St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-01-15
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10 as many bills as there were on
Dec. 20, namely so. The printers
were criticised Saturday morning
because they have not been for
short time getting the bills and
journals in the branches of the As
sembly the following. morning after
presented to them for work. When
they were getting 20 to 80 bills day
they could do the work but now with
only a bill or two in a day they do
not get them around. Their excuse
was forced work to get out briefs
for attorneys in supreme court. The
clerk stated that this action of the
printers has delayed the work of
the house a good deal.
Will Criticize Officers
The Penal Board and the superin-
tendent of the House of Correction
will be criticised in the senate COM
mittee on that institution which will
be presented this week. The criticism
of the board will be that they have
not forced Morgan to carry out their
orders.
A committee hearing will occur
on Thursday evening regarding
pure seeds. A bill allowing the
interchange of mileage books has
passed to a third reading in the SEN
ate. A bill has been introduced to
fix the salary of the secretary of
state at $500 instead of $500 with
fees, also one to establish a state
agricultural school at Middletown
Springs with an appropriation of
$4,000 and $4,000 annually for
maintenance; also one for women
suffrage, a substitute for the origin
al bill. The bill provides that male
and female citizens, Fl years of age.
whose list is taken at the annual
assessment, and whose taxes are
paid or exempt, shall, while resid-
ing in such town, be a voter in
town meetings.; if a resident of an
incorporated village within such
town, shall not vote in town meet
ing for town road commissioner,
last highway tax of such village
has been paid into the town treas
ury. Read twice, and under the
rule, ordered to lie and be printed
The bill relating to the Fair
banks company has gone to third
reading in the senate while the one
relating to the municipal court OF
Caledonia county has been allowed
the same privilege.
The bill to carry lights on We
hicles with less than two inch tires
has been reconsidered and ordered
to lie.
The house has passed a bill pro-
viding an appropriation of 100000
for the Austine institution for care
of INDECENT, deaf, blind, etc.
New Campaign PubIiciay Bill
offered the following amendment
to H. II, an act relating to nomin-
atoms and elections, striking out
all after the enacting clause and sub
shutting the following in part:
Sec. 104. No person shall, direct
ly, or indirectly, give, pay, expend
or contribute, a promise to give, pay.
expend or contribute, money or 9th
er valuable thing, in order to pro-
mote his nomination or election, or
the nomination or election of an
other person, as a candidate for pub
lie Office excepted as provided in the
following section:
Sec. los. No candidate for NOM
ination to an elective Office, includ-
ing that of u. S. senator, shall di-
rectly or indirectly pay, expend or
contribute any money or other val
liable thing, or promise so to do,
except for lawful expenses. Law
full expenses as used in this section
are limited to expenses for the fol
lowing purposes only:
For the candidates official filing
fee, circulating and verifying OF
nomination papers, personal travel
ing expenses, printing and distribu-
ton of pamphlets, circulars, news
papers, cards, handbills, posters
and announcements relative to can
didates, political issues or principle;
making canvasses, clerk hire, con-
veying infirm or disabled voters to
and from the polls, postage, ex-
pressage, telegraphIng and telephon-
ing relative to candidacy.
Candidates for state Office or u.
S. senator shall not expend or contri-
butte directly or indirectly more than
$1,000 in aid of his election or of any
or all of aforesaid candidates, in
Guiding such sums as may be paid
committees. No committee shall
expend over $4,000 in aiding election