The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-22
EACH MEMBER PAID
$476 AND MILEAGE
Formal Adjournment Taken
at s A. M. To-day After
Spending Greater Part of
Night in Conferences
State House, Feb. %.

The costliest legislature Vermont evei
had adjourned sine die at s o'clock this
morning, after having been in session
ll9 days, and the state officials, State
House attaches and legislators made i'm
mediate plans for returning to Their
homes The total cost of the legislature
of l9l2-l3 is nearly 100000, as against
$l45000 two years ago. Each member
of the legislature received $476 and
mileage for his services during the ll0
days.
The state treasury department began
paying off the members and State House
employees at 3:45 o'clock this morning
when both branches adjourned after a
session which had been almost eontinu-
GUS since yesterday morning. There
were times during the night when tenn
porary recesses were called to permit
conference committees to get together.
The chief act of the closing hours of
the legislature was the smothering of
the campaign publicity measure. There
had been marked disagreement between
the House and the Senate over this
measure, and last night the committees
OF conference got together and agreed
on proposition to be presented to their
respective branches. The Senate on its
part accepted the report of the confer
ence, but the House refused to ratify
the proposal one of the stumbling blocks
being a provision to prevent the publi-
cation of newspaper articles for pay,
although owners of newspapers could
say whatever they wished.
Another feature of the closing hours
was the act in reducing the appropria
tion for the weights and measures de-
partment from $4,000 to $4,000.
AT 3;45 o'clock Mr.. Proctor moved
in the House that the House adjourn
until 7:45 o'clock, and Senator McCuen
in the Senate moved that that body take
a recess till 1855. That done, the mem.
bers of each branch focked home to
snatch few hours rest before leaving
for their homes late in the day, so
that there were few present when the
hour of came and the presiding officers
dropped the gavels on their desks with
resounding whacks, thus marking the
demise of the general assembly
AT the opening of the Senate session |
yesterday afternoon, the Senate bill 245. |
relating to exemptions from taxation,
making the act effective May !, 1913. |
was taken up. Mr.. Laird thought il |
unfair to bring in such provision at |
the very end of the session. After |
some debate Mr.. johnson moved 10
amend by adding it to House bill 5S5, |
the Ripley bill discussed in the House
at length He also moved to make |
the bill take effect in 1915.
Mr.. Darling OF Orange raised the point |
Of order, that the proposed amendment
was not germane. The chair ruled that
the amendment was germane.
The vote on the amendment was a
tie, Is to l5 The chair voted yes and
the amendment prevailed.
The senators who voted for the amend.
ment were: Barber, Bigwood, Croft Oar.
ling of Caledonia, Dodds, House. John
son, Laird, McFeeters, Mower. Preston,
Quinlan, Roy, Sherwin and Wallis.
The matter was postponed till the
evening session, when Mr.. Chaffee moved
pm amendment striking out the Senate
bill and leaving House bill 5s5 the only
matter to be considered This was
agreed to and the bill was passed and
sent to the House. The House dismissed
the bill.
Passed in Concurrence BY Senate.
Amending act providing for appoint
ment of factory inspector.
To provide appointees for instruction
In resources of Vermont.
Relating to inheritance taxes.
Providing for preferential nominations
for L. s senator's.
Joint resolutions relating to municipal
sourts.
BY committee on highways and ,
bridges, relating to toll bridges, was
passed.
A joint resolution to commemorate .
the birth of Stephen A. Douglass was
adopted in concurrence.
Providing for a state tax. !
Relating TO sale and cutting of ever
green trees. II
Relating TO liability of banks. II
When the Senate came together in =,
the evening il refused a third reading J
TO the House bill, 20 regulate public q
service corporations. 20 the bill relat- a
ing to insurance companies and their
sgents and relating TO pollution Of the
waters Of West river.
resolution BY Mr blanchard Of Z
Windsor providing for a referendum in {
1914 on the question Of direct or pref !
srential primaries was passed by a vote I
Of p to 3.
Joint resolution bv Mr.. McCuen.