The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-01-22
POWER COMP ANY
BILL PASSED
THE HOUSE
Charter Measure of Interest to
Southern Vermont
NO MORE EXECUTl0N
Capital Punishment Will in the
Future Be inflicted BY
Electricity.

Montpelier. Jan. 22-The bill
granting a charter to the Southern
Vermont Power company passed The
house this morning
Montpelier, Jan. 21.-Though con
siderable volume of business was
transacted in both branches OF the
Legislature today the sum total was
really considerably less than on
many previous days, Notwithstanding
that a large number of bills must be
acted upon before final adjournment.
This has been Brattleboro day and
after a night and day of strenuous
work the supporters of the bill to per
nit the construction of an iS-foot
overpass in Brattleboro triumphed
and the measure has been ordered to
a third reading. However, the spon-
sers of the bill are still on the
ground to see that no slip is made
| before the bill enters its final stage
| of passage.
The overpass bill and the agree
| ment of the House conferes to a
| $4,000 appropriation for an electrocu-
ton plant at the state prison are the
| features of the day in the lower
branch, and in the Senate the heavi-
est matter taken up was Senate bill
| III, regulating the sale and distribu-
ton of electrical energy. For the
| fifth time this measure has been or
dered to lie and comes up again as a
| special order tomorrow afternoon.
| The Senate has ordered a number of
bills to third reading for tomorrow.
| Directly after devotionals in the
House this morning Mr.. Weeks OF
! Middlebury called attention to the
| various bills in the hands of commit
| tees and speaking as member OF
| the committee on final adjournment,
he urged that all matter now in COM
mittee be gotten into the hands of
the speaker as soon as possible.
The House has adopted joint
resolution introduced by Mr.. Jose of
Johnson requesting the special com
mittee in charge of the governor S
message relating to conservation of
water powers and court procedure, to
report bills embodying the sugges-
tons contained in the message from
the executive chamber.
The lower branch sat down heavily
on House bill 400, to regulate and H.
cense BARRIERS. The measure was re.
| fused a third reading at the morning
session.
Without debate the House concur.
red in the Senate proposals of amend
ment on House bill SAP and passed
the measure which lays a tax of $40
mile on all companies and persons
doing an express business in this
state. The original bill called for a
tax of $3.50 but the House raised
the amount to SIS and then the Sen
ate went the lower branch one better
and added another So a mile. The
House has also concurred in the Sen.
ate's proposal of amendment on
House bill 342, relating to the brok.
erage of insurance.
The House committee of confer.
ence on the bill relating to the sub
stitution of electrocution for hanging
as a death penalty has agreed to the
Senate proposal of amendment and
the bill provides for an appropriation
of $4,000 instead of $4,000 for the
equipment of a death house at the
state prison. The bill passed the
Senate early in the session but car
ried with it an amendment regarding
the amount to be expended for the
equipment.
In the afternoon the House passed
the following bills:
II. asa, to regulate the practice of
land surveying and for the protection
| of owners of farm and timber lands.
II. 497. relating to the equipmen,
| of locomotives with headlights. Mr..
/ Cook of Lyndon proposed to amend
the bill, requiring action by the pub
lie service commission, and the
I amendment was adopted.
The lower branch ordered to lie
, House bill sos. relating to moving
picture show buildings Mr.. Robbins
of Newport proposed to amend hy
striking out section 2, requiring
buildings to be equipped with ceiling
ventilators and the bill was ordered
" AAts vi NlOllou vi MI. AOOuIn OF
Milton. Hardly had this action been
taken when Mr.. Coburn called up the
bill again and the House slaughtered
the measure.
The House committee on state
schools introduced a substitute bill
for House bill la. an act TO create
a board of education.
The speaker has appointed a.
members Of the committee to inves-
tigate the undeveloped water power
Of the state. Mr.. Lord Of Orange.
Mr.. Parker Of Troy, Mr.. Martin Of
Bennington.
AS members OF the committee re-
lating to the consolidation OF CON-
mittees. the speaker named AR
Vaughan Of Randolph. Mr. Tomlinson
Of Cotton and Mr. Gage Of Weathers-
field.
The Senate has ordered the pawn
brokers' bill TO a third reading after
it had been amended to reduce the
rate per month from 10 to 5 per cent
on loans less than $50 and from s to
3 per cent on larger loans. and 70 pro
/ hibit sales Of pledged property with
! In one year