The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-10
Was Many Times Amended at
Yesterdays Session
ALL OFFSETS ABOLISHED
Exempts from Taxation All Money
Loaned on Vermont Real Estate
at per Cent.

L0lS InUTHluS piSocu thO SSiPA
tax bill by vote of % to 8.
The bill, which was ordered to a
third reading in the Senate yester-
day. fixes fiat rate of seven mills on
intangible personal property and
fat rate of 10 mills on tangible per
sonal property, such as stocks OF mer-
chandise, manufactured products, i've
stock and farm produce, etc. 1t en-
tirely abolishes offsets and exempts
from taxation money loaned on real
estate in the state of Vermont, where
the rate of interest is per cent or
less and puts individuals and banks
on the same basis in this regard.
The legislature will probably adj
journ tonight for a recess until Mon
day evening.
Montpelier, Jan. 9.-After spend
ing the greater part of two days In
executive session the Senate mas
amended the flat rate" taxation bill
and ordered it TO third reading.
The amended bin places tax OF one
per cent on tangible property and
seven tenths of one per cent on in
tangibles, and abolishes offsets. The
aendments were passed by a vote OF
% to 5.
The House forwarded large
amount of business much of 1t being
in the nature of ordering to a third
reading.
The exhaustive report of the spec
,ial committee to inquire into the
needs of more room at the STATE.
house came into the House this
morning and the lower branch
promptly passed a joint resolution
appropriating $1,000 to secure plans
for the erection of an Office building
The estimated cost of such struc-
ture would be between S2S5,O0O and
$3.50, 600.
When House bill II relating to pub
licity of campaign expenses was
called up late this afternoon various
amendments were offered which
practically made a new bill of the
measure.
The looked for report of the speci-
al committee TO investigate the need
of additional room at the capitol
came into the House this morning be
ing made by Mr.. Watson of St Al
bans. He went into the matter of
| overcrowded offices at the capitol
! and told of the storing OF valuable
documents in the basement and in
the dome. The work OF the commit
tee was given in detail and special
mention was made regarding the title
of property adjacent to the state
house.
The committee recommends the
erection of an Office building to cost
! from $235,00O to $250000 and intro
duced a Joint resolution providing
for the securing of plans, at an ex-
pense of not over $1,000 to be pre-
scented to the Legislature at this SEES
sion. Under suspension of the
rules the House adopted the resolu-
! ton.
The report goes into details con-
corning the advisability of erecting a
new building rather than extending
the wings of the state house, thus
marring the classical design of the
| structure.
The House this afternoon passed
! Senate bill go relating to the bank
] commissioned hAN hNAhNe
and fixing his salary at S2500
When the bin came up to increase
the salary of the superintendent OF
the state industrial school at Nergen.
mes from $500 to $4,000 Mr.. Jose OF
johnson insisted that the Legislature
should stop to consider where The
money is to come from. Mr. Martin
OF Bennington approved the proposed
salary increase.
Mr.. Weeks of Middlebury, a mem
Der of the penal board, supported the
bill and made a highly impassioned
speech in which he paid high com
pliment to Superintendent Barss.
At the morning session the follow
ing bills we're introduced:
II. 476, from committee on inter
nal affairs, substitute for II. SO, re
lating to the sale of commodities
Commodities, except vegetables Gus
tomarily sold by the head or bunch
or dispensed for consumption on the
premises cannot be sold other thar
by standard net weight Origina
packages must bear stamp Of ne
weight of contents. measure or mum
erical count with reasonable varia
tons permitted. Not to apply to in
dividual units of u OF less OF thre'
fluid ounces, OF four avordupOi
ounces, or less, OF IL packed in con
tainer prior to January l, 1914. Pen
atty for violation. IS to 800. Reai
twice and ordered to lie and be print
ed.
II. 4T7-By Mr. Flynn Of Dorset
an act TO enlarge the powers Of Fir
District, No. Z. in Dorset To con
mittee on municipal corporations
The lower branch refused thi