News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1913-01-15
LEGISLATIVE NOTES

ating $50 900 to provide home for or
phans.
The Senate has passed the Brattleboro
over. pass bill, providing for an 1872 foot
clearance on Bridge street. The house a
few weeks ago killed bill providing for
clearance of Is feet.
The bill providing for lights on certain
vehicles was killed in the House by vote
of 1o4 to 100.
The House passed a measure introduced
by Mr.. Howley OF Burlington providing
for a commissioner of labor and state
factory Inspector. The vote was 125 to 70
| The House voted 1873 to % against
committing to life Imprisonment the SEN
tence of Arthur BosWorth, who murdered
Miss LaBelle in Essex Junction.
Mr.. Jose of Johnson has gone after the
telephone companies, asking a commits
sion to investigate the reduced charges
on telephones and report by bill.
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to the remarks of c. A. Prouty on the in
come tax for the National Government
and introduced a resolution Wednesday
| to have the Secretary of state certify that
| Vermont was to stand by its action of
1910 when it voted against income tax
alton. 1t was referred to the committee
-, EaIaro1
Mr. Aldrich OF st. Johnsbury offered a
resolution, which was adopted by the
House, authorizing the governor to APP
point commission to cooperate with
similar commissions from other states
for the purpose of relieving the stringency
of the coal situation.
The House refused to make special
order to commute the death sentence of
Arthur Bosworth, the Essex Junction
murderer of Mae LaBelle and after Mr..
Haygood of Peru had championed the bill
the House killed the measure. The House
also refused third reading relating to
the Vermont state library.
The bill relating to the disqualification
of candidates for election to the General
Assembly, was passed by the deciding
vote of the lieutenant-govern The pc
culiar thing about this bill is that the
vote on it's passage in the House was a
tie and it was passed through that body
by the deciding vote of the speaker.
For the first time in history of the Leg
islature, at least of the present members
of the press of Vermont, has the senate
held an executive session as they did on
Wednesday afternoon. 1t was to discuss
the taxation propositions in order that ,,
they might reach some fairly well sup
ported bill that would pass the house
and receive support in the senate. 1t is
known that the fiat rate bill will not
pass the senate in its present form and
that the five per cent exemption bill will |
not pass the house.
Mr.. Cook of Lyndon offered two reso-
lutions which were adopted. helooks to
the Oscillation of various state commits |
sions, and the other calls on the railroads |
to forego their litigations and preform
their duty to the public.
Mr.. Watson of st. Adams made re-
port for the joint committee to consider
the need OF more room in the state house.
The committee recommended the erection
OF separate building for the state library,
court house, historical society and other
purposes on a site owned by the state
east of the capitol at an estimated ex.
pense of $235,OOO to $250,000, and
was adopted, giving the com
mittee authority to secure plans for such
a building at a cost not to exceed $1,000,
t he plans to be presented before the ad-
journment of the legislature.
The Senate had little debate over the
House bill making an appropriation for
the 5Oth anniversary of the
Battle of Gettysburg Senator Preston
opposed the bill, thinking that the state
had done enoughin appropriating Sc 900
for monument to General William Wells.
Dyer of Addison county thought
it entirely fitting and proper that the
veterans should be provided with means
to visit the ground where Vermont SOL
1iers gained renown. The bill was also
favored by several Others and was passed
% to /. .+ ..s.>.,- ...
The committee on internal affairs in
bill as substitute to H. 80,
relating to the sale of commodities. 1t
provides that commodities except vege-
tables customarily sold by the head or
bunch, or dispensed for consumption on
The premises, cannot be sold other than
Oy standard net weight. The original
package must bear stamp of net weight
If contents, measur, or numerical count,
with reasonable variations permitted.
This is not to apply to units of IL or less
DR. three fluid ounces, or four avoirdupois
ounces or less, or if packed in container
prior to Jan. 1, 1914. The penalty for
is from So to $780, The bill
M q &c read twice nd ordered ~ he nr;nt.d |