The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-01-10
HOUSE VOTED TO PAY
$500 TO BANK COMM'R
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The bill was ordered to third read
ing without the amendment, giving the
penal board and governor authority.
Proposed Change in Election Laws.
Mr.. Billings of Woodstock 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:
See. l04. No person shall, directly
or indirectly, give pay, expend or con-
tribute or promise to give, pay expemd
or contribute, money or other valuable
thing, in order to promote his nomina.
tion or election, or the nomination or
election of another person, as a eandi-
date or public office except as provided
in the following section:
Sec. los, No candidate for nominal
ton to an elective office, including that
of u. S. senator, shall directly or in.
directly pay, expend or contribute any
money or other valuable thing, or prom-
ice so to do, except for lawful expenses.
Lawful expenses as used in this section
are limited to expenses for the following
purposes only:
For the candidates official filing fee,
circulating and verifying of nomination
papers, personal travelling expenses,
printing and distributing of pamphlets,
circulars, newspapers. cards, handbills,
posters and announcements, relative to
candidates, political issues or principle,
making canyasses, clerk hire, conveying
infirm or disabled voters to and from the
polls, postage, ressage. telegraphing
and telephoning relative to candidacy.
Candidates for state office or U. S.
senator shall not expend or contribute
directly or indirectly 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
committee shall expend ovs- $4,000 in
aiding election of any candidate men
toned in this act.
See 5, section l06 of the public stat
utes is amended to read section l06. No
person shall publish cause to be pub
lished in newspaper or other period
cal either in its advertising or reading
columns, any paid matter which is de-
signed to aid. injure or defeat any can.
didate for public office unless the name
names of two officers of the political or
other organization inserting the same,
or the name of some voter, who is re-
sponsible therefor appears; such mat !
ter in reading columns to have fixed
word advertisement"
Money not to be paid for editorial |
Violation of this law shall he |
not more than $500 fine. Ordered to lie
and be printed.
Senate Amends Taxation Bill.
After considering House bill 374, TO
regulate taxation of personal property I
Ind to establish a uniform rate on GER /
tain classes, In executive session, the /
Senate arose at 4:45 and recommended |
several amendments, which were agreed |
to by vote OF 25 to 5. Those voting
N the affirmative were Senator's Babbit.,
Barber, Batchelder, Bigwood. Blanchard
IF Orleans, Chaffee, Croft. Darling of
caledonia, Dodds, Dyer Of Addison, Dyer
VI Rutland, Elliott Henry, House, John
ION. Laird. Madison. McCuen. McFeet-
RS, Mower, Preston. Quinlan, Roy, Sher-
win and Wallis. Those voting in the
negative were Senators Blanchard OF
Dale, Darling of Orange, Davis
ind Pollard
Mr.. Blanchard of Windsor moved to
trike out all after the enacting clause
md insert the Laird exemption bill The
amendment was defeated and the third
eading of the bill was ordered.
The Senate proposed amendments to
xempt money or securities received by
avings banks and trust companies as
rustee under court orders or otherwise;
bolish all offsets; unless otherwise pro-
-ided. personal estates not taxed under
ection of the printed bill shall be put
n separate list in town, village, school
II fire district at one per cent, of APP
raised value and annuailyta xed 100
ents on the dollar of such grand list.
Money loaned by persons. corpora
ions or banks at not exceeding five per
emit. secured by mortgage on real es-
ate within this state, is exempt from
axation provided such loan does not ex-
ed the value of real estate. but such eN
ess shall be taxed as provided in section
Domestic savings banks etc, are 10
ay seven-tenths of one per cent. tax
pom the average amount Of deposits and
after deducting average
mount not exceeding 10 per cent. Of
Is assets invested in government bonds,
yerage amount OF real estate and the
verage amount Of loans at rate not
xceeding five per cent. secured by mort
ages a. above.
0fical Record Corrected.
Among the amendments proposed to
he bill codifying the fish and game laws
as one BY Mr.. Hapgood, changing the
pen season for deer to read from No
emtsr 10 to December - etc. This
mendmsnt was adopted on the part Of
be House. bat in Wednesdays report IL
a. reported as having been lost.