The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-12
SENATE OVERRIDES
GOVERNORS VETO
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completed, when 1t gave up its corpor
ate name and was given the name Of
The Brattleboro Retreat" Following
its charter, II has reported its doing'
to the legislature, but in recent years
its report is made to the governor. Dun
courts of chancery are empowered u
correct its abuses, II any are found. Tho
Brattleboro Retreat is public trust
controlled by the courts OF chancery
the one at Waterbury by the legisla'
ture and governor. The trustees work
without pay; no man or woman, except
the insane, ever received dollar in
profits from the retreat.
In admissions to the asylum, prefer
ence has always been given to state
residents, under the statutes passed in
1885. The legislature in 1865 fixed the
price at which patients should be admit
ted, and at that time appropriated $4,000
for care of such patients.
II the state had no rights in the asy-
lum, why did it take from il its cor
porate name and bestow it upon another
institution? The state says inmates
shall be kept there" not " may be kept
there" Its real estate cannot be sold
by its trustees without consent OF TIE
legislature. The present governor has
approved joint resolution empowering
a special committee to visit the Brattle-
boro Retreat and report to this legisla-
ture.
The board of supervisors took away
its public hall and made it into a kitch-
en-, etc. Philosophical people contribut'
ed about $4,000 to build nurses home.
The money asked for in this bill is 10
finish and furnish this nurses home.
For 70 years this institution has servel
the state of Vermont. Years ago it
bought large quantities of land at
low figure which has now become val
liable.
Vermont runs the Waterbury asylum;
the Brattleboro Retreat is public char.
ity endowed for the insane poor of the
state, and over which the courts OF YER
mont hold absolute control. The gov
ernor has been in,sinformed regarding
this great public trust.
On the question shall the bill pass
the objection of the
and the bills was passed Senators vot
ing yes were; Barber, Batchelder, Big
wood, Croft, Dale, Darling OF Orange,
Dodds, Elliott, Henry, Johnson, Laird,
Mower, Quinlan, Sherwin and Wallis;
total, Is. Senators voting nay: Bah.
bitt, Blanchard of Orleans, Blanchard of
Chaffee, Darling of Caledonia,
Davis, Dyer of Addison, Dyer of Rut-
land, House, McCuen, Pollard and Roy; |
total. IL.
The wood and lumber measure biz
came up as a special order on proposals |
10 the House to amend as moved by |
Senator Roy. Senator Laird proposed |
10 amend by inserting in the bill the /
system of measuring logs as provided /
IN the present statutes, See. 49l6, pub |
lie statutes. Senator Laird contended
he graduated rule in present use is II
'raud on the public and should be leg
slated out of existence. Amendment
agreed to. Senator Pollard moved to
trike out Sec. 2. which was agreed to.
senator Roy proposed to amend by max
ng a bundle OF shingles 20 inches wide
md contain % courses on each end;
agreed to.
Barre and Montpelier Charter Bills.
When the House bill to create board
i education came up, Senator Elliott
moved to amend in Sec, ii, by insert
ng "if all towns interested are agreed
o it shall read shall be legal to all
ntents and purposes If all towns in
crested are agreed" Senator MeCuen
opposed, as it conflicts with chapter AZ
i the public statutes. Disagreed to.
he bill was then ordered to a third
eading.
In the House early yesterday after
DON the bills to amend the charters of
arre and Montpelier were passed, as
Iere bills to incorporate the village of
Westminster, to legslize the grand list
( the town of Rutland for 1919.
The House killed the bill to amend
ne tax laws, by providing for the APP
roval of real and personal estate Feb
lsry |. 1t also killed primary cleo
on bin by vote of 90 to OF, leav-
lg but one primary bill before the leg
lature, that in the Senate. Other bills
lied by the House were: An act to
rovide for the indexing of the vital
,atistics in the Office of secretary of
ate and amending acts relating to the
sues of bonds and notes in cities, towns
I'd incorporated villages. I