The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-02-05
By the Legislature at This
Mornings Session
Paying Off
MEMBERS DRAW FUNDS
TO AMOUNT OF 800.
Senate Wants to Investigate Working
of State Purchasing Department =
Lump Sum Bill Beaten Yesterday
Public Hearing on Prohibition Bill.
Especial to The Reformcr.) J
MONTPELIER, Feb.

Especial to The Reformer0
MONTPELIER, Feb. ).
The joint resolution authorizing the |
state treasurer to advance 500 on ac-
count to the members Of the general
assembly has been signed by the gov
crnor ana after adjournment this morn
ing bread line Of hungry solons be-
sieged the clerk S desk where Assistant
Treasurer T. II. Cave was handing out
the stipend voted for in exchange for
receipts signed by each member
| Mr.. Perry Of Brattleboro introduced
| Il bill by request this morning p-ovid
| ing for an interest rate not to exceed
! > per cent on notes. bonds or orders
issued after passage of this act for
moneys loaned to county, towns or vii
Ilages
More discussion than the house han
lheard as vet was evoked when II 1O6.
an act to provide for liens on grave
stones, came up for a third reading
TODAY. The principal argument ad
vanced in favor of the bin was that
at present there Is no way whereby
4 dealer in monuments can collect his
money after the monument has been
erected and the buyer refuses to pay
thus placing the manufacturer at tsc
Imercv of dishonest buyers. Mr.. Moore
If Ludlow. Mr. Caswell Of Derby and
Mr.. Tavlor of Springfield spoke against
the bill. The latter expressing that in
his opinion the passage would be a dis
grace to the state, whereupon Mr..
Morse Hardwick replied that such
might be the ease. but that he per-
lsonalIy would consider il 4 greater dis
Igrace to lie cternalv under a monu-
ment that wasn't paid for. The bin
was finally dismissed on motion Of
Mr. Cook OF Weathersiield by Il vote
Of l@o to 6&.
: \ resolution from the senate naming
, five members of the general assembly
as Il committee TO investigate the eff
cheney OF the state purchasing oilier
= was referred to committee OFT motor
lnf Mr.. Graham Of Rockingham, who
: thought that while the purchasing
!, agent would undoubtedly welcome in
D vestigation the resolution should bc
= Thoroughly considered before actor
: was taken.
a Sixteen bills were introduced int
e the house this morning. making the to
5 tai to within % of 500. Petitions from
) eight towns asking for the enactmen
G of a state prolibitory liquor law wcH
: presented at this mornings session. !
c joint resolution providing for a com
u mittcc to investigate the need ot al
t ditionai rooms in the state house ii
. brary and supreme ceurt "nd report h.
lbill or otherwise WITS adopted III tn
senate.
Governor Gates has signed the join
resolution authorizing the senate an
), house committees on insane to vlsi
the state hospital at Waterbury an
the Retreat at Brattleboro and to II
IT vestigate and report on the eopdlho
% and management thereof.
!. \ public meeting on II l1o educi
= tionaI bill is to be held Tuesday ever
y ing, Feb at 80 i'll the hall of rel
10 Ireseutativcs ut which those favorln
the bill will be given hearing,
AIRY bill bv dismissal vote OF l6S
66 and which seems to settle the sa
arv question for the session little re-
business was done in the house Yc
L terday, although there was a long d
bate on the Hapgood ballot markir
measure which. having been dispose
a. OF once. came up for rcconsideratit
sc on motion of Mr.. Sticlney OF Ludlo'
to who urged its passage and thought Z
&c principal opposition came from mario
d. ipartisanShip. He read portion
Washington s farewell speech to to
tify his arguments against too strict ;
adherence to party lines. Mr.. Graha
of Rockingham opposed the measu
in and said that. while all due reycren
should be given to the views OF 7
father of our country. he thought IN
"a. conditions were very different now.
he thought that the extra time consum
ia in marking each name voted for wou
Il be of great Inconvenience, and orPos
the reconsideration of the measure q
disposed Of as a matter OF pIlnclp
The motion to reconsider was lost
Il vote of Iii to II.
Some Is bills were introduced duri
ng the session, among the more importa
being one BY Mr.. Stacy of Hartfo
creating q livestock commissioner
zee a salary of 81 600 and providing Il
1ut ON the sale of registered cattle or tho
h@ eligible for registration report sh
ere be made to the commissioner bef'
leN delivery, stating the number sold, a
zee sex and to whom sold, such cattle
'nS pass the tubcreulin test and cert
-, cate to be issued to that effect by
or commissioner and to be delivered
the buyer to the seller. Mr.. Pntn
of Middlesex has an act relating
ear the examination by the commlssio
OK of agriculture Of trees and shrubb
had rs to the presence of insect pests :
lmean1 lol tLeif e1telmlnatlnn