Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1913-01-24
DOINGS OF The
LAW MAKERS
AT. MONTPELIER

1uC odldly Ulll 1OI IdAoiilS Iil'
salary of the States Attorney in Es
sox county has passed to third read
ing in the Senate and without much
question will become law.
Although the bill which provided
for a highway between Norton anC
Brighton has been killed, there has
been an arrangement made whereby
the road will be constituted. 1t will
be commenced as soon as the con-
ditions in the spring permit.
Death penalty will from the sigma
ture of the Governor on Senate 159,
be done by electrocution instead of
hanging, excebt in the case of Bos-
worth, whose sentence was given
before an effort was made to change
the law. He has been granted re-
reprieve by the Governor, and his
execution will probably occur one
year hence.
A very good sized audience at
tended the unveiling of Col. Albert
Clark's portrait before the General
Assembly in the House cf Represent
tives on Wedl esday evening. Capt.
Chas. G. Darling of Boston, was the
Speaker { f the evening.
1t has b, en- signifed that the Presi-
dent will not approve of the Newport
and Burline ton Custom district, the
former of which Island Pond is a
branch office. The message from the
General Assem- bly, has been delivered
by a Vermon>er in person to the
President.
The House made some progress
during last week, although at first
thought it did not appear to have.
They have CT less bills in the hands
of all committees than they had when
they adjourned last week, but there
are also about 40 billsin the ordered
to- lie file of the House, so that the
number is we'll up towards 300, gain;
and there are, it is understood, some
new bills to appear next week, along
with the ideas suggested by the
Governor in his message of Friday
morning.
The total number of bills now in the
hands of the committee is 254, while
there were 322 last week. The re.
suits of the committee on final ad-
journment Friday was:
In hands of Senate committees,
House bills, 48
Senate bills, 38
Total sc
In hands of House committees,
House bills, 1T
Senate bills, 81
Total 1873
In Revision committee, 38
Grand Total 254
They must dispose of at least 16
bills per day to get through at the
end of the first week in February,
and several wagers are being made
as to the date on final adjournment.
Taxation will occupy the spare
time next week. The House has
offered good many amendments to
the Babbit bill which have really
made it a flat rate bill to some ex-
tent. The Senate passed House 374
special order for Wednesday morn
ing.
The Sawdust bill will take a fore
noon at least, in the House, and then
there are some other bills that will
occupy no small amount of time.
Woman's Suffrage bill is still in the
hopper. The Senate has passed a bill
which the House is favorable to, and
it is believe that if the committee
had recommended that bill, that on
Thursday it wonld have passed the
House, thus getting one important
matter out of the way
Some of the House are not taking
favorably to Sterilization and this
will give cause for a goodly debate
on the subject. There are some
railroad bills which will not go
through with any rush, as they are
similar to those already killed in the
House, but which have been intro
duced in the Senate. The Inter
change of mileages will use al part OF
forenoon, while the Spark arrester
may take up some more time. 1t is
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