News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-29
legislative Notes

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Both houses have passed the bill in.
creasing the tax on express companies
from $3.50 to $50 per mile.
The bill increasing the salary of the
States Atty of Lamoille County from
5000 to $500 has been signed by the
Governor.
The House and the Senate are not in.
clined to agree on tax bill and it may
be many days yet before this memorable
session will come to an end.
The bill to provide for medical inspec-
tion in public schools which was reported
from the committee on public health was
killed without discussion by the House,
The report of the conference committee
on S. 161 agreed on the sum of $1,000 to
be appropriated to continue the investi-
cation of the water powers of the state.
The bill to create board of education
which was introduced early in the SEES
sion, has been r:ddled in committee and a
suDSlllulS blll lhliOulCSu ny lIC SOuliHll-
tee.
Jacksonville has decided to surrender
its village charter and bill to permit it
to so do and revert all village property
to the town OF Cambridge mas been intro
duced by Representative Smile.
Gov. Fletcher has appointed Charles
Plumley, the speaker, as Tax Com lis.
soner to succeed J. E. Cushman. Mr..
Cushman has held the Office several years
and ranks among the best commissioners
the state ever had.
Chaplain Ford, in his prayer Tuesday
morning urged the performance of party
pledges and that the poor man should
not be compelled to pay the rich mans
taxes and that there should be more
work and less words.
Gov. Fletcher is IN doubt as to the adj
visibility of signing that sterilization
bill which recently passed both houses
At first he was inclined to approve of it,
Dut III Ills Flslt " DOSlOI last "CCh uS
gathered Information that causes him to
give it further consideration.
Legislature has been in session so long
that it has become necessary to pass a
special act that all laws unless those tax
ing effect from passage or from a special
date shall take effect on March l. Under
the general law hitherto all laws went
into effect February l unless otherwise
specified.
Governor Fletcher sent his first lot Of
appointments to the Senate today and
the upper branch went into executive
session for about 80 minutes during
which the nominations were confirmed. !
The appointments were:-F. c. Williams
of Newport, bank commissioner, reap |
pointment; DR.. F. T. Kldder of Wood
stock, board of health, reappointment; I
{. w. Gates of Franklin state highway |
commissioner, reappointment; George w. |
Perkins of Burlington, state geologist, |
reappointment; E. H. Edgerton of Roch-
ester, L. G, Kingsley of Rutland, F. ].
Butterfeld of Derby'and H. w. Bailey of
board of visitors to Norwich |
Mr. Vaughn, of Rutland Town, inter
rogated Mr.. Donnelly, OF Vergennes, yes
terday while he was favoring January !
sittings of the general assembly and men
tioning the adjournments necessary on
account of the holidays, if he would favor
St. Patrick's day. Thisqu
ton didn't stump the member from Yer
gennes, who come back with a story how
ne shut up the post office in Vergennes
when postmaster on st. Patrick's day
He said he served notice on the public
hat on St. Patrick's day that year the
office would be closed all day. The peo-
Die were up in arms but he insisted that
le would close the office, and the office
vas closed But the day was Sunday.
The joke made everybody laugh. In ans
yer to the claim expressed by some mem
oers that the farmers couldn't get away
10 we'll to attend sessions of the Legisla-
ure in January as October, Mr. Donnelly
emarked that that question Ought not
o trouble us for none of us would ever
ONE back"
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