The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-16
FIRE ESCAPE
LAW ENOUGH
Declared Committee on Bill
Recommending Particular
Kind as "Safe"
MR.. DONNELLY TELLS
HIS OWN EXPERIENCE
House Hesitated To Com
nit State to Any
Plan

State House, Jan. 10.
When House bill $50, relating to fir
escapes came up this morning on al
adverse report from the committee oil
public buildings, Mr.. Donnelly of Yer
gennes made a plea for the bill and tolt
of making a before. breakfast triI
through one of the chute the chute typ,
of apparatus. The committee thought
there was lew enough on the statut,
books without making the state We
hcle for advertising canvas chutes."
i The committee came to the decision
that the present law permits the use
OF these chutes. Mr.. Callahan of Mont.
pelier, chairman of the committee, ex.
! planned the committees attitude. He
said if canvas chutes are safe they can
be used under the law. Mr.. Hunt of
Waltham made the point Of the COM
mittees contention plain when he said
the committee did. not deem 1t wise for
the state to pronounce "safe" any par.
ticular appliance.
| Upon motion of Mr.. Coburn of Mil
ton bill was ordered to lie. thus shut
ting off debate after Mr.. Adams Of
Marlboro had criticized those speaking
more than twice on the bill
The joint committee on insane made
its report on its visitation to the in
stitutions at Waterbury and Brattle-
boro. They eomplimented the institu-
ton at Waterbury but suggested an
other building for emergency in case Of
an epidemic. and it introduced bin
along that line. The committee said
the new rooms on the mems side should
be larger, Relating to the Brattleboro
retreat they also were complimentary
and made no suggestions.
When House bill 1877. relating to the
oyerspeeding of automobiles and other
motor vehicles, was ordered to third
reading. after having been reported ad
yersely, Mr.. Hapgood of Peru said some
thing should be done for policing the
highways. He moved to amend the bill,
giving the road commissioners power,
and the motion was carried On a ris-
ing vote the bill was sent along. 81
to IL
An adverse committee report on II. |
3l4. relating to the damaging OF high |
ways. resulted In the killing Of the
A
lating to the qualifications of voters; |
relating to voting in town meeting; re-
lating to carload shipments on rail.
roads.
Bills introduced in House.
BY the committee on agriculture re-
ating to free passes Changes present /
law to include county agricultural I'd
gisers appointed under authority of the
United States as exempt from the pro-
fisions of the law and to whom passes
nay be issued by railroadsl Read twice
md ordered to be printed
By Joint committee on insane to .au-
horZe the trustees of the Vermont hos
,ital for the insane to erect and equip
to be used in connection with
aid hospital and to appropriate GER
ain sum therefor. not to exceed $4,000.
Read twice and ordered to lie and be
rinted
BY House committee on appropria.
ions, substitute for House bills 4, ~,
nd 81. To provide appropriations f,
or the University of Vermont and State
agricultural college. additional instruc- /,
,ge. and to report certain statutes re-
Iting to scholarships in Norwich uni
ersity. Read twice and ordered to lie .
nd be printed.
BY committee on municipal corpora
ons, authorizing the Advent Church y
,ciety in Richford to dispose of its :
terests in the Union church property. {.
cad twice and ordered to lie and be y
-inted.
BY the general committee. relating to p p
lie sale of ice. prohibits sale for do r.
estic use if cut on streams or ponds n
here sewage flows or upon which there !,
is been skating. until such facts shall q,
I'VE been published in newspaper of
neral circulation in the locality where
ch ice is to be sold. Penalty, $40 :,
r each offense. Ordered to lie and be !,
inted. y
Signed BY the Governor.
An act to amend sections 539s and az
II OF the public statutes, relating to ell
2 board of pharmacy. so
An act to amend section 6los of the w
bile statutes. relating to salaries of b,
e officers of penal institutions. yC
An act to amend section ) of No. 206 us
the acts of 1894. entitled AN act Co
incorporate the Newport Center grad. Dc
school district W
Substitute bill Tor s Jos. An act to
certain sum for repairs, tic
and additional buildings it
the Vermont Industrial school. pc
An act to authorize cities and in Fo
porated villages to appropriate money mi
public Fairgrounds. and for lands be-
public recreation purposes. th'
An act to amend section 352l of the COZ
Bile statutes. relating to soldiers mon ste
ents and records. au
An act to incorporate the Westlook pre-
netery association of Glover.
In act relating to the taking of land aid
municipal purposes. she
In act 10 extend the time for the per- bro
nance Of certain duties by the com
.sioner Of taxes. FU