Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-11-19
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Vermont Statute Upheld.

Vermont Statute Upheld.
The Vermont statute of 1906, levy
ing a tax upon savings deposits in
national banks has been declared
constitutional by the United States
supreme court. 1t was contested by
the Clement national bank of Rutland.
Flames at Proctor Cause $4,000 Loss.
Fire, which originated in part of
the building near the furnace Nov.
IL, entirely destroyed the big struc-
ture at Proctor used by the Vermont
Marble company as cooperative
store. forming practically the entire
source of supply for the 200 residents
of the village. also so disabled tele
phone and telegraph wires that COM
munication with the outside world was
cut off for several hours. The loss is
estimated at about $12O,O00 and there
is about $4,000 insurance covering the
stock of the various departments and
on the building itself.
Two Lives Lost in Train Wreck
Two persons were killed in a head on
collision Sunday afternoon on the
Central Vermont railway between
extra freight trains at point two
miles north of Georgia. The dead are
Walter Kimball. aged Is. fireman,
and Daniel A. Tietbohl. aged ID, both
of st. Adams. The cause of the
accident is said to have been the over
looking of an order by the crew of the
northbound train to meet the south
bound extra at Georgia. The boy, Dan
lei A. Tietbohl. was stealing ride in
second car of the southbound freight.
He was thrown 80 feet landing in the
grass. and was instantly killed. Every
bone in his body was broken except
two ribs. and his skull was fractured.
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. c.. F.
Tietbohl of St. Adams and was Ia
years old last June.
Vermont Legislative Reference Bureau
The following law was passed by
the last legislature with reference tc
the duties of the new Vermont legisla-
tive bureau. The bureau is now ready
to be of service to the public. Here is
the law:
''To collect. arrange. index and
place on file for the use of state off
GERS, members and committees of the
general assembly. and the public, sue
books, pamphlets, clippings. ex-
changes, and other material relating tc
legislation as may be possible; also tt
make available for ready reference
such information as is contained in the
public documents of the state, includ
ing senate and house journals to keep
an index of all bills printed by order Of
either house of the general assembly
to prepare extracts of laws in Other
states and to furnish any data avail
able regarding the results of such
laws in actual practice. together with
references to judicial decisions anC
interpretations upon such laws"
We mont's Test Case Advanced
Chairman Bacon of the public service
commission has received word from
Washington that as result of the
argument made by him some tins
since the supreme court of the Unitet
States has advanced the case involvine
the appeal OF the commission from thu
decision of Jud ge Martin Of the United
States court as to his having juris
diction. so that the case will be heart
the first Monday in January. It wa
shown by an affidavit of Governo
Fletcher that in the event of an ad
verse decision to the effect tina
Vermont's public service commission
has little If any power, it might b.
, necessary to pass new legislation a
the extra session of the legislature
and the supreme court evidently be
lleved the situation was importan
enough to warrant the advancing O
the case out of its regular order Thi
is something of test case, since tn
same question might be raised i
connection with similar orders i
other states to that of the STATIC
improvements at Vergennes ordere
by the commission. The new head O
the commission has handled the cas-
with marked ability and in any even
the public is likely to soon knoJ
whether the Vermont commission ha
any power or not.