Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-02-13
TAXATION BILL Is REPORTED
Provides Adjustment of Offsets
Senate Passes Brattleboro
Appropriation over Gov
ernor's Veto.

| the Dill providing for the creation of q
State detention farm. This bill passed
the House Saturday morning but was
almost Immediately reconsldered and or
dered TO lie because of the large number
of members absent at that time
! The opposition to the proposition sprang
almost entirely from the feeling that
while the principle was u good one the
sum OF $4,000, which the bill called for
was more than 1t was necessary or wise
for the State to spend for detention farm
purposes at this time, After a long de-
bate the bill was killed by the remark
ably close vote of IS for it. and 50 opposed.
Several members who had been absent
during the roll call asked permission to
| have their votes entered in the final count
! but failed to receive the unanimous con-
sent of the House necessary TO the grant
ing of that privilege
| The House refused third reading to
S. 1S5, the bill providing for bonding the
State to the amount of million dollars
for the developing OF its water power
resources. This bill embodied the theory
of State conservation by way of develop
mcnt, preached long and eloquentlY by
ex-Attorney- General Clark {. Fits.
! Both the House and Senate adopted the
compromise of $500 for State forests rec
commended by the conference committee
This appropriation represents a division
of the difference between the $500 favor
ed by the House and the $1,000 which
the Senate recommended.
NEW TAXATION MEASURE.
! Toward the close of the morning ses-
sion Mr.. Ripley of Poultney asked and
received the unanimous consent of the
| House 10 the introduction of a bin prSpar-
cd by the joint committee appointed to
devise some tax bill on which the House
and Senate could be brought to agree.
on motion of Mr .hldrich of st. Johns
! bury the bill was referred to the COM
| mttee on ways and means. The main pro-
| visions of this measure comprise an aboli-
| ton of offsets. and the inclusion in the
grand list of fve-tenthS of the taxpayers
appraised intangibles, soven-tenths of his
| tangtbles and all real estate. The ways
and means committee has decided unani-
mously to report the bill tomorrow morn
| ing
| The Senate suspended its rules to ap-
prove the nominations of John W. Tit
comb of Lyndonvile as fish and game
".
bans as commissioner of agriculture and
c. FL a. Stafford of Morrisvile as trustee
of the Vermont State hospital for the
insane.
In its morning session the Senate
amended the purchasing agent bill so as
to require its confirmation OF the Govern
ors appointee to the office which the
bill creates, and also to require that
bids shall be called for on all rcouisitions
OF $500 and over, the same to be kept on
file by the auditor of accounts and BY him
approved in writing" The bill was then
ordered to lie.
Chder the new law requiring the
licensing of veterinaries, practitioners
must obtain their licenses before the
hrst day of March or be subjected to
examination. The board Of veterin
airy registration and examination con-
sists OF DR.. j. c. Parker of St Adams
Dr Robert Weir of Rutland and DR..
george Stevens of White River June
tion. communications should be sent
TO DR.. Stevens, the secretary of the
board,
SENATE ONERRULES VETO
The Senate divided the afternoon
between lengthy discussion by SEN
ator Barber Of Windham on the evils
or the executive veto which sent the
Brattleboro Retreat augmentation
hill back to begin its Journey over
again. and spirited debate as to the
best methods OF measuring logs. The
Brattleboro bill was vetoed on the
ground that II was wrong I'm prin-
ciple for the State to grant appropria-
tions to a private institution which
was already self-supporting After
an hour or more of the Windham SEN
ator's oratory, the Senate voted. IS to
-, to pass the hill over the Governors
veto. The senators voting in the af-
frmative We're Barber. Batchelder
Biswood Croft, Dale. Darling or Or
ange, Dodds. Elliott, Henry. Johnson
Laird, Mower Qunlan, Sherwin and
Wallis. Those who voted to sustain
the veto were Senators Rabbit
Blanchard of Orleans. Blanchard of
Windsor, Chaffee, Darling of Gale
donia, Davis. Dyer of Addison. Dyer
of Rutland, House. McCuen, Pollard
and Roy.
After the Senate had talked over the
bill relating to the measurement of um-
va ioi Nioie IMAM an nouT, the Dill was
killed
The House killed the bill changing the
time for making up tax lists from April
to February /.
HOUSE KILLS PRIMARY BIIIA
MI Cook of Lyndon called up
H. o. his own primary law with
proposal of amendment designed to make
the primaries as near Identical in !
procedure with the elections as is posi- |
BILE The amendment was made by a vote |
OF lOi to II, but almost Immediately the |
house denied the bill q third reaaing bv |
a vote OF 20 to ae. The only primary bin |
now left Is now in the Senate |
The end of the session Is being hasten |
ed as well as can be. The sneaker has
Instructed chairmen of committees TO
give the clerk all adversely reported bills
that they may be immediately disnosed
of
tomorrow night has been set for the
mock session and the use of the Hons.
chamber has been granted for that mr.
pose.
Inc great obstacle in the way of a
sle'"N adjournment seems TO be the IN.
ehhltloh OF certain members to talk ana
an inordinate liking for roll calls.