered to
third reading H. 206 relating to deaf,
dumb, blind and INDECENT children;
H. Ala, relating to the marking of
ballots; H. 246 relating to health Of
ficers. PROVIDES that state board
of health shall appoint as health Of
ficer for town or city one person
from list of three persons recon-
mended by the selectment or board
of aldermen; he shall be a resident
of the town, etc Reported adverse
ly)
Mr.. Billings of Woodstock in the
afternoon offered the following
amendment to H. II, an act relating
to nominations and elections striking
out all after the enacting clause and
substituting the following, in part:
Sec. 104-No person shall, direct
ly or indirectly, give pay, expend or
contribute, promise to give, pay,
expend or contribute, money or other
valuable thing, in order to promote
his nomination or election, or the
nomination or election of another per
son, as candidate for public office
excepted as provided In the following
section:
Sec. 105-No candidate for nomi-
nation to an elective Office including
that of United States senator, shall
directly or indirectly pay, expend or
contribute any money or other valu-
able thing, or promise so to do, ex-
cept for lawful expenses. Lawful ex-
penses as used in this section are
limited TO expenses for the following
purposes only.
For the candidates official filing
fee, certifying and verifying of nomi-
nation papers, personal travelling ex-
penses, printing and distribution of
pamphlets, circulars, newspapers.
cards, handbills, posters and an
nouncements relative to candidates
political issues or principle; making
canvasses, clerk hire, conveying in
| firm or disabled voters to and from
the polls, postage, eXpressage, tele-
graphing and telephoning relative to
| candidacy.
Candidates for state Office or
! United States senator shall not ex-
pend or contribute directly or indi-
rectly more than $1,000 in aid of his
election or of any or all of aforesaid
candidates, including such sums as
may be paid committees No commit
tee shall expend over $4,000 in aiding
election OF any candidate mentioned
! in this act.
Sec. 3, Sec. LOG of the Public Sta,
| tutes is amended to read Sec. JOG.
No person shall publish or cause to
be published in a newspaper or other
! periodical either in its advertising or
reading columns, any paid matter
which is designed to aid, injure, or de
Feat any candidate for public Office
unless the name of the chairman or
! secretary or the name of two ofic-
ers of the political or other organiza-
ton inserting the same, or the name
of some voter who is responsib le
therefor; such matter in reading CO.
lumns to have a fired word "advertis-
ment'
Money is not to be paid for editor
ial support. Violation of this law
shall be not more than $500 fine. Or
dered to lie and be printed.
The Senate resolved itself into com
mittee of the whole this afternoon
with Mr.. Batchelder in the chair. and
on motion of Mr.. Elliott the commit.
tee went into executive session. The
committee rose at 4:45 and recon-
mended several amendments to the
nat rate taxation bill which were
agreed to 20 to 5. Those voting in
the affirmative were Senators. Bah.
bitt, Barber, Batchelder, Bigwood,
blanchard of Orleans, Chaffee. Croft
Darling of Caledonia, Dodds, DYER OF
Addison, Dyer Of Rutland. Elliott
Henry, House, Johnson, Lord, Matt.
son McCuen, McFeeters, Mower
Preston, Quinlan, Roy, Sherwin and
Wallis. Those voting in the negative
We're Senators Blanchard OF Windsor
Dale, Darling of Orange, Davis and
Pollard.
Mr.. Blanchard of Windsor moved
TO strike out all after the enactinp
clause and insert the land exemption
Dill. The amendment was defeated
and the third reading of the bill was
ordered.
The following are amendments:
Ihat the Senate propose to The
House to amend House bill No. 374
entitled an act to regulate the taxa
ton OF personal property and TO es
tabllsh a uniform rate ON certain
classes thereof.
Amend section l OF the Original
Dill by inserting after the words
public statutes" appearing in this
second line thereof the following
''as amended by section 6 of No. IS ol
the Acts of 1910"
THAT the original bill be fur
Their amended in section 2 by insert
ing after the words: located within
the state" appearing in the fourth
line thereof the following: nor Il
include money or securities receive,
by domestic trust company or saw
ings bank and trust company Al
trustee under order Of court or other
wise"
3.-That section 2 Of the origina
bill be further amended BY insertinl
after the words: public statutes
appearing in the ninth line tbereo
the following. "and amendment
I thereof"